Check ME Out Saturday week 47

Welcome to another Check ME Out Saturday!  I hope you all are having a Merry Christmas.  I am spending the morning with my girls and hubby.

You know what to do...link up what you have been working on cause I can't wait to see it!

Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to pop in and say MERRY CHRISTMAS!  I love Christmas!  It is for sure the most wonderful time of the year.  

I get to spend the holidays with my family and my hubby's family.  Plus some friend time in there too!

I hope you all have an awesome day I know I am about as excited as my 4 yr old is.  Silly me!

Mod Circle Quilt Pattern

I have had this design in mind for awhile now but just barely had the time to get it down on paper and then all sewn up. 

I made this quilt for me, but as soon as it was done my 18 month old took it and has never let me have it back.  Funny little girl.  She tries to drag it with her wherever she goes. 

It measures 50x50 and is made with a combination of cotton and flannel fabrics on the front, and minky on the back.  The hot pink zebra print fabrics have been pleated to give the quilt some texture.  Also the circles have all been raw edge appliqued.  The back is super soft minky fabric.  I love it :)

I quilted this blanket as a quilt as you go quilt (which means you can quilt the blanket as you are sewing it together.)  2 steps in 1!  Making it a super quick and fun quilt to make. 

The quilt pattern is available HERE.  I am also going to be including the instructions to make a car seat tent to match this adorable blanket. 

Check ME Out Saturday week 47

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you took a few minutes to look through last weeks link party. There are a TON of amazing ideas for Christmas and every other day of the year

I can't wait to see what you all to bring to the table this week.  You know what to do.  Link up what you have been working on this week

Free Shipping Day

Its FREE SHIPPING DAY!  There are over 1000 retailers participating in free shipping 

Are you shopping today online?  

If  you are make sure to stop by A Vision to Remember.  Not only can you get free shipping on many items (like car seat tents, rag quilts, pillowcase dresses, baby bibs, burp rags, nursing cover clips, baby blocks, and much more)
but there are a ton of different car seat tents and quilts that are being clearance out for the holidays. 

Blog Swap with To Sew with Love

Today I want to introduce you to an awesome blog...take it Lalanie:  

How are you doin’ all of you lovely bloggers out there? I am Lelanie of To Sew With Love. And today, we will be blog swapping with Bobbie!

We started as a group, which I created with my younger sister Laarnie, and just recently we have decided to take the path of blogging. We were a bit hesitant at first but we warmed up right away, at the same time, overwhelmed by the number of so many warm, lovely and crafty bloggers out there.

So just recently, we have decided to start a blog called To Sew With Love. My sister Laarnie and my highschool friend Lhorie contributes to the blog.  I am a SAHM of two kids (a 5-year old Princess and a 2-year old Li’l Guy) who are my heartbeats while my sister is also a SAHM to her 1 year old and a half Little Princess. Lhorie, on the other hand, is single (and available ^^) and has a cute dog named Kiray. I am in Spain, my sister is in Japan while Lhorie is in China but the distance isn’t a hindrance for us. That’s what makes the blogosphere seem so big yet so small ^^)

In our blog, you would mostly be seeing a lot of repurposing, refashioning and upcycling projects in our blog. We repurpose those old pairs of pants:

And those ill-fitting clothes of ours:

We also love creating things from scratch.

We love putting some jazz to things.

We also create with kids.

We also have our Thursday giveaway in our blog and hopefully, soon, our own linky party ^^)

I also have my own Etsy shop called Arcoíris, which in Spanish means “rainbow”. I love working with colourful fabrics and making something one of a kind out of it. I especially love creating gift sets like this:

And this:

I make only one of each design/fabric so you surely would be giving something special and unique to that special bundle of joy. Something you wouldn’t find anywhere else (or at least something exactly the same as mine).

Muchas gracias, Bobbie, for letting us guest post today! And I hope the lovely readers of this fab blog could pop over our humble blog and warm it up a little with their sweet Hi’s.

