Paws for Stitching

Happy Valentines Day!

2012-02-14T15:30:00.001-06:00

Have a fantastic day!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Off to the Girls Get Away Weekend!

2012-02-03T06:03:00.003-06:00

Good Morning!

Today is the day -- I am off with 6 of my best buddies to our Girls Get Away Weekend, we have rented a B&B - I have my projects packed and I am ready to check out a few quilt shops!

I will be back before the game starts on Sunday!

See you in a few days -- I bet I will have lots of photos to share!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

January Schnibble parade!

2012-01-31T17:45:00.003-06:00

Welcome to the January Schnibble parade!

I changed up my Full House quilt abit, I only made 12 houses, I have a spot in our guest room that required a smaller quilt. I used 30's that I absolutely LOVE!

And I made a spare house -- I guess you could call it a second home! LOL for the label

And here is just 1 row of houses.

I really loved this project and the best part is -- it is done and on the wall!
Looking forward to our next project!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Another Finish

2012-01-26T21:23:00.003-06:00

Hello!

I have been sewing and quilting up a storm -- I have 3 more items sandwiched together that need to be quilted up in the next few days and I did manage to get this Uncle Sam complete, now this was a kit I got from Craft camp many years ago -- but I really am happy how he turned out.

He should look pretty good hanging up around the 4th of July.

So here he is...what do you think?

He is about 2 feet wide and 3 feet long.

Are you joining the new Quilting gallery swap? Click on the link on the top right of my blog and check it out.

Have a good evening!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Some Valentine Project and another UFO done!

2012-01-25T09:01:00.004-06:00

Good Morning!

Can't believe it is Wednesday already and almost the end of January -- this month is flying by - probably because it is a month I really get to work in my sewing room!

I had some extra Valentines day blocks from a swap I did a year or so ago - so I thought why not make them into just table squares so I have 2 all sandwiched together just waiting to be quilted and one scrappy string table topper -- I just used my valentine scraps and pieced them on to a foundation and put 4 blocks together and I am going to use it as a table topper- These will get quilted up today.

I am currently quilting this UFO - Uncle Sam a great wallhanging for 4th of July -- I started this at Craft Camp probably 8 - 10 years ago - it is a Country Threads pattern -- and I think by the end of the day it will be done and ready to hang this summer!

This UFO is done :) It was a pile of bow tie blocks that I thought might make a cute table runner - great for spring or summer - I used a quilting stencil for the center it is 4 entwined hearts, very simple to quilt and then in the border I did free hand hearts - turned out cute I think - not sure if I will keep it or put it in the craft show crate -- I have so many table runners but it might work in the guest room it is a 30's type theme and it would be nice on the dresser in there.

How are your UFO's coming along?

I am off to the sewing room!
Have a great day!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Happy Sunday Evening!

2012-01-22T20:54:00.002-06:00

Hi there!

Well I did not get much sewing done on Saturday -- Dear Hubby and I went to library and got some books -- now when we go to the library -- our town has a teeny tiny little library so we drive 45 minutes to go to a really really nice library - that lets us use our towns card to get books.

So we did that and ran some other errands, Dear Hubby got a baking book and I am the baker, he can cook, but I can bake, so last night I made this Blueberry Coffee cake -- perfect for a lazy Sunday morning. It was delish!

Then we kinda switch off cooking and I had taken a chicken out of the freezer - and I wanted to make Lucinda Scala Quinns (her show follows Martha on Hallmark every morning) recipe for Chicken and Dumplings....

Here is the finished dish -- it was so good, a little grease in the brooth, so next time I will skim the top but the homemade dumplings we awesome! I have never used parsnips or turnips before and the recipe called for both and they were very tasty. Maybe something we need to add to the garden this year.

So today I was back at my sewing machine and I got 2 of these table toppers complete! I just sold one on Etsy so I wanted to add 1 today and 1 tomorrow morning.

Then since the weather was nicer today -- windy and 32 with some flurries and/or sometimes rain - Poochie and I took our 3 mile walk, have not been able to go much this past week due to frigid cold and then the snow storm -- walked on the treadmill only 1 day - really prefer to walk outside.

Then I came back in and worked on this little penny rug -- got all the snowman on - need to sew on the back --

Very productive weekend!
I hope you had a good one too!
thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Friday Night Snowed (Sew) In Results

2012-01-21T10:54:00.003-06:00

Good Saturday morning!

How did your Friday night sew in go? Mine was fantastic, got lots done. I got 2 out of the 3 things on my list complete and I started sewing on my string blocks. This star block table topper can (yes you guessed it out of the basket) But it is another finish from there so YIPPEE!
And I got a little bolder with my quilting here, I quilted stars in the border -- It should sell this summer at a craft show - very patriotic I think.

Then this topper I made 2 years ago and I finally got I quilted. And I bound it yesterday so it is done and I put it on Etsy -- our kitchen was yellow and now it is green -- so I may as well try to sell it -- unless a family member speaks up for it. I am just glad it is off the UFO list :)

And here is my January Schnibble Full House COMPLETE! Well I have to put the label on it - I only did 12 houses I have the perfect spot for this wall quilt in the guest room and 16 houses would have made it too big.
I just love it! Of course it is 30's and those are my fav's!

I am really having fun with my machine quilting -- I have discovered a secret, I don't drop my feed dogs it gives me a little resistance and that slows me down and my stitches look sooo much better. How about you -- feed dogs Up or Down? Have you tried it with them up?

About 9 inches of snow fell here yesterday and it is cold - hoping to get my walk in this afternoon and I will be sewing up a storm today too!

Check back tomorrow to see what I did today and thanks for stopping!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Frinday Night Sew - First of the New Year

2012-01-20T07:39:00.002-06:00

Good Morning!

What a great day it is going to be-- we are expecting 8 inches of snow today!!! AWESOME!

I love it when it snows - everything looks so pretty and I love to be outside in it -- the dogs love to play it in and then we come in and you guessed it - head right up to the sewing room!

Tonight is Friday Night Sew In -- the first of the new year -- I have lots I want to do and since I am off today -- it is an all day sew in for me!

My list of things to do today:

Scrap basket blocks for swapping

Quilting and binding my Full House Schnibbles

Finish Binding a table topper - I quilted earlier this week

And to work on whatever my little heart desires

Have a great day! And see you at the sew in tonight!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Christmas Through out the Year

2012-01-19T23:44:00.002-06:00

Hi There!

I was doing a little surfing on blogs tonight and found a great idea, Christmas through out the year - they have lots of tutorials and idea -- check it out

http://quiltingdaze.blogspot.com/

Then on her side bar she has another link to click to see her partner in this effort. I tried to copy the button, but I think I am too tired, so I will try it tomorrow

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

That Darn Basket!

