Winner! Winner!

You'll have to make your own dinner! 'Cause I was too busy swooshing down the snowy slopes to post the winner from Throwback Thursday {Volume 7}! Thank goodness Mr. Random Number Generator didn't go on vacation!

The lucky winner, who will receive a 40$ gift certificate from Fabric Please!, is #16. Linked blogs were numbered #1 through #20 and the first comment was #21.

That's Carla from Granny Maud's Girl who linked up a post about the pillow she hand-quilted!

Thank you to everyone who linked up and who commented. I hope to see you back for TBT {Volume 8} on March 3rd. I've already got oldie but goodie quilt picked out and a sweet giveaway lined up.

J

P.S. To all you Stash Comrades out there, don't forget tomorrow's link-up! It's your chance to show off the projects you've been making with your hoard carefully curated fabric collection. Or maybe you'll show off your re-organized stash. Time to show your stash love!

4X7 Challenge - Week 1!

February's here and the 4x7 Challenge @ Berry Barn Designs is well underway. I knew it would be a true challenge for me to manage some sewing every day, but I managed fairly well this week. Here's my day by day breakdown!

Monday
Ah... the first day of February. Not just the start of the 4x7 Challenge, but also the first of the month. So my "sewing time" was more like stash time.

I spent a fair amount of time rummaging about in my stash cutting 2½ inch squares to form a lovely rainbow palette for the February Birthday Queen of the Birthday Bonus Club.


Tuesday
I managed two sessions of sewing on Tuesday! The first was preparing fabric, templates, and notions for an EPP demonstration. And the second was spent passing on some sewing skills. As I've before, I'm a leader with the oldest Branch of Canadian Girl Guides, Rangers. We watched an eye-opening documentary, Misrepresentation, and stitched while watching. I'm pleased to say that at least one of the Rangers in attendance was well and truly bitten by the EPP bug!

Wednesday
I counted this as a banked day as Tuesday had me in my studio a lot! I did spend some quality time with my MMQG Executive Peeps planning our first ever retreat. I am over the moon excited about this opportunity to sew all week-end long!

Thursday
My sewing involved a little computer time to whip up a Kona Palette using Play Craft's Palette Builder 2.1.

I found an image on-line of this print from my stash, Dear Stella's French Lessons by Jack & Lulu and got to building.

I ♥ that selvage! Off I went to my Kona stash. I'm always amazed at how well the Palette Builder matches the colours in one's image. I had to make a few little substitutions in keeping with The Year of the Stash.

 Now I've got bits and pieces all cut out for my vacation EPP project!

Friday
Does fixing my Himself's ski mitts count as selfish sewing? ☺ I'm going to say it does!

Saturday
Alas, a day's driving with DT left absolutely zero in my personal tank for sewing. Not even a few stitches of EPP.

I'm linking up with Sarah @ Barn Berry Designs.

To sum up Week 1, no projects finished, but definitely some sewing play time. Week 2 is going to be all about EPP and cross-stitch.

J