Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
ATCs and an altered CD
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Horizontal icicles
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Getting there...
Seven quilt squares down, five more to go. And then the outside strips, etc. But I'm sure making progress!
It has been snowing since Friday. But just lightly. I shoveled about six inches this morning, wearing my big boots, so that later I could wear my pink crocs.... and my spa robe.......
And look what I found for $5.00 at the Humane Society Thrift Store today:
A very colorful cotton Oilily sweater. Nice............ I might deconstruct it. Not sure though.
A very colorful cotton Oilily sweater. Nice............ I might deconstruct it. Not sure though.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Quilting, quilting....
Wow! I finished one of my quilt squares today. I think I'm going to like this.
Of course, there are still eleven more squares to put together with all of these little pieces....
.... and I have another project started..... This will be an apron for someone who keeps ruining her clothing when she cooks!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
New project
I was inspired by three young ladies to begin a new sewing project. This one involves some of this fabric stash
this Sukey's Choice pattern in an old magazine
Monday, February 15, 2010
I smile when I think of my mom....
You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind, be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:smile, open your eyes, love and go on.
~*~ David Harkins ~*~
Friday, February 12, 2010
Friday Funny
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Make-it Monday
Lately I have been trying to consolidate all of my sewing/crafts/art stuff into one room. While going through bins of fabric, threads, patterns, I came across some unfinished pieces and I had an "aha" moment! I had recently helped my young folks at Common Threads make some new pillow covers. I could use the paper-pieced quilt squares to make covers for the pillows I had recently uncovered. First, I had to finally finish the paper-piecing. I brought it along when I went to Thursday sewing at Common Threads. Then, on to the pillow cover.
Here is one of the pillows:
I think it had been thrown into the washing machine at some point and the stuffing was hard as a rock. The old orange cover had probably shrunk and made the stuffing compress. So I decided to open it up and remove the stuffing, pull it apart, and fluff it up some. I then had this mess:
I stuffed a lot, but not all, of the old stuffing back into the old pillow, sewed it back up, and put the new cover on it:
My new pillow looks a whole lot nicer than the old one. I picked up this Honu pattern on one of our Hawaiian trips. I loved swimming with the Honu so this makes me smile when I look at it. Next up, a Nene pillow!
Friday, February 5, 2010
Friday Fun
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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