2012-01-18T21:41:00.002-06:00

Hello!

Just updated my blog tonight before I go to bed.

What have you been working on? Me that darn ol basket -- but I am making headway -- the pile is actually SHRINKING!!

I have just been doing whatever is next in the pile -- these are real simple coasters that I sell at shows for 50 cents -- they use up my scraps - so it is a win win - the customer gets a good deal and I get rid of some scraps. I actually did 16 of them and then put the rest in a nice plastic shoe box - then I can work on them when I want but the great news is -- all the pieces are in 1 place.

Then you say the bunny had I was working on - Well I purchased these placemats for 4 for $1.99 at the local thrift shop and they were like brand new -so I added the bunnies to these.

Can't wait til spring to put them on our island in the kitchen! But Spring won't be here any time soon the temps will be in single digits tomorrow and then 8 inches of snow due in on Friday -- great time for Friday night sew in -- Did you sign up for that? I did this morning --

Well I have 2 more things I am sewing the binding down on and that will be 2 more projects out of that darn basket and then I am also working on my Schnibbles for the Schnibble of the Month parade -- got most of it cut out tonight -- and made a sample block -- love it -- Hope to get the top done tomorrow.

Enjoy your evening
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

More from that Old Basket and Easter!

2012-01-15T09:41:00.003-06:00

Good Morning!

Couple more finishes from that old basket of mine! And still more in it -- This is a Thimbleberries block from a BOM that I never finished ( imagine that!) So I had some coordinating fabric - so I added 2 borders and quilted it, it is 27 inches square a nice size table topper. And the best part is -- it is DONE!

This is also from a BOM that I never finished - I h ad 3 other blocks from it and I finished and sold those at last years craft shows, so I hope this is also going to sell fast this fall. But again - something Done!!

Also in my basket I had some Easter stuff -- This pattern was in there and I had pulled some fabric - and I have some towels I thought these would look cute on towels and maybe potholders, I am in the Potholder Pass 10 and I am in the the Spring group - my partner that I got likes green and blue-- so I was thinking of appliqueing on blue and bordering with green and then I have a green towel - so it might be a cute set. I will work on it and see. But this one I think is going to be appliqued on a placemat I got at the thrift shop - I got 4 blue and yellow placemats for $1.99 all in new condition -- so I thought a bunny in the corner might work. I will let you know where this little bunny ends up.

Well yesterday I did not get to sew much, Dear Hubby is removing the whirlpool tub from the basement -- the motor repair will cost almost as much as a new one, so I was downt here for 5 hours gutting the bathroom with him. Today he wants to watch football, so you guessed it, I will be sewing!
Hope your weekend is going great!
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Some Valentine UFO's

2012-01-14T08:10:00.002-06:00

Good Morning :)

I have been working on my Bucket/Basket items, this Valentine topper was tossed in there with it's backing -- so I quilted and bound this up Thursday -- I really learned alot about machine quilting on this topper, I did not drop the feed dogs and I think it is one of the best things I have machine quilted - I also went a little slower and my stippling looked pretty good on this. So maybe that is the secret.

I also had this hankie that that had some small holes on the one side, so I cut it in half and made this envelope type Valentine pillow!

Two more things I got done from my bucket are Christmas projects, I will post those tomorrow - because I am also working on some Easter items. And guess what the bucket/basket is actually looking a little less full!

Off to make some oatmeal on this cold and snowy morning!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Stashbusters Gold Mine

2012-01-11T07:36:00.003-06:00

Good Morning!

How are you doing??

I am doing great! I am a member of the Stashbuster yahoo group and each year they have a UFO Challenge and you tally up your UFO's and send in 2 FQ's and 50 cents - then for each finish you have you get an entry into the FQ stash -- Well I was one of the winners for the 4th Quarter of 2011 and they arrived yesterday -- 32 new to me fat quarters.

I have alot of ideas in my head for new projects to make with these FQ's.

I better get in the sewing room and start busting some of my new stash!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Some Accomplishments and a new project!

2012-01-09T21:54:00.002-06:00

Hello!

Did you have a good weekend? I did, got lots done and started a new project!

I finished the 14 candle mat / mug rugs got the final binding stitched on Sunday night! You would think that my basket / bucket would be empty NOT! That is ok - I like a challenge!

Here are all 14 - right before they were priced and packed away for fall shows. Finally getting something done early!!

Last week I was Facebook talking with my favorite niece (I always tell her that just to bug her sister) OK they both are my favorites, but don't tell anyone else! I have a favorite Godson and his brother are my favorites for boys, but again don't tell anyone!
Well back to the Facebook talking....she is having baby #2 in March and I had told her I was making something for her.....easy to tell I was making a quilt HUH? So she asked me if I would make one like the one she had seen an at overpriced store....I of course said yes and was thrilled she asked me. So Friday we went to the store and she picked out the fabric and I managed to get 1 block done....here it is. Still needs some embroidery but for the most part it is done. I don't know why the background fabric is distorted in the photo but it doesn't look like that in real life.

Well that is all for today -- I did work on some string blocks for a swap, but I need to get more of them done in the morning and then mail them out.

Happy Stitches and thanks for stopping by!
Dorothy

Working on my Bucket List

2012-01-08T08:26:00.003-06:00

Good Morning!

How are you doing in the new year? Accomplishing alot? I have spent the last few days working on that bucket that is filled to the rim with projects and I am completing some things!!

I finished 6 air freshener dolls for fall shows, got those priced and packed away, then I found this kit for an Ice cream cone towel and luckily I had some nice yellow towels in my stash and I was able to get 2 out of almost all the fabrics except the green, so I had a little green that I just added and I finished them both yesterday.

I had these mug rugs cut out and I was able to get them all completed yesterday too. I have put them on my Etsy shop, I have more of the fabric and am thinking of making them for Valentines gifts - they are quick and easy and easy to mail.

This table runner came out of my basket, I had this kit from when I had the quilt shop, I of course used the border fabric that came in the kit for something else, so I had search my stash and found this great red - and on the back I used a fun white with red polka dot fabric. I listed this on Etsy too, but I have plenty of reds and pinks and am going to make another one in pinks. I really like the way it turned out. And I like the fact that it is out of the basket and done best of all.

I also have 2 more of the Christmas mug rug/candle mats to bind up -- then I will have completed all 14 of those, again out of my basket.

Today I am going to work more on the basket and see what else I can put in the completed pile.

Hope all is well!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

My Bucket List ....Kinda of

2012-01-04T18:47:00.002-06:00

Hello!

