What I'm working on this week...

I love Christmas. I also love the week after Christmas. It's when you get to start on all the fun things you were putting off until after Christmas.....

I'm separating up the squares for the fall and Christmas swaps. So fun. I LOVE swaps. I LOVE doing the work on them. All the giant piles of squares just bring me joy. And I love packaging them up to send out to the swappers.

I'm working on a quilt for my bed. I have the basic block laid out and I'm happy with it, and I've been steadily working on cutting out the squares. I bought the coolest fabric to use for the backing. Very excited about that.

And you'll notice I'm using more of my Michael Miller Word Search. I tell you, I'm obsessed with that fabric.....

And if I didn't have enough to do, I am now compelled to start this project because it seems like a good option for the tons of artwork produced at my house every day.....

I'm getting ready to post 2 things I'm very excited about: my 100th post and a Valentine's swap! And there will be some sort of giveaway on the 100th post.... and I'm going to tell you a little more about why I started this blog. And for those who don't want to read about that, I'll put in some pretty pictures!

So what are you working on this week?

Giveaway Day!

I'm participating in the Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day.

This time I'm giving away a charm pack:

It's a Moda wee play charm pack. You can see the entire line here. And 1 charm pack is enough to make this quilt, once you combine it with some solids! This is a line that is getting more difficult to find, and it's one of my favorites!

To enter, please leave a comment. Tell me where you are, and tell me about something you're crafting for the holidays! I'll leave the giveaway open until December 6th, and I'll choose a winner randomly. I'm happy to ship internationally.

Sign up as a follower and leave a second comment to enter again. Or if you're already a follower, go ahead and leave a second comment.

While you're here, if you'd like to sign up for my Christmas blocks swap, we still have room for you!

Thanks for stopping by!

after-the-fact SWAP update!

Oh boy this is fun! I have the halloween swap packages ready to go to the post office. Give me a minute as I work up the courage to stand in line with 2 toddlers.

Here's Annie's squares for the halloween swap:

Dig those spiders! Can you see their little crooked smiles? awfully cute.

And here's my squares:

And here they are without the little girl embellishment..... she was quite the helper today as I sorted out packages. But she couldn't imagine that I would want to take a picture without her in it!

Christmas blocks swap!

Oh, I'm so excited about this one! I've already started picking up fabrics on sale....

So who wants in on a Christmas swap so that we can all have glorious Christmas quilts NEXT YEAR? HOORAY!!

I think for this swap we will have plenty of people who want to participate. So I'll go ahead and post details------

The mailing date will be December 8. Christmas fabric is on sale lots of places now, and this way if you want to participate in both the Christmas swap and the fall one, you can economize on postage.

You'll send 16 5.5" squares of 4 different Christmas prints to me with a self-addressed, stamped envelope. (that's 64 square total) Each print will take slightly less than a third of a yard.

Please make sure all your fabric is 100% cotton, quilting quality Christmas prints with NO licensed characters (scooby doo, spongebob, etc.)

International participants are welcome, but please try to mail a little earlier than December 8 if you're shipping internationally.

In return you will receive 64 5.5" squares, hopefully with no repeats.

The swap is open to the first 15 people to sign up. To sign up, please comment on this post. If you want to sign up for the fall swap as well, comment on that post too.

Please, please please leave your e-mail address or comment and then send me an e-mail. It's important that I have a way to contact you.