Book Giveaway Winner!

Book Giveaway

WINNER

(I know, it's not Wednesday....)

we have a winner - Robin!

thanks for stopping by - please email me your postal addy

I am so thankful to all of you that leave comments, that follow along

and please remember to thank Martingale & Company

for the lovely books that they provide for the giveaways.

I am sorry - I know we talked about announcing the winners on Wednesday

and posting a new book on Sunday, but I had a bit of a 

GLITCH

this week

the week started out wonderfully.

I got the machines out, and serviced each and every one of them, put new needles in,

and got great new 3 ply Superior Thread wound in the bobbins.

(how many of you use MasterPiece?)

(yes, I do love my old metal machines)

I made my famous Green Curry Zucchini/Soup and a lovely salad w/Apple Pears...

and had the girls over to help with some sewing I wanted to get done

I fed them, and cut the fabrics while they stitched away

(don't you love this Hoffman California Fabrics batik?!?)

 but the next morning, well, it happened

yep.

while cutting the second quilt that I wanted to sew

I left the rotary cutter

O P E N

banging right into the blade

so I apologize for missing wednesday's deadline

it bears a quick discussion here

quilting is actually a dangerous sport

(okay, it's not sky diving or race car driving or ocean paddling, but...)

we have pins, really sharp scissors, rotary cutters, threads, machines with sharp needles

threaded needles

and all sorts of doo-dads that can be stepped on, run into, swallowed or worse

so

do as I say, not as I do

please, practice safe quilting out there; slow down; enjoy the process; pick up the threads

use the magnetic wand around and under your work area

and keep a big roll of 3" painters tape handy to pick up those little threads

do it for the dogs, cats, kids, barefoot husband

in your home

on another note, I wanted to give you another

"PSP"

(project sneak peek)

fabric credits to Hoffman California Fabrics

fabric design credits to McKenna Ryan

quilt credits to beyond the reef

and thread credits to Superior and Mettler

(so far)

it's going to be another busy week

for all of us

so, pop on over to the facebook page and drop everyone a quick note

and I will post a new

Martingale & Company

book 

next 

Sunday

HappiestDays

be.do.create

natalie.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com