Hugs,

Thanks so much for swapping blogs with me today!  There are so many adorable things on your blog! 

Aweseom Art Seller on Etsy

I was contacted by a Lady on etsy...she had just found out about her cousins shop.  She wanted me to share with you all her shop.  She has had 0 sales and I know she would appreciate a sale (or even some likes :)

This is my favorite piece of art in her shop but she has a ton of other ones.  Her is the link to her shop: Etsy Seller   
Her Facebook page is HERE (please stop by and like her :)
The Cousin runs this fun shop called Pnkrckmommy

Sunbeam Primary Talk-Jesus Birth

My 4 yr old gave a talk in Primary yesterday.  So I had her tell me about the birth of Jesus.  As she was telling me about him I wrote it down.  Then I googled all the keywords and found corresponding pictures so she could do her talk by herself.  I left this talk in Word so that you can edit it if you would like.  To find the talk please go HERE or click on the picture and print it. 

This is the 2nd talk that she has given.  To find the first go HERE

Blog Swap with Paisley Passions

Today I want to introduce you to Lori.  She has some great things to share with you all....take a look and then hop on over to her blog!

A special HOWDY to all of you, A Vision to Remember readers! I am happy to be blog swapping with Bobbie today :)

My name is Lori, and my blog is called Paisley Passions.

I am a mother of five (four of which are teenagers! YIKES!), wife, full-time college student, and a lover of all things "crafty". I LOVE to create things! My Paisley Passions blog is a place where I have an outlet for when my creative mojo starts flowing ;)

I have been out and about in blogland for a couple of years now, but I just started my Paisley Passions craft blog the first week of July 2010. It is so fun to have a place to share all of my creative projects and I love making new friends through the world of blogging :) So, I hope that YOU will come on by and visit me.


On my blog you will find easy Home Decor projects like this:

Vanity Before and After

A few Fun Projects like this:

From Picture Frame to Laptray

And even some stuff like this:

Party Time Fun!

And last, but not least, some projects using my stash of scrapbook paper:

If you are ever looking for a Fun Blog Hop or a Linky Party to join in, I also have a Linky Love Library and a Blog Hop Library on my blog, so that the parties out in blogland are easy for people to find and join in the fun! They are free to use (and if you host one, come by and link it up!), all I ask is that if you find one that is new to you, that you let the host/hostess know you found them from my blog. As simple as that! :)

On Thursdays I host my own linky party called Thrilling Thursday. It is a fun party where you can link up YOUR creations, or just come over and check out the creations of the other talented people out in blogland. It is a great way to spark your creativity!




Thanks, Bobbie, for letting me guest post today!!! I hope that all of you A Vision to Remember readers will pop on over to Paisley Passions and say hi! I would love to meet you! :)

Fav Etsy Seller!

Check out this awesome etsy seller, Alone Little Bird.  She is fairly new but has really awesome items. 

Check ME Out Saturday week 46

Thanks for stopping by.  Last week there were some really amazing blog links.  Make sure to check them out. 

Link up what you have been working on this week :)  I can't wait to see!

12 days of Christmas Countdown Quilt. Advent Calendar

Finally!  The Advent Rag Quilt is Finished!  Yippee :)

I used the Easy Peasy Rag Quilt Pattern.  
Instead of cutting out the squares as directed I cut out trapezoids.  They measured 9 inches on 2 sides, then the short side was 9 inches and the long side was 14 inches.  It made the pockets pretty big.  I think next time I make a quilt like this I will do it 9x9x9x12 instead. 

Then on each trapezoid I cut out these adorable vintage fabric snowmen that I received from a church swap. 

For the numbers I cut them out of fabric with my cricut keystone cartridge. 

Then I sewed along the top of each trapezoid so that it would fray.

Then I sewed it together like usual except I did not sew the top of the trapezoid in with the other fabrics so that it would create a pocket.

Here are all the cut outs that my husband and I colored the other day

On the back I wrote what we are doing on that particular day.

My daughter asks me every day if we are going to start with the countdown blanket.  She is so excited for it.