Another one bites the dust...

Good Bye real life Mr. Delicious... hello new quilt inspirations! The tortured artist is officially back in action!

Slacker...

It's true... I'm a slacker this past month completely got away from me! Between working, teaching, tying up loose ends of an old relationship and enjoying the fresh start of a new one, I have had little time to sew. OH and there was the earthquake, the hurricane and the flooding we experienced here in good old VA. The standing water on my apt floor really didn't help things much. Did I mention my car broke down too? Anyways it seems the worst is past us, fall has settled in and I'm ready to get back to writing.

Hopefully you noticed that I received a sweet new GO! baby fabric cutter from the wonderful people at Accuquilt. I have been patiently waiting for my third die set to arrive, but on Sat. my patience ran out. I couldn't wait any longer this baby was calling my name and I decided it was time for a test run!

Ironically when I came into work I almost stumbled over this sweet little GO! case we have for sale. Just came in last week. Its so cute want this for my carry-on LOL lime green is my favorite! 

I decided to cut out some of these cute little birds just to get a feel for the GO! baby. Since I have never used anything like this before I wasn't really sure what to expect. My first impression when taking it out of the box was the weight! It make look innocent but this baby packs a punch! I really like how the sides fold up and down making it perfect to pack up and take along... and the perfect size to store away in my teeny tiny apartment =)

For my fabric I had the perfect choice in mind! The wonderful people at Basic Grey Fabrics  sent me this rad little fat pack! The line is called "Curio" and the prints are so beautiful it took me a full week to build up the nerve just to untie the bow! 

I mean just look at these! Have you ever seen anything more wonderful than a big old pile of coordinating fat quarters.... it's like heaven. All the ladies in the quilt shop were drooling. 

I chose these three nice simple prints for my first round of birdies! I just love this line of fabric each and every piece looks so delicate. The way a little birdie should be!

I cut each fabric down to 6in wide so the would run through the GO! baby nice and easy.

The process was super simple... just layer the fabric onto top of the die and place the cutting mat on top. Then run your whole little sandwich through the GO! baby while turning the handle. 

The GO! baby dies went through nice and smooth. I was very impressed. The process couldn't have been easier. When you're done all you have to do is peel away the extra fabric and WHAAA-LAAAA beautiful little birdies all cut and ready to go... or should I say GO!

I only used three layers of fabric which gave me nine little birds but according to the box the GO! baby can cut up to twice that at once. I was very please with all these pretty little things...

... and their little wings!

The girls in the quilt shop got a kick out of it too. But no one was more pleased than Cadence who immediately claimed ownership of my entire flock. She spent most of the night arranging and re-aranging them, flying them around the room and stashing them in places the mommy will never find! Sigh... 

CADENCE WAS HERE! THE END!

Romance...

It's what I want... in my quilts and in my life... I want sunsets and sunrises. I want my hand held. I want sitting on old stairwells and walks down old alley ways... I want to be kissed in the rain! That is all.

Let the fun begin!

Nothing beats coming home from a long cranky day at work to find a big surprise on your door step!!!

Cracking open this big old box put a smile on my face REAL QUICK! 

And Cadence's too! She can't seem to understand that this big bright beautiful box is NOT a toy for her (its a toy for ME! ha!) 

The people at AccuQuilt have been fantastic. After seeing my blog listed in Quilters Home they sent this wonderful package out to me to give it a GO! I had my choice of three die cut designs. It was a hard decision, there is a lot to choose from on the GO Baby website. AccuQuilt.com 

I finally ended up choosing these cute little birds, a set of stems and leaves and the fall medley mix, which unfortunately was on back order and didn't make it into the box =( They also sent me this nice little cutting mat. 

I'm really excited to try this baby out! Apparently it can cut up to six layers of fabric which means lots and lots of little birds! Cadence is gonna love it and I cant wait! NOW the most exciting thing about this AccuQuilt GO Baby is you, YES YOU can win one too! Thanks to the wonderful people at AccuQuilt I will be having my first ever GIVEAWAY! So make sure to check back soon!  I've got a great little project worked up with these dies in mind and once my fall medley arrives I'll be getting straight to work.

 Lets see what this little GO baby can do!!!!

Mr. Delicious

No matter how many jobs I work I just can't seem to make enough money to pay the bills, eat AND buy fabric! The solution is simple... stop eating! LOL But seriously I have been working my ass of ever since I had to cut back my hours at the quilt shop and while I love my new job it has really cut into my sewing time and its making me cranky! I've got all these projects floating around in my head but only 24 hours in the day and one set of hands!!! So if anyone out there would like to hire me to work from home with fabric AND give me a raise you just let me know ; )

Anyways one lonely night back in April I drew up this handsome fellow...

Margie calls him Edward... I call him DELICIOUS!

 Mr. Delicious has been hanging on my wall for over 3 month now giving me that sexy stare. I've been enjoying him so much I haven't had the heart to cut him up. I also had no color scheme in the works so there really was no point. UNTIL the other night while laying around with another real life "Mr. Delicious" (yeah yeah yeah its not all work that has been distracting me lol) I spotted this lovely pile of fabric nestled up against a painting done by my Aunt Linda.

Deep greens, purple and plum! PERFECTION!!! My Mr. Delicious finally has a color scheme! Don't you just love it when things work out like that! 

Needless to say the real life Mr. Delicious didn't know what to think when I sprung out of bed to take this photo LMAO. He will learn soon enough!

SMILE!

If this dosen't make you smile I don't know what will!

I MADE IT!!!

My quilt is officially going to travel with the 2011 Hoffman Challenge Exhibit! Hot Damn I'm Happy!