Wow, wow, WOW! 6,000 friends on Instagram, y’all are too sweet! I’m so flattered by your continuous support and love in all that I do, it truly means the world to me! ❤ And the best way to show you is by giving 6 of you some goodies! On my Instagram account , @RaysSewCrafty, I have posted 6 bundles for you to enter to win. … Continue reading Wow! 6,000 friends on instagram means I’m giving away 6 prizes!!
The holidays are coming and my list of gifts to make is growing. I am very excited to have my AccuQuilt Go! Fabric Cutter. It is the best tool on my cutting table! Really! With all of their great dies and applique shapes, the possibilities are endless! I am very excited to join the Guest Blogger team over at AccuQuilt’s Blog. My projects will go … Continue reading My September AccuQuilt Project
I had the pleasure of taking THE log cabin class from, the one and only, Eleanor Burns; She has an incredible Koala studio in her home, Bear’s Paw Ranch in Julian,CA. It was a fun-filled day for me, starting with the drive to Julian. I was born and raised in the heart of L.A. and seeing all those acres of crops and land and animals … Continue reading Log Cabin in Julian with Eleanor burns 🙂 *Picture Loaded!*
Woo-hoo!! My very first machine quilted quilt DONE! 🙂 I took the easy route and quilted diagonal lines across the whole thing, I’m very happy with the end result! After I basted this quilt (you can read about that here) , I had initially wanted to hand quilt it. I was doing a simple X, from corner to corner, in each square. But with many … Continue reading Baby quilt : Machine quilting DONE!!
As promised, a GIVEAWAY!!! 😀 I had a LONG no-sew Labor Day weekend!! If you didn’t read my post on that, you can find it here. I completed a Quilt-Magic “American Flag” kit, went to the LA county fair and got a cool caricature done, and scored some awesome deals at Joann’s! I have one Hugabook kit, containing a soft picture book and plush toy … Continue reading Labor Day GIVEAWAY!
I have had my hands tied since Friday, resulting in very few posts. Sorry about that! But as you will see, I didn’t even have time to sew this Labor Day weekend. I suppose it’s a blessing in disguise because I really have been lacking sleep due to sewing until 4am. So this weekend was definitely my weekend off, I even scored on some deals … Continue reading My NO-SEW Labor Day Weekend: Sewing machine “repair”, LA County Fair and a sale at Joann’s !!
I swear quilting and babies are so synonymous to me now!! I’ve always loved kids and want to start a family soon, a lot more now that I’m sewing and quilting!! There are so many adorable patterns, quilts, clothes, diapers and , oh my goodness, the list is endless of things I want to make for kids. Am I the only one with baby fever … Continue reading My new and IMPROVED Crafty Room! 🙂 Peg-walls and all!
I was very happy to have found this quilters design table on sale at Joan’s! 🙂 I use to think I was a great “builder” and following directions!! Boy, this table challenge me!! … After spending a couple of hours on it, I made progress , but kept having trouble getting the screws on some of the hinges. I left it alone that night , … Continue reading My new quilters design table 😛
So as you know, when I attended the quilt festival, they had foam tiles throughout the booths. I had to have some in my crafty room! So I went to foamtiles.com and ordered nice light wood foam tiles. Each tile is 2 feet squared and come with two removable edges for corners and sides. I took everything off the floor in my crafty room and … Continue reading Foam tiles! 🙂
I GOT MY FOAM TILES!!!!! 🙂 I got my foam tiles “installed” with the help of our amazing contractor! I will post on that soon! In the meantime, I will show you how I’ve been organizing my fabric with these awesome “The Fabric Organizer“‘s. ***WARNING: PICTURE LOADED*** They offer three sizes of organizers: Large, Shorty and Small. And they all have multiple snaps to attach … Continue reading Organizing my fabric with The Fabric Organizer by DeNiece’s Designs! 🙂
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