Donna's Lavender Nest

2012-03-11T21:37:00.002-05:00

Just take a look at these wonderful goodies I got this week. I joined the Once A Season Swap at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/. Since it is Autumn in Australia this is an Autumn swap. My goodies are from Sarah at http://bloggingwhilewaiting.blogspot.com/ Thank you so much Sarah for the wonderful goodies. And thank you Cheryll for being such a wonderful swap momma.

This is a book mark that Sarah's daughter made for me. It is so sweet and she did a GREAT job. Thank you so much.

On Saturday I finished quilting the Blissful Day quilt I made. Sorry there is no picture. Our weather has been dreary with NO sun. But we are getting a lot of rain. All I have to do is sew the binding on and down. Today I did mindless sewing and listened to the rain. I got the binding all sewn down on the paper doll quilt for my friends daughter. Hopefully we will get enough sun so I can take a picture of it.

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL week.

My New Toy

2012-03-04T22:06:00.001-06:00

One day last week I had gone to JoAnn's. In the JoAnn's near me there is a sewing machine shop inside. I had asked the lady there about the new Singer 160 and she thought they had all been sold. She made a call and the person on the other end said that they had ordered some. So she offered to put my name on a list so I agreed but never thought she would call. On Saturday she called so we ran to JoAnn's I could not wait to get there. I thought I was just going to look at it. Well I could not resist. It is just to cute.

I bought this duck to recover a rocking chair. But I decided to make this yarn bag out of a little piece of it. This is the first thing I made with my new beauty.

And on the inside I just had to have polka dots.

Today I sewed the rick rack on my Bissful day quilt top.

This is how it looks finished. I am thinking the back should be red with white polka dots.

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend.

TTFN

donna

2012-02-26T11:28:00.002-06:00

On Friday Carla and I went antiquing. We had a blast. Found a sweet little restaurant that had the best burgers. I got these Swanie salt and pepper shakers. At least I think they are Swanie? (I am not sure how to spell it either) giggles. Got them at a really good price. ( almost a steal ) They looked like they had been in the store window for a while by the way the tag looked.

Next door was a resale shop. Everything that was over a dollar was 1/2 price. I got these cute little milk glass saucers in a bundle. I also got some crocheted dollies for a $1 a piece. Sorry I can not show them to you they are soaking in the sink. The fabric in the back ground is something I just got in the mail from fabric. com. It is a piece by Tanya Whelan Sugar Hill. I so love it.

On Saturday David took me antiquing again. I think it is the American Pickers that keep me hooked. giggles Oh boy I found these Swanie pig salt and pepper shakers. You are never going to believe I got the pair for $12. Just so happens one of the little pigs has a slight chip on the top of his ear. You can hardly tell. I am really not a pig collector or a collector of salt and pepper shakers. But there is something about these Swanie pigs that are just so cute to me. I am not sure if it is there sweet little eyes or if they remind me of my grandmother and great grandmother??

These two pieces of sweet fabrics just came in the mail this week also. Again from fabric.com. They are A is for Annabelle. I just fell in love with them and could not resist them. Not sure what I am going to make with them. Maybe I will just drool over them for a while.

This is a late Christmas gift from my sister. This is a phone table we had while we where growing up. We even carved on it while we where talking on the phone. When we where cleaning up my dad's house it was still there by the phone. My sister took it and cleaned it up for me as a SURPRISE Christmas gift. It was so sweet of her to do that. Thank you so much Wanda for doing that for me.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and is able to get some sewing done.

GEEZ

2012-02-25T20:44:00.000-06:00

The word is all over that GFC is going away as of March 1st. I FINALLY figured it out. Geez I feel like I made it so hard. I finally got it up on my side bar. Susie from http://littlesusiehomemaker-lilsusiehomaker.blogspot.com/ was a BIG help. Thank you so much Susie. I love all my blogging friends and appreciate all of you. And I would just love it if you would follow me on Linky. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday.

Hugs
donna

2012-02-20T18:33:00.000-06:00

We have had a very busy weekend. So I did not get much sewing done.

But I do want to tell you about a yummy purple/lavender giveaway. Over at Garden of Daisy's. Here is a sneak peak of her giveaway. Please visit here at http://patchofzinnias.blogspot.com/ She is drawing on February 23. So head on over to her sweet blog.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Hugs

donna

2012-02-17T22:07:00.000-06:00

We are finally getting some much needed rain. I just love to hear the rain on the windows. We can not hear it all that well on the roof unless it is really coming down.

I was in a Valentine apron swap Sue from http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/ was our swap momma. Thank you Sue for being an awesome swap momma.

This is the beautiful apron I received from Betty. Betty does not have a blog yet. Just look at all those wonderful polka dots.

These are some super cute goodies Betty included in the package with my apron. Thank you so much Betty. I just love my apron and all my goodies you did a great job.

This is the apron I made for Betty.

My sweet friend Carla surprised me with this pincushion. It is just beautiful. Love the colors and the milk glass. She knows just what I love.

Carla also added this gorgeous heart. It is so sweet. Thank you so much Carla.

Well it is time for bubbles and then to bed to listen to the rain. How sweet the sound.

Hugs

donna

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-13T21:05:00.001-06:00

Thought I would share a few of my Valentiney quilts with you. Some of you may have already seen them.

I wanted to show the the back of the top rose quilt. So you can see the quilting.

This quilt is out of one my Darlene Zimmerman books.

This is my very first quilt I pieced. I have it displayed on my grandmother's bed.

I found this quilt pattern in a magazine. So sorry I can not remember which one. It has been a while since I made this one.

I think this is a Quilt Soup pattern.

Hope you all have the Valentine's Day of your dreams.

Hugs

donna

2012-02-12T22:01:00.001-06:00

I finally got a picture of my Dresden plate quilt I found on Friday. The pink back ground fabric is 2 pieces of fabric pieced together.

The Dresden plate's are made of some feed sacks and I guess clothing or scraps. I do recognize some of the pieces as feed sack.

There are no centers. So I am thinking about what color to make the center Red, Purple? I am looking for suggestions. What do you think?

Last Friday I found these vintage Valentines. These Valentines move. I am not sure how vintagey they are. I do not remember having Valentines like this. But maybe it is because we did not buy this kind. I am not sure. No matter they are super cute.

Hope every one has had a great weekend and got to do some things that you love.

Hugs

donna

2012-02-10T21:37:00.001-06:00

My day started off with taking our sweet Duchess to the vet to have a spot checked out. All is well with our sweet girl. While I was out I did some thrifting. I found a feed sack oh yes a whole one and a cuttable piece of chenille. You are never going to believe what else I found. Yes another quilt top but this time it is a Dresden plate quilt. It had a really nice price tag. Just could not leave it behind. Just love bargain's. I have not had a chance to take a picture of it yet.

I have been making other things but I can not show you yet. They are for gifts and my friends read my blog. I am a little behind on making my Valentine gifts. Got a little caught up today. My goal is to get some things out into tomorrow's mail. All I have to remember is that the post office here closes at 11:00.

Hope everyone is having a great evening.

Hugs

donna

2012-02-05T23:32:00.000-06:00

I can not believe tomorrow is already Monday. This weekend went way to fast. Friday I finished quilting my paper doll quilt all that is left is to do is sew on the binding and sew it down. Did not get any sewing done

on Saturday had to work. Uhggg After work my sweet David and I meet Joyce and Mr. B from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ for dinner. We have a blast and we have great laughs when we get together. When we got home I had a wonderful surprise in the mail. I joined a Initial Heart swap at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ My partner was Vickie at http://www.a-creativenotion.com/2011/11/wednesday-blog-update.html Just look at the beautiful embroidery Vickie sent

me. I just love it. Vickie is very talented. Thank you so much Vickie you are a sweetheart.

