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.
Q- What’s the name of a boom-a-rang that doesn’t come back to you?
A- a stick
Would love to have one of these new rulers to show my guild. We are always looking for new things to show.
Don’t have a joke, but was watching my outdoor kitty this afternoon. The sprinkler (its 102 degrees) is running and the birds are drinking from the bird bath (which also gets water as the sprinkler makes its circle) He would stalk toward the bird bath and the bird drinking only to get sprayed as the sprinkler came around. One sad kitty as he jumps and then dashes off a bit looking back as if saying. “You bird, how did you do that”?
One of my “quilt sisters” was telling me that her husband was helping her pin her quilt sandwich together prior to machine quilting. After some time, she told her husband he was not getting very much pinned. He said, “I have been spending all my time straightening these pins!”
Hope I win the ruler so I can share it with my guild and Bees.
A what is wrong with this picture moment-I was following a Porsche SUV yesterday! Who would buy a such a thing?
My funny is……Why was the local quilting group losing members? Because it had poor BACKING !!!!
What a great prize Michele……would love to try it out!
thanks so much for the chance.
Wendy :O)
Yesterday my son and husband were discussing taking a photo in front of the Sydney Opera House; I thought they said Cyndi Lauper’s House. We had a good laugh! Thanks for the giveaway!
En las tiendas donde yo compro no hay novedades, por lo tanto estaría encantada.
Lo siento en este momento, mi gracia esta dormida
ana-ane
I’m afraid I’m not as funny as all of those commenters (which I thoroughly enjoyed) but I’d love to win one of those rulers.
A blind man walks into a department store with his Seeing Eye dog. All of a sudden, he picks up the leash and begins swinging the dog around over his head.
The manager runs up to the man and asks, “What are you doing Sir?”
The blind man replies, “Oh I’m just looking around.”
Thanks for the opportunity!
One day I went outside to gather the eggs. The chicken coop door was open so the chickens could free range for food. I noticed there was a squirrel inside the chicken coop and it noticed me. I stood beside the pear tree by the chicken coop and patiently waited for the squirrel to run out of the coop, which it didn’t take long. The next thing I knew that chicken ran right up ME ! It got to my chest and I screamed bloody murder and the fright that squirrel had on it’s face I will never forget. Our son at the time was 5 said ” Mom, did you see that ? You scared that squirrel with all that hollering you did ! ” LOL
I have never fussy cut, but all ways enjoy learning different sewing/quilting techniques !!
Not very good at writing something funny but would love a chance to win.
Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide!
These rulers look very cool. I have been fussy cutting for the Polaroid swap and they would be very helpful.
What did the big casket say to the little casket?
Is that you coffin?
Would love to win that Fussy Cut Ruler! Thanks for the
chance to win!
wigglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com
Hi! Could use this ruler as I made my grandaughter a quilt…the pattern was a strip pattern…lots of strips, lots of work…for the backing I used fabric that had hearts all over…one solid piece….She liked the backing more than the front…and she put the quilt on the bed with the backing up and the strip quilt design face down….I am thinking next quilt I would fussy cut some hearts for the top!
It’s amazing how people keep coming up with things to make our quilting easier. Would love to have one for the corner cut alone.
Thanks for the giveaway.
What’s black and white and red 9(read) all over?
A newspaper, of course!
Today my father told us the icebergs in Greenland are breaking up.
My daughter said that was very sad because she heard they were such a cute couple…..
Oh my…
My cat, Mandu, carries fat quarters and lace all over the house.
Last night, my cat (Oliver) brought a “friend” to bed… a mouse! It was still alive!!
Thanks for the giveaway.
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
A flat minor.
Whats the most musical part of you body? Yor nose, it’s got a little boogie in it.
1st Guy “I broke my arm in 3 places.”
2nd Guy “I’d quit going to those places if I were you.”
Nothing funny from Norway this special day, 22nd July, one year after the terrorist killed so many young people. Have been wathing TV all day in memorial of the victimes. Even the nature is sorry, it’s raining and blowing all over Norway. But I’d like to win the rulers! Thank you.
My mom took my little sister into the changing room to try on a pair of pants. As soon mom started to take her pants off to try on the new pair, my baby sister said in her very loud child voice. “Mommy pull up your pants we are not in the bathroom.” Unfortunatly it was a very busy day at the mall and everyone heard. What mom heard was laughter throughout the changing room. She was very embarrased.
