Winners Announced..and future blog hop recap

Here are the winners of 

3 fat Quarter bundles..one each for top 2 

and Honourable Mention will receive a bundle and silicone sheet ( bonus)

compliments of Connecting Threads...

Big thanks goes out to Connecting Threads

for HELLO SUNSHINE...

#1 Winner for overall participant...

( means you made something)

Helen @

Till we quilt again..

#2 winner for being in our top 2 or Honourable Mention category

Patty @ 

                 A stitch in Time...

  

#3 for a comment left on someone's blog...

Sandra who always leaves

such great notes...

and winner of my wee coin purse kit..

Scrapbook-chickAdoodle...

I believe her name is Roxanne? 

YOU won my wee kit.....

it is orange...lol

congrats to you all.....( all have been contacted) 

all will be mailed as soon as you send me your details..

FYI...

                RECAP of  our next blog hops...

And our sponsor will be Riley Blake Design..

Take a peak at their new collections that just came in...

LINK their name to see....

Some Halloween bundles and a festive bundle for well you know...

our next big festive holiday....

Wendy is our cheerleader and she is Wicked..

just warning you....

she is from Why KNOT KWILT

Begins oct 22 to oct 31st

And our sponsor will be Andover Fabrics

and check out what are some of their newest collections..

Katherine from Sew Me Something Good 

will be our resident cheerleader for this event..

and my goodness me is she thrilled to be part of this one....

It begins on Nov 5th-13th....

This is The RED THREAD collection 

from Andover Fabrics....( it arrived late yesterday..rather timely) 

You can see one of the coin purses

I made from this collection... 

OHHH ladies you are gonna love these bundles...

( I will have something extra special to share on Tuesday next week 

about an Andover  contest they are running) 

And our sponsor will be Jill Finley from

 Jillily Studio...Jillily Studio ...( check her page too)

it is her design, her new fabric and new book...

She is OUR EVERYTHING ... sponsor

Pauline from Quilt n Queen will be our resident

cheerleader....And she has a VOICE

a lovely caring and dear voice...wink..

it begins on Nov 21st -30th....

AND

For the month of DECEMBER I have a very special PLAN.

I know YOU WILL LOVE IT...

Our cheerleaders are very involved in this one....

The New YEAR will bring.....

Signs up will begin in NOVEMBER....

Jan 2013 

Nancy Drew is a Clue (  MODA)

Bonjour Paris ( TIMELESS TREASURES)

Feb 2013

It's all about ME ( AMY BRADLEY)

Hugs and Kisses ( ClothWorks) 

March 2013

YOU stitch me up! ( Colonial Needle) 

Dare to DRESDEN ( not sure yet...I have 3 choices)

April 2013

Do the BAG!

Say it with Flowers

May 2013

Words...#%$@

SEW?

There is more...but I will stop here...

Mark your calendars...

We always give you 2 months notice

before blog hop begins..

and  I usually leave hints on when

I announce that hop....

We fill up very quickly these days...

So November we will be announcing 

3 hops because DEC there will be none...

( you will soon know why) 

Quilters Breakfast....or should I say Nutritionist Quilters breakfast..that is me...

I did not have my customary breakfast this morning...

Steel cut oats was replaced with Crumpets..

I suppose only Britain and Canadians know of 

Crumpets as I did get quite a few emails with..

"what are crumpets?"

I was sending off a STAPLE list of FALL AND WINTER staples

one should have in their home.... ( to make meals in less than 15 minutes_

to those who have been keen on eating more nutritiously ,,,

 Those who have a copy of our book

"I Want it ALL"...

( before I quilted my DH and I were authors and both Registered Nutrionists,

besides both being in medical and pharma) He still is.....and well you 

know what fills my days wink...

If there is one question I get asked more often then none it is these 2..

#1 DO YOU SLEEP?

( yes on average 8-9 hours every night)

#2 What do you EAT?

( welllllll that is a long one, as I love FOOD, cooking, baking

eating it....) 

I thought I would give you a wee insight into my morning habits....

Besides my coffee, limit of 2 cups...

I eat steel cut oats 6 out of 7 mornings....just plain with maybe a teaspoon

of maple syrup or brown sugar...

Formula for perfect steel cut oats..

If you have been avoiding steel cut oats because it takes too much time..

 try this....

Put 1 cup of water on to boil, once boiled add 1/4 cup of oats...

cover pot with lid, shut off your stove....and in the morning, add 1/4 cup 

more water, heat and serve....

This is how I make it ...sew forget about waiting 20 minutes

before it is cooked....try doing this before you go to bed...

( see saved myself almost 23 minutes lol)

BACK to todays breakfast...I LOVE CRUMPETS..

they have the texture of a yeast pancake, or like a biscuit.

but doughy....THEY HAVE 0 fats....very low in calories...

although I am never about calories.....

