Courthouse Steps...a sew along!

 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you Eph 4:32

 I feel like I am starting the new year out pretty good in the sewing area of my life, I got a lot of my craft room done (not all, still lots to do) and all my pretty fabric scraps are organized and also my goal of sewing a lot more this year and doing more sew alongs and quilt alongs :) Randi at Fresh Squeezed Fabrics is helping me out on sewing more while I participate in her sew alongs this year, go check her blog AND her shop. I have never done the block Courthouse steps, so this should be inspiring and fun!

anyways here are my scraps, we are supposed to pick 3 colorways, I have 4 colors ways though, so thinking maybe I will do a small quilt with all 4 colors OR maybe just stick with the orange, aqua and green? let me know what you think, the orange, aqua and green are my favorites but just loving my grey scraps right now, I think I am thinking too much and want all my favorites in here! any thoughts? I hate to not use the grey but does it stick out too much? I kind of think so...

Right Now...

                      Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you  1 Peter 5:7

Joining in with Chrissie, over at In HIS grace, have you been to her blog or shop? if not...go check both out! she sure is inspiring, not just with her art and her cute family but her love for Jesus too.
She started a sort of slam book knock off idea :) Love it! anyways I meant to join in last week but got too busy with Jim being home but here is mine for this week :)

I have a bunch of sewing projects I need to share but will show you those early next week, but I forgot to show you what great deal I got around black friday, I do not leave my house on black friday! ha! I had not planned to do any shopping online but then got an email from Burgandy Buttons about their black Friday specials, I went and told Jim about it and he handed me 2 checks that he had been hiding from me lol, I couldn't be upset that he was hiding them from me since he then gave them to me for fabric shopping, well lookie what I got...

a whole fat quarter bundle! I have had charm packs, jelly rolls and layer cakes but never a fat quarter bundle! lucky me huh?!!  have a nice weekend!

oh, and a few people have asked about my running, well....I was doing sooo good running before Thanksgiving and right after Thanksgiving, now it's been 2 weeks since I haven't ran! yikes, I promised my friend Bobbi that I would go today though :) wish me luck!

Added this verse to the top of my blog because it has really helped me deal with my panic attacks and a friend just confided in me that she is starting to have them :( anyone who has had panic/anxiety attacks knows what I am talking about.

What does AMH Little Folks Voile and the flu have in common?

well really nothing except now that I have the flu, these super soft fabrics do have me wondering what I am going to do with them! I really need to think of a quilt pattern or blocks to use! any suggestions?!!

aren't they so pretty? I often read online how soft they were and they really are!

yes I do have the flu, well I think I have the flu, from what everyone is telling me, it sounds like the flu! I don't think I have ever had the flu or a flu shot and I guess it got me this week :(

I feel so behind on every area of my life right now being stuck here pretty much in the bed or on the couch but I did do a little organizing and I also went through a lot of paper work to purge. The organzing was happening in my craft room, I really needed to focus on it so I could be more productive in here! it was bad, it's not quite done yet but getting a lot closer now. I guess my whining and complaining on my last post about being so behind caught up with me now having the flu...it has forced me to stay home and be produtive here :)  I do feel pretty spoiled though, all I was thinking of this week while I have been sick is that I am so grateful to be able to be a stay at home mom so that when I am sick, I don't have to leave the house. (thank you Jim!) It's pretty nice! 

(I will have craftroom pics soon!)

PS... where is my brain?!!  I just remembered after writing this post that I received an award from a sweet friend, but I want it to have it's own post so I will post about that on the next post.....I swear it's the flu....(thanks Karen, love ya!)