Some great mail....

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all having a great weekend.

It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.

I will be cooking a turkey dinner on Monday, Thanksgiving Day.

I work all weekend, but me kids and husband are enjoying a long weekend.

On Wednesday, I received a great package in the mail.

I had won these items in a giveaway on the blog "Sew We Quilt".

I love the Quilter's Block-a-day Calendar.

It fits perfectly on the dresser in my sewing room.

Thanks Madame Samm for the great prize.

I also made a postcard last week.

Here it is....

I call it "Opportunity Knocking"

Well, that's all for today!!

Hugs

Where have I been......

I know it's been a while since I posted.

I've been busy, I guess.....just life getting in the way of sewing and blogging.

I received a wonderful bag that I won from Antmee.

It's beautiful and much bigger that I expected.

My daughter had claimed it and uses it as her school bag.

Yup, it's that big.

It's really beautifully made.

The blue is a stripped denim, so it's nice and sturdy.

Thanks Antmee. I love it!!!

I attended my monthly guild meeting yesterday.
I was very pleased to find that one of the quilt tops that I donated was all done.

I just love how they quilted it.
It looks amazing.
Now, it's ready to be donated.

Hugs

I won!!!! Look what I got!!!!

I hope you are all well.

I won two giveaways in the last few weeks.

My loot finally came in the mail.

The first package I won on Darlene's blog, Quilting Daze.

It was a sponsored giveaway by Kimberly at the Fat Quarter Shop.

It's a fat quarter bundle of "Countdown to Christmas" by Sweetwater for Moda.

It's amazing.

I just love this collection.

Now, I just need to make something with it.

The second giveaway that I won was from Mary and Lindsay at Craft Buds.

I won a $25 gift certificate from Anna at the Crafty Girls Workshop.

This is the fabric that I chose to buy with my winnings.

Oh!!! I love it!

I just keep petting it and looking at it.

I love new fabric.

Thank you Darlene, Kimberly, Mary, Lindsay, and Anna for the wonderful gifts.

Hugs

Wonderful Mail!!!

Hi everyone,

I hope you are well.

I worked today and I'm really, really tired tonight.

It's mostly due to not sleeping well last night.

But when I got home, I got this wonderful package in the mail.

It cheered me right up.

I had won four fabric bundles from Darlene aka SewCalGal for the Christmas Quilt Show.

Aren't they gorgeous?

I just love the different shades of all the colors.

This really made my day.

Thank you Darlene for the wonderful gift.

I feel very blessed to have received it.

On another note, I'm sorry if I haven't been replying to my emails. I'm just so busy and beat. I will do my best to get better at responding once things slow down.

Hugs

Ariane

Amazing mail!!!

I received an amazing package in the mail today.

 It came all the way from New Zealand.

Catherine at The Sewing Attic was having a giveaway on her blog

and had so many wonderful prizes.

 Look what she sent me....

Thank you so much.

 I love it!!!

The pincushion is amazing.

 The fabric roll, the buttons, ribbon and chocolate was too.

 The chocolate didn`t last too long.

My daughter also loves buttons

 and she was so excited to look through them.

I am going to have a lot of fun making something with the fabric.

Thanks again!!!!

Ariane :o)

A great giveaway at Pink Pincushion!!!

Oh! I hate to share this with you, because I want to win. But I'll share anyways. Sinta at Pink Pincushion is having an amazing giveaway to celebrate her 100th post. She has a wonderful blog, so go check it out.

I'm finished my Cindy Lou Who Schnibbles quilt top!!! And got great mail!!!!

Hi everyone, I finished my Cindy Lou Who Quilt top.

This was the October challenge for The Year of Schnibbles. I'm so happy I got it done because I didn't make the date last month. I used Christmas fabrics that I already had to make this top.

 I was unsure of this pattern at first, but I love it with the colors I chose.

 I was going to give it as a gift, but decided to keep this one. I really like it.

 Now, I have to make something else for that person.

I also got great mail today. I had won a giveaway on Di's blog "Quilting is Blissful".

This is one of my favorite blogs and I check it everyday.

 Thank you sooooo much Diane!!!!

I just love these. I love the little panels and the border print.

They have such cute little puppies on them. I love dogs. I have two bigs dogs at home.

These are going to make a great quilt. I can't wait to use them.

She included some lovely fall stickers too. I'm so lucky.

Sorry for not blogging as much this month. I've been so busy. I'll try to do better.