Well back to work tomorrow. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

Hugs

donna

What is your inspiration?

2012-02-03T17:18:00.000-06:00

What inspires you? Well for me there are several things. I love to look through quilting magazines and books. Oh so much fun to learn new things. I am always looking for something different to create.

I also love going to a good quilt store that is loaded with ideas. One that you can just drool over all the cuteness.

I just wish I could be home more to create.

You should visit http://dondalees.com/ DondaLee is having a linky party so we can share all that inspires us to create. She has the cutest blog. And she is so creative. She also has a lot of cuteness in her shop.

Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL Friday evening.

TTFN

Hugs

donna

2012-01-30T21:09:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow is Dotty Hop Day over at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/. You really should pay Holly at Cutie Pie Cottage a visit and link up. She has a sweet, sweet blog and has some really cute ideas and vintage things to show you.

I decided to redo my sewing chair Yesterday. My chair is an old office chair that I took the back off and covered it. This is the before.

This is the after. I am so in love with these HAPPY dots. Could not resist putting this fabric on my chair.

TTFN

Hugs

donna

2012-01-28T11:51:00.000-06:00

Hope everyone is having a GREAT Saturday. I just have to show this great find that I found at Christmas. She was in a show case and the price tag said $23. So I found help so I could look at her. No way this beauty could be priced so low. She was and the only thing I could find wrong with her is that she is missing her pearl earrings. So I snatched her up. I forgot to take a picture of the bottom but the little gold label says ARDCO Fine Quality Dallas Made In Japan.

I did not get much sewing done through the week since I had to work long hours. But I did get some sewing done last weekend. I am so sorry that I can not show you until they are received since they are for swaps. Oh they are so much fun.

I am hoping to put the borders on the paper doll quilt and put it on the machine and start quilting it. I promise to show you when it is finished.

TTFN

Hugs,

donna

2012-01-15T19:39:00.000-06:00

This is one of the quilts I worked on this weekend. I still have to add another border put I had to order it. Hopefully I matched it up ok. I know that is it really long. But it is going on a twin bed. I think I will like it better with the other border?

Look what I got in the mail. I ordered this from Stacey's etsy shop over at http://asortoffairytalegirl.blogspot.com/ When I opened my box this is what it looked like. So cute I just love the polka dots. Stacey has some really cute things in her shop you should pay her a visit at http://www.etsy.com/shop/maggiejanesvintage

This is what was in the box. A vintage pillow case, super cute pin cushion and Stacey through in that cute little heart. Thank you so much Stacey.

This is a better view of my pin cushion. Stacy I just love it. You did a great job. Thank you so much for sending it to me so quick.

Hope everyone had a super weekend and that your week will be just as good.

Hugs

donna

Dottie Swap

2012-01-13T18:45:00.000-06:00

Is this not just the most precious picture? Holly over at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ is having a Dotty swap. It is going to be so much fun. If you would like join Holly's swap please visit her blog.

Trying to get motivated to sew. I did get a border on a paper doll quilt today that I am making for a friend's sweet little girl. I have had a head ache for the last couple of days. Hopefully tomorrow things will be better. It will be a brand new day.

Hugs,

donna

2012-01-10T21:53:00.000-06:00

Today is Dotty Hop Day at Cutie Pie Cottage. Holly has a tutorial on how to make the cutest dotty lamp. You should pay her a visit at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ and stay tuned she is going to have a Dotty swap. Holly always has the cutest ideas and you are going to LOVE her blog.

This is a dotty journal I made last summer I think. Most of you may have seen it? But I love it. It makes me

smile every time I write it. Hope you have something to write in that makes you smile.

Hugs

donna

2012-01-09T20:40:00.000-06:00

I did not get any sewing done today. We finally got some much needed rain and with the rain came thunder, lighting, high winds and hail. We did not have electricity all day. Finally got electricity back at almost 6 o'clock. On the up side I did get my sewing room some what organized. I had to rearrange things again. My quilting machine came in and it took more room than I thought. I am not that good with measurements I have to see it in person. "WHOOPS" But it is WONDERFUL. Quilts like a dream. I played with it a little to get the tension just right before I put a quilt top on it. I am so LOVING IT!

Yesterday I did get the rows sewn together on my Aunt Grace's Circle of Love. I changed the middle, I did not put the circle around the Dresden plate. When I did the circle I did not like the way it turned out. In the middle of the Dresden plate I placed a yoyo instead of a plan circle. I am thinking yoyo flowers are what I might do. Still need to play with it not sure if I will put flowers in the sashing. What do you think?

Hope everyone has a GREAT week.

Hugs

donna

2012-01-06T19:01:00.002-06:00

Happy New Year. Hope everyone had a WONDERFUL time with family and friends. I am working on taking down all the Christmas decorations. Guess I am kinda going slow because every thing is going to seem so bare. Hey that is another reason to go thrifting.

Last weekend I decided to bring out my Aunt Grace's Circle of Friends blocks. I got the sashing around the blocks done and thought I wanted to make this quilt my own and maybe not follow the directions. (That would be the rebel in me) giggles. Well I am not quit sure how I am going to put it all together yet. Maybe this weekend something will come to me.

These are two of the blocks that go in the quilt.

There are four of these blocks and each one goes in the corner of the quilt. It is the center I am wanting to change. I will share more with you as it comes together.

Sharon came by this morning and we had a GREAT visit. Just getting to do nothing but talk. While she was here the UPS man paid me a visit with 6 boxes. Yes my frame arrived for my new quilt machine. Later in the afternoon my machine and bobbin winder showed up Yeahhhhh! I am so excited my sweet David is starting to put it all together for me. Maybe this weekend I can also get another quilt quilted.

Well I guess it time to get dinner started. Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL evening.

Hugs

donna

2011-12-30T20:36:00.000-06:00

Hope everyone has a safe and prosperous New Year.

Lots of Love

donna

2011-12-29T22:23:00.001-06:00

Finally able to get some more of my pictures out of my camera and I wanted to show you. I got this WONDERFUL SURPRISE from Cherise at http://www.sewinglyalong.blogspot.com/ I just love this quilted pillow sham she sent me. The lavenders and purples are just GREAT. Thank you so much Cherish for thinking of me. I just LOVE my SURPRISE.

My husband did a GREAT job. We are kinda at a point where there is not much we can think of that we want. (other than fabric) giggles. So I emailed him a few books that I would like. And he picked out a few more he thought I would like. It is so hard to surprise each other well this time it worked. He knows how I just LOVE surprises.

The books he picked are The Perfect Apron and The Farm Chicks Christmas. I have been enjoying all my new books and I am getting some WONDERFUL visions.

We have also been working on my sewing room. I just can not seem to get it right. David was so sweet he put up some more shelves for me. Just trying to make more room. I am also so EXCITED we ordered my quilting machine today and I can not wait. I have just out grew my small machine and can not wait to be able to quilt with more throat room.

Well it is time to snuggle hope you have sweet dreams.

Hugs

donna

2011-12-27T21:49:00.001-06:00

Hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Christmas. We had a GREAT Christmas our son was home for Christmas Eve and Christmas day. It was so much FUN to have him home. He loves to cook and he chimed right in to help. I just love it when we are all in the kitchen together.

The mail man was really good to me. Renee at http://myvintagemending.blogspot.com/ sent me these GREAT patterns and the tea towel. Thank you so much Renee you are such a sweet heart. You should visit her blog. It is so cute and vintagey.

Oh my, my friend Carla surprised me with this beautiful vintage wreath. Carla has been collecting vintage Christmas ornaments and made this wreath for me. It hangs on my wall right above our Christmas tree. It fits so well.

Carla also included this little vintage deer. She painted the antlers and tail with purple glitter paint. She knows my love for purple. Thank you so much Carla I love them.

