Happy Sunday everyone. I hope you are having a great weekend. Later this morning, I’m meeting up with friends for Brunch at a local restaurant, and Milo is coming too. The owner keeps inviting Milo to come in, so we’ll see how this goes. He’ll be getting a bath before we go. I’m curious, is it common for dogs to be allowed into restaurants where you live?
I have a new-to-me tool to share with you today. It’s called the FussyCut 3in1 Tool by Crafty Bev. I have two tools to give-away and a special purchase link for you to save!
It’s primary use is for fussy cutting fabric precisely. It is L-shaped and has grooves in the L that the rotary cutter goes in to complete the cut. Here are a few photos that I took while fussy cutting a butterfly:
While called the 3in1 tool, it actually has six uses:
- Corner Cutter lets you take your cut out of the middle
- Center-Finding Ruler
- Seam Allowance Guide
- 1/8″ Bonus Grid
- Bonus Mini-Metric Ruler
- Bonus Y Seam Guide
The FussyCut 3in1 ruler comes in two sizes: the original size and the Big Sister.
You can read more about the various features here and watch the great video here.
Free Tutorial
If you’ve always wanted to make a memory quilt, but didn’t know where to start, I highly recommend Vicki Welsh’s Keepsakes Quilt tutorial. It’s a free downloadable PDF file filled with useful information to get you started and on your way. Here’s one of the quilts that Vicki made (photo used with permission):
Special Offer
Crafty Bev is making a special offer to Quilting Gallery readers. Get a FussyCut 3in1 Tool, regularly $12.95, for $10, a Big Sister, regularly $18.95 for $15, and both, regularly $30.90, for $24. Plus, you’ll receive a free Inches & Bits, a brand new, very handy measuring gauge. This special offer is available to Quilting Gallery readers only through this special link: http://www.craftybev.com/fc31QG.html.
To get started using your new ruler, Crafty Bev has a free pattern, Attic Antics, available on her site that makes use of the main features of our FussyCut 3in1 and Big Sister tools.
Step by step, you’ll learn to frame and cut perfectly centered images, make Y-seams and mitered borders like a pro, and do gorgeous bindings so easy and slick you’ll wonder how you ever had a problem with them!
Give-Away
I have two of the FussyCut 3in1 Tools to give away, one in each size to two of my lucky readers. Don’t worry, if you’ve purchased the ruler using the special link above, and you win the give-away, you’ll receive a refund.
To enter the give-away, leave a comment below telling me something funny. It can be a joke, or a funny short story. Please keep it family-friendly for all. Winners will be randomly selected July 30th. One comment per person.
Taking milo to a restaurant made me think of when I first got my collie, abbey. I wasn’t used to such a tall dog. My first lunch with her in the house, I made a sandwich a, set it on the table and went for a drink in the fridge. When I sat down – no sandwich! Just one happy smiling dog :-)
That ruler looks pretty cool
What did the ocean say to the beach?
Nothing – it just waved!!!
What a great idea for a ruler. July 30 is my birthday – would be my present if I win! Thanks for the chance.
Have you heard about the explosion at a cheese shop in France?
The area is covered in De Brie
My wild child Rusty Dusty the dashound sits and howls with the fire trucks going going.
I don’t think dogs are allowed in restaurants in the US, food safety regs and all. Only service animals.
My daughter has boxers that are very excitable. When you are eating there, they will sit quietly for a bit because they think they will get a treat if they are good! They only have so much patience, though, and if it doesn’t happen, they come closer for a better look.
Thanks for the chance to win…these rulers looks wonderful!
Dogs are not allowed in restaurants in Cleveland. In fact a lot of people get upset if you even have your dog with you at an outdoor Starbucks, etc. My cat talks to me. When she wants to be fed she does this really high squeaky noise that sounds like “Feed Me.”
I can’t think of anything funny at the moment….but I would love to try the fussy cut ruler!
