AMB Blog Hop Winners

The winner of a fat quarter pack of American Made Brand solids is Arianna, originally from Pennsylvania, now living in Virginia.

The winner of prize pack 2 (charm squares, chocolate and lapel pin) is Chiska of Wyoming.

It took me 4 tries to choose 2 winner who I was able to contact. One was a Google+ commenter whose email address was not visible (Debbie Weishaar from Louisiana). And another was a noreply comment (emmy in FL who used to live in CT and used to camp in RI). Ladies, if you email me at tinastitches (at) gmail (dot) com, I will send you a lapel pin.

Orange Giveaway Winner and Fire Update

Random number generator did his thing.

The winner of the orange giveaway is Jacqueline in Pitt Meadows. Many thanks to all of you who visited and entered the giveaway!

In family news, Pete sent me this pic just before he was evacuated from Camp Pendleton yesterday. This is the Talega/San Mateo fire creeping toward his barracks. He was not happy to spend the night back in boot camp (Recruit Depot San Diego), but he is safe.

Winners!

 The winner of my 505 giveaway is comment #6, Vicki!

I'll be sending these goodies out to her soon.

 I haven't been around much this past week because of this guy. Pete's Eagle Scout Court of Honor was yesterday and there was a lot of prep work to do. It was a wonderful ceremony and he was so happy. He says he doesn't like to be the center of attention, but he definitely enjoyed himself. 

On to the next mountain to climb...

Giveaway Winner

I'm happy to announce that Cecilia has won the little giveaway!

 Many thanks to my friend, Karen, for the bloggy love! 

And Welcome to my new followers!

 I had a fantastic weekend at the quilt retreat! This workstation was my home for 48 short hours.

 My friend, Chris Bagley, taught a spider web workshop on Saturday. I so admire her color sense and ability to use a vast array of fabrics to create the most amazing quilts.

 I finally dug into my stash of selvedges for my spider webs.

The staff at Alton Jones takes such good care of us and the food this year was especially delicious.

I'll be back later (after taking care of some Girl Scout cookie business) with more pics of show & tell and workshop projects. Wait until you see the variety of fabric choices!

And the Fabric Goes To...

Sara @ Sew Sweetness! Congratulations, Sara!
Go visit Sara's super-cute blog. She uses a lot of fun modern prints and I think she'll have fun with this Meadowsweet pack.

Could you put yourself on a fabric allowance? Sara's plan is to spend only $25 a month on fabric and sewing supplies. Winning giveaways will help!

Last week, I told Bill I would not be buying any fabric so I could save some money for our big summer trip. Within a couple of days, I was in Joann's buying 7 yards of solid for quilt backs. Backs don't count, right?