HAPPY NEW YEAR !

hey girl....looking forward to helping you stay organized in 2012...

OK ....i just have one question....where did 2011 go ? zoom zoom zoom...so much inspiration...never enough time....thank you to everyone and every thing that inspired me in 2011 !! i am so looking forward to 2012... another year of creative goodness stretching out in front of me...i already have sooo many ideas and wonderful projects i want to finish up and start and continue....zoom zoom zoom...

and a special thanks to all the girls that support my long arm quilting business  ....i really am a very lucky girl to be self employed , working from home, learning new things everyday.... doing something that i love !

and a husband that encourages and helps me 100 %  along the way !!!! thank you nick xoxoxo

wishing everyone a happy healthy 2012 with lots  and lots of ENERGY and TIME for family...life....quilting....sewing....blogging....eating healthy....exercising....and all the other good stuff we are so very very fortunate to have in our lives xoxoxoxo pam

a look back on finished quilts.......

My quilts

Keeping it simple quilts

last project of the year....triple color wheels in the house !!

WOW ! i got to spend  my last day of 2011 machine quilting these beauties....i LOVE this color wheel quilt soooooo much....i have had mine quilted and hanging in my sewing room for many months....the two i quilted today side by side on my longarm belong to my sisters.... more here and here....seeing this quilt times three was  so amazing that i could not stop taking pictures ....a triple pleasure for my eyes !!!!

color wheels loaded and ready to go...

and oops got distracted for a second....i fought for this calendar and won at the family white elephant gift exchange....and starting tomorrow it will have a special spot in my sewing room ...thank you lily

used the same pattern again..it works so well with this quilt....

....especially love what i do on days like this....

so flipping beautiful right ??

playing with my new camera fish lens....

 more fish lens

beautiful even from underneath

eye candy....

all trimmed and ready to go .....sisters will be happy xoxoxo

wishing you all a very happy new years eve.....tonight i will be celebrating with family and friends...xoxox pam

hey girl....merry christmas

    this hey girl business is soooo funny....
    thank you to these clever and creative girls !!!
    check out where it all started here

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN BLOGLAND.....IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER WONDERFUL INSPIRING YEAR THANKS TO ALL THE CREATIVE GOODNESS OUT THERE      XOXOXOXOXOXOXO PAM

sounder's quilt check....twenty-one little xmas houses check and handmade with ryan gosling

hallelujah....i am minutes away from finishing up my awesome christmas sewing....

and if you love ryan gosling and you love to craft and you love funny be sure to check this tumblr link out  these girls are so very clever....  a few of my favorites are "hey girl it's killing me that you have to frog all those rows" and  "f*ck that bobbin"
and "i was thinking we could hang  some bunting up around the apartment "  sooooo fuunnnnny

the last 5 ready to be stitched up....i spread these little cuties all over town this year...more here

love this shot xoxoxo

sounders quilt....more info here

so simple...used packer wave by patty clayton from digi-tech designs

half green and half blue flannel back....soooo soft

just in time for gift giving tomorrow night.....have a bit of handsewing left

for my good friends

that are absolute sounder fans

 the countdown is on....hope everyone is all ready to enjoy this holiday ....xoxoxo ~ pam ~

sewmamasew giveaway winners and today's creative goodness

congratulations to debbie, lynn and trish who have each won a happy town mugmat...please check your email and send your address. thanks to everyone for visiting and to sewmamasew for organizing the giveaway...this was my first one and i was impressed with the 147 comments i received !!!

i spent today in a very busy way....a little bit of stairs...a little bit of costco...a little bit of customer quilting and then a little bit of fun sewing for christmas... making more of these sweet houses .....
then finishing up 5 sewing kits for some special girls i know and finally  piecing this easy peasy sounder's quilt...a christmas gift idea i got at the last sounder's soccer game i went to...

started by making these sweet little pin cushions

then i found some cute boxes at ross and tj max

 i bought some sewing goodies but i also was able to use  a lot of fun extras i had in my sewing room 

i got this idea when livi told me that she is the sew go to girl at college because i gave her a little $3.99 sewing kit with her graduation quilt....so somehow i turned this idea into gifts for 5 college girls....i am so happy that they will all have  real sewing kits now....

so easy and there is enough to make 2 quilts....i bought 3 - 2 yard cuts ....cut them in half length wise....sewed the 3 lengths  together making it approximately 65" x 72" i will be machine quilting it this weekend with a flannel back...i used kona black, regata and green tea

this is where my inspiration came from.....we have some good friends that are absolute sounder's fans....they are going to looovvve this quilt !!!

happy weekend to all....hope everyone's christmas preparations are going smoothly....and you are enjoying this holiday season....i know i am trying my best to  NOT get grumpy....as always i am trying to fit too much in  and i am so looking forward to some down time,,,,,xoxoxo pam

sewmamasew giveaway day !!!

merry christmas to everyone....i am so happy to join in at sewmamasew for MY very first ever giveaway....i have had such fun making this raw edge applique on my longarm again this year and would love to share some of this happy goodness with you....hope you join in and have some fun checking out all this creative goodness and generousity......
please leave me a comment if you would like a chance to win one of three happy town mug mats... i will be choosing 3 winners...international comments welcome....please be sure to provide an email address so that i may contact you.....winners will be randomly drawn on december 16th....good luck and thank you for stopping by....xoxoxo pam

this

this

or this ....

all 3 mugmats are approximately 11 x 11....xoxox pam

adult eyes only....bad girl block

completetly cauchy has been a favorite blog for awhile....her wonderful lenny quilt quilt caught my eye a long time ago...in fact in went into my flickr faves....
she is doing a communal quilt project and her goal is to collect 49 blocks that somehow contain the f*uck word...
a little bit naughty for me but so much fun....i am so looking forward to seeing all the other blocks....she has already posted a few on her blog and you can read more about it here

i mailed mine yesterday...hope she uses it....

it really is the best swearword when things are good and when things are bad....

happy happy friday to all....nick and i are getting away on the weekend to salt spring island to see our long lost friends...see u on monday ...i will be posting and linking to the sewmamasew giveaway
i made more and more happy town for my giveaways....

just finishing up the bindings

i made several ...

still deciding on which ones i should use

hope to see you on monday!!!

xoxoxo  ~pam ~