After all these months of rain I desperately longed for a bit of sun ………….. So I prayed on my both (sore) knees to my guardian angels up in heaven … my beloved mother and auntie ……….. to send us a bit of sun …… And SEE : THER IT IS : THE SUN ……… BUT with a message : only till WEDNESDAY !!! SO LET US ENJOY IT AND QUILY OUTSIDE !! ALLELUIA !!! Praise to my beloved angels !!!
I want to make an eye spy or matching blocks quilt for my young grandson. The fussy cut ruler would be perfect for this project. Hope I win!!
When I first started sewing I did not know I needed to change my needle. I sewed for years on the same needle, and the machine started to act up. It was not sewing right and I did not know why. I was talking with a friend who did a lot of sewing and she asked if I put a new needle in….. I looked at her like she had 3 eyes and said ” new needle”. I think she laughted for days about that. Now I change my needle more then most, but I do love a new needle more then most also;)
This looks like a great tool……
What is happier than a Pig in Mud?
A Quilter in a fabric bargain house!
Love the opportunity to win a fussy cut 3 in 1 ruler…I think of appliqué and eye spy and attic window and cathedral window, oh, the list goes on…..
Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: An impasta.
Thanks for the great intro to this unique tool – I love to fussy cut and would truly appreciate the precision that this tool offers! Thanks for the chance to win!
Owww, I would love to win a new tool to help me with my quilts. It is always fun playing with the features of a new toy!
Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Iwana
Iwana who?
Iwana win!
Yesterday my husband sent me flowers. The card read “Just Because.” I thought that was sweet. I then realized it was our anniversary. Oops. I told him thank you for the flowers, and said, “And did you realize it’s our anniversary today?” He had this bewildered look on his face and I realized that he had forgotten also! His subconscious got him out of the doghouse. I’m still there!
Whats funny is i have almost completed two quilts where this ruler would have been very useful. I kept cutting past my mark and wasted so much fabric . That notch in the ruler is a fabulous idea. Think i’ll have to put it on my shopping list for my next applique or hexi quilt.
…..What do you get when you cross a radio with a pig?….. Crackling of course… ba boom!
I took my then 4 year old daughter to the quilt shop with me one day. When she asked what we were looking for, I told her invisible thread. With her little brow furrowed, she asked, “Mommy, if it’s invisible, how are we going to find it?”
I need this new ruler! I’m starting a quilt gift that will be all fussy cut, with multiple sized motifs. :-)
Boo-hoo , just went across to order one and she doesn’t post to Australia
I’m starting the vomit quilt (im a ginger monkey) and need to fussy cut some scraps…would be perfect :O)
The best I could do today–
Knock, Knock.
Who’s there?
Mikey!
Mikey who?
Mikey doesn’t fit in the keyhole!
Thanks for the chance to win.
Hey Michelle! Glad to hear Milo gets to go where you go – there are a few places in the USA that are more friendly than most…usually out west, like Seattle, & trendy places like that. Here, in South Texas, most dogs are outside dogs, so you probably wouldn’t want them in where you eat…but Tractor Supply & Camping World are pet-friendly, and usually have treats somewhere by the checkout counter. And of course, pet stores & feed stores always allow the pups in. Walmart, not so much.
I have one of these handy-dandy rulers, and I do love it. I use it ALL the time for centering my embroidery designs, top to bottom, left to right. It never fails me, and I’ve found Bev to be most helpful & sweet!
Please don’t add me into the contest, but I did want to share a funny I came across just this morning on a forum. Little boys and people who are getting old will appreciate it the most:
Ed came home drunk one night, slid into bed beside his sleeping wife, and fell into a deep slumber.
He awoke before the Pearly Gates, where St. Peter said, ‘You died in your sleep, Ed.’
Ed was stunned.. ‘I’m dead? No, I can’t be! I’ve got too much to live for. Send me back!’
St. Peter said, ‘I’m sorry, but there’s only one way you can go back, and that is as a chicken.’
Ed was devastated, but begged St. Peter to send him to a farm near his home.
The next thing he knew, he was covered with feathers, clucking and pecking the ground..
