Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone who left comments celebrating my 400th Blog Give Away this week. Hubby drew from the names and Frances Arnold's name was drawn. (Please send me your mailing address Frances.)

Hand Stamping Fabric

Hand stamping some gold and tan paint allowed this yellow fabric to blend better in this piece.

Don't forget to check out my 400th Post Give Away - drawing Saturday.

http://juliebagamary.blogspot.com/2009/11/400th-post-give-away.html

400th Post Give Away

To celebrate 400 Posts, I'm giving away one of my Quilted Desk Art pieces which retails for $26. (Batik fabric collage with hand stamped verse behind a hand painted mat in a 5 X 7 frame.) It would make a wonderful Christmas gift or even something special to keep for yourself. Leave a comment to enter the drawing and if you mention my Give Away on your blog with a link back to my blog, I'll enter your name twice. Drawing will be Saturday, November 14th. Thanks for stopping by my blog.

And THANKS to the many veterans who fight for our freedom!

Quilting The Flowers

Red thread is giving these

red flowers more life.

Red is a great color.

Christmas Gift Ideas

Each of these 3 pieces would make an excellent Christmas gift to offer encouragement and hope to some one's home or office. Each piece has hand embellished element's, Scripture and are signed. $48 each.

Changing Colors

After incorporating this block with the verse embroidered in a yellowish green, I realized it would look better in a darker color. SO, little by little, I'm first taking out a few stitches and filing in the remaining holes with black floss. I like it much better. The verse is, "Show me your paths O LORD, teach me your ways." Psalm 25:4.

Preemie Quilt

These fun 5 inch strips that arrived in the mail along with other scraps from Wanda combine to make a Preemie Quilt for our local Neonatal Unit. One woman's scraps are another woman's Preemie Quilt. Thanks Wanda!