Thanks for the opportunity to win. Elizabeth Silverdale, WA
My son, at age 5, went fishing with dad and Pappy for the first time, and pulls in a small blue gill. Pappy is working to get the hook out, and dad asks, “What kind of fish is that?”
The 5-year-old says, “It’s a Sucker!”
“What?” says his dad. “That’s not a sucker!”
“Yes, it is,” says my 5-year-old, as Pappy is still trying to get the hook out… “Pappy just said, “That sucker swallowed the whole thing!”
Yes, that really did happen, and the 5-year-old is now 32 years old!!
Sheila, I saw your post! We DO ship to Australia! Perhaps it’s not set up for this special offer. Drop me a line from our website “contact” page, introduce yourself, and we’ll get this sorted out for you. We want no disappointed customers or would-be customers! Bev
These look like so much fun to use. I have several fabrics I could use them with.
Here’s a funny for you:
Why does the tiger have stripes?
Because he doesn’t want to be spotted! (tee hee)
Jim’s wife was in labor and the hospital staff kept telling him to “Just relax” to no avail. Jim was a nervous wreck. After what seemed like a week, to both Jim and the hospital staff, a nurse came out with the happy news, “it’s a girl”, she cried. “Thank goodness it’s a girl”, said Jim, “at least she won’t have to go through what I just went through!”
I woul love to win this awesome ruler!!! I’m not good at jokes or funny. But I will try!
Ive racked my brain. The only one I can come up with is a dirty one so I’m sorry ahead of time!
The white horse fell in the mud!!! Lol
finding out that being left handed makes a difference when reading directions ie: knitting a saying if you follow directions the words will come out backwards: my “love you” came out saying “uoy evol”. Boy was I surprised
I might kill for one of those rulers. But on the other hand I could always win one.
Thanks for the chance.
Patti xxx
Oh, I know I’d use that ruler almost daily….
I’m not so good with jokes -I always forget the punch line… My DH will almost always tell the clerk at the grocery store “Be careful, I have high blood pressure” I always tell the clerk “don’t worry, he’s insured”….
Wedding toast:
“Gentlemen stand next to the person that is most important to and raise your glasses for a toast!”
That was the last toast of the night, the bartender was killed in the stampede.
Last joke I heard, can’t remember jokes.
Oh my gosh, this tool is so incredible! I love it!
Well, I just went over to visit some friends about 4 hrs from me and stayed almost a week. We sewed every day. the days we did not sew, we shopped for fabric! lol I did not see this tool!!!~ Or, I’d of purchased it! They do so much for Project Linus, etc.
Anyway, Mrs. Elsie is 89 next month and she has a longarm and can out sew all of us! She is very tiny, and reminds me of my neighbor before I moved away. I was telling a friend that for her birthday one year, her nephew bought her this HUGE pair of panties and when she opened them she just laughed. The funny part is that on wash day, she’d sometimes hang them on her clothesline with hers… lol It was so funny. They were always buying her funny things like that. So, I’m on the lookout for a HUGE pair for Mrs. Elsie for her 89th.
It may or may not be funny to me, but to my husband it is hilarious my “fussy” cuts tend to be a little to fussy at times.Alot of my projects have these points of view I am still pretty new to sewin and quilting so I actually call it my “anger managment”. Thank-you for the give away would be a dream come true. Becky
this week i made burp cloths for my new great-great niece who happened to be born TODAY!!!! I used hand towels and cute fabrics to make them. you can get 2 cloths from each towel and a fat quarter. i used pieces from my stash. i sewed all the pieces on before any cutting. i did it outside on the back porch. the towels shed curlies while cutting and turning right side out. i left MANY curlies in a rainbow of colors on the back porch, planning on the wind carrying them off. now our black cat, Oreo is covered with the rainbow curlies!!!!
I am not good at telling jokes because I always forget the punch line. I do a lot of fussy cutting and would love to win the ruler. Great giveaway.
Hello,
Thanks for the opportunity to win a ruler from Crafty Bev. Gosh she has such a great name!!!!
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo
p.s How do you catch a squirrel? Climb up a tree and act like a nut.
Last Wednesday our of the blue, my just turned four year old grandniece stated she wanted to make a quilt. I was surprised that she made a beeline for my fabric drawers in the spare bedroom and knew exactly the drawer and which pink bundle she wanted to pull out. Then she sat down on the floor and went through each fq opening it up to “audition”. She then folded each rejected fq back perfectly and made sure they were in a straight pile to return to the drawer. She then cocked her head and said, “That’ll do! These fat quarters are mine. They are all pink and only pink.” When my mother (her great grandmother) asked her who will make this quilt, she pointed at her and said “you and me”. Now, where did she learn all of this! LOL
I would love to win one of these rulers. Thanks for the giveaway.
