And the winner is.....

ME!

If you're a reader of the Blue is Bleu blog you'll remember the above picture. That is where the very funny hubs of Audrie drew my name to win this wonderful table runner.


This is the back

And the front.

She even attached a 'blue is bleu' tag to it. Its totally cool and massively festive!

Pictures borrowed from Audrie (with permission) 'cuz it's been raining and kinda crappy here all week and couldn't get any decent pics. THANKS AUDRIE!!!

For the greater good.

This cute little baby quilt was created from my belief that EVERY baby needs a quilt. I had the opportunity to provide a quilt to a newborn who just happened to be born on our anniversary day. How cool is that? The pink and brown was just a piece I had in my stash and backed it with a solid brown. Quilting was a simple square on the outside edge then diagonal through the dots, changing directions when I reached the outer square. I had no idea what colors the mother had chosen but when it was presented, it matched the other items for the baby including another blanket and the diaper bag.

I apologize for the bad photo, the wind was blowing and it was overcast. Not the best conditions for a picture.

And the bouquet was caught by......

We had a total of 74 comments between our two blogs. You all have some great advice, and yes Gene we've used your tips!

We took each comment, assigned it a number depending on the date & time stamp, and asked the bloggers friend RANDOM.ORG to tell us who won. The lucky number is 64 and that number was assigned to to Anya the Hills Creek Quilter. Congrats to Anya and Thank You to the rest of you for your wonderful tips.

A Holloween Give Away

The multi-talented Audrie over at Blue is Bleu is giving away a nice table runner for Holloween. Its really cool looking, get over there and check it out!!!

Bloggers Quilt festival

This is a quilt I created for my grandfather during his stay in a nursing home. It was crated using a blue flannel, creme and solid blue fabric. The creme and solid blue were sewed into a four patch and alternated with the flannel. giving the appearance of diagonal stripes. The two borders were of the creme and blue. Once it was together it was hand tied.It took about a week to complete.

Creative in more ways than one.

So I went to a craft night at one of our local shops. It was fun. Of course I was the only guy there tonight. No big deal. I have creative demons and they must be exercised!!! Check out this candy dish I created. Its made from an old record thats been melted and shaped. I painted the skull, added the eyes and bow tie. And how freakin' cool is the spider on top? That came from my creative brain!!! And it was copied by others! I'm thinking about drilling 4 holes in it and adding some LED lights to make it glow.

We've got a bouquet just for you!

On October 12th (Columbus Day) Brooke and I will have been married for 13 years. So whats this mean to you? If you leave me a positive relationship tip or a favorite thing about YOUR relationship AND (yes there's always a catch!) leave a different one for Brooke, we'll give you two (2) chances to win, the nice, fresh and wonderful bouquet pictured below. It contains 13 Fat Quarters of funky prints. Having trouble thinking of a tip? Well lemme help you..


Greg's relationship tips:

1. Men, Every night before going to bed recite the Man's Prayer. "I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to, I guess." Thanks to Red Green for that prayer. It helps, believe me!

2. Always have more than 1 quilt on the bed, that way you each have one and no one gets cold, you can always snuggle under both quilts and you don't have to worry about your partner hogging the quilt! (okay so we have 4 quilts on the bed!)



Look it! Arn't them pretty?


Rules, regulations, conditions, catches(you didn't think it'd be THAT easy did you?).

1 comment= 1 entry

2 comments (1 on EACH blog) = 2 entries

must be POSITIVE tip

we must have way to contact you, if you are a no reply blog reader leave your email address.

give away entries must be received by 12:00 pm (central time) on October 12th.

New followers are always welcome, but will not increase your chance of winning

We'd love for you to blog about our bouquet and tip request, but it won't help your chances of winning.

There's a lot of conditions right?

No purchase required

Batteries not included

No refunds if raining

Must be able to leave a comment (or 2)

Crystal vase not included

Almost done now.

Free cat if you want one (just kidding)

International Bloggers welcome (we'll ship worldwide!!)

Winner drawn October 12th.

Want some free Moda?