A rooster strolled past. ‘So, you’re the new hen, huh? How’s your first day here?’
‘Not bad,’ replied Ed the hen, ‘but I have this strange feeling inside. Like I’m gonna explode!’
‘You’re ovulating,’ explained the rooster. ‘Don’t tell me you’ve never laid an egg before?’
‘Never,’ said Ed.
‘Well, just relax and let it happen,’ says the rooster. ‘It’s no big deal.’
He did, and a few uncomfortable seconds later, out popped an egg! He was overcome with emotion as he experienced motherhood. He soon laid another egg — his joy was overwhelming..
As he was about to lay his third egg, he felt a smack on the back of his head, and heard…..
“Ed, wake up! You pooped in the bed!”
I am just getting started in quilting, yes even at my advanced age. I am slowly building my my artillery and these beauties would greatly replace my wooden yardstick. I have bought some fabric and scored some wonderful pieces of fabric thru “goodwill shops” and a resale shop in my town, I am on a limited budget so every bargain helps.
Why does a seagull fly over the sea?
Because if it flew over the bay it would be a ……. Bagel. Get it? Bay-gull!
Thanks for the chance to win!
What washes up on tiny beaches? ……..microwaves!
would love to win this cool looking ruler
Minnesota doesn’t allow dogs in eating places. I love this ruler. Sure looks like it would be better than my Getting Squared ruler. Hope I win so I can get started on my Memories quilt from a trip to Texas.
i was just going to make a memory quilt for a fallen soldier’s wife but did not know where to start….what a blessing to see this on your email. I can confidently do it now! God bless you!
Michigan here and I do not know of any resturant that allows dogs. I hope Milo is on his best behavior! :)
What do you get when you cross Lassie w/ a rose?
a collie flower!
Thanks for the review and the giveaway!
What does a straight seam say to a crooked seam? Looks like you get ripped out.
I have been wanting to start to do a fussy cut quilt, and this would sure get me started on it. Thank you for having the chance to win.
A straight seam asked then crooked seam how he is doing today? The crooked seam said not so good, the straight seams says yes it looks like you get ripped today.
I have been wanting to start to do a fussy cut quilt, and this would sure get me started on it. Thank you for having the chance to win.
I think this is family friendly – This past week our grandson was here to visit – 20 months old – he was outside playing in his little pool and my daughter took his diaper off and he took off on a run – wellllllll his he ever fast or grandma is really, really slow – I had all I could do is catch him running down the driveway – he was just a giggling thinking it was really, really funny running and grandma trying to catch him but then my husband came out on the porch and stated that that was the funniest thing he has ever seen – me chasing and not being able to catch a little baby!!!!!
Have a great creative Sunday – maybe I should start training for the Toddler track team!!!
This tool looks great – I would really love to win one but if I don’t, I think I will buy one!
Thank you
sandyb720 at gmail dot com
How many quilters does it take to change a light bulb?
5 – One to change the bulb and four others to stand there and say “I could have done that!”
A doctor in Duluth wanted to get off work and go hunting, so he approached his assistant. ‘Ole, I am goin’ huntin’ tomorrow and don’t want to close the clinic.
I want you to take care of the clinic and take care of all my patients.’
‘Yes, sir!’ answers Ole.
The doctor goes hunting and returns the following day and asks: ‘So, Ole, how was your day?’
Ole told him that he took care of three patients. ‘The first one had a headache so I gave him TYLENOL.’
‘Bravo, Mate, and the second one?’ asks the doctor.
‘The second one had stomach burning and I gave him MAALOX, sir,’ says Ole.
Bravo, bravo! You’re good at this and what about the third one?’ asks the Doctor.
‘Sir, I was sitting here and suddenly the door opens and a woman enters. Like a flame, she undresses herself, taking off everything including her bra and her panties and lies down on the table and shouts: HELP ME – I haven’t seen a man in over two years!!
‘Tunderin’ Lard Yeezus, Ole, what did you do?’ asks the doctor.
