Really Random

Christmas has begun to show up in the stores, and also here in blog land. {yikes} If you're ready to face it, join Jaceycraft, A Little Gray, Olivia Jane Handcrafted, and Esch House Quilts as they host a Holiday Craft Bash, each sharing a project around the week's theme. This first week of six happens to be "stocking" week. There's even a flickr group where projects are starting to gather.

Another fun event just starting up is The Long Weekend Blog Hop hosted by Fabric Mutt and Lori H. Designs. It's all about making Amy Butler's Weekender Travel Bag, and the kick-off was this past Monday! If you've ever wanted to make this awesome bag, but hesitated to go it alone, this is your big chance! Stop back by A Quilter's Table on Monday, when I'll be sharing about my recent Weekender experience as well as hosting an awesome giveaway! I'm certainly going to be keeping tabs on The Long Weekend flickr group too, to see the bags come together.

Tina at Seaside Stitches shared a cool post with links on making color palettes from your own photos. I heard about these at Sewing Summit, and was curious. So I tried Palette Builder and came up with a palette from a photo of a windmill that I took last weekend. Have you tried any palette creators?

Also, I just have to share a quilt one of my bee-mates made in the Always Bee Learning Bee! Remember when I made these pod blocks for Stephanie of Spontaneous Threads?

 

Well just look at her pod quilt!

Source: spontaneousthreads.blogspot.com via Debbie on Pinterest

You can read all about it and see lots more pictures on her blog post!

Speaking of blog posts, Sara of Sew Sweetness was kind enough to post "Zippers 4 Ways", the zipper techniques she shared in her class at Sewing Summit!

Source: sewsweetness.com via Sew on Pinterest

And since it's Really Random Thursday, I'll just mention how glad I was yesterday that I keep a quilt in my office. The furnace broke down, and I worked all day with my Zakka quilt spread across my lap. Good chance I'll do the same today!

Linking up with Really Random Thursday!