Chatahoochee Evening Stars Challenge

I forgot that I hadn't published what my finished piece from the guild challenge back in December. I had a lot of fun with this piece but definitely didn't know what I was going to do when I first got the piece of fabric.

Challenge was that the quilt had to contain a recognizeable amount of this fabric and also have a bee on it.

Here was the piece in progress that I showed earlier.

Here's the final piece:
"Before Winter" by Kristin Rodriguez.
The flash seemed to brighten up the top of the sky accidentally . This was all done with confetti sized pieces of fabric. The tree, leaves, and a portion of the sky all came from the challenge fabric. I then hand stitched around the edge instead of doing a binding.

Yeah....Pictures!!

Here are the pictures of the items I did this weekend. My sewing machine and I had to get reacquainted as we had not worked together in 3 months!!! Can you believe it? Both of these are kits designed and distributed by Sue Spargo. They are using beautiful hand-dyed wools. They were so easy and fun to work with. no worry of fraying edges or anything.

Can you tell this is my first zipper ever? At least my mother said she wouldn't make me take it out and try till I got it perfect or even near correct......lol. Thank goodness. It is listed as a pencil case but I don't know if I have the heart to put pencils in it and get it dirty!



Here's the pincushion. I have to stuff it yet with something and then sew it shut. Maybe these will get me jump started into other things I need to work on!

New Year and New Things

It's a new year and I can't believe this is my first post!!! I kept meaning to post and show what we've been working on but let's be honest it hasn't been much!! Hopefully we'll turn that attitude around shortly.

Well guys I wanted to post pics in here but for some reason they are not uploading. I made up a couple of kits that I bought from Sue Spargo using her beautifully dyed wool. Can't figure out why the system doesn't like the photos though. Oh well......I'm using a new camera as my memory card split in two and I haven't gotten a new one yet. Guess I'll need to run out and get it since this other camera is giving me such a hard time.

We have spent the past couple of days talking and working up the online class bit so expect to see something announced in not too long. Hopefully we'll work on some other stuff soon and I'll have a camera that won't hinder me from uploading pics!!!!

New Things for the New Year

Thanks for all your support over the years. We are looking forward to 2009 as we truly hope it will be better than 2008! Here are some of the great new things we have introduced.

Gift certificates are now available for purchase online at www.fiberonawhim.com Simply purchase the denomination you want and we will email you the code to use at checkout.

We also just introduced what we are calling the swatch envelope. Are you having trouble figuring out if the color of fabric is going to match? You can get up to 6 swatches for a cost of $1. Simply purchase the swatch envelope and note the fabrics you'd like to receive. If the shipping shows up we will adjust it off so that all you pay is $1.


Deliveries: We will be doing deliveries on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a charge of $3. If you live/work within a 10 mile radius of our location we will be able to provide you with this service if you chose. Simply notate it on your order and the shipping cost will be reduced to $3.

Register to Win section of our website: We are changing this from a monthly drawing to a weekly one. We will draw a name every Monday of the names that have registered that week for a prize. The prize could be a hand-dyed item or anything else we pick up that day!!! So make sure you register often for an opportunity to win. This week's winner is JEANETTE JACKSON!! Congrats! We hope everyone has a great holiday season!

Introducing in the New Year!!!
Hand Dyed/Painted Items
Fat Quarters and FQ Bundles
Ribbons
Fiber Twists
New Roving and Felbi Wool
Australian and African Fabrics
Patterns designed by Fiber on a Whim
More Kits
More Buttons
More Silk Items
More Vintage Items
New Block/Project of the Month Club
Online Classes

What I've been knitting lately.

I've been lucky to connect up with an interior designer that is opening an organic boutique in Sandy Springs. She wanted to carry hand knit items for sale and she is paying me to knit them for her. Here are the few things I've done so far. There are 4 hot water bottle cozies and 7 diaper soakers. I'm now going to start on some pillows and a wine bottle cozy. Add in there finishing a sweater, knitting 2 hats, and crocheting one to the mix. I'm beginning to wonder if I do much of anything else.

I think my sewing machine and I need to get close again. I think I'm going to work on a few things for some of the "call for entries." Trying to get mom to do some as well so we'll see what we can get worked out.

Protection One Update

Well I've yet to receive any copy of a so-called contract. I had asked for it to be emailed to us and they said we should receive it within 24-48 hours. So when we had not received it as of this morning I called back. Imagine my surprise when they told me they dropped it in the snail mail and reflected no request to have it emailed to us.....other than the fact they had the correct email addy that I had given them just on Thursday. So now we will see if we receive it in the next 24-48hrs again. I'm sure they will say that Christmas delayed it as their next excuse for not emailing it!

Do not ever use Protection One!!!!

Now normally I would not write about something like this but felt I should. DO NOT USE PROTECTION ONE for an alarm company.

As the majority of you know we are no longer in a retail location. We closed the doors back in October and left the building at the end of November. We had a security system there at the shop that was handled by Protection One that was once linked with Bellsouth. When the sales rep was out to take the order for an alarm system we were not told there was a "Contract period". We never signed a contract nor have a contract of any type in our possesion. We have installment papers and a certificate of completion. None of which state a term of a contract!!! So in my mass of things to do I just got around to calling Protection One to cancel the service that we no longer use.

To my astonishment they said they could not cancel the service that we had a 5 year term with 21 months remaining!! Now when I looked at mom after this first call we both were perplexed about any notion of a 5 year term. In subsequent calls to Protection One and repeated requests to get a copy of this so-called "contract" we have yet to receive one. I even asked for it to be sent by email yet to no avail. When I called back I was told it could take 24-48 hours to process an email!!! I've since looked up Protection One complaints online and found numerous ones. Most stating the same problem we are now having where we can't cancel service. Most state never being told they had a contract or that if you didn't cancel 30 days before your ending that it automatically renewed without so much as an okay from you. Many said they had sent in writing their cancellation letters only to be told it had not been received.

This company is nothing but a giant scam!!!! We've had many problems with them other than this in the past 3 years. Like a time where we were unmonitered for 4 months. When we questioned why we were not notified of a problem with the system they tried to say that they had called and were given the okay not to have to call back about the "Failure to Communicate"!! Now who in their right mind would do that? If you are paying for service of a security system you expect it to work......you would not say "oh, okay don't worry about it leave it not functioning for as long as you like!".

Now it is simply a waiting period to see if they can send me a copy of this supposed contract that they say we signed but we don't remember nor were ever given! In the meantime I'll make sure that if I can help it no one uses their service.

Sorry for the very off topic rant. Will try and post some pics soon of what's been going on lately.