‘I put drops in her eyes!’
And you thought this was going to be a dirty joke….didn’t you? LOL!
I can’t think of anything funny, but I can tell you it is raining cats and dogs in south Florida right now. Looks like a bloomin hurricane…thankfully it is not.
I’d love to try those rulers. Thanks.
I havent had much to laugh about for awhile, but my new grandson has me laughing all the time. We took my son and his family and my daughter out to eat. My grandson Anden is just started eating real food. He was having a blast eating, then my daughter gave him a wedge of lemon. He picked it up, rolled it around for awhile, and all of us adults sat there waiting to see what he would do. He stuck it in his mouth, stopped, his expression was hallarious he had it so screwed up, he was spitting, but what did he do? He gave it another try. We were all laughing. My daughter offered him a piece of roll and he looked at her and wouldnt take anything from her the rest of the night. He knew the fool that gave him that terrible food.
Just want to share one of the favorite things my Mother told me shortly after I was married. My husband had remarked that my biscuits and gravy were not like his Mother’s — So my sweet Mother remarked — She don’t make bread like Momma, but he don’t make dough like Daddy!
I’m new to quilting, even though I have been sewing forever. This looks like a really cool little tool! Thanks for the chance to win one.
My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter was watching her mother put on make up. My granddaughter wanting to do it too. When her mother wouldn’t let her, she looked at her mom and seriously said, “You share!”
I just read all of the above stories, and can’t top any one of them, and can’t think of anything funny at the moment, but would love to be included in the giveaway. Thanks!
About a month ago we took our 17-m-o grandson to the Family Day my hubby’s employer puts on every year. Jack was fascinated by all the big inflatable structures, particularly the giant slide. Grampa asked if he wanted to go on it but he shrank back shaking his head. But he kept watching as kids climbed the ladder, disappeared at the top, then reappeared as they slid down. Grampa crouched at his side, talking to him.
Finally he pushed on Grampa’s backside, encouraging him to stand. Then Jack pushed Grampa forward. “Does Jack want to go?” Shook his head, but kept pushing Grampa. Obviously, he wanted Grampa to go!
Grampa went down, not once, not twice, but three times, each time asking if Jack wanted to come too. Finally after he had seen Grampa come back down safely, he decided to give it a go.
Up they went and down they went. Up and down. After several times, with Grampa encouraging from behind and me encouraging at the bottom, Jack came down on his own. After that there was no stopping him. We finally had to bribe him with a ball and food to get him away from the slide.
Thanks for the opportunity to win these great-looking rulers!
And here in BC, only service dogs are permitted in food establishments.
Oh, so sadly, i am from Germany and i think, i can not translate a german yoke into english…..nobody would laugh.
People never laugh, if i tell a joke, not even in German.
I hope you have fun…
hugs from Iris
I poured a glass of milk this morning and tried to put the bottle back in the cupboard. Then after lunch I throw my cup in the trash then dig it out. Ah, where is my brain? Shuttermom77 at gmail dot com
I’ve never seen dogs in restaurants here in the UK although you can take them to our local pub – but the landlord is rather eccentric! He has Christmas lights up (and working!) all year round!
I had promised to make a Key Lime Pie for a get-together, but work ran over, and I didn’t have enough time. Instead, I ran out and bought a box mix of Key Lime Bars, along with a ready-made graham cracker crust, and figured I could finagle the “bar” mix into a reasonable key lime pie.
I craftily maneuvered the ready-made graham cracker pie crust from its aluminum foil pie plate into one of my own glass pie plates. Moving on to the mix!
