Friday Favs?

After much debate with myself, I have decided to put my Friday Favorites on a hiatus.  Now that I have added cooking diet food and exercising into my daily routine, I am simply running out of time to do everything I want.  Know the feeling?  The good news is that I have now lost 15 lbs and with the help of hypnosis am even starting to enjoy moderate exercise.  That bodes well for me to hit my first goal in weight loss by Labor Day.  YEAH!

However, one last cool thing to share, Quilting Arts is having a fabric swap.  I think it sounds really fun and plan to create my 4 fat quarters to trade.  This will be easier than the round robin fabric swap because you are simply creating your own fabric fat quarters to send off and then receiving 4 new ones in the mail.  Since I am always energized by seeing what other can accomplish,  I can't wait!

Big Day

Yesterday was certainly a big day!  First, it snowed.  First snow of the winter.  It was pretty coming down as it stuck to the trees and wires.  Today as the wind is blowing it down from the trees and wires in thick clumps, it is pretty again.  Unfortunately it is the beginnning of winter for me.

I had hoped for a long fall.  Spring lasted to the first week in August.  Rain, and the resultant mosquitoes, made being outside unpleasant. Then we had two weeks of Summer.  Fall began the last week in August.  I had hoped it would last until at least the end of November as recompense for the Spring.  Instead we have snow and  lower than normal temperatures.

But yesterday did have some wonderful things happening.  I received my package from the Fat Quarter Shop.  Now I have the pattern for the November Schnibble and a jelly roll cake of Kansas Winter for the pattern--it will be a Thanksgiving Picnic.

AND I received the book "40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts" by Evelyn Sloppy from Amazon.  It has the pattern for the red and white snowball quilt challenge.  Yeah, now I can start that too!

AND I got some off-white and cream fabric prints I had ordered from Christa's Quilts for the fabric swap.  I spent the afternoon washing, ironing, cutting and packaging the fabric to send off to my 7 swap buddies.  They (packages not the swap buddies) are all sent off today to their new homes.  I know that Sinta has already sent out hers so I should start receiving mine anytime.  Whoooo Hoooo!