Smarty pants

Everyday i am overwhelmed by the knowledge of others. There are some really smart cookies out there, ya know. These are a few that really just hit me in the head....like that is so smart. I just can't believe it. Simple and Wonderful.
Let me introduce you to the newest smartipants i found this last week:

Twiddletails. Not only does she have a super awesome block of the month going. I know how could paper piecing and flying geese be super awesome? well, they just are. Still working on my blocks.

Anyways. She also invented, thought up, conjured in her mind....and then made.......a portable ironing table!!!! So what, i know is going through your mind...but wait. let me show you:

um, yea. that is a T.V. TRAY!!!! gals. how smart is she? Here is her link with instructions.

Next one up. Oliver + S

This gal has again...invented, thought up, conjured in her mind...and then made this: look at the skirt.

I know again...it's just a skirt. But let me tell you----it is the skirt and the HEM!!! the hem gals. that is what i am showing here:

I know- that is cute fabric. Vintage Switzerland stuff with a cute ribbon hem. (i think the birds on the ribbon are upside down-- should have paid better attention). Anyways. It is a RIBBON HEM!!!! You wouldn't believe how EASY this is once you 'get it'. I am definitly hooked on this type of a hem. I am feeling a bunch of laziness coming on. lazy day skirts laziness that is. Go here and print off your own pattern. Easy Peasy and addicting! I really should do a tutorial here. Maybe another day.

I should have a smartypant contest. Anyone want to share their smartipant-ness with us? Leave a comment and note or even a link if you would like. It's all good---knowledge is power. isn't it?......smartypant

** Don't forget about the Squiggly Waves Baby Quilt Pattern Give away**

Go here and leave a comment to win your own

Squiggly Waves

Squiggly Waves

Baby Quilt

Size: 47" X 42"

Baby Quilt E-Pattern.

Included:
* Tutorial style instructions
* Pictures to help with the steps
* Alternative uses for the applique octopus
* Free-bee doll quilt with leftovers
* Uses a wavy template for blocks included
* Octopus measures 13" X 12" in size on quilt

Use the pattern for:

Onesies

Fleece blankies

Or make them all for a trio

The pattern uses 14 fat eights + blue for the border, a little ric rac, and something orange for the octopus.

**For this quilt i used a blue kona cotton that worked out perfect. Of course, any color combination is great. I was thinking just now that a pink waves with a purple octopus might just be wayyyyy cute too.

Here is the Free-be you get from the leftovers...mini waves they are:

This is before it got washed and ragged.

And the back---with the blue linen i got sat....lovely.

Would you like your very own pattern? How about leaving a comment here and on Friday morning i will choose a winner. Can't wait? Go to the Shop and get it. If you're lucky and you win after purchasing it i'll let you choose another pattern.

I actually have a few more baby quilts in the works...I wanted to show them all at once, but let's get real here. You never know when that might be, and if that really will be...so you are getting them piecemeal. You don't mind do you?

Good luck to all---- don't make me have another drawing with no winners.