How is the new year going to you? I have been able to walk 3 miles so far every day and my Poochie is thrilled to be able to get out and walk every day - then what do I do for the rest of the day you ask?

Well when I cleaned out my sewing room - a week or so ago -- I had a basket on the floor and I put in there things that needed to be finished or small kits that could be done quickly....in fact here is my basket...

It is kinda full, but I have made progress, there were 4 dog beds next to the basket and I stitched them closed today, I had several crochet wash cloths, they just needed the threads hidden, got that done and I am currently working on the plastic bag of things next to the basket, it is air freshener dolls - about a dozen of them for shows this coming fall - I have the dresses made and everything I need for them, so that is my project for today.

I am also sewing the binding on my Christmas mug rug/candle mats, that I showed a couple posts ago - I have 14 and I am binding number 7! So I am half way there and I have been working on some Valentines day things, I will show you that in a few days.

I hope you are making progress this year too!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T07:47:00.003-06:00

Happy New Year!!

Well how was your New Years Eve?

Mine was great - I worked on my mystery quilt and I got all the parts of the block done but only 1 actual block and here it is -- I just love it! Very springy looking -- now today I will get the rest of the blocks complete and get this top together :)

While I was sewing - we had lots of little munchies so we skipped the NYE dinner and went to a movie instead, Tin Tin -- never really heard of this while I was a kid, but Dear Hubby had read the books etc so off we went to see the 3 D version, it was a great movie. And Dear Hubby who is on a new bipap (cpap) machine for sleeping, stayed awake the entire movie, that was the best part, anyone who knows or lives with someone with sleep apena gets frustrated when they fall asleep -- so it was a great evening with him. He has had the machine for a week and we are both seeing a difference in him.

Of course we were back home by 9:30 and I got back to sewing and he putzed on the computer and then the TV and then the computer and before you know it it was Midnight!
The past few years I must admit I would just fall asleep -- so I think 2012 should be a good year because I met it right a midnight :)

So did you make any resolutions? Mine are just about the same as last year -- get those darn UFO's finished, I am once again going to try for 1 a month and just get some things made from all my fabric up in my sewing room, try out some of my new patterns, sell more items on Esty, be better prepared for my craft shows and walk 3 miles a day with Poochie - we started in Oct and most weeks have gotten 5 days in weather permitting, so I want to continue that in 2012.

Speaking of walking ....here she sits looking at me ....like are we going today....so yes off we go on our walk

Happy new year, made it be filled with good health, good friends, & good times!
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

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NYE Mystery and a Christmas Project!

2011-12-30T09:20:00.002-06:00

Good Morning!

I am participating in the NYE Mystery over at the Quilt Talk Yahoo group -- I have done this mystery since 2004 - with only 1 year skipped because we were out of town. These are the fabrics I have selected this year. I love them!! I just got the groovy flower and yellow fabric yesterday and I had the pink and green in my stash! I am excited to see how it will turn out.

And here are all my pieces cut - did not take too long - about an hour and a half and I ready! It starts at 7 AM tomorow, so I will be setting the alarm so I am ready to go. Dear Hubby makes snacks through out the day so it is a nice day and then we go out to dinner around 7 when the mystery is complete and then come back home. I even bring my machine down to the dining room so I am not sewing alone.

Yesterday - since my room is sew sew clean -- and I have put projects in a basket that need just a few things done and they will be complete -- well this is what I worked on yesterday morning I made 14 candle mats -- some were partially sewn -- I have the backs cut - today I will quilt them and sew the binding on and then I can just hand sew the binding as I watch tv at night with Dear Hubby -- This will go in my craft show tubs, I made a few of them this year and they sold real quick so I hope they go in 2012 as well. At least I am seeing some progress!
Well I think I am headed back up to my sewing room and start quilting these little guys up -- did I mention I made 14 yesterday!!!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Ready, Set, Sew in a Clean Room!!!

2011-12-28T17:37:00.002-06:00

Hello!

WOW! I think I cleaned this room in record time this year - I started on Monday, worked part of yesterday and then most of today and I am happy to report it is CLEAN!! And I am doing a happy dance!!

I love it when it is clean and tidy, now I can sew, I have a pile of projects in a basket in front of my bookcases and that is what I am going to work on starting tonight. I really want to get that pile complete, and it is all simple things, odd blocks I am making into candle mats, a few stitchery pieces need to made into pillows and some candle mats for Christmas- all the parts are cut they just need to be assembled and quilted -- most of the items will go into my craft show tote for next years shows. Can't wait to get a little bit ahead.

Here is my room as you look into it from the door. Gosh clean counters :)

Here is my ironing area - I also recovered the ironing board, it has needed to be recovered for probably a year I had an old towel on it over the last covering, and you know what - it only took about a 1/2 hour to recover it. So happy to have a clean place to iron. The flannel blocks are for a rag quilt for our king size bed, they are all sewn into 2's and some into 4's -- need to get this done this year!

Here is my cutting area -- Gosh this had so much stuff on it - It was Crazy!!! Glad to be able to cut and measure on the ENTIRE table not just 14 inches of the table!!!

And this is where I do all the sewing -- look nice clean counter and all dusted and ready to go!

I did vacuum - but our real vacuum is on the fritz, part is ordered but we are still waiting for it, so I used Dear Hubby's Shop Vac and it did ok, but I really can't wait for the vacuum to get better so I can give it a deep vacuuming, but for now I am thrilled it is DONE!!

Well Happy Stitches....
Dorothy

WHAT A MESS!!!

2011-12-26T13:46:00.002-06:00

Hello!

I hope you had a great Christmas - we had a fantastic day at Dear Hubby's familys celebration!

Lots of laughs and lots of eating...what fun!

So today I said I need to tidy up my sewing room and then I went in there and started going thru a box and and said WHAT A MESS!!!

So here is the before picture.....

I sure hope in day or so it looks better, and if you don't hear from me in a day or so.....you might want to search the piles of fabric for me!!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T07:52:00.001-06:00

I hope you have a great day! We are going to Dear Hubby's sisters house for the family get together about 2 hours away.

Enjoy your day

Merry Christmas!

Dorothy

Package mailed!

2011-12-21T06:58:00.002-06:00

Good morning!

Yesterday I went to the PO with 6 packages to mail to all parts of the country and was nicely surprised when the lady told me all would arrive on 12/22! AWESOME! I can check that off the list, now today I need to mail the Christmas cards and then back some more cookies for Christmas and just finish up a few quick gifts and I will be done!

Why is it -- when you think your done, one or two more things pop in your head and you say well I can get that done by Christmas?!!?