Here’s my funny joke:
The cop got out of his car, and the kid who had been stopped for speeding rolled down his window.
“I’ve been waiting for you all day,” the cop said.
The kid replied, “Yeah, well I got here as fast as I could.”
When the cop finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket.
Here is a funny worthless fact about me. I love brownies but I hate chocolate cake. Go figure:)
Going Bowling . . .
The family went bowling one night and brought seven-year-old Stevie for the first time. Along with the rest of the family, Stevie laced up his bolwing shoes and then went to select a ball. Everyone else choose one but Stevie could not make up his mind.
Ten minutes went by and finally Father said, “Stevie, just pick a ball. We don’t have all night.”
“But I can’t!” wailed Stevie, “Every ball i pick up has holes on it!”
Thanks for a chance to win.
Peggy
Back a decade ago or so, I was dating a guy who was a commercial pilot whose hobby was racing cars. We were going a bit fast down a highway in northern California in his Honda S2000 when he was pulled over by a CHP. When the officer came up to the car he sarcastically asked if my friend had a license to fly. When my friend pulled out his pilot’s license, the CHP just shook his head and walked away.
Joke: A woman goes to a drug store and tells the Pharmacist she needs some cyanide. The Pharmacist tells her it is illegal to sell her any cyanide, and besides what did she want to do with it. The woman says she wants to kill her hubby. The Pharmacist goes on and on how terrible that is and how they would both go to jail -her for the murder and the pharmacist for selling it to her. The woman does not reply but just reaches into her purse and pulls out a photo of her husband in bed with the Pharmacist’s wife. The Pharmacist states, Oh, my, this is entirely different. Why didn’t you tell me you had a prescription.
A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss his use of the car.
His father said he’d make a deal with his son: ‘You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible, and get your hair cut. Then we’ll talk about the car.’
The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he’d settle for the offer, and they agreed on it.
After about six weeks his father said, ‘Son, you’ve brought your grades up and I’ve observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I’m disappointed you haven’t had your hair cut.
The boy said, ‘You know, Dad, I’ve been thinking about that, and I’ve noticed in my studies of the Bible that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair ~ ~ ~ and there’s even strong evidence that Jesus had long hair.’
Dad said, “Did you also notice that they walked every where they went?”
A duck walks into a bar and asks the bartender, “Do you have any grapes?” The bartender says, “No” and the duck walks out.
The next day, the duck returns to the bar and asks the bartender, “Do you have any grapes?” The bartender says, “No” and the duck walks out.
On the third day, the duck returns and asks, “Do you have any grapes?” The bartender says, “No, and if you ask me again I’ll nail your feet to the floor.” The duck walks out.
On the fourth day, the duck walks into the bar and asks, “Do you have any nails?” The bartender says, “No.” Then the duck asks, “Do you have any grapes?”
When I use my friend’s die cutter, I get all discombobbled with the math and feel like she must think I’m an idiot for not being able to figure out how many cuts to make for the project. Today, she confessed to her own bad math with the cutter…she not only had trouble with the math, she cut 3 times the number of strips she needed. I felt bad for her, but it did give me a little giggle.
A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph’s Hospital, and timidly asked, “Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?”
The operator said, “I’ll be glad to help, Dear. What’s the name and room number of the patient?”
“The grandmother, in her weak, tremulous voice said, Norma Findlay, Room 302.”
The operator replied; “Let me put you on hold while I check with the nurse’s station for that room.”
After a minute, the operator returned to the phone and said, “I have good news. Her nurse just told me tests came back normal and her doctor has scheduled her to be discharged tomorrow.”
The grandmother said, “Thank you. That’s wonderful. I was so worried. God Bless you for the good news.”
The operator replied, “You’re more than welcome. Is Norma your daughter?”
The grandmother said, “No. I’m Norma Findlay in Room 302. No one tells me anything.”
There are many good jokes. They made my day! I would love the fussy cut ruler.
Why do circuses like to hire elephants?
Because they will work for peanuts.
How do youknow an elephant is hiding under your bed?
Your nose is touching the ceiling.
Sign posted at quilt shop where I work:
Blessed are the piecemakers..
for their children will inherit the quilts.
Would love the fussy cut ruler!
thanks!