"Our body requires so many nutrients, if it does

not get it, it will have you overeating till you DIE! 

Yep....every disease is caused by the foods you eat

and the foods you do not?

If you love to have a great boost to your day, toast

2 crumpets, add 1/2 butter to each and serve

it up with ST Dalfours preserves....I have been buying

this since I lived in FRANCE. Up until a few years ago,

I would order a couple cases per year...now we can 

get in Canada and United States has it specialty shops..

WHYYYYYY it is so good, it is only sweetened with grape juice..

no sugar in any of their preserves...very nutritious and just 

the right amount a sweetness one would like to begin their day...

For the next 48 hours only.....if you would like a copy of our book

and you order 1 copy at $20.00 Canadian, and cost to ship..

YOU can have a second copy for 10.00....

If you wonder what gives me sewwww much energy

and keeps me organized...YOU can read it all here..

We have food plans, lot's of interest files

in behind secrets of what the  "crazy makers" do to your foods

and how they keep you eating more and more..

We even have a warning about this book..

"if ever you lend it out, you will never get it back"

What did your breakfast look like?

Don't you WANT IT ALL TOO?

now I am off to get dressed and get some much

needed assignments handed in...

looking for some heat??

check here for pattern

Another quick project for RBD..

Have you seen what their design team has been creating?

I love heating pads... I suppose it brings back memories 

when my wee cuddle bugs would come by the bed with 

"it hurts" and my response would always be..

"let's make it all better".

I would dress them warm, dish up their favourite chicken noodle

soup and tuck a heating pad under their covers...

I used to tell them we will just sweat out those viruses...

And it worked, usually within 24 hours...they would

be jumping out of their bed with "all better" in their voices...

Ok, so they are all grown up now.. 

( I don't think we ever grow out of the cold and flu season)

and I needed a new project to share....

READY? 

Fall leafs me happy for many reasons...305 PINS ( PHOToS)

Greetings all you AUTUMN LOVERS...

SEW we meet again...and I am your last stop...

I am aren't I?

I am sharing my day with all of these amazing quilters...

EACH one sew darn inspiring... 

This hop LEAFS ME VERY HAPPY! 

 AND

LOOK who I get to share my day with ...

Wednesday 10

Quilter in the Closet

SewMuch2Luv

Peanut's Patchwork

Quilting Lines

Mochawildchild

Ariane Quilts

Lily Patch Quilts

Cindy's Crafty Creations

Hill Valley Quilter

Count it *all* JOY!!!

Rose Creations

Sew We Quilt ( yep that is me, Mdm Samm) 

Fall is my season, I think because it always meant back to school and new

dresses ( ok uniforms) but I did have some pretty blouses underneath.

Today, well except for new dresses, I get new material..take

this lovely Charlie Brown fabric, gifted from a dear friend who knew

I just loved this fabric...

Sew I made this lovely dress as a reminder that it is the little

things that still make me happy....

( Imagine that 1/2 yard of fabric could bring such a smile)

I have lot's left over for another hop...wink...

I love fall because I get to wear wraps...just cool enough that a wrap

over the shoulders is just the comfort I need...

NOW my DH thought this was a bell..IMAGINE that...?

( ok I can see it now lol) 

I could have smacked him....YOU do see a dress don't YOU?

( Made from some HELLO Sunshine, that we are giving away today) 

Speaking of SMACKING, I made this 1/2 lip..he did not get it either..

He only recognizes the real thing lol....

My shade of lipstick in the winter btw!

What is yours? Do you still wear some?

( oh this is one of my new paper piecing designs...I made another...ok it is quite simple

but I designed it... lol) 

ok, maybe it looked better as my drawing lol

Kinda of loses something if I have to explain it.lol

I think I will do a full lip next time 

And when I think of Fall, I also think of pumpkins, and I always purchase at least

3 sizes for our front step..sew I thought I best do the same here...it will

look like nice in my PAPER PIECING quilt, when I am done...

And this one made with Riley Blakes Ombre Dots...well I just love it..this is a fairly

large pumpkin block...sew we called her Dotty! 

And this one...I just love, made from Michael Miller's Cotton Couture..don't you just love

the shades of orange...kind of like stained glass! 

And with all those pumpkins, I thought why not "CAN" some...using Joanne's tut ( on our side bar with VIP tuts truck)  for this paper piecing jar and finding some RBD fabric with RECIPE on it...I pieced it all together and look, pumpkin sauce...work with me peeps? lol

Ohhh look, I had enough pumpkin puree to make us a pumpkin pie with WHIP cream on top..

Does this not look appetizing... I do believe there was this other lady who also

made a pie PP...I think it was apple... I like PUMPKIN lol

This was my inspiration...Made from scratch with wee sugar pumpkins..

there is just nothing like it...I had a piece for breakfast...