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Cookies and a UFO Complete

2011-12-18T23:19:00.004-06:00

Hello!

Did you have a productive Sunday? I sure did, I got 7 dozen cut out cookies done and 6 dozen decorated, I have a dozen of Snowman to do but I ran out of white frosting and I have been to the grocery store in town twice today, so I will wait til tomorrow to get them complete. But I have all my boxes packed for shipping so I can get all my cookies mailed tomorrow! It will be a good feeling when I leave the PO tomorrow.

Check out my Red, White and Blue candy canes....you guessed it those will be going to my Godson who is a new Marine I sure hope he likes them!

Then you saw on Friday night I got my snwoman top down, well between Saturday afternoon and today, I got it quilted up!!!! And during the Survivor finale I got it bound! YEAH! Another UFO done! Still have way too many but at least I have 1 more done for this year.

Well off to bed so I can get an early start tomorrow.
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew Results!!

2011-12-17T06:29:00.002-06:00

Good Morning!

How did your Friday night sew in go? Mine was fantastic -- I stayed up and sewed til 1 this morning! I finished my candle mat I started last weekend!

I also finished my Santa Wallhanging, this is a gift and I have 1 more to make this weekend so I can mail them on Monday.

Then I went thru my UFO's and I thought I would like to get these snowman blocks sewed up -- so I layed them out and sewed them and got the border on also. This weekend I will quilt and bind it and another UFO will bite the dust! And I will have a happy throw for the sofa! Buttons is very excited about the quilt top -- she really enjoyed being on it this morning while I was trying to snap a photo.

Also during the day I worked on a king size flannel rag quilt for our bed. I have 157 blocks all sewed up and sewed into pairs, I now need to lay t his out on the bed and then complete sewing it up. Then rag it, that will take some time! This is another UFO that I want to get done before the end of the year.

We are pretty much ready for Christmas - I have a few gifts to complete and cookies to bake next week, but I would say we are within a day from being done, so happy about that, it gives me extra time to sew. That is an advantage to being off during the holidays you can accomplish alot.

Well I am off to get inspired at my BOM this morning and have a Christmas breakfast with the quilting buddies!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

2nd Friday Night Sew In this month!!

2011-12-16T13:17:00.000-06:00

Hello

Well it is Friday night sew in again! Thank goodness I have my BOM tomorrow and I need to get it done!!
So I am off to the sewing room and I will return to my Blog early tomorrow morning with photos!!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

New House Block of the Day!!

2011-12-12T17:01:00.002-06:00

Hello

I was just surfing around and found a new house block that is going to measure only 3 inches and the blog is going to a have new house on it each day!! Check it out

http://buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com/

I will get the button on my blog in the next day or so.

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew In -- My resluts

2011-12-10T14:06:00.002-06:00

Happy Saturday!

Did you get a chance to work on your crafting at the Friday night sew in? I did, well I spent most of Friday working on projects and cleaning up my Creation Station.

Here are 6 wool felt pincushions I finished up -- they had been in pieces for over a year so I am so happy to have them finished! And I think they would make nice gifts for some of my quilting buddies. I did them all by hand and I sewed my machine little muslin sacks for the inside - that I filled with sand.

Then I had gotten my order from Primitive Gatherings in the mail yesterday and this little candle mat pattern was in my order so I got everything fused and all my threads ready I just need to sit and stitch, probably will work on this a bit tonight when I watch TV with Dear Hubby.

And of course it would not be right not to have a treat for Friday Night Sew In -- so I made a Carrot Cake and frosted it and then of course with Christmas right around the corner, a few sprinkles justed added Festive to the title!! Here is my Festive Carrot Cake!!

Back to cleaning and sewing

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew In

2011-12-09T09:08:00.002-06:00

Good morning!

What a week! I have been sick all week and finally feel a little better today, thank goodness because it is Friday Night Sew In!

I have a million things to do, just cleaned off my cutting table this morning, so I need to see what I am going to work on?

What are you working on?

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Craft Walk this weekend!

2011-12-02T06:05:00.002-06:00

Good Morning!

Lots been going on around here! First off Dear Hubby had hernia surgery the day after Thanksgiving, we were up at 4 AM and got back home around 5 PM -- he did very well and yesterday we went to the Dr for his check up and he can go back to doing pretty much everything so he is feeling much better.

We did not get to shop at all on Black Friday, but with the sales starting Thanksgiving night that has kinda changed our attitude about it, we used to like getting up early and get some bargains, but we are not as thrilled with staying up all night to get bargains.
Dear hubby was feeling alright Saturday morning, so I was able to sneak over to JoAnns for a bit of shopping that day, and I wanted to get some fleece to work on these scarfs I had seen on a blog, I will get the link up a bit later for these, they are quick and easy. I have made these blue, some black and white and red with Christmas fabrics. A great way to use up your scraps. I have these at the Craft Walk this weekend.

I have been sewing up a storm this past week or so getting ready for the Craft Walk - this is the 10th year I have participated in this and it is always a good time and I make a little money too.
The whole town has craft shows at various houses and churches and folks come from all over to check out what is going on. And tonight is our BIG night in town, we have our tree lighting and of course our Festival of Lights parade, and it lasts about 7 minutes! Small town charm, gotta love it.

Here is another new item I am making -- a few friends are expecting boys next year and I saw this is a high price baby shop a few towns over, very simple to make one a onesie.

I have also been trying to use up what I have in my sewing room, I had 2 of these cutter quilts and I had seen this idea so I decided to make some and they have been selling very well on my Etsy shop - I had the old rusty bed springs from my moms attic, we dismantled an old bed that was up there, and of course when I told Dear Hubby I NEEDED those springs he was not that thrilled but he did take the bed frame apart and I have a box of these old springs, so he is THRILLED that I am actually using them of course he mumbled something like, Oh FINALLY you are using those!! Men they just don't get it.

You can use these on top of a tree of just put them on a shelf -- kinda cute and fun to make.

This morning when I opened the door for the dogs to go out -- we have a little dusting of SNOW! Perfect for our towns Christmas celebration today and tonight!

Well that is most of what I have been up too, I hope you are doing some fun stuff this time of year too!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T08:39:00.001-06:00

Good Morning!

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are on our own today, but the house is cleaned, laundry done, took my 3 mile walk this morning and Dear Hubby and I will start making our turkey a little later today.

Lots to be thankful for.

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew in & some swap photos

2011-11-19T13:40:00.005-06:00

Hello!

Happy Saturday afternoon....boy it is a nice day to be home, winds are gusty and it is in the low 40's -- glad to be in the sewing room!

