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The Master Make Over

Holly Elam — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:28:18 +0000

After almost 16 years we finally took the plunge and bought ourselves a new bed, night stands, a mattress, an ottoman, and bed linens. It was so exciting shopping with Tim to pick out our stuff together. We very rarely go shopping together. Usually I shop during the day while he is at work.

We bought a memory foam mattress from Sam’s Club. We slept on it last night for the first time. We had to let it expand completely before sleeping on it. Tim slept like a baby. I tossed and turn a bit. I think I just need to get used to it. When I woke up I didn’t have a backache. That was wonderful. I have a memory foam pillow. Tim gave it to me two Christmas’s ago. I love it.

We went to 8 stores looking for a new comforter set for the bed. Of course the last place we went is where we found one we really liked. We saw one at Belk’s that was pretty, as well as pretty expensive. In the end we passed on it. It was dry clean only. Way to much maintenance for me.We still need to paint the room, makes curtains, and recover the ottoman.

The ottoman has beetles on it. We got it really cheap. We are going to buy some material to recover it soon.

Stacked Coins Quilt Swap

Holly Elam — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:13:40 +0000

Over at My Quilting Buddies we are taking sign ups for a stacked coins quilt strip swap. We will be swapping a strip of 40 coins. It should be fun. We would love to have you join us. The partner list will go out on the 11th.

Happy Sewing

451 Give Away Winner

Holly Elam — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:56:19 +0000

I used a random number generator and Annemarie’s number was picked. Congrats Annemarie.

Thank you to those of you who joined My Quilting Buddies. We have some great new swaps open for sign ups. I will be hosting a mystery quilt this month too. Come and check us out.

“Seeing Spots”, Quilts for Kids

Holly Elam — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:13:33 +0000

Here is the quilt I made for the Quilts for Kids program. They sent me the kit. All I had to do was provide the batting and sew the quilt together. I named the quilt- Seeing Spots. I love the dog fabric. I hope it keeps a child nice and warm.

Crib Sized Memory Quilt

Holly Elam — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:06:38 +0000

I finished this memory quilt today for a customer. The striped blocks are a very old baby quilt. I had to quilt it onto a piece of fabric so that when I cut it up it wouldn’t fall apart. The yellow in the nine patches are from baby clothes as is the white with the little orange dogs.

Swap Blocks

Holly Elam — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:16:47 +0000

I made these blocks for some swaps. My partner wanted the feel of the willow china. I love these blocks and now don’t want to part with them. You can click on the name of the block and it will take you to directions on how to make them.

Baby Bud

Friendship Star

Anvil

I also made this one for a swap. It was a little more difficult to make. Lots of small blocks to sew together. I love the colors.

Wyoming Valley

New Hair Do

Holly Elam — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:33:45 +0000

I went this morning and got highlights in my hair. It has been brown for 8 years. Time for a change.

Valentine’s Artwork

Holly Elam — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:56:40 +0000

Joshua made me this card for Valentine’s day. It was just so cute that I had to share it.

I received a very pretty card in the mail today from my Gramma Geri. She is an artist. I wanted to share her artwork with you too.

Snow Day…in Alabama???

Holly Elam — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:20:52 +0000

Today we got an unexpected 4 inches of snow. It started out as sleet and quickly turned to HUGE snowflakes. We never get this much snow and no one saw it coming. Here is what it looked like at 7:30am. It was about an inch thick.

This is at 9:30am with 4 inches.

451st Post Give Away

Holly Elam — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:21:27 +0000

This is my 451st post. Where has the time gone? In honor of it I am giving away these awesome gifts. There is a catch though so keep reading.

I am a co-administrator on My Quilting Buddies.com. My dear friend Tina started this website back in August as a place for us to meet and swap. It is full of really awesome people from around the world. We have monthly, quarterly, sewing, and non sewing swaps. We also have a ton of links to free patterns and blocks. Some of which I created. There is also a barter board for sewing and non sewing items.We would love to have you come and join us.

If you join My Quilting Buddies in February you will be entered in the drawing for these gifts. I am really hoping we can get some new friends to swap with. If you do this and post about it on your blog you will get an extra entry. Make sure that you post separately for these two entries. So one post here that you joined the group and a separate one for posting on your blog. I will draw a name for the give away on February 28th. Hubby has surgery on the first. Don’t think I will be anywhere near a computer to draw a name at that time.

The prizes to be given away to one person are this table runner made by me, the 50 Country Quilting Projects Book, and a Moda Charm pack.

I will also include a Moda Charm pack.