My blogging friend the fabricartist21 is having a give away. She's got 4 FQ's and a 1/2 yard of coordinated Moda fabric in a leaf print to give away. What better way to celebrate the changing of the seasons other than with a flu shot? And you don't need to get poked in the butt with this give away!!! Go here for the details.

We love quilting....

and I love freebies! Thats right, Chris over at We Love Quilting is having a give away in honor of the Wizard Of Oz turning 70!!! But since I was the first to comment and I live in Kansas I think I should win. But since I'm a nice guy, I'm telling you about it so you too may enter and possibly win.

A cool Give Away...

Pat over at Silver Thimble Talk is having a give away with some really cool freebies for you IF you win. Look at it this way, if you enter thats one less chance for me to win.. Go now, Pat will pick the winner on the 27th...

It's a Boy or Girl... It's a BABY!!!!

Thats right... My blogging pal Gene has a new BABY!!!! Although it's been with him for a while now, we are at this time unsure of a name.. Go check out the pictures and more info on Gene's Blog . And don't forget to participate in his Give Away.

And the wait.......

Continues.


It's been 3 weeks since I got my new machine. It was supposed to arrive with a darning foot and a walking foot. But they were not in the box when I opened it. So I played number punching on the phone until I got a hold of customer service from the place I bought it. I told them of the error and was assured they'd take care of the issue. 6 days later, I get a small box via UPS.. Goodie, my missing feet are here.. WRONG ANSWER!!! I got another darning plate and the standard sewing foot, both of which were in the box originally. So I call the customer service department of the worlds largest retailer AGAIN... I get to talk to them plus the machine manufacturer (3 way calling is fun!). Told them of the issue, proved my machine should have come with those accessories (pictures speak 1000 words!) and was assured I'd have the correct parts within a week. Well what do ya know, a small box from UPS today! Yeah! Kinda.... Open the box... I got the darning foot... but no walking foot. Instead I have a set of bi-level spring action guides. WTF Mary? What are Bi-level spring action guides used for? So I call the machine manufacturer, and tell the guy I've got the wrong parts AGAIN! He doesn't deal with sewing machines, he's in some other department... I'm transferred 3 times before I was told to call the retailer again. So I just got off the phone with customer service again, they've supposedly contacted the manufacturer about their error. I guess I'll see in a week.. If this keeps up, I could have their entire accessory catalog at my disposal.Maybe I'll open my own parts department. All I really want is my walking foot... plain and simple.

Want a free quilt? I know you do....

Whats muilti-colored and comfy and could be yours? This right here. But you gotta enter to win! This Give Away is brought to you by Judi of Green Fairy Quilts.

Want a free Jelly Roll?

Thats right me peeps... The nice peeps at Missouri Star Quilt Co. are giving away a FREE jelly roll. Go check 'em out!

Goodies in the mail...

A few days ago I was one of the lucky winners in the I'm Just A Guy Who Quilts give away. Ryan is a great guy, not only for offering to give random strangers FREE STUFF, but for the lil' extras he included in my goodie box. Below is a pic of the goodies I received from Ryan today.

Thanks Ryan!!!!

A very nice give away

Nicole over at Our Cozy Nest has been featured at the Moda Bake Shop. And to celebrate, you could be getting a freebie... Wander on over, under, through, up to, beside or whatever there and enter. If you enter and win, remember I sent you!! If you enter and don't win don't worry about it, you'll win something soon! If you don't enter but win anyway, uhh we's got problems. But I know you'd never do that.. So go now.. Enter and possibly win!

It's all about ME!!!!

Its been a great weekend here. First I reach 50 blog posts and have 32 followers as of this post. I won the I'm Just A Guy Who Quilts calendar give away and I managed to snag a guest blog spot over at We Love Quilting . Go forth now and check ME out elsewhere.

Quilt BINGO!

Okay.. Okay... Okay... I know in a previous post I said they (who ever THEY are) should rename the game of BINGO to OH CRAP!. I have joined a quilting version of bingo in which you "buy" cards by sending in FAT QUARTERS. If you win the game you receive ALL the FAT QUARTERS paid in for cards. Sound like fun? I thought so, and look at it this way, if YOU win you'll be getting FAT QUARTERS from my stash! How cool is that? C'mon Gene, this could be yet another thing YOU win!!! Click here to visit this rounds host's blog. And here for info on quilt Bingo!


