pics, links, and general excitement

(as usual) more things to share than time to share them... so here's a little overview of some things to check out. and, yes, you can expect to see more on most of them later.

new today!! guest posts (go read them!!):
Embroidery for Beginners / Sew Delicious
Sewing Machine Confidential / Sewing Rocks!

recently finished and soon-to-be Pellon Projects (yay free!!):

mirror ball dots pinwheel quilt (quilt kits available from sewn studio):

have you seen mabel?? how-to and pdf pattern on the sewn studio blog.

and last (for now), but not least... i celebrated my 35th birthday this weekend!! more on my birthday excitement soon, including the silly gifts that little girls choose, fake mustaches, and boxes of balloons!

whoa, that's a lot of exclamation points... or, as K calls them, "excitement marks." oh, no!! and i forgot maybe the most exciting thing. i take back the "last" comment...

a friend of mine send me this pic she took at a local Jo-Ann store yesterday:

that's right... the picture on the bottom right-hand corner is of the Embroidery To-Go Bag that i designed with Sara of Sew Sweetness for Pellon!!!! oh, and they want to put the tutorial on the Jo-Ann website too. GAH!!

ok, i'm going to take my excitement marks and get out of here for now, lest i explode the internet.

happy monday! (couldn't resist one more)