My co worker Nancy surprised me with this ice skate before we left for Christmas. She has been decorating ice skates for awhile and she knows how much I just love them. She has done a GREAT job. Nancy can create with anything. Seems she always has a WONDERFUL vision.

This is the other side of my skate. Just to cute. Thank you so much Nancy. I just love all your creations.

I have more pictures to show you but I am having camera and computer problems. Hopefully we will get it all worked out soon.

David and I moved some furniture today to add some shelves to my sewing room . Boy did it open it up. Made more room for my treasures and it also gave me room to collect more (giggles)

Hope everyone is enjoying this time of year with your family and friends.

Hugs,

donna

Merry Christmas 2011

2011-12-24T21:31:00.002-06:00

Thank you so much to all of my followers for reading my blog. It really means a lot to me. I am loving getting to know all of you. I started my blog about a year ago not realizing all the sweet people I would meet. It has been WONDERFUL. Hope all of you have a VERY Merry Christmas and that you get to spend time with precious family and friends.

Merry Christmas.

Santa Sack Swap

2011-12-17T18:54:00.001-06:00

Thursday night David and I met Joyce and her hubby at Carbabba's for dinner and to open our Santa Sack Swap gifts.. Joyce and her hubby are such a sweet couple. We have a lot fun and a lot of laughs when we get together. You can visit Joyce at http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/

Just look at all the goodies just waiting to be unwrapped. Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ is our swap momma. You should visit her blog to see all the wonderful goodies everyone exchanged.

This was one of Joyce's final gifts from me.

Joyce made me this sweet purple polka dot and paisley apron. I just love how she put it together.

These are some pot holders Joyce made to go with my apron. The underneath picture is the back side or maybe the front. I just love them. The quilting is awesome and Joyce free motioned quilted these. She has a great talent.

Oh and just look at the older magazines. They are full of visions just waiting to unfold. I just love the fabric I am in love with floral's as well.

I love this fabric bowl. Going to have to learn how to do this.

The charm pack is full of beautiful cottagey fabrics. The tags are just the cutest things and I just love the button pins. Oh yes there is lavender in there.

I just love love these Christmas polka dot towels. The pot holders are a great surprise. Joyce was just showing me a pair of these and I was admiring them wishing I had a set. Well Santa brought them.

This is some GREAT stationary and cup coasters. That is another thing I just love to collect is stationary. It is just like fabric can never have enough.

This is a pack of feed sacks oh yes I said feed sacks. There is 2 of each print. I am in feed sack heaven.

This is a WONDERFUL book. I have just looked through it a million times now it is time to actually read it. I just love all the illustrations. To bad I was to young to wear a dress like that. Well I do not think my waist was ever that tiny. (giggles)

This advent calender Joyce made me had some wonderful goodies it. Oh and if you know me you know I could not wait to see what was in each pocket. I put all the gifts on the pocket so you could see all my surprises. Thank you so much Joyce. I truly love all my gifts. You are a real sweet heart. Now all we need to do is wait for you to finish your next marathon. So we can go antiquing/ fabric shopping.

I would also like to Thank Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ for being such a sweet swap momma.

Wonderful Treasures From The Mail Box.

2011-12-11T19:34:00.001-06:00

I joined an apron swap over at Sue's http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/. Thank you so much Sue for hosting such a wonderful apron swap. You should watch her blog the next apron swap is going to be for Valentines. My partner was Shug at http://shug-stepsoffaith.blogspot.com/ Just look at the sweet apron she sent me. I just love Cardinals at Christmas time. I did learn something new about Cardinals. David told me that the male has the bright colors and the females not so much. I just love my apron Shug Thank you so much.

This is the apron that I sent Shug. This picture was taken before my wonderful hubby changed the settings on my camera. Sorry the picture is not all that. But I just fell in love with this retro Santa fabric. And of course I had to add rick rack to complete it.

Last week Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ and I had lunch and look what she made me. This wonderful apron and it is reversible. Just look at the great quilting Joyce did. I just love it Joyce Thank You so much.

This is the other side. Love it.

Oh my look what Trish from http://notesofsincerity.blogspot.com/ sent me for Christmas. I have been admiring her scarfs. This is my favorite one. Trish I just love it. Thank you so much for thanking of me. I will think of you every time I wear it.

TTFN

2011-12-10T18:56:00.002-06:00

I finally finished my $5. suitcase. After mod podging it, it would stick where it was hard to open. So I had the brainy idea that I would put purple rick rack (imagine that) around the bottom so when I closed it, it would no longer stick. You guessed it now I can not close it. Whoops! So I finally got the middle latch to close so I forgot to open it and take a picture of the inside. The inside is also done in purple fabric. I am going to store all my rick rack, trims and ribbons in it.

I joined a Christmas tag swap at Sue's http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/. This is what my swap partner Angelina sent me from http://shoprubyjean.com/ I just love my new tag. Angelina also sent me the most beautiful angel Christmas ornament. I tried to take a picture of it but could not get a good picture. (sorry) Thank you so much Angelina. I would also like to Thank Sue for hosting this swap. It was a lot of fun.

This is the tag I sent Angelina.

My cousin had a little boy 3 years ago. He is like an only child since his bigger brother is 19. I do not think there is a toy that he does not have so I decided to make him this pillow case. Landon seemed to just love it.

Tomorrow is going to be a big sew day for me. I am not making anyone quilts this year for Christmas since I did not get my act together early enough. So it is going to be other crafty things. I will have to show you as I finish them. I missed the FNSI last night. We had a Christmas party at work and by the time I got home I was pooped. But we did have a lot of fun and laughs.

TTFN

2011-12-04T18:21:00.000-06:00

This is our Vintage Christmas tree this year. I found some new Shiney Brite ornaments at Home Goods this year and Dillard's last year. They where much cheaper than the vintage ones. I did add the ornaments that Nancy gave me to complete our tree.

These are the tags I am making this year for the packages. I just love this Santa. I found him at http://imagimeris.blogspot.com/ Thank you so much for sharing Meri. You should visit her blog it is wonderful and she is just a sweetheart.

This is what I have been doing today. I embroidered some throws and some other things that I can not show you because the gifts are going to people that read my blog. I did finish mod podging my nieces truck and my suitcase is finally finished. When they are finished drying I will take pictures to show you.

2011-12-03T13:55:00.000-06:00

Nancy brought me these ornaments last week. She found them at a thrift store and she said that she bought all three boxes. That lucky girl. I know where she goes and every time I am in there it is a dud. She does live closer than I do so she is able to hit it just right. Thank you so much Nancy I just LOVE them. I am using my grandmother's tree this year and the ornaments are perfect. I will show you my Christmas tree as soon as I get some more presents wrapped.

Last Wednesday I had lunch with Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ and exchanged our Santa Sack gifts at La Madeline. I just love how Joyce wrapped these gifts. The rosettes are just gorgeous. She always as the greatest ideas. I think I will have to figure out how to save the rosettes. We have one more exchange but we are waiting to see what the date is going to be and then we are going to meet for dinner. I can not wait. My Santa sack is FULL. Lunch is so much fun with Joyce she always makes me Laugh.

Well I truly think I need to ask Santa for a better camera for Christmas. These pictures do not do this fabric justice. It is Pam Kitty Morning's latest fabric. I am so in love with this fabric. The top piece is white with tiny yellow polka dots I thought that piece would make a great back ground piece. Now I just need to figure out what I am going to make. In the mean time it is going to be fun collecting it.

I bought 2 of these cute little kitty panels. Just could not resist these vintage little kitty's.

Now this is really a BAD picture I am so sorry. David and I went to Old Town Spring yesterday just killing time while we where waiting on a part for our son's car. I was looking for dog fabrics and I really had to dig since the shop owner loves cats. Well this is what I came out with. I am going to make a couple of aprons for Kristen for Christmas. She is the lady that grooms our Duchess every week. Kristen is a total sweetheart. I feel like I should of made these for her long time ago.