Happy Stitching!!!

Hugs Ariane

More wonderful mail!!!

This is my week!! I've gotten some great mail everyday this week. Today, I got a wonderful gift from Di. I participated in her "Di's Christmas 3 in August Challenge". She sent me this little package in the mail just for participating. She is so sweat!!! Thank you so much. You have to check out her blog. She is so nice. I have just loved following her posts. Her blog is Quilting is Blissful


Hugs Ariane :o)

Two packages in the mail today!!!

Hi everyone, I worked evenings tonight. It was a really long day. I had to take my oldest to the hospital this morning because he injured his back playing football, then had to rush to get to work on time. Then I had a so much work to do. It was a long night.

On the positive side, I received two wonderful packages in the mail today. The first one is from the Good Ol' Summertime Mini Quilt Swap. I received this wonderful little quilt from Vanessa. She stitched a little scene in the center of the quilt. It's so cute. Thanks Vanessa for the lovely quilt.


I had also won a giveaway a couple weeks ago from one of my favorite craft blogs "Paper and String". I received the cutest little felt brooch from Sarah. I love it. She also sent this cute little card with a picture of one of her softies. Thanks so much for the lovely gift. My daughter has claimed this brooch. This is her favorite blog. She checks it almost everyday.

I'm so very fortunate. I just love all the sharing that goes on in blogland. Thank you both for such lovely gifts. It really made my day.

Happy Stitching!!!

Ariane :o)

I received two packages in the mail today!!!!

Hi everyone, I received two wonderful packages in the mail today.

I was so excited. I just ripped the envelopes open right away.

The first package was from Karla @ Make Life Sweet.

I had entered her giveaway to win all eight of her patterns using the new Authentic Collection by Sweetwater. I just love these patterns.

Now I have to order some of her fabrics.

I just love these.I also received the patterns that I won in a giveaway by Carol @ Carol's Crafty Creations.

They are so wonderful. I got 6 patterns in all.

Two are quilt patterns and the other four are bag patterns.

I can't wait to get started on some of these projects.

I just love the Bunny Hill quilt pattern and the Flea market bag pattern.

Thank you so much for these wonderful gifts.

You are both so generous.

Hugs!!! Ariane :o)

Shabby Roses block 1 and I received my giveaway package!!

Hi everyone, I finally am off from work today. I worked evenings last night and it was so hot. The humidity was unbearable. My face was beat red from the heat and I really struggled most of the night. When I got home I just went right to bed. I was so tired. But I'm off work today and tomorrow. I'm going to take it easy.

Yesterday morning I finished the first block from Elephantz - Shabby Roses BOM. I really love these blocks. I'm not going to put them together the same way she is, but I'm going to use them in a bigger quilt with other blocks that I piece together. Here is my first block.

I also received my giveaway package that I won from Aunt Spicy. I'm so excited. I love these fabrics. I can't wait to use them in a project. Thanks Aunt Spicy!!!!

I hope everyone has a great day. I have such a headache this morning. I think it's just because of the heat last night. I hope it goes away soon. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Happy Stitching!!

Ariane :o)

I won a giveaway from Aunt Spicy!!

I'm so excited. I'm getting 3 Amy Butler fat quarters. Yeah!!!!! Thanks so much to Aunt Spicy for having this wonderful giveaway. You can go check them out on the Aunt Spicy Blog. She has a wonderful blog that I've been following from the very beginning when I started my blog. If you haven't already found it. You should go check it out.

Hugs!!

Ariane :o)

Happy Mother's Day and I won a giveaway!!!

Hi everyone, I have had a good day today. I wish all Mother's a very Happy Mother's Day!! My two youngest children made me cute little gift at school. My second oldest son gave me a water color painting of a dog that he painted at school. My daughter gave me a picture frame that she painted. I'm a very lucky mom. I have three wonderful kids.

I also won my first giveaway. AmieJ Designs was giving away a beautiful tote bag and I won. I can't believe it. I never win stuff. So, I was very shocked to get the email from her. I can't wait to receive it in the mail. I'll be checking my mailbox every day. Yeah!!! I'm so excited!!! You have to go check out her blog. She makes really great bags, and sells them in her etsy shop. She has monthly giveaways. She uses really great fabrics too. So, go on over and check it out. I was very tired today, but when I got home from work this evening, I was very well greated and my night ended up being great. I hope you are all well.

Happy Stitching!!

Ariane :o)