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Music Monday today comes from The Killers. Based out of Las Vegas, Nevada, these guys are absolutely amazing. If you get a chance, check out their live performance from Royal Albert Hall in London. So much energy and intensity, just amazing! Until next time,

Have you read the Fat Quarterly blog post for today entitled " Amazing Orange ? I thought they had an awesome idea and I wanted to share with you, my readers, all of the great wonderful things you can do with stacked coin style quilts.   1. Bobbie's Stacked Coin Quilt , 2. coin quilt  - front , 3. coin quilt , 4. Heather Bailey freshcut stacked coins quilt , 5. City Weekend Coin Quilt , 6. Midnight ~ Pillow . , 7. Red and White Coin Quilt ~ back , 8. quilted coin pillow , 9. Citrus Coin Quilt , 10. Where the wind may blow , 11. Eliza Quilt Coins , 12. patricks coin quilt-6 , 13. Stitches Quilt Which one is your favorite?  Mine would have to be the wonky coin quilt followed by the stair stepped stacked coins in the middle. Hope these might inspire you to make a project. Until next time,

Below you will find things that I am working on. I have shown most of this before and that is why this blog post is called "Little Bit of Nothing" I now have my very own design wall. I've NEVER had one before. This is just one of those cheap vinyl table cloths. The one you can get at Family Dollar or Wal-Mart. I got the largest size I could. I still need to fold the left side under to hide the extra. Best $5 I have have ever spent and works great. I took down the quilt that was on the wall because it's kinda top secret for now. You may or may not find a pic of it in this post. Don't forget once we have 600 followers of this blog there will be a giveaway. Just four more to go. Sign up is on the right. Until next time,

Cue music A foggy day in London Town Had me low and had me down I viewed the morning with alarm The British Museum had lost its charm How long, I wondered, could this thing last? But the age of miracles hadn't passed, For, suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London Town The sun was shining everywhere. It seems every time we have a foggy morning I always think of the George Gershwin song " A Foggy Day". I miss this style of music writing. They just don't write them like they used too. This morning I woke up and had to go and get the car inspected, because I had gotten a ticket for having expired tags. I never did get a notice from the state saying they were due, but that does not matter. It's up to me to remember. Only five months late. Once I had gotten the car and tags taken care of I went out to breakfast with my parents. They love to go to the Corner Cafe in Riverside. It's close to the house and they know just about everyo...

Last night was the Grammy Awards and today's artist was a huge winner, taking home five trophies and missing out on Album of the Year to Arcade Fire. Music Monday presents Lady Antebellum with Need You Now.... Lady Antebellum - Need You Now Uploaded by EMI_Music . - Explore more music videos. Until next time,

Since most of the country is snowed in, what have all my readers been doing with their time? I've been busy doing my own thing. Not much quilting going on here on the home front. I will share this with you, my readers. It's a sneak peek at KCMQG No Prints Allowed Quilt Challenge. I am just using some black fabric that I found in my stash. I'm not going to buy any fabric for this challenge due to Stashpact1. Good news is, I have yet to buy any fabric. How long can I go? The Winner of Learn to Make a Foundation-Pieced Quilt book is....... Congrats Jennifer. Drop me an E-mail with your address and I will get your book in the mail to you. Qubee (at symbol)kc.rr.com Until next time,

Beginning March 2011, Patchwork Squared will host its 1st annual quilt along.  Stay tuned for more details ... Don't forget about the book giveaway going on. Check out the post here for a chance to win. Until next time,

Learn to Make a Foundation-Pieced Quilt features six quilt patterns in a 32 page, full-color book. It is available from the Clotilde catalog . Foundation piecing incorporates a quilt-making techniques that sews patchwork into a foundation following a numerical sequence, with stitching lines drawn into the foundation. The book opens with general instructions for creating the quilted blocks using the foundation piecing method. It then offers instructions for the entire quilting process, followed by step-by-step instruction for each block design. A special thanks you to Nancy of DRG Network for providing my readers with a copy of this book. To win a copy of Learn to Make a Foundation-Pieced Quilt , leave a comment on this post. Only one entry per person, please. All duplicate entries will be deleted. Giveaway ends on Tuesday February 8th @11:59pm CST Until next time,