Friday, January 22, 2010

Here I am again.....

With a "finish"! Ta-Da!




and this is this inside........the birds on the pocket are even right side up!



Actually I have finished a couple of things, but I can't find the pictures. I'll have to get Brian to re-take them for me......

I might try to start a list in my side-bar of "2010 Finishes".....Maybe it will keep my motivation up. I did hit a roadblock on one of my quilts though, and it has really put me in a downward tailspin. I'll go to the quilt shop on Wed. to get some help. In the meantime I'm also working on some clothes for the children in Haiti. It is so heartbreaking what they are all going through. I actually have too many projects going right now.(what's new huh?)

I'll try to post again before I leave(I hope) on Thurs......I'm going back down to Ga. to visit my family. I haven't been since Christmas.
Oh Yeah!
Today is actually Jessica's nineth birthday.........
BTW, please say a prayer for her family......her mom and dad are now un-employed.......and in the middle of a D#@*#!@....... Tracie and Jessica might have to move out of their APT. as Tracie just doesn't have the rent for Feb. 1st ........TMI? Sorry.......
Anyhoo......Oh!! And it is Marty's Birthday today too.......That is my BIL(Deb's husband) and Jennifer's dad.......Bored yet? teeeheeee
Got to dash so keep stitchin' til next time!!!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

She did it again.......



Yep!! She has created another BEAUTIFUL masterpiece!! You need to go to Jenny's blog here.......to see it. Oh GOSH!! How I wish I could go out and get that very same fabric too......soooooooooooooooooooooooooo pretty. But alas my Dh is job hunting so I must be content with what I have......and I really am blessed beyond measure though.
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Please say a prayer my my sister Tracie.....she has lost her job.......she is in the middle of a divorce from her husband AND he is unemployed at the moment too( for the last 6 mos.)......I really don't know how my sister Debra can stand either one of us right now. I pray for protection for her(Debra) and her husbands job everyday now.
more later.....toodles!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Hello......again.....

I wanted to pop in and say "Hello".....I hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday season. I was way busier than I had hoped and only peaked in a few times to make sure you all were still here......I've missed "blog-land". I sure hope to be more active here now that the rush is over.
I wanted to show you the cutest pillow cases I made for the girls, but I can't find the pictures. The picture above is of the top of my 5 drawer antique spool cabinet with a stash of stuff on it.

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I might not post again this year so .......I'll leave you all with my wishes for a Happy New Year! May we all be more and more like our savior as we grow together.

Toodles!!!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Do your plans ever......

get de-railed? ;O Boy has that ever been happening to me alot lately! Jeepers! Anyway.....I've been "lurking a little here in blog-land as I've been so busy and then got sick too....yuk! I still have remnants of sinus yuk but feel better....just tired.


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Anyhoo.....lookie at this.......

and another view............

I can't help but wonder if there isn't an easier way to post these pictures so please bear with me....This is a machine embroidery design I made into a stuffed ornament. I love Ginger's designs from Gone Sewing......You should check it out here. I added some bling with my crystals and mini-clover iron.

I've been doing lots of other stuff too........mater-of-fact I need to get some embroidery done on some towels I promised my aunt. Yesterday a couple of us from my ASG group went over to 1 members house for a sit-n-sew.........well that was a joke......it turned out to be a trace pattern, cutting out and fusing pieces session.......there was not a chance to turn the machines on even....We working on the Birdie Sling by Amy Butler.

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Guess I best get busy again or I'll be out for the count already tonight.......Is anyone else having trouble adjusting to the time change? Soon as it gets dark outside I want to crawl between my sheets!

Bye!

Monday, November 30, 2009

Guess what!!!!

Look!! Oh my!! What BEAUTIFUL fabric!! Go see retromummy's blog...... she is doing a give-away here......for some reason I can't get the picture to show up! You know I really want to win but must tell you too! What fun we could have with that pretty stuff.
I'll try to post tomorrow as I have more stuff to show you.
hugs!

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I'm still around......


but having computer issues still so it is "hit and miss" for me for awhile.......I've been keeping busy though. I actually made a couple of Fall table runners for MY house!......not the best angle for the picture huh?
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I've been doing alot of other stitching too but must save my pictures to try to make my future blog posts more interesting (gg)......

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I also wanted to post tonight so that I can wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I pray this is the best one you've had so far. My husband , son and I are going over to Dh's aunt Nila's for our feast. I want to see my lil' cutie Makayla......she is such a doll.......


I've been working on a smocked dress for her ......I just hope I can get it done before she out grows it ;o















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I also so need to back to reading my favorite blogs....I miss you all so much!
I'm getting a little tired so must go stitch a bit before turning in for the night. Thanksgiving Blessings to you all my bloggy friends!!

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Look!! I'm back.....and have "a pretty" to show

off!! Don't ya' just love my Hug swap items!! Oh so pretty!! The ribbon is wrinkled because I've been using it. This is my mug mat and hug mug wrap gift from Laura. She lives in the UK. Gosh it's pretty! Both of ours took awhile to get to their destination but mine was OH so worth the wait!!

Oh! BTW........ have you wondered where I've been?.......lost in "computer crash land"...I still don't exactly know what happened or how it fixed itself.....computer tech guy couldn't find a problem. I was soooooooooooooooooo out of sorts....you just don't know. I had to call Allie a few times just so I could check on you all. I've missed so much.
You can bet I've already been to Among The Gum Trees to get my designs. I'd have gone nuts if I didn't have some of those designs traced out to stitch already.

Well what else? Hmmmmmmm......

I took a friend that is new to quilting to Mary Jo's last Friday.....Oh my! She went nuts.....I should have taken a picture of the LOAD in the back of her vehicle! Can you believe I only purchased some fuseable interfacing? Well I had budgeted my $$ for a new thimble from http://www.thimblesplus.com/index.php?id=1365&page=home They came to my quilt guild meeting the next day so I had to save my $$. I got the Lacey Heart one.......you might be able to find it on the page.....I'm so in love with it, but I am soooooooooooo broke ;P

What else??......

Today I made a top for a fall table runner and liked it so well I cut out 3 more......THEN I put one together.... .well...... let's just say I've never done this before....the 2 sides of the runner have the edges of the strips on the sides so it sorta looks like prairie points along the edge/sides.....Well my inside points don't look to good :o( I did clip them.....
Not sure what to do now....I'll get someone to look at it before I bother to make the others.

I'm getting tired now, so I'll either go TRY to catch up on "blog-land", stitch my puddin' mouse, or knit!!

BYE!!!!