Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas 2011

                         House 157

                         House 158

                         House 156

The Kitty Cat Tree

                         House 159 

                         House 160 

                         House 161

                         House 162

Nativities from around the world

                         House 165

                         House 166

The Nutcrackers

                         House 168

                         House 169

Handmade Ornaments

                         House 167

               I hope you had a Merry Little Christmas

 

   Wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!!!!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

A Little TLC!

Some of you may remember this little guy from this post last year.

                            House 071

Well with a little TLC he’s a new man this year and he was very happy to join the others! Check out his new look.

                            Special 058

                            Special 059

                            Special 062

Isn’t it amazing what a little love can do?

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

What’s Working on Wednesday

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. We sure did. It is great having my daughter home from school and even though my DH had to go back to work my DD and I are just having lazy days of doing whatever we want. Whatever we want is nothing much.

I did make a cover for my surprise new iPad. I’m not really thrilled with it, but it’s covered for now and that’s what I needed.

                            

                                 Special 057

Today I’ll do a little sewing room maintenance! My room is a mess after all the sewing and being used as “wrapping central” for Christmas gifts. I’ll need to get organized soon, I have millions of ideas I need to start working on.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

                                Dec 2011 004

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

No Sewing This Week?

 

I don’t think I’ll be doing much sewing this week. I’m working on a few crochet projects (can’t knit) and I’ve finished a few recently.

                                            

                    

                      CROCHET 112

                           Hat made for DD

                    

                        CROCHET 187 

                             Cowl made for me 

                  CROCHET 179 

                           Shawl made for me

                     CROCHET 185

                                     Scarf

                       CROCHET 194

                             Shawl in progress

I also plan to make lots of cookies and maybe even some candy!

Do you make candy at Christmas? If you do, what candy is your favorite to make?

Friday, December 16, 2011

Blog Friends

Look what came in the mail all the way from Australia!
It's a gift from Shay at Quilting in my Pyjamas. If you haven't visited Shay's blog, you should. It's a great blog and she keeps you laughing. She does "Favourite Things Friday" and as this is the last one for the year I thought I'd link up for the first time.
My favorite thing this week is blogging and the the friends I've made like Shay because of it. I'm thankful for all the blogs I visit and all of you that visit mine. I've learned lots of things and stolen uh borrowed a few ideas from all the beautiful work being done in blog land with fabric.
So keep up the excellent work and don't forget to stop by when you can!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

What’s Working on Wednesday

I’ve been busy decorating and doing lots of other Christmas things like all of Santa’s elves everyone else.

What I’m working on today is a red and white table runner requested by my sister. She says she hopes to get it by next Christmas!  She thinks she’s so funny! She might not have to wait that long.

                         Creations 189

                         Creations 186 

 Almost done, just needs quilting!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Denim Quilt Part 2

The denim quilt was a hit!

I can’t begin to explain how nervous I was cutting into these jeans that couldn’t be replaced. My neighbor wanted me to preserve the designs and the jeans as much as possible. She decided on solid colors instead of prints. She said she was overwhelmed!’

                          Special 042

                          Special 048

                          Special 045

I used flannel as batting and denim for the back. It’s straight line quilted with variegated denim thread from Connecting Threads. I’m sure it will last forever!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Special Denim Quilt

Maybe some of you remember this post from March, maybe not. It’s taken me all this time to complete this quilt. I was so terrified of making a mistake it was hard for me to even start.

This quilt was made for my neighbor using a pair of hand decorated jeans that hold a very special meaning for her family. I wanted to use every inch of the jeans and in the end the only thing left over was the waistband and the pocket lining!

I am pleased with the outcome and let me tell you, it’s one HEAVY quilt. Here is a peek. I’ll post the full quilt at a later date as my neighbor won’t receive it until tomorrow.

                       Special 044 

                       Special 051

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Success at the Bazaar!

Well, I survived the bazaar! I think I did pretty well, although I didn’t sell any quilts or table runners. I did sell cosmetic bags, book marks, card holders, mug rugs, dishcloths, pot holders and 2 tote bags! It was a very long day 9-5.

Today after I clean my sewing room, I’m going to get some rest  (some people think we’re going shopping). Next week I need to make 22 card holders, 12 mug rugs and 1 table runner.

I was happy to find these beauties in the mail when I got home last night. I purchased them from The Intrepid Thread.

                      The Loot! 096

                              Enjoy your weekend!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Am I Coming Or Going?

                          Creations 137

I’ve made these

                          Creations 139

and these

                          Creations 142

                          Creations 143

                          Creations 145

 these

                          Creations 146

and even some of these!

                           Creations 150

I’m almost done. The bazaar is Friday! Wish me luck!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

                                cornucopia-3716

Wishing you all a very happy holiday with friends and family!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Spots and Table Runners

                                The Loot! 091

Spots and Dots! I couldn’t resist! Connecting Threads had these on sale.

                                The Loot! 094 

More table runners for the bazaar. In progress. I love batiks!

                                Scrap Thingy's 337 

This one is finished. It didn’t photograph well the reds are a little more pinky. The peppermint candy fabric is the backing.

Okay, back to work!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Monday, November 7, 2011

Busy, Busy, Busy

I’m working really hard trying to make things for a Multicultural Bazaar in a few weeks.

Scrap Thingy's 330 Sorry, this isn’t the best picture.

Scrap Thingy's 331

Scrap Thingy's 336

As usual I’m making things difficult for myself. I was supposed to sew this binding to the back so I could machine top stitch it down and save myself some time. Needless to say now I will be hand stitching it.

Scrap Thingy's 334

Scrap Thingy's 333

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

I’m Back!!

My DSs and I had a great time visiting our DB and SIL in Florida! We shopped, we ate, we shopped and did some sightseeing. Did I mention we shopped! LOL It was a wonderful time in Ocala!

Here are a few pictures of the Loot!

The Loot! 085 I found these Denyse Schmidt fabrics at Joann that I could not find here.

The Loot! 087 Found these at Hobby Lobby.

The Loot! 089 And right around the corner from my brother’s house, I found these and

The Loot! 088 these at a little quilt shop named Tomorrow’s Treasures!

Now I’m home doing the “Happy Dance”!

Love you Catrice and Marcel! I can’t wait to come back!

And thank you so much to my DS’s because without you I wouldn’t have been there!