Let it Go...

If you know a young girl, there is a good chance you've heard "Let it Go" about a zillion times!

 

Disney's "Frozen" has seemed to take over the world.

While it was tough, I was able to get my hands on this panel.

The coordinating prints were long gone, so I improvised!

:-)

While I was in NY, I purchased a couple of yards of this white fabric that was partially see thru.

I added a blue solid behind it, and loved the lacy look it gave!

AccuQuilt Go snowflakes, from Fairy Frost fabric.

 

And a soft Minky back.

Having never used Minky before I had to get some advise on long arming it.

Wow, does it quilt up nice.

I'd seen the movie long ago, and never dreamed it would take off like it did.

So, don't you know, I had to have my own copy of it.

It was in my stocking when I woke up Christmas morning.

Thanks to my son.

Not to say that he doesn't think I'm crazy...

just sayin!

:-)

More Accuquilt fun-Tumbler die

There is nothing more satisfying than being able to cut out an entire quilt in 30 minutes. That is exactly what I did before I went on vacation. The tumbler die makes for a great travel project, and a rainy day was perfect to sit and play with them.  I should mention, that sewing them up was a dream. You really can't miss with the perfect cut outs! :-)  :-) Yeah!

Oh-the choices.

I had to do some playing to see what I liked best!

                                                      Each layout has it's place, but for my project, I went with the one that lets my eye rest a bit.  It's a busy quilt, since I used so many of my beloved Halloween fabrics in it.  Once I get home this will get a wide black border with some fun applique on it. Hummm, that means I am going to have to go order some of those great  dies they keep coming up with now doesn't it?

 You know these would be perfect! I am very excited to see the new two toned foam too. While the solid has not been much of an issue for me personally, I know the two tone is going to be a great hit!

As I said, I pre-cut my tumblers before I came, but I actually had enough left over to make a table runner too.  BONUS!  And I love those happy surprises!

So as soon as I get home, these will get their special finishing touches and some quilting too!  Oh Baby GO, I do love you!

:-)

Now for another Alaska update:

It was a scary time here last night. Remember those bear tracks I showed you last post??  Well I was sitting here watching TV and heard a noise. I thought my son came home from work early and was dumping trash, but he never came in, so I went over and messed with the light switches to find the one that turns on the yard light.  Hummm... nothing accept the freezer door is open?????? Now that's strange. My first thought was bear, so I watched for awhile before I opened the door, closed the lid quickly and got back inside.
After telling Mike the story when he gets home, he goes out and locks the freezer.  Later on as I am cleaning up the kitchen we hear a big bang, and Mike runs to the door and lets out a big ole "oh crap"! By the time I get there, I see nothing, but there had been a very big brown bear looking in the window at him. This time the bear had moved the freezer about 2 feet from the house. Now who is shaking harder at this point, was hard to tell. He gathers his firearm and a rubber bullet gun just in case. We know we have to get the freezer in the house, this bear is not leaving, but it's dark, do we really want to go out now???  All the yard lights go on, we remote start the cars, make tons of noise and make our way out. I have no knowledge of guns, so my holding one would be stupid, we would both end up hurt.  Mike holding the gun heads out with me in tow. I need to move this freezer that is full. Yeah right. I have no idea just how this bear managed to get it moved!! But that adrenaline thing kicked in and the two of us managed to drag it into the house. Need I mention, that it was almost impossible to sleep last night after that? Every noise we heard we jumped.

With the light of day we explore to find that our friend found it's way to a Rubbermaid Roughneck tote that was under the 5th wheel in the lower part of the yard. There was nothing but dry goods and spices in it, but he had his way with em all. I have to wonder just how a box of dry mac and cheese really tastes including 2/3rds of the cardboard box too!  YUMM!!

Don't ya just love the size of that claw?  YIKES.  I would hate to have had to deal with the freezer damage he could have inflicted!

And yes, I take back my comment about all the wildlife leaving the state as soon as I got here  :-)

WE HAVE A WINNER

Drum Roll Please.... (I'm so excited)

Cathy, Cathy were are you??? 

You my dear, are the lucky winner of a GO Baby and 3 dies of your choice.!!! Yeah!!  A big round of applause for you Cathy. 








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Better get "Go" ing

Now I dropped a hint the other day, and it's happening. The wonderful folks over at AccuQuilt have generously offered to have a give- a-way,  right here on my little ole blog. I am so excited for all my friends and followers.  I've heard from many of you that a "GO" is on your list of wanna's... So here's your chance of winning a Baby GO and your choice of 3 dies! Is that fabulous or what? 

Everyone is welcome to enter. If you are a new follower leave me a comment telling me so, and let me know what you would love to see, at the MooseStash in the future. If your one of my 281 wonderful followers already, you must share this post with someone else. You know, I would love to have your friends follow too! :-)  Leave me a comment telling me you follow already, and who you shared this with.