Thought I would show you a few of the swaps I have gotten in the last week or 2 also. This is a FANTASTIC postcard from Cindy -- we are in the postcard swap group on Flickr -- I just love this!! Going to put it on an easel on the entry way table Friday....you know you can't put it out now and skip Turkey day!!

And this is what else was in the package...does she know me or what? I love the pattern, going to make some for my last show of the year, the town house walk, I have 12 days til set up day, so I need to get busy again!! And then some other goodies I will use in my crafting. Thanks Cindy!!

Another Flickr group I am in is the pincushion swap group and I got these 3 adorable Chickens from Mary!! I just love these, and I am going to paint my room a 30's color this winter and go all out 30's in my sewing room, these will fit right in!! She knows me too --mylove for 30's and chickens!!! Thank you Mary!!

I have been cleaning up a storm this past week, I really don't know how things get so out of control with only me and Dear Hubby home, but it was CRAZY out of control! So I spent 1 day cleaning the master bedroom, washing the windows and curtains and cleaning out the closet. Then the next on the guest room all clean and tidy ready for a guest. The only room upstairs that still needs attention is the Sewing Room, I have tried but it just needs to be gutted and revamped so that will happen in December. I am now just moving around the mess!

While I was cleaning I had piles of this and that everywhere and look where Buttons thought it was the perfect pile to take a nap! I think the flash must have woke her up! Sure does look warm and cozy.

Well finally you are asking....what did this girl do on Friday Night sew in.....well without further delay here is what I got done.... A Santa wallhanging. I am making several of these for gifts - But this one was the first one and still needs to be quilted. This was one of our free patterns that we got at the BOM we went to yesterday.

Well I better get back to sewing for a little bit, we are heading to the library this afternoon, Dear Hubby is having hernia surgery next Friday - so it would be good if he had some books to browse as he recuperates.

Have a great day!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

FNSI is TOMORROW!

2011-11-17T21:23:00.001-06:00

Hello!

Did you sign up for Friday Night Sew In? I did. I hope to sew alot of the day, going to the BOM with my friend Friday afternoon and you know how a BOM can get you charged up.

See you tomorrow night!

Happy Stitches...I gotta clean up my sewing room a bit before tomorrow night!

Dorothy

Happy Veterans Day

2011-11-11T10:41:00.002-06:00

Good Morning!

Well today is Veterans Day and I would like to salute my God Son Jacob today, he just became a Marine last month, and this has been his dream for a few years, probably most of his young life.

He just graduated high school in June, turned 18 in July and was away at bootcamp on his 18th birthday and he is now at a special training. WOW so much has happened for this awesome young man in just a few short months.

Jacob is a kind, caring, intelligent and just a great all around guy. I sue do wish him the best in his military career.

Happy Veterans Day and Happy Marines Birthday (I know that is sometime around this date too)

Yo Yo Book Mark and Coaster Swap

2011-11-09T22:35:00.002-06:00

Hello!

So what have you been working on? It has been so rainy and cold here I have been sewing up a storm. I got 7 tablerunner tops done - 1 completely done and 1 that needs the binding sew on. Need to run to JoAnns tomorrow to get some more batting.

I have been making a ton of Yo-Yo's and I saw this idea on someone's blog -- it is a book mark. So simple you just make the Yo-Yo and I sewed it on to the large plastic coated paper clip. I think alot of my quilter friends will get these in their Christmas cards this year.

I am in a couple of swaps on Flickr it is a fun area for quilters. Lots of photos to look at and hopefully get inspired. This was the coaster swap I was in and I rec'd these fantastic 30's coasters from Karen (applekrisp) I just love them! She sent a nice goodie package, everything was so pretty. I am going to use the extra squares she sent along to make some hexie's.

I got another neat package this week with my pincushion swap -- guess what they are chickens in 30's fabric. I love them!! I thought I took a photo but Dear Hubby cleaned up the desktop tonight and I have no idea it is -- so I will take another photo and get it up in the next day or so.
Off to bed!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Hexagons

2011-11-06T23:25:00.002-06:00

Hello!

How was your Sunday? It was so cold and windy here, we just stayed inside all day and Dear Hubby watched football and I stitched away.

I made some more candle mats from quilt blocks that are never going to be turned into a quilt - they were from a BOM for Christmas. And they really turned out nice. But of course I did not get a photo of that.

I also made some potholders from a snowman panel and some coasters for the craft show coming up next weekend. This week I will be working on table runners for the shows.

I did take a little time and make some Hexies, I bought the center fabric with the cat about 2 weeks ago and I just love it. When I bought the fabric I knew it was going to be the center of some Hexies and that is what I started today. Not sure how big I am going with these - but I got 1 complete and more in the works. So stayed tuned and we shall see what becomes of these Hexies.

Happy stitches!
Dorothy

Etsy

2011-11-05T22:19:00.002-05:00

Hello!

I participated in a local craft show today, and it turned out to be more home party type vendors than crafters, actually only 4 crafters and the rest were home party vendors. I was really bummed out by that. So I decided to put items on Etsy. Tonight I list 11 items, all postcards and kits for postcards, wich I don't even sell at the shows, but I had a basket in my sewing room, I thought I may as well list them. And to be honest all my tablerunners and quilts are still in my truck, so tomorrow I think I will spend some time loading things on the Etsy site.

Have you tried it? and did it work for you?

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Le Petite Recap for the Year

2011-11-01T07:35:00.004-05:00

Good Morning!

This past year I was involved with the LePetite Project - This month we are to put up a recap of our quilts we made in this group. For some reason I was only able to load a few, not sure why Blogger is not working this morning. But here is what I was able to load

This was Paginini - I still need to quilt it.

This is Butter Churn and it is quilted! I used this on the dining room table last Christmas.

This one is George and again it needs to be quilted.

And this one is the Viewer Choice from last month and it needs to be quilted.

There was at least 1 more I made, but as you can see I did not get my project done every month. The group is taking Nov and Dec off and will get a new challenge Jan 1st! I am really looking forward to participating next year. But in the mean time I think I need to get these quilted, or I will end up with more UFO's - so with that said I am off to the creation station and get quiltin!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Pumpkin Fest!

2011-10-30T17:14:00.002-05:00

Hello!