Well once again it is a very windy day and very dusty. I guess the dust is coming out of the fields. I am hoping to get some sewing done and in between I need to mod podge a trunk for my niece for Christmas. Nothing like the last minute since we are exchanging gifts next weekend.

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend.

2011-11-26T13:24:00.001-06:00

I am so excited Susie at http://littlesusiehomemaker-lilsusiehomaker.blogspot.com/ has chosen me for the Liebster Blog Award. What a GREAT surprise. This award is to show case up and coming blogs with less than 200 followers. Y'all must stop by and see Susie she has one of the cutest blogs on the block. Thank you so much Susie for your kind gesture.

The rules are to copy and post the award on your blog. Thank the person that sent you the award and link back to there blog. Pick 5 blogs and leave them a comment.

My 5 picks are

Julie at http://ricracandpolkadots.blogspot.com/

Jan-Maree at http://cherryredquilter.blogspot.com/

Cherise at http://www.sewinglyalong.blogspot.com/

Jinnie at http://lotsoffabric2.blogspot.com/

Betty Lou at http://www.sugarlandquilts.com/

Joyce at http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/

The mail man has really been good to me. I signed up for the once a season swap with Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ . These swaps have been so much fun. Sharon at http://vroomansquilts.blogspot.com/2011/11/giving-thanks.html was my swap partner. Just look at the lovely cross stitch Sharon did. I am just in love with it. I feel like there where more goodies with this. I tried to keep everything together so I could take a picture. Thank you so much Sharon for my lovely goodies.

This is a candle mat swap I also did with Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ My swap partner was Jinnie at http://lotsoffabric2.blogspot.com/ I love the candle mat that Jinnie has made for me. The fabrics are just beautiful. She also sent me some yummy chocolate. You know chocolate always makes every thing better. What wonderful purple fabrics too. Thank you so much Jinnie for all of the goodies you sent me. I can not wait to display my Christmas candle mat.

This is the back of my candle mat. I just love these fabrics and oh the stripe for the binding is perfect.

This was an early Christmas surprise from Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ Y'all know how I love surprises. Just look at all the purple yummyness and all the way from Australia. Thank you so much Cheryll I love all of my goodies.

I am so happy that life is getting back to some what normal. If there is a such thing? I have been back into my sewing room and oh it feels so good. I can not show you what I have been up to until Shug receives her apron. Oh yes I entered into another swap this time it is a Christmas apron swap. Shug start watching your mail box I mailed it today. The apron swap is through Sue at http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/ Y'all should visit Sue she has some really good recipes on her blog.

Hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend. We are finally getting some rain and it is starting to cool off Yeahhh! Well it is time to make my sewing machine hum.

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T10:14:00.000-06:00

Hope everyone has a Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving.

My Dollar Day

2011-11-18T17:55:00.001-06:00

Had a GREAT day. Had some errands to run and them David and I met up with Sharon for lunch. Sharon and I where on our way to the quilt store when we remembered about a tag sale. Normally this place holds auctions. Well I love the tag sale much better. Each piece here was 1 dollar each can you believe?

There is a third apron and it is blue but I guess I did not pay much attention to Foto Flexer.

Duchess had to give her approval of this vintage table runner. So sorry I did not iron any of this yet I want to wash it first but I could not wait to show you.

This table cloth has embroidery on all 4 corners.

There are some stains but I know I will be able to get them all out. No problem.

Could not resist either one of these vintage table cloths.

Tonight I plan to finally get in my sewing room and get some sewing done. I still have one of Sharon's quilt on my quilting frame. I need more time in the weekends.

Tomorrow I will be in the kitchen baking for some of my family that is coming over on Sunday for an early Thanksgiving. I offered to cook so we did not have to go out to eat.

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL weekend.

It's A Very Cherry World

2011-11-11T08:46:00.000-06:00

Just look at this sweet little girl. Don't you just lover her? I am going to try something new, a tag swap. This is going to be so much fun. I have been collecting a lot of goodies to get started. Today is the last day to sign up so if you are interested please visit http://suelovescherries.blogspot.com/. Her blog is so cute. I can not wait to see who my partner will be so I start planning my tag for her.

Hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather. There is finally a nip in the air Yeahhh!

2011-11-09T06:33:00.001-06:00

Thank you to all my sweet sweet blogging friends for the well wishes. I am feeling so much better. Yesterday was my Birthday. I had a wonderful lunch with Joyce at http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ it is always a GREAT day when you can visit with friends.

This is the cake the ladies at work got for me. I just love it. Well of course we get to pick what kind of dessert we want. I should of taken a picture of the card they gave me. It showed half a lavender dress with purple bling and purple blingy shoes like Dorothy on The Wizard of OZ. Cute, Cute.

They let me be a princess for the afternoon.

It is time for me to get ready for work. Hope everyone has a princess kind of day.

2011-11-04T17:05:00.001-05:00

Oh Boy I have the stuffy head, watery eyes, sore throat, sneezing and runny nose. This just stinks. I hope all it is, is just allergies. But I can tell you I will not have a hard time sleeping tonight.

A couple of weeks ago Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ and I had our Christmas exchange lunch. These are the gifts she gave me. We both joined the Christmas exchange at Cheryll's http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ It is so much fun and I can not wait for the December date when we can open our gifts. Joyce and I are talking about meeting for dinner for our exchange.

Joyce is so creative I love your wrapping Joyce.

Instead of tissue around my gifts in the bag she wrapped them with this wonderful fabric.

Thought you would like to see how my Santa bag is filling up. Oh so much goodness.

I won an apron from Sue at http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/ This is the beautiful apron Sue made for me. I just love it Thank You so much Sue. Just take a look at the purple rick rack and purple trim. This apron is bright and cheery it made my day when I opened it.

The pocket has the cutest gingham in it. Sue you did a great job.

Well tomorrow there will more Houston Quilt Festival. David and I went on Wednesday night and I meet the nicest people. Can not wait to go tomorrow after work. I just want to see everything.

Hope everyone is enjoying this nice wheather. We are finally getting some cooler wheather here in Texas I think today it has been in the 60's Yeahhhh!

My Quilts

2011-10-29T22:05:00.000-05:00

I can not believe that I have quilted almost 75 quilts. That includes quilts for myself, friends and customers. I would really like to grow my quilting business. So if any of you need a quilt quilted I would be more than happy to do it for you. I have been sewing since I was a little girl right by my grandmothers side. I got my first mid-arm quilting machine in 2002. And I have been quilting ever since. Thought I would show you a few of my quilts.

This is one of my Christmas log cabin quilts. Oh the stars where painful.

This little purple dress quilt hangs in my bedroom.

I thought I would also show you a few samples of my quilting.

I am already starting to do Christmas gifts. So if you need a quilt done please let me know soon. You can reach through my email on my blog.

2011-10-23T15:25:00.000-05:00

Thank you so much my sweet sweet blogging friends for all your thoughts and prayers. Your comments mean alot to me. I know that my dad is in a much better place now and is no longer in any pain.

I have been doing a little mindless quilting on a customer's quilt today. Now I am thinking I need to go work in the yard. Hope everyone is having a HAPPY Sunday.

In Loving Memory of my Dad

2011-10-20T22:44:00.000-05:00

I am so sorry I have not been around to visit all of you. My dad past away last night. He had gone to the hospital for a stomach ache. We never thought it was an abdominal aneurysm. He went through surgery but they could not get his temp. up and his blood pressure was low and his organs started to shut down. I know he is in a better now. He was a gardner and was always there to give me tips. Since I can not grow a garden. At least he has a smile upon his face now. And even though we had our differences he will be MISSED.

