Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

Hi. My name is Cyndi and I am a fabric junkie. sigh. Here are the things i have picked up over the past few weeks. ( no, this is not all, i scored more at a 50% off sale yesterday....WHO can refuse that?) This little beauty i picked up for $9!!!! The last Wal-Mart in our area with a fabric department is closing.....not the store, the sewing department. An assortment of patriotic prints for my little America fiend! I picked up all these fabric squares at our new local thrift store for $2!!! how could i refuse?!?!? I just love this! don't know why i love it...but i do!!! so of this lovely stuff i got that the quilt show and some I got at Wal-Mart... This is part of what i got at the quilt show....LOVE IT! and assorted fat quarters of course! more yumminess to come!

Our very first custom order bag, delivered to it's happy owner! We'll see what happens. She contacted us and asked for a bag that had certain amenities....we designed it and priced it and she bought it! so now....we're going to take orders for custom bags if anyone else wants one. I have posted this on FB and we'll see...so here's the story of the bag: This is us digging through our stash looking for inspiration. Other than "i like yellow" and specific functional details, she gave us nothing to go one. She told us to do "whatever"! Fortunately for her...we do know her and have been witness to her personal taste and style for several ...many?...years so we had a feeling of what she would like. Poor Melissa had to do almost all of the math! I am just not very good. We had some ideas that didn't work out...and we had to make changes along the way. We learned a lot.... During the process, we laid out the bag to see how amazing the trim was a...

I have a list of projects growing in my head. they need out, so i am going to post them here....deal with it! 1. finish custom order handbag 2. start...and finish ....Easter outfit for my DD 3. linen purse for me! 4. sewing needle case 5. no cash wallet 6. and a million quilts running through my head!

during spring break, I spent a few days with my family, courtesy of my parents, in pigeon forge, TN. Long after the trip was planned i realized that there was a quiltfest going on and i HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE cathedral window quilts....I am going to figure it out and make one...maybe something small to start with...eventually! I snapped a few pictures of a few of the quilts in the competition...sorry i don't have the info on these...but they are just too lovely not to share! I was like..."WOW!" all this is hand work...beads and embroidery! this one was so cool! all red and white and christmasy! also hand embroidered! I will try and post a pic of the (sadly) few fat quarters I bought....they were rockin!

ok, so New Moon comes out on DVD on the 20th....are you excited??? my friends and I..ok, so my friend, and i am invited...are having a new moon party to watch it on Sunday afternoon!!! anyone else pumped about this? personally i cannot wait for eclipse to come out...its my favorite!!!

clearly i have not blogged lately. I have made things...and let them leave me without photographing them. I have been plugging along with life. Stomach virus ripped through our home last week. spring break and a trip to TN coming up next week. semi-sorta spring cleaning select areas of the house as the mood hits me. fell into a funk...and am climbing my way back out. I have a few projects on the horizon....hopefully i will remember to photograph them so i can show you. while away on girls weekend...we had a Cullen fest and so i have been engrossed into reading the books...AGAIN! i use the term reading loosely as i have them on MP3 so i am actually listening to them. Keeps me from totally ignoring all the laundry and things that i NEED to be doing. I will say though it is hard to listen to "books on tape" (yeah i am old) on a shuffle though. One wrong click and you are back to the beginning of a track and have no way of fast forwarding to where you were. also, sadly the entir...