This weekend in a nearby town, it is Pumpkin Fest Weekend, they have hundreds of pumpkins lined up on the courthouse lawn and lots of food booths and activities and today is a 3 hour parade, I would love to go to the parade, but as Dear Hubby reminded me, and miss football? Really I don't know what I was thinking! One year when my mom was still with us, they decided it would be ok to go to the parade, I made Halloween Fleece blankets for all of us and I was so EXCITED! Well we got there got our spots and about an hour into it the whining started, so I gave up and we returned home, where football was on the TV and they both fell asleep, so every year I say, it sure would be nice to go to the parade and every year I hear the same thing, call your girl friends and have fun! And of course every year it is cold and this year was no exception, we went to look at the pumpkins early this morning and the wind was whipping around and then right after we left the rain started. So not a great day for a parade, but one day it will be and I will enjoy the entire parade :)

I wanted to share with you some of the pumpkins that we saw today....really some folks have great imagination.

These are 2 little pumpkins Mr and Mrs in the bath tub, complete with gold faucet (gourds)

This one just made me smile, I love Penguins and he is just adorable!

This guy was life size and he represents the Lions Club (who hosts this event every year) and the pumpkin head Lion is on a Scooter, really creative.

This one of course is adorable, a dalmatian pumpkin with 50 (it is the 50th year of the fest) little dalmatians

And this is really fantastic, a pumpkin riding an old fashion bike!
Such creativity!

You can click on each picture to see a larger view if you would like to.

I have been cleaning my sewing room alot this week and getting ready for Halloween, wich is tomorrow I can not believe it. I will be back tomorrow with some quilty/crafty photos, finally got the camera memory extended, so I have about 1650 more photos to take before it will be full again!

Happy Haunting and Stitching!
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew In - Results

2011-10-22T07:39:00.002-05:00

Good Morning!

Well how did your FNSI go? Mine not so great - I only managed to get this dish cloth completed, and picked out some fabric for a BOM.

I did have a garage sale on Friday and again today, so while I was working the garage sale, I manged to clean the gardens on both sides of the house, the front of the house and around the fountain. I also planted a few new perennials for next year.

By the time I got in, Dear Hubby got home from work, watched TV with Dear Hubby and all I got this done, I was done for the day!

Hope you got more done than me!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew In

2011-10-20T17:23:00.003-05:00

Hello! I have been off most of the week, I have camera issues so I have not been able to get any photos loaded, hoping to get that resolved soon!

I have been cleaning and organizing this week, I am having a garage sale Fri and Sat this week. I thought I wonder how much I can gather together, well at about Noon today, I realized I have every table in the garage filled! Still am gathering stuff but some of the stuff will be moved out to the driveway in the morning so not to worry, keep gathering I tell myself.

I am going to participate in the Friday Night Sew In tomorrow night, I need to sew!! I think I am going to just work on some BOM I need to catch up on, but I am really looking forward to getting up there and sewing.

If you want to join the Friday Night Sew In - just click the link on my sidebar and join in the fun!

See you at the Sew In!!
Dorothy

Cutting today

2011-10-09T08:25:00.003-05:00

Good Morning

The weather here is FANTASTIC! Are you going to be sewing along with Kelly over at Charming Chatter? I am - we just got our cutting instructions, so I will be cutting out my quilt today.

Just click on the side bar Studly and the Mrs Quilt along and it will take you right to the cutting instructions.

And maybe planting a few plants - I got some great $1 perennials and want to get them in the ground today or tomorrow.

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

New Sew Along

2011-10-01T20:22:00.003-05:00

Hello

I just was over at Charming Chatter and she is starting a new Sew Along-- perfect - soon I will be off for the winter and I will have lots of time to sew. Click on the link to the right and play along!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

September Le Petite Project

2011-10-01T06:46:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

Le Petite Project this month was your choice. I made this Schnibbles pattern called Scratch from the book Schnibbles Times Two. I made this top from the Amelia charm packs I won a couple months back.

Hope you have been well, I have been super busy getting ready for a craft show that was last Thursday, I did fairly well till the rain and wind came. Even though I had an indoor booth, the customers took off after the storm, there were many outdoor booths in tents that we in just plain mud after the storm.
Off to work, a few more weeks and then I will be home sewing most of the winter.
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

A quilt Show, A New BOM and a little Finish!

2011-09-18T15:15:00.007-05:00

Good Afternoon!

What a great quilty weekend. It started Friday night with going to a local guilds Quilt Show, here are some photos of some of the fabulous quilts we saw! This was one of my favorites, I LOVE 30's so much and the scallop edge was so beautiful. I hope to make one of these....someday.

This one is a Blackbird design, I love the colors, I love the blocks, I love it all. This might be a good winter project.

This one is about the size of a piece of paper (8.5 x 11 inches) I love the little hexies! And the green background I think is a good choice.

Then our group when out to a fish fry after and talked and laughed til about 10:30 ....I got home after 11! Gosh and the sidewalks weren't rolled up!!

Then I got up early - took a few hours off of work and went to the LQS for the kick off of the new BOM, I am so EXCITED!! It is Jan Patek! I have always wanted to do one of her quilts. So this is block one.

And of course today is football day,(and it is a rainy cold day..perfect football weather) so when I was watching the Bears with Dear Hubby I finished up this little candle mat - the navy is not as bright in person. It is not all that big the center is about 5 1/2 inches. But I love working with wool and started it last year, so a finish is a good thing.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you had a great weekend!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Quilting Book Club project

2011-09-11T12:20:00.002-05:00

How are you doing today? So far the world seems to be doing OK - I sure hope the rest of the day is the same.

Dear hubby is watching the Bears game and I am going to bind a patriotic table runner, but I thought I would catch you up on a new group I belong to on Flickr - It is called Quilting Book Club and you select projects to complete from a book you have or you can purchase a new book, a couple of ladies do reviews on some books and gets you thinking about creating again and then you select a project to complete - see the key word here is COMPLETE!! So I selected a Schnibbles pattern from Carries Book Schnibbles times two! I love this book!

The project I selected was Scratch - I love it and I am using the 2 Amelia charm packs I won a month or so ago from the Le Petite Group.

Here it is in the process - I have my 4 patches made and am still working on getting them in the rows I need.

And here are my stripe rows. This is a really fun little quilt! I hope to get it sewed up today after the game and then quilt it tomorrow and bind during the final episode of Bachelor pad.

I hope you are having a good day, and that you take a minute to reflect on what this country has been thru in the past 10 years.
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

A day to Never Forget

2011-09-11T00:14:00.002-05:00

10 years ago today, was one of the most tragic and sad days in America.

May we never forget

I think I might work on a patriotic project today.

Dorothy

Moda Country Fair Blog Hop

2011-09-03T22:30:00.002-05:00

Hello!

I was surfing around the web tonight and saw this! I am so excited - these are great designers I can't wait til Tuesday morning to see what the project of the day is!

