Wait A Minute Mr. Postman!

So, I have been anticipating a package all week and was bummed when I went to get the mail today and it wasn't there. I checked the package tracking online and it said it was supposed to arrive today...

I kind of wanted to chase after the mailman and ask where it was but a crazy woman running down the street with three children just seemed a bit too crazy.

But then...  When the Mom of the girl I babysit for came in this afternoon with a nice little box in her hand I couldn't help but say, "Yes!"  After all, this is what was inside:

And here they are out of the box (I played with these in the yard while the boys played with their own toys):

I obtained these 50 vintage sheet fat quarters from a swap on Flickr.  And, I just had to join the virtual quilting bee group, Bee Vintage!  So, if you are out thrifting or garage sale hopping, be on the look out for vintage sheets to send my way!

(more) Vintage Sheets

Here are the rest of the vintage sheets I will be using for the Vintage Sheet Swap on flickr.  All of these came from Mike's grandma's house.

 The other sheets I found can be seen here.

WIP It! WIP It Good! Challenge (week 2)

If you missed last week, you can check out all the details of my WIP (work in progress) challenge here.  I've also crossed some things off the to-do list on that post too!  Basically, I have a list of things I want to get done over the next month or so and am nosey about what projects everyone else is working on too.  I was feeling pretty productive this week and even did a mid-week post of my progress.

So, here is what I got accomplished this week:

1.  Finished the Quilts for Kids quilt and mailed it (see mid-week post for pictures). 

2.  On the "I Spy" quilt I cut squares, created a layout and sewed squares together in to the 13 horizontal rows.  There are some pictures on the mid-week post of this as well but here is one to show you how long the strips are.  There are 13 of them that I need to sew together now.

3.  I cut the vintage sheets I found in to fat quarters (an 18x22" piece of fabric).  Here is a sampling of what I am sending in for the swap.  As soon as I mail these I can cross that off my list too!

4.  I added to my to-do list, "Make a special present for someone I know".  Here is the fabric all cut up for that project.  I'm using the Charm Squares Baby Quilt pattern from Oh Fransson! (one of my favorite quilting blogs).  I didn't buy a charm pack though, I just picked out some fat quarters and cut them in to 5in squares.  Aren't the hippos, lions, birdies and flowers cute?!

Go ahead and link up for the first time or, continue to show your progress!  If you don't have a blog, let us know what you are up to in the comments.

I'm also sharing over at Sew and Tell!

Vintage Goodies

I'm on the look out for vintage sheets for a vintage sheet swap (sorry sign ups are closed) I am taking part in.  If I know you and see you would you be on the look out too?  Colored backgrounds are highly sought after and my deadline to mail is May 12th.

I found this strawberry sheet earlier in the week (full size for $1.99).

Tonight, I ran to another near by thrift store and didn't find any sheets but took a quick glance down the sewing/craft aisle.  There were two bags of notions for $0.90 each and I decided to go for it even though I couldn't exactly tell what was in the bags.  I got home and opened them and it was like Christmas!

Left Column: A zipper, tape measure, pink blanket binding, white hem facing, lavender elastic.
Middle Column: Eyelet trim; 3 brown, 1 orange, 1yellow bias tapes; 4 yellow, 1 red, 1 green and 1 light blue rick rack packs.
Right Column: 1 large navy button, 5 blue buttons, 5 pearl buttons, pearl snap fasteners with attaching tool*, more yellow rick rack, white, green and blue seam bindings, and dark blue bias hem facing.

Will I use all these things?  Probably not.  I don't even know what they are all for...
Was it worth the $1.80? oh yea!

* My husband was even excited about this because he loves pearl button shirts.  Not that I know how to make shirts...