Tuesday, December 7, 2010

It's a comin' slow but sure.





This is the second panel of my undecided project. I can't wait to start the quilting on it. The house is quiet, Bullet {our rottweiler} is finally able to sleep and when I've finished this post I'm trekking down to my sewing machines to hide for the rest of the day!

What's your favourite part of the projects you're working on?

Have a great day!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

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!!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Introductions please

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

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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!!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

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.