September 6th Sandy Gervais of Pieces from My Heart

September 7th Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs

September 8th Barb and Mary from Me and My Sister Designs

September 9th Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms

September 10th Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts

September 11th Basic Grey
September 12th Polly and Laurie from Minick and Simpson

September 13th Sandy Klop from American Jane (Post will be featured on Moda's blog)

September 14th Liesl from Oliver + S

September 15th Joanna from Fig Tree and Co.

September 16th Lynne from Kansas Troubles

September 17th Barb and Alma from Blackbird Designs

September 18th Aneela Hoey from Comfortstitching.com

September 19th Barbara Brackman from Barbara Brackman, of course.

September 20th Bonnie from Cotton Way

September 21st Christina from Cabbages and Roses

September 22nd Deb Strain

September 23rd Jan Patek of Brannock and Patek

September 24th Lauren and Jessi Jung

September 25th Stephanie from Lily Ashbury

September 26th Julie from Cosmo Cricket

September 27th Kate Spain

September 28th Karla, Susan and Lisa from Sweetwater

September 29th Kaari from French General

September 30th Lisa from Primitive Gatherings

and the fun continues into October

October 1st Kathy from Kathy Schmitz Studio

October 2nd Liz from Liz Scott Designs

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

2011-09-03T06:41:00.002-05:00

Good Morning!

Most folks have a 3 day weekend, I am working today but will have Sunday and Monday off :)
We are going to my sister in laws house on the lake tomorrow and I plan to sew on Monday.

I have been working for the past 3 summers and have had to work part of each Holiday weekend, but there are some changes going on where I work, so this is the last Holiday weekend I will need to be working on! So I am super excited that I will be getting that part of my life back. So working today is not that bad. Dear Hubby and I plan to find a little trailer this winter - and fix it up and next summer we will be glamping ( glamour camping) in our little trailer with Rudy and Poochie! I can't wait! So see when you have a plan working one day on the Holiday weekend isn't so bad. And hey in this economy just having a job is a blessing.

I hope you have a great weekend ...whatever you are doing!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Le Petite Project and More

2011-09-01T06:19:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

Today is Sept 1st and we need to show our Le Petite Project for August...now I am not a beginner quilter so I thought this would be fairly easy.....WOW was I wrong, I either had the wrong ruler or just plain had a stupid attack on this one. I ripped, I ripped, I said bad words, I tore some fabric and all I wanted to make was a table topper..... And this is what I manage to get done.....yes 1 block and many scraps to throw in a dog bed. I think I will make this into a pincushion. I sure hope this months project is a little easier :)

The 2 charm packs arrived yesterday from Bear Paws Quilts and more - it was my prize for last months Le Petite -- thank you so much! I already have an idea for these.

Here is a tote bag I made -- I got 2 ziploc bags of pre cut squares at a thrift shop for 75 cents each and this is one of the tote bags I made using some of the squares. I have enough squares to make 2 more totes! A great deal I say!

I gotta get going to work today, but before work it is First Thursday so I am meeting my quilting friends for breakfast!! And this will probably be the last month I will be working so soon I will be able to sew with them in October.

Have a fantastic day!
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Another UFO finish!!

2011-08-29T08:35:00.004-05:00

Good Morning!

I have been busy this past week. And I have another UFO complete!! This one is about 8 years or so old. I did a mystery quilt at a LQS and I lost some of my blocks, so I completed the mystery and called it Still A Mystery to Me! And I had all this fabric left over and lots of 4 patches, so I created this little quilt - it measures about 30 x 44 - but I did not have any more fabric for the border, so I was in Hobby Lobby a few weeks back and there it was!! AWESOME! so I bought some and I thought I had purchase enough for the border and the binding WRONG, I was one 2 1/4 inch strip short!! So on the way to dinner Saturday night we stopped and another Hobby Lobby and I got another 1/4 yard and last night during Big Brother I finished up the binding! This would be a cute little blanket for a baby boy.

I was also very lucky this month, the Le Petite Project I belong to was very generous to everyone who made the project last month. Carrie from Miss Rosie and Company sent everyone 2 Layer cakes and a pattern, my pattern was a pincushion kit from Primitive Gatherings and I have already started on it- so I will show that when it is complete. I was thrilled about this -- so today is my day off this week and I need to work on the project that needs to be on our blogs by Sept 1st!!

Here are my 2 layer cakes: Cool huh?

Still plugging away things for my craft shows coming up, this is a simple pattern call Orgami - I just love the sunflowers!

Well I hope you are having a great day!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Friday Night Sew in

2011-08-20T07:16:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

I participated in the Friday Night Sew in this month, I did cheat a little, I was off on Thursday so I quilted this top from a few years ago and just bound it last night, but it is DONE!!!

I measures about 36 x 36 so it is a great table topper or wall hanging. Can't wait to decide where to put it.

I am of Sunday - Tuesday this weekend, and I have 5 table toppers waiting to be bound, so be prepared, for a little finish show in a couple of days!

Take care I am off to work!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

No longer a mystery

2011-08-06T07:12:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

Yesterday my friend and I took a ride to the LQS where we did the mystery quilt last year and I got my border! I really love the way it turned out. Can't wait to get it quilted, it will look great on my brown couch in the living room.

Off to work today!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Did you watch the Bachelorette last night?

2011-08-02T07:58:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

Well did you watch the Bachelorette last night? I did - I was hoping it was JP and is was!! I felt so bad for Ben, proposing and all - first time you ever really saw someone get angry and I am sure that was a real feeling for him. Well I wish them the best, was not a huge fan of Ashley but she did grow on me while watching. Her sister was really something, can't believe she did not like JP and now she does.

Sunday we went to one of the county fairs in our area, I really could live on a farm and be quite happy, we live in the country just not enough land for all the animals I want.

Here are some piggys in the pig races, so cute - you just want to squeeze those little cheeks!!

Here are 2 cute bunnies, they sure look hot it was 90+ degrees on Sunday but they sure were cute!

I have been sewing, I had made these blocks over 10 years ago for a BOM and they have just sat in my UFO pile and I am determines to get some of these UFO's moved out -- So I made them into candle mats.

My Godson is away at boot camp and I bought a patriotic picture frame for his mom, my BFF since we were kids, so I mailing one of these off to her. I have some craft shows coming up soon so I have been sewing and getting lots done, I will share more tomorrow.

I am off today and it is going to be 95 today, so I will be sewing in the creation station today!

Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

George Le Petite Project

2011-07-31T22:32:00.002-05:00

Hello!

Here is the Le Petite Project for July -- It is called George!

I did not get it quilted like I wanted but I did get the top done and I love the fabrics I used.

Can't wait to see what the August project is!

Happy Stitches

Dorothy

Some Sewing Done!

2011-07-26T10:23:00.003-05:00

Good Morning!