Oh lookie, I mentioned FAT QUARTERS 3 no 4 times! (for more info read the "WTF Mary series", links in the right column)

Greg

TESTED

Hello all, I've been temporarily granted posting privlages in honor of my "late" husband. This message is a bit of a test run. The plague of emails from our favorite mis-speller may finally be at an end. About 10 minutes ago we were notified by Grandson of the mayhem maker that Greg and Blog were "exterminated from her wishes." Although I'll miss the laughter and the tears - I really hope they figured it out. It's really depressing to think of a "101 yr old" granmother tapping away at her keys, worked up beyond her normal blood pressure readings because she subscribed to and repeatedly insulted a creative and twisted smart ass. So long Mary, we shall think of you often.

-Brooke

I'm Alive!!!

Some of you may remember my last Mary post where she asked me to "cease and decease" my blog activities. After very little thought and consideration and another email from mary, I decided this is MY blog and she can bug off. (This here's the time where you cue up RUN -DMC's song Mary Mary). I have to ask myself why she's buggin'.. Here's yet ANOTHER email from my biggest fan.


Mary writes:

"I feel as you sit in my compooter laughing at me at my expense. I can not to ford this as I am a fixed income. Will you please stop your postings so as I can get back to my online bingo? My information served to me sedated told me that I must request you to stop as that is my only course to take. Please honor my request as I am not wanting to hear from you again. Your postings have become brothersome to me as I am unable to do my daily compterization activations. Some nights I have lost sheep because of your constant postage. I do hop that you will soon stoop this and that I may regain my excess to my compooter. I wish you ill soon and stop this behiveor with I find too bee very childless.



Mary"

Yet again my dear readers lets break this one down...

"I feel as you sit in my compooter laughing at me at my expense." Thats gotta be one big "compooter"! I'm 6 feet 3 inches tall. My time and talents are valuable. Please remit $74,689,567 for my time sitting and laughing at you.

"I can not to ford this as I am a fixed income." I believe Ford will be okay with the fact that you're a fixed income. BTW you're a fixed income? How much? Most hard working American's are also on a fixed income, they work 40 hours a week for a certain rate per hour. Sounds pretty fixed to me...

"Will you please stop your postings so as I can get back to my online bingo?" Personally, I think the game should be renamed to "oh crap" because everytime 1 person yells "BINGO", 45 others yell "OH CRAP!" And if you are a "fixed income" you shouldn't be wasting your money anyway.

"My information served to me sedated told me that I must request you to stop as that is my only course to take." So thats your problem, you've been sedated. Explains a lot there.

"Please honor my request as I am not wanting to hear from you again." I believe this is the only sentence I understand without having to translate it.

"Your postings have become brothersome to me as I am unable to do my daily compterization activations. " She ain't heavy.... She's my brother! WTF are computerization activations anyway?


"Some nights I have lost sheep because of your constant postage." You might want to call Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue or your local animal control people, they may be able to help you find your sheep. I apologize if my postage rates are too high for someone who is a fixed income. But rest assured my prices are cheaper than the US Postal Service.

"I do hop that you will soon stoop this and that I may regain my excess to my compooter." Be careful while you hop. I don't want you to fall and break a hip. I stoop it as soon as I figure out where to stoop. Consider yourself very lucky that you have "excess to your compooter". I know some people who like to have compooter excess.

"I wish you ill soon and stop this behiveor with I find too bee very childless." My dear Mary.. I think it's time to take your medication or seek professional help. I would NEVER wish anyone "ill soon". It's just not polite. Behiveor.. I guess a bee hive beats a hornet's nest! Too Bee or not too bee? thats not the correct spelling of "to be".. Childless? Hey now, thats a low blow.. I know I don't have children yet. But we's working on it. Besides does the world need another me running around?

My faithful and highly entertained readers (I hope), I can only imagine that Mary has added my blog to her blog list by mistake. I have to the best of my ability sent her instructions on how to remove my blog (I'm fighting back tears) from her list. Will this be the final episode? Tune in later to find out.