Pin it to win it!

There are a lot of places where you can purchase fabric. One of my favorite online stores is Fresh Squeezed Fabrics. They have awesome fabric, at a reasonable price, and their customer service is excellent. Anyway, they are doing this awesome promotion with Pinterest. If you pin a bundle an get it repined 15 times then you get it for free!

So perhaps you can do me a favor?

Repin this awesome bundle of bella fabrics:

Free fabric + playing on Pinterest = awesome

Edit to Add: Please do not repin my bundle anymore. The contest is over. Thanks =)

the 100 day hustle

Did you know that there are less than 100 days 'til the end of the year?! Yikes! Christmas will be here before we know it (I am rather obsessed with Christmas)

Time flies when you're having fun.

Anyway, I have a sewing to-do list that's a mile long and my lovely friend Kelsey over at Kelsey Sews has decided to start a support group of sorts to help inspire us to cross items off our sewing to do lists...it even come with prizes (what better motivation than free stuff, am I right?)

Without further ado, here's my list

Projects I *need* to finish:

Mosaic Quilt (this is a gift) - still need to: quilt/bind
Scallop Baby Quilt (this is a gift) - have fabric!
DGS Star Quilt (charity quilt) - need to finish piecing top then quilt/bind
Shades of Gray (charity quilt) - quilt/bind
Rainbow Row Quilt (charity quilt) - need to finish piecing top then quilt/bind
Granny Square Quilt (charity quilt) - still need to finish blocks!!
3x6 Bee Blocks Q3
Bee Blocks for all the bees I am part of

Projects I *want* to finish:

Weekender Bag (I want to take this on my upcoming Utah trip in a few weeks)
Seeing Stars Quilt (Sew Bee Blissful) top pieced/quilt/bind
Wedding Quilt - I've been married over 5 yrs. I just need to quilt/bind it
Kitchen Rug - I have the fabric
Rainbow postage stamp - fabric is cut!
Swoon
Organize my sewing room
Dessert of the month cross stitch - I'm all caught up so far

Other ideas *floating* around my head:

Make a skirt
Make a design wall
Camping Blanket
Noodlehead Clutch


So what's on your to-do list at the moment?

Sewing Desk: A Transformation

Awhile back, my dashing husband found this gem of a sewing desk for 10 bucks at a local garage sale and said he'd help me (and by help he really meant he'd do all the work) refurbish it.

My favorite part of the desk - well besides the built in place for my sewing machine is hands down the drawers. I love the vintage ads that line them.

Due to my husband's rather...hectic...schedule, this antique sewing desk sat in my living room for quite awhile before "we" started work on it. It was a slow going project that included a lot of sanding.

My favorite part, of course was choosing the color and painting. I decided on a light gray stain that ended up drying as a bit of a blueish gray with touches of gold.

Now it is all finished and I've loved sewing on it - it adds a lot of character to my sewing space and I am a big fan of the built in space for my sewing machine.

This weekend via Instagram

This weekend included lots of driving, photography, relaxation, and bonding with nature at one of our favorite National Parks. Here are a few of my favorite instagram photos from this weekend:

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