Here is my UFO from a couple days ago. Just don't know how to finish this off.

Here is the messiest part of my sewing room.
This is the neatest, cleanest part of my sewing room...until I start sewing again later this afternoon.
I've never entered a quilt in competition but I did get this ribbon from participating in Ami Simm's "Worst Quilt" contest several years ago. This is my ONLY quilting magazine - a 1994 issue! I really like the fabric but I wonder what I was thinking because I've never come up with a quilt to use it in. It's just SO BRIGHT!{!-- ia0 -->ScavengerFri1.jpg{!-- ia0 -->

And...my favorite quilting mags are 20 - 25 year old QNM. I love buying a pile at local quilt shows for 25 cents each.

Friday's photo's:

The messest part of my sewing room is really the whole room:

The neatest part of the sewing room is right now my dining table. I was sewing with a friend and moved my sewing machine out of my little itty bitty sewing room so we could sew together:

My ribbon is just a judges merit ribbon, but it was my ribbon for what I did and I was thrilled:IMG_1343.JPG

Here's my cleanest area, can't stand a mess on the machine! My favorite quilt magazine are from "Down Under." American publishers could read and learn instead of copying each other.

With 3 projects going now, there's a lot on the cutting table.

The UGH fabric is hiding under the magazine, too ashamed to be seen!!

Here is messiest(there is no clean area);what was I thinking;and fav mags.....

Day 3! We've made it this far -- we can make it through the rest of the week!

And just to see who's brave out there, today's list has a couple of attention-getters....

11. A ribbon you won for one of your quilts
12. The messiest part of your sewing area
13. The cleanest part of your sewing area
14. A piece of “what was I thinking?” fabric
15. Your favorite quilting magazine(s)

And remember, you don't have to do all of them -- just post what you have -- and you can submit any day's pictures whenever you have time.

Have fun!

My for the day photos.

I'm enjoying all of the photos and stories here!

Would you believe I've never bought any hand-dyed fabric? Well, there has to be something to look forward to, right?

Otherwise, here is my about-to-be-replaced iron (too heavy, hate the auto shut off), a spool of Sulky silver thread and my entry into my guild's 9-pate exchange for this year. (Not quite finished, but I have until January!)

And here are a couple of views from my house - but not taken today, as we had sleet, rain and clouds most of the day!{!-- ia0 -->100_7814.jpg{!-- ia0 -->

Okay, so since this is just for fun I'm thinking it's okay to be a little silly and stretch the definitions of the 5 things somewhat.

6. I do not own any hand dyed fabric nor have I ever dyed any myself. However, my DH is painting our bathroom this week and he did a little fabric dyeing. (don't see spell check here, is that right?) He was wearing one of his favorite shirts (why? he's a MAN), one we bought in Hawaii about 15 years ago, and backed into an area he had already painted. The funny part is that he was trying to not let me find out so he immediately removed the shirt and started trying to get the paint out. He actually did a fairly good job but we never did get it all out. I need to tell you that the color is "mexicana" and it is basically a bright terra cotta. So, see, he did get most of it out.

7. one of the nine patches in my scrappy quilt that I keep thrown in the back of the van to use for any and every thing.

8. Sorry it's such a dreary day to be taking a picture of my view. It's an awesome view on a clear day.

9. Spool of metallic thread - well, not exactly. This is some metallic cording I had around left over from a craft project.

10. Trusty iron - not an expensive one but it works great (so far!)

I am having such fun with this and wish you all a great time.

Here are my pictures for today...

Boy Bridget, you must have been posting the new list as I was disconnecting to take yesterday's pictures!
OK--the nine patch is from the first quilt my DH made(he has only made one), my iron is a travel iron(very light weight and very hot), the hand dyed is fabric Mickey Depre's husband dyed, and the thread is a hologram thread made by YLI that I got when I was at the AQS show in DesMoines:

The scenery is out the back of my house:
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