Today is the Day- the BIG Reveal- UR Pricelss BLog Hop FINAL DAY!!!!!

 Is Blogville ready?  Mayor Frankie, will you please tell Ernestine and Francine to settle down so everyone can see?  Really, one would think that the cousins of our very Furst Mayor would behave for such an impawtant occasion!  Where is Sarge, our Chief of Pawlice?  Puddles, the beer and cheetohs will have to wait- and no you may NOT hang from the Gateway Arch until after the unveiling!  Yes, your BFF Mr. Geoff will be taking you to all of the Bud Light factories and bottling plants in ST Louis so that you can start your Super Dachshund duties of ensuring the world has enough beer!  Just remember to wear your safety cape!  Where are Goose and Bert when you need them most?  Amber, you may NOT take the Weinermobile away from Max and go driving along the Mississippi River again!  Shiloh, stop passing notes to your girlfriends Tasha and Peaches! Lily Belle, Muffin and Millie, stop the conga line this instant! 

OK, here we go!  Now all of Blogville knows that we keep What's Her Name (WHN) chained up in her sewing room, allowing her out only to feed us and walk us.  When Dad (Mr. Geoff, Puddles' BFF and drinking buddy) was laid off last year, she started sewing and quilting again, and also started following quilting blogs ( just to keep out of our furs)  This year has been very challenging for WHN ( and not just because she is off her meds)  Since April of this year, we lost three of the Dachsies With Moxie in six months, Dad got a new job after a year of being unemployed, and we had to move from Ohio to Missouri!  Say that quickly three times!  Anyway, on one of WHN's favorite quilt blogs there was a purse blog hop being advertised.  WHN signed up, not ever having made a purse before, nor having pawticipated in a blog hop either- we of course knew she was nuts, but she gave it a try anyway!  She decided to be "creative"  (insert very loud hacking cough here!)  and used the leftover scraps from the Kerazy Lady's table runner (photo included so that you can see what fabrics would be used)  She cut and pieced a largish square of muslin with these scraps, and proceeded to cut out her pattern pieces (and of course forgot to take pictures of this- we told her that  no one would be interested and to move it- we needed feeding!) .  She used iron-on batting to give the purse body and lined it with a great hot pink fabric.  Sewing the four pieces together were relatively easy for WHN- very few HBO words were heard, so don't worry about that!  The problem was the hand sewing of the purse frame!  WHN had not taken into account the extra thickness that her pieced fabric would cause her- thankfully she only ended breaking her thread and not a needle!  She was pleased with her first purse and uses it for change and it resides on her dresser- we think that the money inside should be used for our treats- don't you agree?  Then terror struck our household- WHN had a Brilliant Idea!  (RUN for your lives!  We hid under the covers for days when this occurred! Tasha is still losing her gawjus black fur over the shock)  WHN was determined to master the purse pattern and the handles, so she made another purse!  AND she fussy cut the pieces from a great fabric she found at Jackman's,  hot pink with a Keep on Quilting Rosie the Riveter motif!  (Yes, dear blog readers, WHN is out of control again- please send emergency meds NOW!). This purse went together quite nicely- even the points on the bottom matched!  On top of that,  this time she used upholstery thread for hand sewing the purse frame to the body and it worked so much better- the thread did not break and nothing is going to take that frame off!  WHN liked it so much that she is going to resew the handle on her first purse and use the upholstery thread on all future purses.  So, please enjoy the photos of WHN's first venture into the world of purses and please visit the other ladies who are sharing their handiwork on this momentous occasion!  (BTW, the pink Rosie the Riveter purse is now in Canada, a gift to the fabulous Madame Samm, who inspired the blog hop and keeps WHN out of our furs- for that alone, she should be receiving daily shipments of gold and diamonds!)  

 






Here is the lineup of the rest of today's participants in the blog hop- please visit all of them and give them a BLogville hello and welcome!



Day 7 - Nov. 13

Julia P
Tina
Dachsies With Moxie
Marci Girl Designs
The Sunflower Patch
Wish upon a star
Mary on Lake Pulaski
Greco Mara
Linda M
Mack and Mabel
Dreaming in Patchwork
Judith Handmade Treasures
Kaydie
Caesarea Scrappers
Patchouli Moon Studio
Sew.Darn.Quilt.
Sew We Quilt