Ohhh and speaking of Fall Harvesting...we got lots of corn to freeze as well...

Took all the corn off the ears..DID YOU HEAR THAT? and then

par boiled and froze them on sheets and then bagged them....

Sew if you need further explanation on anything...you can always call me...

if you hear a busy signal, I likely have it off the hook again....

 ( another of my new designs of a phone...needs some work...but you do sew a phone

dangling don't you ? LOL)

I get asked a lot about my photos...these were taking against my barn wood wall, I hung a

bacopa plant in front....I took the pics at sunset, around 5:30 pm..

I did not photoshop anything....the sun was on my back...

Or you can write me...I love mail...don't you just love this pattern...?

This was from Paper Panache, Linda had it in -one of her newsletters ( the mailed kind)

before she did them all online...

Sew these are all the reasons I love Fall...

ohhh and paper piecing ...I do love paper piecing...

Bet you all figured that one out? 

Remember this...? These are some of the blocks I did

since June of this year to make a quilt at the end of the year..

I am calling it My YEAR in PP 2012!

 OHHHH and this is for Cherry, when I found out she loved ORANGE too...I made her -her very own cuppa cozie...this was made especially for her, stuffed with bleached and processed goose down and she can cover her cold or hot tea and it will keep cool or hot for hours....

Found her an orange china cup too and a wee candle that is in shape of a cup....

A perfect thank you for hosting and cheering this event....Thanks Cherry..and thank you Friends

who hopped with us and sewed and quilted with us and our Sponsors, Connecting Threads....

THANK YOU! 

 ( my watermark)

always nice to have them co -ordinating with our hops! 

Ohhh and I thought...why not a
 COIN PURSE KIT to giveaway...
( this blog hop is coming up after Wicked with Wendy,
UR Priceless is next...times on side bar) 
I have it all cut and ready to sew....
in FALL colours of course...

Everything you need to make your own UR priceless coin purse..

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

 Just leave a comment letting me know what future blog hops
would you like to see?

RECAP,
January, Nancy Drew is a clue
Bonjour Paris,
February, Hugs and Kisses Paper Piecing
It's all about me, appliqué with Amy Bradley
March, Stitch with me, ( embroidery)
Dare to Dresden....

   The top 2 and honourable mention will follow this email....

will follow this email....

Leafs me Happy last day of our blog hop

Leafs me Happy with 

Cherry from Cherrry Blossoms Studio

is our cheerleader in residence..

This blog hop begins on Monday!

OCT 1st... That is today..

HI OCTOBER

The Schedule is here...

YES HERE!

And LOOK who is up for today...

Wednesday 10

Quilter in the Closet

SewMuch2Luv

Peanut's Patchwork

Quilting Lines

Mochawildchild

Ariane Quilts

Lily Patch Quilts

Cindy's Crafty Creations

Hill Valley Quilter

Count it *all* JOY!!!
Rose Creations

Sew We Quilt

A big thanks goes out to 

they are our sponsor  for this hop and will be giving away

3 fat quarter bundles of their newest line

HELLO SUNSHINE...

( a lovely fall collection)

Check out here their newest collections..

 Their PRICES ARE AWESOME!

And one lucky winner will also be getting a silicone sheet too

with their bundle....this is for the category of top 2 and honourable

mentions...Sew BE CREATIVE, you could win BIG...

( and I always add a few extra things too from some

very generous sponsors) 

YOU can view all participants lovely entries here daily..

link here

Our top 2 today are ......

( see you in the morning)

 ( guest judge) Charlotte helped me out today...

we seem to agree almost all the time on our top 3....

Thanks Charlotte

I am a very proud Canadian, I love my country, and I love the symbolism

of our Canadian LEAF. This lady captured the colours, hues and perfect blocks

welllll perfectly....lovely ..

and you have to check this lady's completed block...the design, richness

in fabric collection is a must for our last day...

And our Honourable Mention for completed project 

goes to this lady! 

It is easy to see why we chose this one too...
this lady over there...wayyyyy over there
knows how to bring along the sunshine along 
with her smiles to have us taking notice...

A GREAT END to our HOP...
Thanks to everyone who participated....

Hello Sunshine bundles can be won this way! 

#1 all those who participated will have a chance to win

#2 All those who are in our top 2 and Honourable mention

#3 All those who leave comments

It pays to participate in our blog hops

YOUR chances are a possible 3 in 100 chances..

I think that is amazing...

Where else can you get that kind of opportunity? 

YEP! I was thinking the same! 

HERE at SEW We QUILT where everyone is a winner..

NOW GO OUT THERE AND CHEER! 

for Fall and our pretty outstanding participants

and our cheerleader too CHERRY! 

MAKE A FALL MEMORY! 

ALLLLLL winners will be announced on FRIDAY of this week! 

good luck...