Dotty Hop Day

2011-10-17T21:25:00.000-05:00

WOW can you believe it is time for another Tuesday. This year is really going by fast for me. It is Dotty Hop Day over at Holly's Cutie Pie Cottage. Please visit Holly at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/. She always has the cutest dots. You can also join the party by posting about Dotty Hop Day and leaving Holly a message that you posted about it and link up the party and the bottom of her post.

This petal bag is something I made today for a patient at work. She is so sweet every time she has an appointment she brings me a gift as well as the hygienist that sees her. So this time I thought I should make her something. To show her how much we appreciate her as well. Sorry you can barely see the pink with white polka dots.

She is also a quilter so I thought I would make her a little pin cushion to match her bag. I just love the roses with the polka dots.

Well I also finished Sharon's quilt this weekend and will deliver it to her tomorrow. If I must say so myself it turned out really good.

Hope everyone has a DOTTY week.

My 5 Dollar Day

2011-10-15T17:49:00.000-05:00

David and I needed to go to Home Depot today and it is in the town I grew up in about 30ish minutes away. On our way home we passed this garage sale. JACK POT! Count them yes there are 7 feed sacks. At first I was questioning them then when I turned them inside out the string was still there. Yeahhhh! Some of them where made into pillow cases and a few had never been sewn into anything. Oh and they are full size.

This is an old sheet I just could not resist.

These 2 are pillow cases but I was trying to get a close up so you could see the pattern.

So sorry these are so wrinkled I was so excited and could not wait to show you that I did not iron them. Well I am a freak about things so of course I will wash and I iron before I do anything with them.

Just look at this quilt top. Some of the fabrics in it are just WONDERFUL. I am not sure if this scrappy doo quilt is made from old cloths or not. But I did not care I love most of the fabrics in it. We got there just in time because they where folding things up. It started with this quilt top when I asked the lady how much it was she told me to grab a box and she would get me a bulk rate. So when I got my box filled with treasures and when I went to pay she asked if 5 dollars was ok. Well of course it is ok I said as I was jumping for joy inside. I had gone to 2 garage sales yesterday and they where both DUDS. Well this for sure made up for it.

Hope everyone is enjoying there weekend.

Holly's Dotty Hop Day

2011-10-10T21:58:00.000-05:00

The weeks are going by so fast. Tomorrow is Dotty Hop Day over at Holly's Cutie Pie Cottage. You must visit Holly at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ Her dotts are so cute. They put you in a GREAT mood they are so cheerful.

The 2 plates are hanging in my bedroom. There was no question about it for me they had to have lavender/purple polka dot ribbon on them. I am just in love with them.

This is the fabric Sharon is using on the back of her quilt. I could not resist taking a picture of it

before I put it on the quilting frame. I just love this fabric. Just add polka dots they make everything better.

Hope everyone is having a great start to this week.

2011-10-09T13:57:00.000-05:00

It has been raining the better part of today. Yeahhhh! The rain makes it so much cooler outside I am just loving it. Maybe some of the cracks in the ground will start to close up. That way we will not fall in and get lost. (giggles)

This is a little cart that Sharon get me awhile back. She had it painted black. Well last weekend David painted it purple for me. He did a great job. I am going to use it in my sewing room. Thought I could maybe get one more piece in there. (giggles) Once I get it all set up I will show you what it looks like.

Welcome to my new home. I found this doll house in Warrenton for a bargin price. The lady I bought it from said she thinks it is from the 1950's. I think I was born a little late? Wish I could turn back time for a day and live in the 50's. Seems like it was a great time.

This is the nursery. To bad you can not see the alphabet one the side of the wall in blue. I am just a bad picture taker.

This is the living room. I just LOVE the fire place.

On the other side wall of the garage are lawn things. But I just love the little yellow bike. Not sure I would like to mow the lawn with that mower. But on second though I would get some great exercise.

Once again my camera skills stink. This is the bedroom.

I did get a little bit of furniture with my new house, but I am not sure it all goes with it. I only put a few pieces in to get a better idea of how it would look. I had a side view of my new house but I had trouble rotating it.

Here are a few coloring books that I could not pass up. When I saw them I thought I would frame them for my sewing room. They are just to cute to put away a save.

I have not done much sewing. But I have been quilting sorry nothing to show yet. Right now I got one of Sharon's quilts on my quilting frame. It is going to be a Christmas gift for her sister. Guess I better get back to quilting I have only quilted 2 rows so far today. Hope everyone is having a GREAT weekend.

Tuesday is Dotty Hop Day

2011-10-03T22:04:00.001-05:00

Tuesday's are Dotty Hope Day over at Holly's http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ You should stop by her cute blog. Holly has the cutest Dotty things.

This is my Autumn quilt. It hangs over an old sewing machine. So I was trying to get some pictures but could not hold it straight. (Whoops) Hope you can see that I used a polka dot back ground.

This is a Bunny Hill Design. http://bunnyhillblog.com/ I used mostly Thimbleberries fabric's but of course I had to add some polka dot's here and there. I think the name of this pattern is Autumn House. I tried to find my pattern but couldn't. This quilt was so much fun to make. I have a few of Bunny Hill's pattern's I guess I should hop to it and get sewing.

Hope everyone has a GREAT week

2011-10-02T19:04:00.000-05:00

Can you believe tomorrow is already Monday. WOW where does the weekend go. I am not even sure what I did.

I am into a paper doll craz. I just love them. Can you believe these Shirley Temple paper dolls still in the box and have never been cut? The prices where good on all the paper dolls so I could not pass them up.

I am not sure about this set but they where to cute and needed a home.

Oh and this Little Women set. The cloths are in the inside of this book. They are like new so I am not sure if this is an old set or not? But I love them anyway, I think I have only seen the movie a couple of times and loved it. Now I need to try and find the movie. (I think Amazon is calling giggles)

This was another cute set. I am not sure about them either but the price was right. (I think like a $1) The cloths are so cute. I am thinking this would look good framed.

I know I should be doing my Christmas sewing but I have been repurposing an old suit case and can not wait to show you. I have been working on it here and there for awhile and it has consumed the kitchen table. It has been moved and now I am doing the inside and thinking about adding some rick rack.

Hope everyone has had a GREAT weekend.

2011-10-01T11:51:00.000-05:00

We are having a beautiful day here today. So far the weather has been great.

I must tell you about a giveaway Trish is having at http://notesofsincerity.blogspot.com/ Her blog is so sweet. All you have to do is
1. Become a follower
2. Send her a 5" square of 100 % cotton fabric
3. Spread the word.

We went to Warrenton last Friday and this is 2 of the cutter quilts I found. I just love the scallops on the top one. It has some really bad spots on it but I am not sure I am going to cut it up yet. Sometimes that can be a great look.

I tried to get a good picture of this one but it is a little breezy outside. Can you see the purple binding on this one? Yeahhhh! This quilt is in a little better shape but not by much. I have more to show you a little bit later, we went back to Warrenton yesterday. It is so much fun. We did about 99% of the show yesterday. It seems even when you go back you notice things that you did not notice before.

LOOK what I won. Rarely do I ever win anything so I am so HAPPY. Michelle at http://michelleridgwaydesigns1.blogspot.com/ was having a giveaway and I won one of her beautiful stitchery patterns and a sweet card. I just love Michelle's stitchery. She is so creative. You should pay Michelle a visit and see all of her beautiful things. Thank you so much Michelle.

This is the sweet card Michelle sent me. I just LOVE it.

Hope everyone is having a beautiful Saturday.

2011-09-29T20:40:00.000-05:00

WOW! This has been a CRAZY busy week. I am so glad it is over. The post man left me a wonderful surprise earlier this week in my mail box. I joined an apron swap over at Sue's http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/ and Cherise from http://www.sewinglyalong.blogspot.com/ was my partner and I am so glad she was. I am loving getting to know her.

