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!!!

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!

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!

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!!

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!!!!

Hmmmmm......what will get your attention?

My latest little things I've made......In the hoop Eyeglass cases from www.myembroideryhaven.com I'm making up a bunch of these for the Hands Of Love project some of us are doing from the MEH forum.....a gift project to support military family members. They get gone as fast as I can make them.....I have some aprons I want to get done too with a Sampler design from www.heartstringsembroidery.com .

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Did ya' see the button on my sidebar for my flicker album?? I'm working on adding a few pictures at a time.....Flicker seems alot easier than Photobucket....especially when you have Allie on the other end of the phone line coaching!! I couldn't do this blog without her.

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Now I'm off to do some dreaded mending.......something I hate to do!

bye!

I must tell you......

Zip on over to Pumpkin Patch Primitives and see what is going on! She's giving away the most beautiful fat qtrs.! Isn't this fabric to die for? I just love it!! Tell her who sent you!

I must admit Terry told me about it.....BTW, John is doing better.....

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Not alot going on here......I'm having trouble getting settled and motivated on a project....I changed some of the furniture around in my sewing room which always stimulates me a little. Now I feel like I've got to decide how to handle Christmas this year. I think it will be cards and ornaments this year.....still have to think on it.....

I want to smock a dress for this lil' darlin' if I can......

Dh and I tried to go see her the other evening, but she had a fever and wasn't feeling well. I sure hope she doesn't have the flu!!

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Now I need to see what I can get done in my sewing room while our dinner is baking.....

bye....