bingo, Bingo, BINGO!

As all of you know by now I go by bingo~bonnie over on the HGTV boards and I'm currently in te middle of hosting my 4th annual game there. :) Getting packages are quite fun.. and they are starting to roll in. This weekend we had our largest delivery so far with 4 packages, and poor David really looked them over good to double check to see if any were addressed to him. LOL

David did receive a jar of jam or preserves thefirst or second year from a player so I guess he still thinks there is hope that someone will send him a little gifty too. After all Nora gets stickers, postcards and even the twins have been known to be remembered ;)

However with just 4 packages, this is just the beginning!!! I know as time gets closer there will bound to be one or two USPS crates full of package left at the back door for me :)

But - take a look at something very special that arrived last month -around my wedding anniversary actually! :) It's a Christmas ornament from iowalisa!

Isn't this perfect? How did you know that I la,la,love ornaments with meaning!?!!! :) Thanks Lisa! I can't wait to meet you too in NH next month! :)

I am sorry I didn't share the photo/post sooner.. actually there was a week where Blogger wouldn't allow me to upload any photos.. and also between then and now, it sorta got lost in the huge file of digital pics. But better late than never right?

I love it! Thanks for thinking of me!

Love from Texas!

Happy to be in line at the drivethru

Lookie at what's back in the passenger seat of my mini van... my Quilter's Blessing BOM stitchery project! ;) WHOoo HOoo!



Here is how much I have done on my 4th block. I was happy to be the 5th car back at the drive thru today ;)



I now have additional hoops that I bought on my last trip to Joann's... so now all I need to do is print out and trace off "A Christmas Wish" blocks and get those ready to go.



And look at my growing collection of DMC floss! :) I really really love looking at all of these colors together! I downloaded a DMC "Shoppers List" to keep inventory of what I have vs what I don't have - and I have many more to go but for now, I have all that I need to get started on Gail Pan's "A Christmas Wish."
Nora was with me and she had fun looking and searching for the numbers of the colors I called out on my shopping list. I had all of the colors for the Willowberry Designs' Verandah Views written out and Nora would have loved to kept filling up the shopping basket with floss colors but at regular price $0.33/each, I thought we'd do best to just get the 6 or 7 for the Christmas blocks and save getting the others until later when they go on sale.

and if anyone out there is wondering how I went about organizing the colors.. I used blank Avery address labels...

and cut into 4 pieces...

then I placed one on each of the DMC brand plastic spool cards...and folded it over the card and pressed shut...
then I took my scissors and trimmed away the extra sticker hanging over...
I then wrote the DMC number on both sides. That is why in the box photo you see some of the numbers written at the top left and some on the top right (b/c I haven't payed attention to turn them all the same way)

and guess what I learned - my friend Crazy'boutquilts just started her own floss box too! Do GREAT MINDS think ALIKE or what???!? ;)

Love from Texas!

Sash is the early bird for the Sunshine Blocks

I've mentioned before that I like to make blocks for the HGTV Sunshine Quilters. Although I don't have as mcuh time to make as many blocks as I would like - I still try to participate as often as I can. It makes me feel like I'm helping even if it's only a block or two each month.

A while back the organizer asked for hostesses and I thought I'd do the same as I did last year when the twins were born - ask for Heartstring blocks to be made and mailed to me and then I'll collect them and mail all of them on behalf of our HGTV Sunshine Group.

My month to host this year is June.

Looks like Sash is planning ahead and getting blocks done! She sent these lovely 9.5" squared up STRING blocks for the Heatstrings Project that I'm collecting for later on his summer.

Thanks Sash! They are perfect. With your early start on these blocks and the fact that you made several more than the required two blocks - maybe we'll be able to collect enough as a Sunshine group to make an entire top.... or two? ;)




Love from Texas!

Who Moved My Cheese?

ssharon334 is the Sunshine Hostess for March. She selected a 9" Paths and Stiles block for everyone to make. She requested Color 1 to be a WOW and Color 2 to be a bright or children's novelty print.

I had some of this blue fabric with mice on it left over from when I had bought it to make dtigger's strings with animals. While making the block it reminded me of a book I read several years ago called "Who Moved My Cheese?"

It is a great little book that you can easily read in one sitting. It has a great motivation message. ;) I'd love to know if you've read it or not.

I'm gonna put mine in the van so I can read it again. It's was at least 5 years ago (when I was still working) that I read it. I just can't believe I knew right were to go find it for the photo above. LOL

I still have to pick fabric and make a 2nd block for ssharon - as each month we make 2 for the hostess ;)

Edited to add the photo of my second block I made for ssharon ;) She posted on the HGTV board that she received them on the 9th that my blocks arrived at her home :) I hope she receives enought blocks from the Sunshine quilters that she has enough to make a boy fabric quilt and also a girly themed quilt.

Love from Texas!

My March Madness

I la,la,LOVE organizing the annual Fat Quarter Bingo over on the HGTV board each year. Every year we have so much fun talking up the game and watching the ever g-r-o-w-i-n-g Jack Pot get bigger and bigger each day as more and more players sign up to play and email me with their pledge of how many cards they want to play with.



Well this year is our 4th game and Game Day starts on April 1st - NO Foolin! ;) So this month I'm gonna be having so much fun opening all the packages that will be arriving! ...and speaking of arriving...


We received our first package of BINGO FQs for the jackpot over the weekend!!! KC1930's FQs arrived yesterday!!! and I'll add more than one photo so you can see/read her cute note!!!! Little bear sat so patiently as I opened up the box... He was my helper





and here's what was in the box... Little bear loved the variety that KC1930 sent in for the JACKPOT.



and you have to see a close up of her note....



It reads: Bonnie: Here's $7 for postage and $5 towards your "Bingo Bonnie Bosom Buddie Bucks" -Kathleen



Isn't that soooo cute - Bosom Buddies Thank you girlfriend!!





and she was so generous to share some of her beloved 1930s with me :) I am looking forward to using these for my project that I'm working on between just KC1930 and me soon :) Thanks Kathleen!!!

Love from Texas!