The twins FIVE year old pic's

AWE! Arn't they cute?

New layout for SPRING!

Here in Michigan we have had a few spring like days...FINALLY! I had to celebrate the moment and change my layout on here. I AM SO READY FOR SPRING!!!! This winter up here kicked my booty! We are hopeful that this will be our ONLY Michigan winter. We put in to go back "home". For us that is Indiana. Those who pray, please pray for us that the transfer comes in soon. We all are homesick and wanna go home. Being up here with no family and in this unstable economy is stressful. So anyway that is the goal in the next 6 months.> Back home in Indiana.

Contest quilt is going very well. Should be all pieced this weekend and I want to turn it in by next week. It's been a blast to design and sew up. I have high hopes for it in the contest. Next on the list is my daughter's quilt. I have half the blocks done for it and I need to finish the rest up and quilt it and bring that to her in Ohio. Then I have my son's to do the same with. After those.... I am sure I will find more to add to my plate, list. ALWAYS have projects to do. The issue seems to be the time to do them all. AHHHHH the creative life of a quilter. Gotta love it.

I got a GREAT chance to do some work for a awesome sewing mama who is writing a book. I am sewing up some of her projects that will be pictured in the book. YAY! I get my name in the credits which to me is worth SO MUCH! It's the little things. Each is a step closer to making this hobby into so much more for me.

The twins start kindergarten in the fall so I have more time to devote to my biz and work on making my dreams for it happen. YAY

Entering a Contest....

This will be my first BIG contest I am doing. I have a VERY good feeling about it. I am praying that my gut is right and I won't feel let down if I don't place like I think I will. This has been such a leap for me. I am putting myself out there to be JUDGED. Scary stuff but exciting too. The exposure will be AWESOME if I win! Not to mention the prizes. The quilt has to be turned in very soon. Once I get it turned it I will post pics and where I entered it.

PHEW done with orders for a bit.

Got all of them shipped and I am done for a bit. I have SO much to catch up on here at the house. I am working on quilts for my two oldest kiddo's as well. Still working on learning free motion quilting as well. Lot's of projects in the works and not a whole lot to show just yet.

ONE DOWN ONE TO GO!!!

WHEEEEEE Road map quilt has shipped and my last order I am finishing binding on. It will ship tomorrow. WHEEEEEEEEEEE I am not taking orders for a bit. I need to get caught up on a lot of home stuff and I have a few quilts to do for my kids and some PJ's to make for my hubby and kids as well. Gonna do some fun stuff before taking on more work. I also am working on understanding free motion quilting and setting time each night to work on the motions for that. I still need a extension table to go to far with it. But getting the motions and timing down will help. So I am working on what I can right now. Ya know bloom where your planted and all. That is about all. I am kinda mad at myself I shipped the road map quilt and forgot to get a photo of it. I was just happy to be done and get it shipped. UGH I hope I can get the Mama that orderd it to take one for me. I WILL REMEMBER to get a photo of this one before I pack it tonight to go home.

Got some new DVD's coming!

I am GONNA LEARN free motion quilting if it kills me ( it just might too) But I am determined to learn it. More on that soon. I got the last of my orders to finish up and then some family work to do.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! *2009*

Hope you and yours are safe and healthy. Here's to a better year than the last!
Here are my quilting/sewing goals for 2009:
-Learn free motion quilting and become good at it ( I didn't say awesome..Just good)
-Finish a quilt a month.
-Up my work load/advertise.
-Buy a heat press and perfect my photo quilt products.
-Perfect my two playquilts and market them.
-Be cost effective with my products/research new idea's
-Learn my software better and use it.

Yep lots to work on and try. I love every min of it too!