 Please everyone make sure you are not a no-reply blogger or leave an email address in your comment. I have to be able to contact you if you win!  And I know you all want to win...  



In the mean time head on over to AccuQuilt and sign up for their newsletter. You get 22 free patterns to get your creative juices flowing.
Just in time for projects for the holidays.
                            hint hint  :-)


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I will be picking the lucky winner on Friday Sept 2nd. That will give you plenty of time to plan out your holiday GO project! Now, remember to put all the required information in your comment, for it to be eligible to win. I'm keeping track!!  :-)  :-)  And letting me know what you want to see here in the future will help me tremendously! We all want to be better bloggers!!  :-)


  Did you see the new winter dies?  They make my heart "GO"  pitty pat, pitty pat! :-)

So... don't delay, spread the word. We're having a "GO" party in the MooseStash!!  There's "GO"ing  to be lots of ideas to come!

PS: For you new followers, if you haven't seen my Sunbonnet Sue "GO" quilts check out the last 2 posts. This little baby is addicting!
                                     
                                                                                     :-)

Sunbonnet Sue is "GO"ing again!

I warned you, there would be more, and there is. I just can't help myself. All this playing with the "GO" is way too much fun.

This week Sunbonnet Sue takes a ride on the color challenge side. I love the looks of a black and white quilt when you throw in 1 color to really make it pop. Lime green, is that enough of a pop for you? :-) I am guessing that the original Sunbonnet Sue designer probably didn't have that in mind when she/he drew up this design. But what can I say, it's a thank you gift for the person who gave me the die, and lime green is her favorite color.

I did some playing around with the Daisy's and the color change too. If you look closely at the centers of them, you will see a half of a petal in each color. This was done by one of 2 ways. First I cut a strip of the black and the white fabrics 1" wide and fused them down next to each other then carefully placed them over the die for the daisy petal. It works fine, but you do have to be careful to not tear the fusible when attaching. My favorite was to just put a 2" piece of the white fabric on fusible, the place a 1" strip of the black with fusible on it on the top. It gives you a base to work with and you don't have to worry about the 2 pieces coming apart in the middle.  I use a light weight fusible, so I don't worry too much about the bulk it might add. Careful placement on the die is the key.

                                                                             As you can see, when you place it just right on the die, you get a perfect petal.  Next time around I might make my strips 1 1/4" wide. That way I can get an additional petal of the fabrics on each side of it.

Now as I am putting the petals down, I see this interesting design start to form, which lead to more playing.

Kind of reminds you of the Cathedral Windows or wedding ring doesn't it? And all from 1 petal of the daisy leaf die.  Hummm who would have though!  Stay tuned for the continuing saga of "I love my GO Baby...

PSSST:  I almost forgot. There is going to be a great surprise, right here in the MooseStash from the folks at GO real soon!

Go Baby

You know, I have waited and watched, considered and reconsidered. I thought the Go Baby was going to be one of those purchases that everyone ran out to make, and then did nothing with. So, I being the smart one, decided not to bother with it. But just when I get the strength to not purchase yet another quilting tool that I don't use. Someone else comes up with another adorable quilt made with their GO.

I have been looking at them at every show I have attended for a year now, and finally gave into temptation. I ordered it from Amazon months ago. It arrived with some dies that I purchased, and I have been buying dies as I find a sale from time to time. All fine and well, but did I do anything with it...  No, I am sorry to say.

Last week my friend JoAnn was here and wanted to see the machine. She's got the bug too, and knew I would be the one to ask about it. She was horrified that I hadn't even opened the box yet. So open it we did, and as she was quilting her quilt, I played, and played and played. Needless to say, I am still playing, and wondering just WHY it took me so long to open the box. This thing is absolutely the most fun tool I have used it quite some time.

If you've never played with a GO, let me just tell you, how perfect your pieces are. My half square triangles just about pieced themselves together. I layered my 2 fabrics right sides together and ran them thru the machine. They were ready to stitch immediately. What a great way to cut them so you don't have to waste time putting each half together for piecing. It's perfection BABY!

Chain piecing is a snap and just look at all the possibilities with the half square triangles.

I am going with pinwheels for my block this time. See how perfect the centers match up. That makes me very happy :-)

I was given a couple of dies from my quilting buddy, for my birthday. She is a Sunbonnet Sue freak!  So in your honor Ruth, here's my first GO baby project with your fav... 

I have so many ideas rolling around in my otherwise empty head right now.

Sun Bonnet Sue, you are about to embark on some adventure!!!  And, do I have some fabrics that are going to be just perfect for it!  A little bit of stash busting, and a whole lot of fun!  Stay tuned...