This is the gorgeous apron she sent me. Just look at the detail. Purple bottoms, purple rick rack and the sweet ruffle at the bottom. Cherise asked me what kind of apron I wanted and I asked her to surprise me. (I just love surprises.) And I am so glad I did I just LOVE with my new apron. The fabric is so cute and I just love the look of rick rack and the pumpkins.

Along with my apron Cherise made me these wonderful coasters. I am just loving the pumpkins on the purple and she had wrapped them with the purple rick rack. The card she made is so cute. Cherise really did a great job and I am so HAPPY with my apron. Thank you so much Cherise.

This is the apron I sent Cherise. I decided to make it reversible. On one pocket you can see the autumn leaf but due to my not so great camera skills you can not see the bumble bee on the other pocket. This swap was so much fun. I am so glad I could be a part of it.

2011-09-26T20:21:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow is Dottie Hop Day at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ You should pop over and see all the beautiful polka dots. Since I have to work tomorrow thought I would do an early post.

This is some fabric I got last week from Fabric.com I am so addicted. These dots are from the Dolly Days collection. I could not resist them.

This hankie is one of things I found in Warrenton. I fell in love with it and I just love the polka dots all around it and it helped that it was lavender. (giggles) Hope every one has a great week.

2011-09-25T16:57:00.001-05:00

This has been a really busy weekend. But we had fun. It started on Friday we went to Warrenton. Carla rode with us and we met my cousin Natalie on the way. Later in the morning Autumn (my niece) and my sister met up with us. We where there all day and had a BLAST. Boy do my legs hurt. But I found some great treasures.

I could not resist this sweet little girl.

This planter is so cute with the violets and the little girl with the crooked smile. I have other treasures to show you but I do not have it all together yet.

We are just getting home this afternoon. My cousin got marred yesterday and it was a beautiful wedding. Sorry I do not have any pictures since I forgot my camera. It was so much fun seeing everyone and catching up with each others lives. Our husbands did not want to dance but that did not stop us. Us girls got out there and had some fun. Take it back I am so glad I did not take my camera. Trust me we do not want evidence of that. (giggles)

Earlier this week I had lunch with my Santa Sack partner Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ I ordered this shabby fabric from her Meylah store. I just could not resist it. I feel in LOVE with it. You can go here to shop http://meylah.com/youngbydesign I am not sure what I am going to make with it yet. Thought I would save it for just the right project. I am sure I will be in bed early tonight but not before I do some wash. Hope everyone is having a great day.

Happy Dotty Day

2011-09-19T21:42:00.000-05:00

This is an early post for tomorrow. Since I have to work I thought I would do it this evening. If you know me you know I am not a morning person. I love my sleep. (hehehe)

Holly at http://holly-girlsatheart.blogspot.com/ is hosting Happy Dotty Day. I just love polka dots. So this going to be a lot of fun. Please visit Holly and check out all the cute polka dots.

This heart wreath is one that my friend Carla made me. Hope you can see the lavender and white polka dots? I keep giving my camera the benefit of the dought.

This D you can buy at Hobby Lobby. It was fun to paint purple and the polka dots are lavender. This is going to be a busy week for me. So I hope everyone has a GREAT week.

2011-09-18T18:29:00.000-05:00

I found this cute little card on the internet last night. Thought it was so cute and appropriate since we got RAIN. I am so happy I love to hear it rain. The rain started yesterday afternoon. It makes it so much cooler as well. We got a little more just a while ago so I opened my window while I was sewing. It was GREAT.

This is what I did yesterday. I made a few of these pumpkins. I have to go buy so more fluff and I want some different toppings for them. My friend Sharon made me some a few years ago and I love them. So I thought I would make a few.

I also did a few paper crafts. This one I am undecided on. I did not want the paper to be perfect so that is ok but you can barely see the house. I played and played with it. Maybe it should be that way since it is haunted? Hope everyone has a great evening. I am going to join hubby for a movie and some popcorn.

2011-09-17T10:18:00.000-05:00

Last night was a great Friday Night Sew-In. This is the quilt I have been quilting. (still not finished) I found it I guess last summer? At a resale shop.

This is the design I am using on the quilt. Thought I would show since you can not see it very well on the quilt. I do not have a long arm, maybe a mid arm. Any way when I buy patterns I have to size them done a bit. This is the first time for me to do this pattern so I need lots of practice with this one. But it has been a lot of fun.

The ADD kick in while I was quilting. So I set up the embroidery on my machine. So while I was quilting these Sun Bonnet Sue's where being created. I thought they would make cute cards.

I finished my apron for the swap too. Sorry I can not show you I want it to be a surprise. Today I am thinking about making some pumpkins. I will show you tomorrow hopefully they will be worthy of a picture. Hope everyone is having a great Saturday. The weather is teasing us today. It got cloudy but NO rain.

2011-09-16T12:51:00.000-05:00

I am forgetting to tell you about the Friday Night Sew-In tonight. If you would like to join please visit Heidi at http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/ I am hoping to get some things finished. I have a quilt on the machine that I need to finish and I joined an apron swap with Sue at http://countrypleasures.blogspot.com/. Sue is so sweet to include me.

I am also trying my hand at some paper crafts. Will show you later if they come out. Hope everyone is having a great day.

2011-09-10T12:01:00.001-05:00

My sweet blogging friends please pray for the people here in Texas that have lost everything due to the fires here. Bastrop is about 2ish to 3ish hours away and finally yesterday the haze from the smoke is gone around here. Last night on the news so for there have been like 1,400 homes burned. The family's that where told to evacuate had like 5 minutes to grab what they could and run. I have only seen the pictures on the news and it saddens my heart. I am not sure about donations but one of our patients at work was going down there today so I thought it is time to clean out our closet.

On a much happier note. I get in so much trouble at Fabric.com. This is just a little mix of fabrics I got in the mail yesterday. If you buy $35. the shipping is free and then if there is a sale well that is another added bonus.

I got this sweet little panel too. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet but is was just to cute to pass up. I am thinking a few of them just might make a couple of cut pictures for my sewing room. That means my David will have to make me a few picture frame's. The trouble with that is picking out just the right wood.

This is the little scare crow I made. It is on my little shelf in the kitchen. I painted a few more faces to make a couple more, maybe they will get better as I make more. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday.

She is a TOTAL SWEETHEART!

2011-09-05T15:14:00.002-05:00

OH MY GOODNESS! You all know how I like surprises right? Well you are never going to believe who stopped by to pay me a visit. YES Cheryll from http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/. Cheryll and her husband have been doing some traveling. I heard the door bell ring but I would of never guessed it was going to be Cheryll. I was in awww . I am still so excited that Cheryll came to see me I forgot to tell you she is from Australia and we live out in the middle of no where in a small Texas town. David and I had a great visit with Cheryll and her husband Rick. They are the sweetest people. Thank you so much for the WONDERFUL surprise Cheryll. I am so grateful that you came out for a visit. I loved getting to know Cheryll and was sorry our visit was short. But I loved every minute of it. Cheryll is someone you can just talk and talk with and the time flies because you are having fun. Thank you again Cheryll YOU made my day. Hope you and Rick enjoy the rest of your travels and be safe.

2011-09-03T18:41:00.000-05:00

Hello Chickadee's. Boy today the North wind has really been blowing and the temps are still at a 102. Maybe soon we will get cooler weather. Thought I would show you one of my quilts that I hung on the wall by my quilting machine. I love this quilt in all the purples and lavender. The hearts are my absolute favorite. I used some fabrics from the Debbie Beaves collection. ( hope I spelled her name right) Sorry the picture does not do it justice.