The box mix contained two plastic bags of white-ish powder – one was the bar crust *pushed aside; don’t need it* and the other is the key lime filling. Reading through the instructions to see what I could do to alter it from a bar mix into more of a pie-ish mix, I noticed that in small print the box had directions for using the mix as a pie! AWESOME! I add the water and eggs, and mix it up. The instructions said that if using this mix for a pie, that a couple of drops of green food coloring might be needed to make it more “lime-colored.” The key lime filling was a disturbing shade of ecru (not lime at all!), so I grabbed the green food coloring and added a couple of drops…
…which did NOTHING. I added two more, and re-mixed. Still ecru. Frustrated, I give the food coloring bottle a “generous” squeeze. It’s green, alright. Not key lime green, but more of a bright neon green. Oh, SNAP. But it’ll have to do.
I don’t know what made me taste the mix, but it doesn’t taste of lime at ALL. *darn box mixes!* I grabbed the bottled key lime juice from the fridge, and the lime concentrate powder from the spice cabinet, and liberally apply a bit of each until the mix tastes like lime. It required lots of liberal applications to get it to a lime-y taste, but whatever. I throw that in the oven long enough for it to set up, and while it sounds like a disaster, it’s actually not as bad as it could have been.
I rush to get ready, grab my pie from the oven, adding a 3″ thick coating of store-bought whip cream on the key lime pie to cover its over-green neonness. *if there isn’t time to make the pie, where would I find the time to whip up fresh whipped cream?!?*
It wasn’t AWFUL, but it wasn’t good, either. I ended up confessing to all but the graham cracker scam, and a few folks even said that the pie was decent. *LIARS*
I can call them LIARS, because when I got home and was cleaning up the mess in the kitchen, I encountered the unused package of crust mix. I figured I wouldn’t have a use for it and was carrying it to the trash when I noticed that the lettering on the side of the bag read, “KEY LIME FILLING MIX.” *but then what went in the…? OH MY GOODNESS!*
A puzzle…..
How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue..
and then you add eggs and sugar… and you get cake?
Where did the glue go?
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That’s what makes the cake stick to your BUTT!
What fun rulers! Would love to win!
Thanks for the chance Michele!
why was the energizer bunny arrested.
he was charged with battery.
that was one my 3 year old grandson told me the other day. thought it was great from him.
I had this wonderful cat for 20 years. He was quite a cat and lived everywhere with me. Heres a story that represents how sneaky and smart my cat was.
While I was in college, my mom told me this happened. My mom kept opening the freezer and bits of dog biscuits would fall out. she could never figure out why. One night, her dog (a cocker spaniel) kept making snuffling sounds in the kitchen and wouldn’t stop. She finally went to the kitchen and saw her dog eating dog biscuits on the floor. She looked up and on top of the refrigerator, she caught my cat with his entire leg in the dog biscuit box trying to fish out a treat for himself. He was bribing the dog with biscuits to keep quiet so he could eat some himself. We now knew why he wasn’t losing weight. He lost weight quickly after that when the biscuits were locked up.
Thanks for letting us share funny stuff. :-)
This is very old, it makes some laugh, it makes some groan. I hope you laugh. I still find it funny years after first hearing it.
A piece of rope walks into a bar and orders a drink.
The bartender tells him they don’t serve drinks to ropes, and kicks him out.
Incensed, the rope ties himself in a knot and unravels both of his ends.
He then goes back in the bar and orders again.
“Hey”, the bartender asks, “aren’t you the same rope I just tossed out?”
“No”, he replies… “I’m a FRAYED KNOT”
Happiness is defined as opening your refrigerator to find your mother-in-law’s picture on the milk carton.
P.S. I truly Love my mother-in-law, but this one cracked me up!
Mom tells me she was frying chicken one day when I was about four. When I asked her what she was cooking she lifted me up to see. “Oh goody”, I said, “Hot bones!”
A pregnant woman gets into a car accident and falls into a deep coma.
Asleep for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby.
The doctor replies, “Ma’am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine. Your brother came in and named them.”
The woman thinks to herself, “Oh no, not my brother — he’s an idiot!” Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, “Well, what’s the girl’s name?”
“Denise,” the doctor says.
The new mother thinks, “Wow, that’s not a bad name! Guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise!” Then she asks the doctor, “What’s the boy’s name?”
The doctor replies, DeNephew.