DE-STASH #1

What could bring me out of the woodwork? A chance to DE-STASH! I saw mention of this LINKY Party at SewCalGal's blog and have been waiting for the day.

  Unfortunately while I was waiting - instead of going through my stash to get ready for this event, hubby and I started looking for a new house. And we found one. So all that entails is now in motion. The house closed today, one week early! How often does THAT happen?

 I would prefer to only ship to USA addresses. I might make an exception if someone pleads their case. Shipping is not included in the listed prices. I can give you a total amount due once you tell me what item(s) you want to buy. Payment by PayPal only.

 So I have a few items ready for the De Stash with MORE on the way. I needed to do this De Stash before but now that I am moving it is really in order!

First up-Amy Butler's Style Stitches. I was going to partake in a sew along with this and then I just couldn't get my act together. I have looked through the book very gently. The pattern packet has not even been opened (see second picture). The book is in LIKE NEW condition. $16

Clover Large Yo Yo maker - who was I kidding? I do NOT like doing any sewing by hand. Bindings are my limit.

Never opened.   $5

 Next up a "La Petite Ecole" jelly roll by French General for Moda

I won this in a blog sew along and have never figured out what to do with it. It isn't my go to colors and so it keeps getting pushed aside for other fabrics in the stash.  $20

This is a Hope Cove Fat Quarter Bundle in Mint, by Robyn Pandolph for RJR Fabrics  

 9 fat quarters. Never opened. Again, I just haven't come up with something to use this for. Sweet prints. For sale at The Fat Quarter Shop for 32.50.  You can get it here for $22



A sweet fat quarter bundle of Irving Street Flannels by Erin McMorris.  You can see the full prints at Quilthome.com (where it retails for $10.95 per yard). 

6 fat quarters of flannel  $12

Various patterns - quilts, aprons, rug, child's top.

new and unused

$3.50 each, please specify which pattern(s) you'd like!

That is it for today. Leave a comment letting me know what it is you are interested in. Make sure that I can contact you - leave an email address if you happen to be a no-reply blogger. I have more to list so please come back soon!

Visit FingertipShopping for more bloggers taking part in the De-Stash event!

Praise - oh so many things to Praise the Lord for since I last wrote! My friend who had bone cancer just learned this week that her blood work shows NO active cancer in her body!

Prayer - for my hubby's left leg. For some reason it has been swelling just over his knee over the last few days and getting worse.  Prayer for healing and for wisdom on how he should handle this.

Another week??

How is it that I have not blogged since last Thursday? Don't you hate when bloggers don't update more often? I do. I check blogs often. Sometimes TOO often. Hoping for some news. A funny story. A giveaway. Fabric images. Photos of quilts. Tutorials. I like to read how busy everyone is creating. I like to see pictures.

Well I have been busy. A little creating, a little shopping,a little buying, a little house hunting, a little organizing. NO PICTURES! Can you believe that? I know. I'm bad. I'm sorry. I will take care of that. Soon.

We found a house that we all really liked. We made an offer. The seller started to make a counter offer (which we expected) and was called away by another realtor telling him that another offer was on the way. He never finished the counter offer but our realtor saw what it was. Finally the time came for our offer to be accepted or countered or rejected. It was rejected. The listing price was changed. 30k HIGHER! Hubby asked to speak to the guy face to face. Hubby hates the back and forth. He hates the waiting and the game playing. The seller agreed to meet with hubby and our realtor. He had a counter offer ready. Yeah, I know. I am confused too. His counter (of sorts) was lower than his original asking price and well within what we were prepared to pay. Hubby was with him for NINE minutes before he called me to say "We got it!". All very confusing and stressful. We are so glad that is over. Now to get all the ducks in a row - appraisals and lending and inspections and packing. UGH. To move about 7 miles. We are not going to list this property until we are moved out. I like that part.

The part I don't like - we are downsizing. We have LOTS of 'stuff'. Too much stuff. Do we have a garage sale? Give it away? Donate it? Toss it? Pack it and move it? WHERE am I going to put everything? The kitchen is much smaller. Let's just say this guy was not thinking when he built the kitchen. He was single then. Yeah, 'nuf said. Right now I have sooooo much cupboard space and pantry space. I said it would be fine. I said I would make do with a smaller kitchen because of all the places we looked at - this is the only one that we all liked. A lot. Even if I get rid of lots of the 'fluff' I still won't have room for all of the essentials.

A little story. We moved into this house in 2000. I hated the stove/oven. HATED IT! I complained about it all the time. It was a big commercial gas monstrosity. I had never cooked on gas. I liked my prior smooth top electric. Hubby loved the monstrosity because it had a griddle. That is the only part that he used. When I would turn on a burner it would go WOOOOSH and the flames would come way up. Hubby insisted that didn't happen to anyone but me. Yeah, whatever. Finally, in 2007, hubby bought me a new stove. He was willing to tear apart the basement walls and bring in electric but to his shock I said no. I would go with a gas stove. A new, easy to clean, electric ignition, convection oven, warming drawer, gas stove. I love it. LOVE IT! Now I am moving. Guess what the new house has. Go ahead, guess. It has an electric Jenn Air TWO burner and grill stove top, electric oven. NO drawer for storage OR warming. But TWO burners AND I don't grill outside, why for crying out sideways would I want a grill INdoors??? I looked at hubby and pouted. He said we could easily bring in gas (propane) and I could get a stove just like the one I have now. :D Poor guy.

Crafty news - I made an apron last night! A young man we know is getting married soon and I am so sad that we can't attend the wedding. His fiance' is having a bridal shower this weekend so I made a half apron and sent it off this morning so it would be there for her shower. Hubby did take a picture of it this morning before I packaged it up. I just need him to take it off of the camera and put it on the computer. You just wait. One of these days the post is going to be PICTURE HEAVY!! Really!

Praise - WE GOT THE HOUSE!!! :D Prayers - We need to move into it. Prayers for our attitudes during all that lies ahead in this transistion. Prayers for all of those in the path of Ike.