How are you doing today? Finally the weather has cooled off a bit here, only in the mid 80's for the past 2 days and then towards the end of the week it will be HOT again. I have been spending some of the hot evenings in my sewing room, instead of my garden.

I had to remake a bag for the Quilting Gallery swap and here is what I made - I just love this, so cute with the Quilt shop fabric. I hope the gal I am mailing it to enjoys it.

Can you believe I am early on my July Le Petite project. I worked on it about an hour in the morning before work and then some in the evenings. I really like it. I used Mary Engelbreigt fabric with watering cans and bird houses, you can click to enlarge. I was wanting to do some teal and red - I hope to get it quilted this week so it will not be a UFO :)

And here is a photo of one of my Star Gazer Lillies from my garden, it was huge and smells so wonderful!

Well off to work this afternoon! You take care and have a great day!
Happy stitches!
Dorothy

HOT, HOT, HOT

2011-07-22T06:23:00.002-05:00

Good morning!

It is about 80 this morning - that is cool since we have been in the 98 -100 degree days this past week. Heat will be back this afternoon!

Work is slow customer wise, but fast paced water wise, every little plant wants some water - so I have been out most of these hot days but with a nice cool hose so that keeps me going.

Surprising I have been working on the Le Petite Project for the month! Can't wait for you to see it, tomorrow I will have a sneak peek for you, I have 4 blocks already done and more in the works.

In fact that is what I am off to do, complete a few blocks before work!

Stay cool!
Happy stitches
Dorothy

Back from the Retreat!

2011-07-19T20:03:00.002-05:00

Hello!!

I am back from a weekend with the girls at our get-a-way! We go in late Jan and then again in July - this time there was 7 and we had such a great time!!

I did want to first show you this barbeque grill, that I talked about in my last post. Here it is. I just smile when I look at it! I am sure some of the neighbors don't appreciate it, but I love it!!

I did have a very busy weekend, this is the Mystery Quilt that I was doing at the LQS as the monthly BOM. I had most of the blocks sewn, I needed to make 10 blocks and assemble. I was up til 2:30 Saturday night putting it together. I just love the pink and brown, I was off today and hunted for a border, I want a pink with brown border but found nothing suitable, I am sure I will find something and get this one finished up.

This is something I actually finished, I needed to complete the binding and put on the buttons - I started this about 12 years ago! But it is finally done and will put hanging in our guest room.

This is something else I finished up on the retreat, I need to send it to the quilters, it was a New Years Eve Mystery that I started in 2007 - I had the blocks done, just need to work on the sashings and assemble, so glad it is this far. I almost did not get it done, I was missing 6 inches for the border, so I had to piece it. But I know I had the fabric prior to 2007 so piecing worked just fine for me and once it is quilted you will never see the seam.

OH and I also wanted to show you the new addition to our yard, It is a redbud tree and it might be small but in a few years it will be very pretty. I look forward to looking at it's flowers every spring.

I still need to complete the circle and add the mulch, but it is in the 90's this week and last week, so watering is plenty to do here, before I got to work and be outside all day!

Hope your having a good night!
Happy Stitches!
Dorothy

Hello!

2011-07-13T21:09:00.002-05:00

Hello!

It has been a while since I have blogged. Sorry it is summer and it gets hectic! I do have a finish to show you, it is a watermelon tabletopper, I got the fabric last year at a garage sale and I have use it on several things. Looks vintage to me.

I also have been working on a few other projects, I donate goodies to our local Hospice for BUNS baking up nice surprises, well I am not a great baker so I make something, for each bag, they distribute about 135 bags 3 times a year. This time since it was summer I enlisted the help of my sister in law that is a big scrapbooker, and has alot of punches, so she made me about 200 flower shapes, I drew the face and glued them onto a Dum Dum and then added the leaf, that she also cut out!! Thank you Leslie!

I then had many flowers left over and my bosses wife is in the hospital and I wanted to something for her, so since I work at a garden center this is what I came up with and I made this today before I went to work. Turned out cute I think - I sure hope if lifted her spirits a bit today.

Other than that I have been doing some gardening, here is a photo of my Creek side Garden it is at the back of our property. On the 4th of July we spread about 7 yards of mulch back there, so it is nice and cleaned up. See the red and yellow barbeque grill, I just got that out someones garbage, spray painted it red and painted yellow polka dots on it, what would the world be without dots?!?! I will put up another picture of the grill tomorrow. It is cute!

Do you have any plans for the weekend? I sure do it is QUILT GET A WAY Weekend!! We leave on Friday and come home on Sunday!! I already have my projects packed! Can't wait

Well off to bed!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Happy 4th Of July!

2011-07-04T06:26:00.000-05:00

Good Morning!

How are you doing? Well most folks started their 3 day weekend Friday night, but since I work at a garden center and summer is a busy time, I started mine last night!

We went to a smaller town a few towns away from ours and saw the fireworks - there were great!

Today I am spreading mulch and cooking out and then off to a neighboring towns festival for the evening and more fireworks! Hoping to get a little sewing in today too!

Happy Stitches
Dorothy

Goodwill Goodies!

2011-06-24T06:44:00.002-05:00

Good Morning

I have just a quick few minutes before I leave for work today, so I thought I would show you my Goodwill Goodies I got on Sunday. This little guy is adorable! He stands about 3 feet tall and is a perfect addition to my front garden. And such a deal for $3.99

The other deal of the day was this cute watering can picture - I think I will put it in my sewing room for right now and then when I get my potting shed it would be perfect for in there. And another deal $1.99!! Heck the frame is worth that!

Then I just have to show you one of my front flower boxes, it looks great this morning! We have had so much rain this year everything is very lush, but a little sun would be nice.

Enjoy your day, thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stitches
Dorothy

What have I been up too you ask!!

2011-06-23T06:53:00.002-05:00

Good Morning!

WOW it has been awhile since I have blogged, that is what happens in the summer. The garden center has been busy and I am tired when I get home, either tired from being super hot all day or cold because of the rain we had that day.

I have gotten a few things accomplished and thought I would share them with you....

I made this watermelon grocery bag, fun for taking to the farmers markets!

At my Garden Club meeting in May, we made stepping stones, mine is a butterfly, but it looks more like a mad bug than a butterfly, but it was a fun anyways!!

I also made a mug rug but somehow that photo did not load.. So I will show you that next time.

Our friends from Texas and Florida were here last weekend, so we were very busy running around and doing fun stuff. I will have to take photos of what I got at the Goodwill shop.

Well I am off to work again - I hope to post again soon with photos of more of what I have done this summer

Happy Stitches
Dorothy