Giveaways Galore!!!!

Ok, so while I am trying to finish my Quilt Studio up... I have also been looking at blogs. Look what I found. It's a blog for blog giveaways! How neat. So go sign up and see if you can win some of this stuff!
Blog GiveAways

Who doesn't like a Giveaway?

This-n-That Fabrics is having a GiveAway.... and it's JellyRolls. Oh how I love Jelly Rolls! There are various ways to get entries so make sure you stop by and check it out. I mean, you COULD be the next winner of a JellyRoll! Doesn't that sound exciting?
So stop on by This-N-That Fabrics for a chance to win.

And for those of you who love making those cute little mug rugs, they are also having a MugRug contest. So click on the cute little MugRug button and get over there and enter.  The contest will run from March 6 until April 30th.

On with the organizing

So... I got my new Janome Horizon 7700 QCP the end of January. I have made one thing using my machine since.... cause I had this bright idea to organize my new quilt room and put myself on restriction until I get it done. Well... ok... that's been so hard for me. I'm still not finished and it's already the end of March!  I still have a big bin of Batiks to fold over those coroplast boards.... and lets not talk about the closet... but that's not just fabrics.. I have a few bins in there with festival things in it. So, maybe I will get to the end of my folding very soon. I am sure hoping so! I've emptied about 5 bins so far.

So lets take a peek at what's been done since I last updated yall!
Here is the FQ Shelf and it's so full, I can't get another on the shelf.

And here is my new ironing table. My husband made me this very pretty ironing board. I'm all set for an ironing station now.

 

And all the tools will be located just above the ironing station. 

Oh and nevermind the wires coming from the little shelf there. My Router happens to be in my room, so I had to put it somewhere.

 

And here is my CQ Bins... full of lace, ribbon etc...

Room is a wreck as you can see.... Still on restriction!!! lol

Had to buy another shelving unit

Started filling up my other shelf and decided since these things are so cheap, I just as well buy another one. So I did. And today, instead of asking my husband to put it together, guess who did it? ME! I was so proud I was able to follow directions and do it. Although the directions said it would take only an hour to do this, it must have taken me at least 3. But who's counting right? lol

 Here is what it looks like! Well, here is the pic of it on the box, lol.

 

And here is a pic of the unit as I'm putting it together. Boy I learned how to take out these screws like I use a seam ripper to take out quilt stitches, LOL.

And here it is! Sorta dark, but I'll post more once I get the room pretty much done.

 

Here is my Peg Board with a bunch of my rulers on it. I actually found more tonight.... I'll either keep those in a drawer or I will find a place on this peg board for them. 

Chris also got my drawers fixed today with the exception of putting knobs on. 

I'm still not finished folding fabric. Ran out of coroplast again. We'll order more on Monday. Boy this has become expensive... but I am doing it along and along like I said cause I wouldn't be able to afford it. I still need to make curtains, or a cornice for the window, make a border in red, white and black out of vinyl to put on, and... finish folding fabric!!! Can't wait till it's done!

Clay Projects I am working on

I have been taking some Pinch Pot lessons from a lady named Joanna Angel. She is such a talented artist and I've really enjoyed looking at her work. She has some of the prettiest pieces I've ever seen . I so much admire her creative abilities. I did not do so well in her class. The first pot I made turned out terrible and I thought I could have thrown it in the trash, lol.  It was supposed to be a pot... but mine turned out to be a round dish of some sort. I still have to put some final glaze on those two bowls I did with Joanna. So I bought some clay myself so I could play at home.We will be getting our wheel off of layaway in less than 2 weeks now :)  Austin, Taylor and myself made a few things. I made a nice bowl finally. Taylor made a bowl which looked like a trinket box and Austin made a cup and put Joe on the side of it, lol.  We had a great time doing this.

 

Austins First Clay Project. He really enjoyed it. We watched a video on YouTube to learn how to make a mug. This is his first little bowl as well.  I thought it was funny how he put Joe on the side. He said he was making this for his daddy, lol

 

This is Taylor's first pinch pot project. She made what I thought looked like a trinket bowl.  She had fun and kept telling me she didn't need anyone to show her how. I told her, oh well... go ahead and make what you want. I think she did a great job!

 

This is my first pinch pot that I did at home. Took lessons and made two there and this one here at home. This one turned out so much better than the rest. So much fun.

 

My first Mug, done from watching the YouTube video. This was alot of fun to do. 

 

This is Chris's first clay project. You couldn't show him how to do anything either. The first thing he said  was (when I was trying to show him how to make a pinch pot) "I don't need you to tell me how to make a pot, I know how to". So much for me taking classes and showing my family huh? lol So this is what he made. Turned out great! 

 

Here is my bowl after I put the red under glaze on the outside, although it looks pink!  I also added black dots to it. 

 

Another pic of the bowl... here I added a green under glaze to it

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As you can see, I have no underglaze inside yet,

 

This is after I added the black under glaze to the bowl. 

 

Closeup of the bowl after putting on black under glaze.

 

By now, I surely have enough under glaze colors, don't you think? lol

 

But.... I didn't quit... and here is my final under glazing. It's ready for it's first firing. I'm hoping I did everything right. Stay tuned, lol

And here is the Vase I made 2 nights ago.

 

After it dried a little bit, I took this heart button I had and I pressed the button into my clay vase. I can't wait to put under glaze on the hearts and then I will fire it and add more underglaze and fire it and then put the final over glaze on it. It should turn out pretty.  Stay tuned! 

Track Lights

Today my dh put in my track lights. I don't have a really good pic of them as the pic looks blurry, but I'll try and take a better one later. I like them , but they are not bright enough using 60 watt bulbs. I will have to most likely put in 100 watt bulbs. I think after that, I will be set to go for lighting. I like the fact you can move them around if you need to.

Yea, not a good pic of them, so I will have to get another one.

Thread Cabinet

I was shopping in a consignment shop one day recently and I came upon this cute little shelf I thought would go perfectly in my room. I will be putting some of my thread in this cabinet. I know all of them won't fit, but that's ok, I'll put some of my best thread in it.
















Sorry the pic is a little blurry, but isn't that the cutest little shelf you ever seen? I can't wait to get it hung up and put my threads in it. It was all brown like the wood, but my DH painted it all red for me, except the inside. I love it!