My Memories Suite Giveaway....

Head on over to my Scrapbooking blog to enter a give away for My Memories Suite version 4.

LOST: Sewing Mo-jo

Its gone.  I keep trying to sew... but I never quite get there...  Last week my maternal grandmother was admitted to the hospital and she's struggling.... and today my paternal grandmother passed away.

On a sewing front, I've won two different giveaways...

I won the book little quilts for Big Occasions over at Quilt Cabana Patterns.  These patterns look great, but have too much on my todo pile before I can get to anything new...

I also won Quiltmaker 100 Blocks Volume 4 from EQ Blog

I'm also contemplating starting my own business... but not sure...

But recently I have been scrapbooking...  See my scrapbooking blog for more photos

My maternal Grandmother & her great-grandkids

My maternal grandmother with her new grandchildren
Top Left - Grace (2011), Top Right - Roger (2001)
Bottom Left - Kaitlyn (2005), Bottom Right - Alexandra (2003)

My paternal Grandmother with her great-grandchildren
Summer 2008

A winner...

Congrats... to pc!

Hope you enjoy the software!

Remember if you are interested in purchasing the software, here's a great offer for my readers $10 off the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software AND a $10 off coupon for the MyMemories.com store. Just enter STMMMS15156 code to receive your discount.

Back to School Clothing

Back to School Clothes... All Ottobre patterns....

Created using MyMemories Scrapbooking Software.... If you are interested in entering a giveaway, check here before Sept 28th.

If you are interested in purchasing MyMemories, I have a coupon code for my readers ~ $10 off the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software AND a $10 off coupon for the MyMemories.com store.

Enter STMMMS15156 code to receive your discount.

My Memories Suite and Giveaway

I was recently asked by Liz at MyMemories.com and was asked to review My Memories Suite V2 Digital Scrapbooking Software.   Over the years I have done a number of scrapbooking projects - both on paper and digirally.  I have hundreds of pages that I'd love to have scrapbooked, but I just haven't gotten there yet.  As a busy mom of 3 kids, I'm sure you understand... 

This software was easy to install and didn't take me long to get started designing a few pages.  I haven't had much time to scrapbook as the kids just started back to school and all our activities are just starting up which means changing schedules, etc.  But I have managed to do a number of pages, and this digital scrapbook software has a number of really wonderful features.

I love My Memories Suite V2 Digital Scrapbooking Software that allows you to scrapbook many photos quickly into a book of pages.  The Fast Fill feature with some premade templates would be a fast way to create many pages.  BUT not only can you make pages automatically, you can also create your own pages.  There are a number of free templates available for download as well as many others available at very reasonable prices.

I had been wanting to get some photos ready from the summer... My daughter took to picking fruit trees this summer by climbing the tree... just like my great-uncle used to do.  These layouts were created using the FastFill  and the Funky Fall Template that is included with MyMemories Suite.

My apple pickers!

Climbing trees

More tree climbing and fruit!

I recently ran the Disneyland Half Marathon and am in the process of making a book documenting my running...  Here is the start from my most recent races...

You can head over right now and check out all their marvelous products. They have kindly allowed me to offer my readers $10 off the My Memories Suite Scrapbook Software AND a $10 off coupon for the Mymemories.com store.

Just enter STMMMS15156 code to receive your discount.

And one of my readers is going to win the same My Memories Scrapbooking software that I was given to review

There is ONE ENTRY requirement.  Head on over to the My Memories website and let me know which is your favorite scrapbooking kit. Don't forget to comment below.

You can also find them at their blog My Memories Blog or at  My Memories Suite Facebook page or follow My Memories Suite on Twitter.

This giveaway will end on September 28th at 11:59 pm PST. I will choose a winner within 24 hours and post the winner in a separate blog post in addition to emailing the winner. Please contact me to claim your prize by September 30th or a new winner will be sadly have to be chosen.

St Patricks Day Quilting

Over at Sweet Stamping Treats, she is running a St Patrick's Day Challenge. I wasn't into scrapbooking right now... but did think it would work great on my St Patrick's Day quilt. I have digitized the file, and here is my test out on a tea towel.

REVIEW of my embroidery design... I really like it, but the black outline didn't work out too well.  I forgot to change stitch to a triple stitch or go over it more than once.  For some reason the tension was off slightly and some of the bobbin thread is showing in the black outlining.  I will fix those stitches before I stitch out the piece for a quilt... And I have a new tea towel for tomorrow!

The Quilt:

Fabric pile this morning!

This the fabric for the quilt.  I picked up the St Patrick's Day fabric last week while we were away and bought the matching yellow, light green and darker green.  The white and black fabrics are from my stash, and  the green at the top is for the backing.  It doesn't match perfectly, but will be good for the backing.  I have completed the 4 Irish Chain blocks in the two tone green and white, and added the black sashing.  I'm nearly ready to cut out the 4 leaf clovers for the blocks...  I will use my Accuquilt Go Heart cutter and some Steam-a-Seam, then appliqué them to the white blocks.  The centre block will then have the above embroidery on.

Progress on my St Patrick's Day Quilt... 

Lily's Quilt Sew Along Fabric

I'm thinking this needs a cream or beige for the background instead of the light blue.... 

Mariner's Compass Quilt Block

-Two nights ago, my husband used his techie skills and drew me a template for the Mariner's Compass Block I'd drafted for paper piecing.  It will be an 18" square block.  Tonight I started sewing the first quarter of the block.  I have each quarter divided into 4 pieces that are then sewn together...  The first two pieces took 35minutes each!  The next two took only 20min each... so a total of 110min for 1/4 of the block!  I hope its worth it...

So far its looking good... A comment on my iron... I have never had a problem using my iron with auto shut off - in fact while sewing clothing or other quilting I've thought it was great... but given my speed (or lack there of) quilting this block, my iron with auto shut off was really frustrating.  So I pulled out my tiny iron (I think its the one here) that I got as a gift a few years ago.  It works great, but I found it frustrating because the cord wouldn't stay plugged in -- I think I need an extension cord - or a different ironing setup...




For those interested I have also updated some photos on my scrapbooking blog...