Win It Wednesday 10/5

Fabric & Craft Giveaways

~ Scrap fabric  Silly Mama Quilts  10/6
~ The Happy Hounds Petfinder bundle  Purrfect Spots  10/25
~ Farm Fun FQ bundle  Happy Quilting  10/10
~ Adore! 9 piece bundle  Henry Glass blog  10/9
~ $75 Westwood  Red Pepper Quilts  10/8


Books

~ Complete set of Ladies of the Manors series  Writing Rosanna  10/21

Children

~ Moodsters set  The Stitchin Mommy 
~ Pampers prize pack  Discover Explore Learn  10/5

Other 

~ Ryobi Tools Ultimate Combo & $50 Home Depot GC   That's My Letter  10/7

Win It Wednesday 9/21

Fabric & Craft Giveaways

~ Wilderness FQ Bundle  Camelot Fabrics FB  9/28
~ Scrap fabric  Silly Mama Quilts  9/22
~ $50 GC to Bobby Lou's Fabric Factory  Red Pepper Quilts  9/24
~ Lagom FQ bundle  Art Gallery Fabrics Blog  9/27
~ Jolly Bar Book Vol. 1  The Cottage Mama  9/25
~ $25 GC to The Scarlet Thread Quilt Co.  Happy Quilting 9/27
~ Luna Sol bundle  Bryan House Quilts  9/25
~ Luna Sol bundle  Stars & Sunshine  9/22

Win It Wednesday 9/7

Fabric & Craft Giveaways

~ Good Neighbors fabric bundle  Crazy Mom Quilts  ??
~ Moda Home bag  Moda Cutting Table  9/10
~ Calibre Art Cutting Mat  allie-oops sweet happy life  9/12
~ Christmas Elegance bundle Henry Glass Blog  9/11
~ Buffalo Check Carolina Gingham FQ bundle  Charm About You  9/11
~ Moda Jelly Roll  Jolly Jabber  9/12

Win It Wednesday 8/24

Fabric & Craft Giveaways

~ Quiltmaker magazine & 5 fat eighths  Freemotion by the River  8/31
~ Batik bundle  Lemon Tree Snippets  9/2
~ Batik bundle  Bea Quilter  8/31
~ Simply Chic FQ bundle made by ChrissieD  8/30

Win It Wednesday 8/17

Fabric & Craft Giveaways

~ FQ Bundle Blenders  AGF Blog  8/24
~ Quilting books  QNblog  8/21
~ FQ bundle Vintage 30's Ruby's Treasure  Inspired by Fabric  8/21 
~ August Quilty Box  Quiltville's Quips & Snips  9/1
~ $50 Fat Quarter Shop GC  Happy Quilting  8/22 

Know Your Enemy ~ Zucchini

I'm willing to acknowledge that I may have made some errors in judgment. But in my defense, the zucchini didn't grow well last year. Zucchini ~ the one vegetable so prolific that people play ding dong ditch with it. And I couldn't grow it. Maybe it was the weather. Maybe it was the soil. Maybe there was too much shade & not enough sun. Maybe it was just my black thumb. I changed what I could, choosing a different spot to plant & using a combination of hugelkultur, lasagna gardening, & raised beds to improve the soil. And this is where I made my first mistake. I planted the entire packet of seeds and every single one germinated. Cute little seedlings, looking so innocent, working so hard to grow ~ and this is where I made my second error ~ I couldn't bear to cull any of them.  And then they grew. And grew. And grew. They started putting out big beautiful orange-yellow flowers, calling all the bees to the yard. Next thing you know, there's little tiny zucchini fetuses everywhere. And they grew...

                                                                         
Pure Evil


I harvested my first zucchini 10 days ago. I've made zucchini fritters. I've made zucchini bread. I've shredded & put 16 quarts in the freezer. I've even managed to palm a few off on other people. I've 7 more waiting on the table, waiting for me to do something with them. There's more, waiting, waiting, waiting, still growing.  Even the chickens are tired of zucchini bits

Zeus & His Golden Harem  "That had better not be zucchini, Human"

Win It Wednesday ~ A List of Giveaways

Fabric & Craft Giveaways
~ Electric Quilt 7 & half yard bundle of AGF prints   AGF blog  8/25  
~ 15 yards fabric  Behind the Mouse  8/25
~ FQ bundle of Liberty Tana Lawn Classics Revival collection  Red Pepper Quilts    8/12
~ $25 GC  to Lou Lou's Fabric Shop  Happy Quilting  8/1
~ Journey to Versailles FQ bundle  Henry Glass Fabrics  8/14
~ Indah Batik Pops  Jolly Jabber  8/11