I had been telling you about the shelf David hung for me. Well I finally got it loaded with some treasures. Once again the picture is not so good Sorry. The little sewing machine was given to my mom by her aunt when she was little. Much of the detail is gone. But I love it anyway.

This is the next project I am working on. I painted the little faces today. So I am guessing maybe I will put them together tomorrow. Shoot I forgot to show you the hat that goes on my little scarecrow. There are a lot of projects going on in my sewing room. I have a quilt on the machine while I do a few rows I have my sewing machine doing some embroidery then I stopped everything today and ran to Hobby Lobby about 45 minutes away to get the goodies for my scarecrow this afternoon and I still forgot a few things. I guess that is why David tells me to make a list. WHOOPS! Hope everyone is having a great evening.

2011-09-02T11:35:00.000-05:00

I got the most beautiful bracelet in the mail this week. A couple of months ago I sent Trish from http://notesofsincerity.blogspot.com/ a couple of books from the Elm Creek series and in return she sent me this beautiful bracelet. You must visit her blog I just love all the fabrics she uses in her quilts. Thank you so much Trish I just love the bracelet you sent me. You are a sweet heart.

I found the red rick rack I need for the borders of my Swell Day quilt. I found it in Ohio at Blackberry Patchworks Phyllis was so helpful all the way to mailing me a sample. Phyllis is a sweet heart I really enjoyed talking to her. She always made me laugh. To visit Phyllis you can go to www.blackberrypatchworks.com

I had lunch with Joyce this Tuesday from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ it is so much fun catching up with her. We did our Christmas swap and had a great lunch at laMad. My sweet David took off today and he is going to take me to lunch and to the quilt store. Yeahhh! Hope everyone is having a great day.

2011-08-26T16:42:00.000-05:00

I hope all my friends along the East Coast awaiting Irene will be safe. It seems that this time a year mother nature has a weird sense of humor. Ya'll will be my prayers.

Today I had 2 doctor's appointments and then I had lunch with one of my good friend's Prissy. We ate at the Soda Fountain. It was a pharmacy when I was little and we would go upstairs to the Dr. The food is great and they make homemade soda's it is just great place to eat. After I dropped Prissy back off at work I thought I would go treasure hunting.

I went by a resale shop and just LOOK was I found. Fire King bowls at lower than garage sale prices. They are in perfect condition. Just could not pass these bowls up. I have been eyeing them now again but they where always Waay out of my price range. I guess it was just meant to be today.

I also found this biscuit sack. Sorry you can not read it. But it says San Antonio River Mill Brand at the bottom Country Style Biscuit. We only live a couple of hours from San Antonio did not know they this was available.

I could not pass up this cute Little Bo-Peep book.

This cute little crocheted dress is going to hang somewhere in my sewing room. I just love the color and I think it is going to look great against my lavender wall. I also found a couple of vintage hankies but I have not taken any pictures yet. They have a few stains and since I am such a freak I have them soaking. So once they dry I will take a picture and show you. Hope everyone has a great evening.

2011-08-21T21:45:00.001-05:00

This weekend David fixed a shelf above the window in my sewing room. Today I got it all painted. Thought I had white paint but as it turns out it is a pail lavender. (image that) hehe. I will have to show you tomorrow after I get a few goodies on it. I did a little sewing this weekend but nothing I can really show you they are all gifts.

Got my picture all put together, framed and it is hanging over my quilting machine. I added a few more things. At the top it say's grandmas and in the middle lower right of the hankie is love. I also added some buttons and in the right hand corner is my grandmother's hand's. They both where sewers and I learned a lot from both of them. Both of them are missed very much. Well I have tomorrow I have off so I think I am going to do a little more sewing. I am wanting to try to make fabric flowers. Let's see? Hope everyone as great week.

ttfn

2011-08-13T15:56:00.000-05:00

WHOOPS! I was busy drooling over everything that Leona sent me I forgot to post about a couple of other goodies she sent me. I am so sorry Leona but here they are. I had the panel laying open over my quilt machine just admiring it. I just love all the colors.

Just look at the precious little rabbit. Since we live out in the country we have little bunnies in our yard. Every now and then they will pop the heads out. With this little rabbit came a beautiful heart I have placed it in my collage by my grandmother. (below) Thank you again so much Leona.

This is what I have been working on today. Can you see the beautiful heart on the top right under my grandmother's picture. I have been wanting to make this for a while for my sewing room. Both of my grandmother's sewed. I found a few vintage sewing things but I feel like it might need a little more if any of you have any ideas I would love to hear them. I have an old window from my great grandmother's house that is going to be the picture frame. I will show you more when I get it all framed up.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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2011-08-12T12:11:00.000-05:00

Hello chickadee's. This has been a great week from the gift fairy's. On Wednesday I had lunch with Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ we are Santa swap partners. It is always so nice to get together with her Joyce she is a total sweet heart. This is what she has wrapped up for to open on Christmas day. Joyce there is no way to peak as you have taped the packages so well hehehe.

I am also in the once a season swap and Cheryll from http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ is the swap mamma for this too. My swap partner is Leona from http://oneygirl-myquiltingadventure.blogspot.com/ she has so out done herself. Leona is a very generous person. She has made me a very happy girl. Just look at the vintage trim she sent me. mmmmmm.

The yo yo's will be put to good use just look at the wonderful colors.

The vintage hankies are just beautiful. On the lavender one the lace is crocheted on. How lovely is that? Leona also sent me the zipper pouch and tissue holder.

And just look at the fabulous fabrics. All in different wonderful variations of purples and lavenders with a hint of yellow.

Thank you so VERY much Leona. I just love all my goodies can not wait to find projects for it all.

The beautiful board that I displayed my fabulous vintage lace and yo yo's on was made for me by another one of my very generous friends Carla. Carla is so sweet and always finds the best ideas. Thank you Carla.

Today there where actually a couple of garage sales in our little town. The only thing I really found was a picnic basket. ( I will show you later) I thought is would be a great home for some of my crafty things.

We are in store for another hot weekend with no rain in site. Yesterday my car said it was 106. Thank goodness for air conditioning. Hope everyone is having a great day and staying cool.

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2011-08-08T11:43:00.000-05:00

I am so happy Wanda (my sister) told me last night that the benefit went well. For the baby quilt she made it went for $110. and the lap quilt went for $300 I am so happy for the family that this is going to help. When families pull together nothing is impossible.

This is the Blissful Day quilt I have been working on. I took it outside so that maybe the colors would be better. NOT! It is windy outside and I just got lucky for one second to get this picture. Yesterday as I was sewing this together the thought crossed my mind that the fabrics I am using for this is called Swell so maybe the name of my quilt ought to be Swell Day? I am still looking for 1 1/2 wide red rick rack for the borders so it may be awhile before I am finished.

You can see how dry everything is here. Our water well has been working hard to water our grass. In the far back ground is the hay meadow. The farmer that leases it from us has white pipe around it and is pumping water from the little river behind us that is why it is so green. Hope everyone is staying cool inside and having a great day.

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2011-08-06T18:29:00.001-05:00

Happy 100th Birthday Lucy!

Today is Lucille Ball's 100th Birthday. I have watched I Love Lucy since I was a little girl and love her. She was a beautiful person. This is my kind of TV I have collected all of her series'. Today on Turner Classics they are playing the movies she made. My David is so sweet he is DVRing all of them. Well guess it will a popcorn and movie night Yeahhh

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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2011-08-05T19:38:00.000-05:00

I have not been up to much have been feeling kinda lazy. My sister made 2 quilt tops for a benefit and brought them over to me so I could quilt and bind them. I just love this baby quilt. So sorry you can not see the colors to well when I finished everything it was dark and wanted to take a picture so I could show you.

