Christmas Goodies for my Sewing Room
It is just past midnight here and the new year has begun. The date right now is 1/1/11. I expect this new year will be just as wonderful as my previous 48 upon this earth.
Before I haul myself upstairs and settle in for what will be a much too short night's sleep, I did want to wish each of my readers a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2011. Oh yes, and I wanted to show you two of my Christmas gifts that my sweet husband gave me...
Do you know what those two Olfa items are?
The mat is a 17 inch rotating mat...cool, huh? And the tool is a circle cutter that is so much fun to use! It's like one of those compasses we used to have to bring to school but never used but once or twice, only instead of having a stubby little pencil at the business end of it, there is a tiny little rotary cutting blade.
That is my very first circle cut with my new circle rotary cutter. So perfect! I can't wait to come up with a project that requires lots of fabric circles!
I also have used the rotating mat already to trim a quilt block. It's so nice to leave the block in place and just spin the mat...makes for much more accurate trimming.
Now I'm off to the snore shelf. I'm losing beauty sleep as I type! Can't have that!
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy Stitching!
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Before I haul myself upstairs and settle in for what will be a much too short night's sleep, I did want to wish each of my readers a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2011. Oh yes, and I wanted to show you two of my Christmas gifts that my sweet husband gave me...



I also have used the rotating mat already to trim a quilt block. It's so nice to leave the block in place and just spin the mat...makes for much more accurate trimming.
Now I'm off to the snore shelf. I'm losing beauty sleep as I type! Can't have that!
Happy New Year everyone!
Happy Stitching!

Labels: Christmas, handy helper, Olfa, quilting
6 Comments:
I have the rotating mat and I LOVE it (I wonder how I ever got by without it :)) Happy New Years and Happy Holidays to you!
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JWZ1978, At
January 1, 2011 at 12:52 AM
Happy new year to you too! Nice gifts you have got, it will be exciting to see the circle projects!
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Marit Johanne, At
January 1, 2011 at 5:04 AM
Happy New Year! Have fun making circles!!!
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Abby and Stephanie, At
January 1, 2011 at 7:35 AM
Happy New Year to YOU too!
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Nedra, At
January 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM
Oooo... wonderful toys there MG!!! Something for me to watch for now... 8-)
Have fun with it!!!
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Myra, At
January 1, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Happy New Year!!
What fabulous gifts you received!! I have been eying that rotating mat for a some time now, nice to hear that you are happy with it.
Have lots of fun cutting out circles, and I am looking forward to see what you will create with them!
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Crafty Girl Creations, At
January 2, 2011 at 12:04 AM
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