Lakeshore Stitches

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Lucky Me!

I delayed writing this post to show you all the luck I have had this past month.

Remember the See You In September Blog Hop?

Thank you Deonn S. for providing these great patterns (and even the center panel and embroidery thread for one) for your Giveaway. I won!

Hope to start the tree skirt today.

How about the Rush Hour Blog Hop?

I won another Giveaway! A coffee cup sleeve and two seasonally appropriate fat quarters. Additionally, I saved the stamp from the package, since it came from Norway.

Thank you Anita S. for your Giveaway.

But, wait....another Rush Hour gift.

In my comment to Linda J, I mentioned that I was going to try to find this pattern that she used on the Rush Hour Blog Hop. She graciously offered the pattern to me....her actual words were..."I am done with it, like really done with it". Is she trying to tell me something?

Thanks for the gift, Linda. I love challenges.

Yesterday, my husband dropped me off at a quilt show and said he was going to a hardware store. As I made my way around to all the vendors, I came upon a gentleman selling Singer Featherweights...and his customer was my husband.

A 1946 Singer Featherweight 221-1...and it isn't even Christmas, yet.
How much luck can a girl have in one month?

And to end my day, another great gift.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Book Review: The Grave Robber, by Mark Batterson

Go next door to Lakeshore's Library for my review of The Grave Robber, How Jesus Can Make Your Impossible Possible...by Mark Batterson. Then, read the book for a faith kick start.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

My Rush Hour Has Arrived!

No one I know epitomizes Rush Hour better than my twenty-one year-old granddaughter. She is a college student who also works 32 hours per week as a cocktail waitress at a large casino resort. She works from 6 PM to 2 AM, then RUSHES to 8 AM classes, then back to work at 6 PM. Since both school and work are about 40 minutes from home (and each in a different town), she spends a lot of time in her car. And, it looks like she actually lives in her car. It greatly resembles a large blue trash can strewn with remnants of fast food meals, multiple uniform and clothing changes, college books and papers, ....and a Rubik Cube?? I thought about posting a photo of the interior of her car, but decided it was too depressing.

I purchased only one yard of Rush Hour fabric and combined it with the aptly named "aspirin dot" print...always need aspirin for those Rush Hour headaches. The remainder of the black, white and grey fabrics were left from The Ghastlies Hop. And, of course, my Quilts of Valor stash always yields red fabric.

First a divided organizer box:

A bag to rush off to the gym with...."aspirin" print on the back side:

A coffee cup cozy for a strong espresso...lined with Insulbrite to help hold in the heat:

And, finally a ruffled wristlet keychain.

All packed and ready to go:

BUT, as I was carrying this out to her little blue car, I noticed my own little car....

Sorry, Kat, this car organizer kit belongs in my car.

Thank you Carol at Just Let Me Quilt and Madame Sam at Sew We Quilt for making this blog hop possible. Lots of fun.

Please visit the rest of our Rush Hour participants and tell them what you think about their projects.

Thursday, September 25

Friday, September 26

The Quilting Queen Online

Quilting Quietly

Vicky Myers Creations

Monday, September 29

Grandmama’s Stories

Kris Loves Fabric

Jane’s Quilting

Life, Quilts, and Cats, too

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Creatin’ in the sticks

Bquiltin Studio

Tuesday, September 30

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Rush Hour Has Arrived

Tuesday, September 23

Just Let Me Quilt

I piece 2-Mary

Marjorie’s Bush Corner

Wednesday, September 24

Stitchin’ By The Lake

Buzzing and Bumbling

Lixie Makes It

Everyone Deserves a Quilt

Living With Purpose

Madly Mid Mod

Coral Canyon Quilting