It's beginning to look alot like Christmas, YAY!!!



I love Christmas. Love, love,love the holiday! I would be very happy living at the North Pole year round.  Snow? Bring it!! Cold? No problem  { I live on the Saskatchewan prairies, nuff said! }
Isolation? Some days it actually is welcome! I'd have no problem with any of these minor set backs as long as I have my sewing machines!

This is the start of either a wall hanging or a quilt. Haven't decided and it will depend on how much time I'll have to spend on it.  We are expecting two youngsters at the end of school today. They will be staying with us for a little while so their parents can sort themselves out. 


Have a wonderful day!!

Introductions please

Finally an updated picture of our gorgeous and might I say handsome grandson...

James

                            

I'm back, Is anyone still out there?

Happy Thanksgiving to those of you down south.



Wow!!! It's been quite a long time since I've been to blogland. I sure miss all of you! I'm back though and ready to get busy.

My family has been even more closely knit over the past three and a half months living in a tent, truck camper and motorhome while waiting for progress on our house. Needless to say we will not be in our house at all this year and are shooting for next Christmas! Never ones to be down and out we have finally procured a house to rent in our new town and will over the next month or so try to get comfy while watching the thermometer drop to -37 this morning! YIKES!!
Unfortunately we are on the ancient dial up internet at present and uploading pics is impossible. I wanted so much to share some photos of my gorgeous grandson but it just won't work! ARRRG!!!
I will keep trying though and now that I have access to my sewing machines again I will be busy this winter just filling the need to sew.

A Precious Jewel

Meet  JEWEL

This is my second addition to my den and I must say I'm pretty proud of myself and how she turned out.

Balls, Bears and Quilts

I made this bear a while ago, a first attempt that turned out preety darn cute { I think }. Anyways,
the ball he has is a little something for our Grandson along with this ~

a Rag Quilt but made out of fleece for those chilly cruises in his stroller around Calgary. It is so cozy and warm with two layers and I added some Thomas the Tank Engine cotton from my stash ~

I picked up this flannel for a song on Ebay, just shy of 5 yards for $4.00 s&h included!! I managed to sew up some jammies for my boys, top & bottoms for my little man and bottoms for my big guy!! 

Another Rag Quilt but this one is flannel with a batt filling. I'll be putting it in my shop.

Last but not least is this wip, my Quilt of Valor {please excuse the pic}. This will be ready to go shortly, it just needs a backing and to be quilted. I'll post a better pic when it's all finished.

Have a great day!!

My Spin on "Oopsie"...

A couple of days ago Moda Bake Shop had  Melly and Me   baking up Oopsie the Octopus.
I thought I'd take a shot at it and came up with "Ozzy"  {above}, I stuffed her with fabric scraps {go green} that were headed for the garbage. She's heavy enough to hold open a door and my kids get a kick out of her
felt eyelashes.

Can You Spot The Rotty's Nose? and Other Things Too

While hubby was away working  with this, he had the camera and forgot to bring it home for 3 weeks! Grrr!!!
Consequently I've not been able to post anything new until today!

Let's see...where to start?

I won this bundle of goodies from Betwixt the Betweens! Thank you Michele! Thank you for the extra goodies, my boys say, " you rock!!"

I bought these 1/2 yards a couple of weeks ago and they also arrived today!  Rag Quilts are in my future!

Now alot of you have heard of Judith's "Early Bird Christmas Craft" event, right? If you haven't click on her button in my sidebar. I wasn't able to post my finishes at the time so here they are...

mini box pouches and just a bit of  nose?!

grocery bags holders

Manicure Travel Wallets

one of my favorites so far, Wristlet Key Chain & Bank/Credit Card Holder

I do not like lugging a purse around all the time and this is perfect for a quick trip to the store !

a felt pincushion and pins that kinda look like snowmen.

and last but not least a small collection of fridge magnets.

So there you have it. WHEW!

I've got more things to post but for now,

I'm good!!