This is a lap size quilt 72 x 72. She made this quilt out of some old Thimbleberries I had. Wanda did not have a pattern but this is what she came up with. Wanda is good that way she can put anything together as far as recipes and it turns out great for me I need a recipe.

This is the McCoy tulip vase I got at a resale shop last weekend. I got it for a GREAT price so I knew it was meant to be. And it is in perfect condition. Well you know it was meant to be with the purple around the edges of the tulips hehe.

I have not been able to visit alot this week once again because of my computer. I changed over to google chrome and now there is a server problem every now and then. But I really like google chrome it is much faster for me than internet explorer. Hope the problem will get resolved soon so I can visit more. Hope everyone is having a great evening.

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2011-07-29T12:57:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures of my sewing room I finally got it all picked up and rearranged. Thought you might like to see it before I make a mess again.

You really can not tell but my TV is purple hehe.

My sewing table was in front of the window but it was time for a change.

Behind the closet doors is most of my fabrics and books.

I like having my cutting table in the middle of the room better so I can walk around it. You can see my sweet Duchess wanted to be in the picture too. My quilting machine seems to take up alot of my space but I love it. I do not have much on the walls yet as you know it takes a while to collect just the right things. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and I hope you get to sew.

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2011-07-25T15:45:00.000-05:00

Look what I got from Canada. Heather sent me this wonderful wall hanging. Thank you so much Heather. I just love it. I joined a Winter Swap and if any of you are interested please contact Cheryll http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ it really is alot of fun.

This is the back of my snow wall hanging. The farm animals are so cute. Heather even sewed a pocket on it so I can hang it easily.

Once again my pictures fail me. These are the pincushions I redid. The green on the cat really pops out the dog on the right has pink fabric with little tiny roses and the round pincushion has fabric that is pale pink with tiny little roses as well. Finally got my sewing room all put back together. I will take pictures and share with you soon. Hope everyone is having a great day and staying out of this heat.

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2011-07-23T17:43:00.001-05:00

Somewhat of a slacker today. I participated in the Friday Night Sew In last night and I was suppose to post my pictures this morning but I got involved in rearranging and organizing my sewing room. So now I can not find my camera so I took a picture from a previous post so I could show you. I finished putting the blocks together for Blissful Day. All I have to do now is arrange them and sew them together yehh. I did put new fabrics in my pincushions so when I find my camera I will share the pictures with you.

Well my sewing room is a total mess and I really want to finish so I can start sewing again. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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2011-07-22T11:12:00.000-05:00

Tonight is Friday Night Sew In. I am looking forward to it. My sewing room has been to quite. My plans are to get in there and hopefully get some things finished. If you would to join please visit http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/ Hope everyone has a great time and a wonderful day.

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2011-07-16T13:56:00.000-05:00

Look what I found on our road trip to Louisiana.

Well first let me tell you about this McCoy vase. Last weekend at the estate sale that we went to I just happened to see this McCoy vase so I put it in our pile. When they came to give us a price on each item the guy said oh look this is McCoy I say yes but there is a crack in the back so he prices it for $1 whoopee for me. With a little love this old vase will last forever.

The tea cups where found at a flea market in Louisiana for a dollar a piece my idea is to make pin cushions out of them. It seems that lately I am in love with pin cushions.

These cute little ceramic pets where also at the flea market. I just could not pass them up. At first I only pick up one of them for a gift. But I had to go back and get all three just thought they where to cute. I am thinking I will replace the pin cushion in them to make the brighter. Maybe I will get to that soon?

This little draw set was kinda hidden but I found it. (sorry there is a glare but the draw says buttons) This will go great in my sewing room. Can not wait to get it all fixed up. Here and there between quilting I have been trying to declutter my sewing room. It is still not there yet. I can not seem to get it arranged just right. But it will soon be there. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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I'm baack!

2011-07-14T11:48:00.000-05:00

We are back in Texas.

David, Duchess and I went to Louisiana for a couple days. We took the scenic route did a little thrifting and had a great time. We stayed on the Butler Greenwood Plantation. The above picture is the Plantation home.

Built in 1796. The amazing part is the original family still owns the Plantation and still lives there. The owner is the 9th generation. We took a tour of the home and you will not believe the original furniture is still in the house with the original upholstery. Even the rug in the formal living room was original. We had to walk on plastic runners because the rug was so worn. But the vibrant color where still in the rug. Some original clothing was on display and the owner told us that there was alot of original clothing still left in the house. Original pictures of the past family members. One piece of children's clothing that was saved and all the children of the age that the dress will fit has had a picture taken in the little dress. The owner's granddaughter is the last child so far to have her picture taken in the dress. Her granddaughter was there we did get to meet her and I think she is in her early 20's sweet sweet family.

The Plantation has some original cottages and some new ones. Well of course we picked the oldest one to stay in. The Old Kitchen also built in 1796. The original brick walls where still intacked. Of course it has been updated in the modern way. There is a 150 foot well in one of the bathrooms bricked all the way down. There was a piece of plastic glass over it so it did not make for a good picture. In the back was another bedroom and that was the smoke house at one time. The wooden beems where still black and you can still smell the smoke faintly. Along time ago the kitchen was separate from the house because kitchen fires happened more often. So this cottage is really close to the main house.

This is the old Methodist Church in town. (St. Francesville) The next few houses are more old houses in town that I thought where really cute.

This is the RoseDown Plantation built in 1835. The Historic Society has it now. But wouln't you just love to come home up this drive. The big oak tress where just beautiful.

On our way home we stopped in Beaux Bridge and this is where we found this beautiful home. We also did a little thrifting there I will show you more of that later when I can take some pictures. Well I am off to my sewing room to see what trouble I can get into.

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2011-07-09T21:06:00.001-05:00

We had the best day of thrifting. We started out visiting garage sales and we ran into one of my co-workers Nancy. She is a total sweetheart and we have fun when we get together. Nancy and I have the same taste so we know what each other is looking for. While we where collecting addresses to visit the garage sales a really nice gentleman told us about an estate sale about 15 minutes away. JackPot!

I just happen to be digging through some cloths/sheets and found this hexagon quilt. This is the best $10 you could ever want to spend. I looked it over and it is hand quilted but did not realize it was a star quilt until I got it home and took a picture of it. I now real observant huh? hehe The hexes are small 11/4 wow how this must of took someone alot of time. I would just love to know the history but of course no one did.

The pair are my $1 finds at the estate sale. The estate was picked over I think they have been trying to sell things for a couple of weeks now. The genteman told us they where pretty pricey but when the went back on Sunday they we dealing more. So by the time we got there they where really nice in the dealing department. I could not resist the little pin cushion with pink and blue roses. The little girl was just to sweet to pass up.

The crocheted lace only .50cents. Thought it would look great on my mantle so I just had to show you.

I bought 3 packages of fabrics at one of the garage sales for a dollar a piece. This is just a picture of one package. Each package had like 6 different 1/2 yard cuts. Could not pass this up. The last 7 fabrics in this picture are childern's prints that are so cute. I think they will go nicely in a baby quilt. Maybe I should start one. Maybe a baby will be in Autumn's (my niece that just got married) future?

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

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2011-07-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

Well I do not have any pictures to show you. Today was my day off and I ran the roads doing errands. I did enjoy a wonderful lunch with my friend Prissy. We had not seen each other in like a month so we had alot of catching up to do. Then I went to a meeting we had a work. Have not got any sewing done but I did get my sewing room a little more organized than it was. Not sure how much sewing I will get to do tomorrow I want to go thrifting and get my hair cut. I think we are going to make tonight a movie night. Hope everyone has a great evening.

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Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T11:00:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday.

2011-07-03T12:37:00.001-05:00

Thank you, Thank you to all my wonderful blog friends for your help trying to help me fix things. Wow it is something else. What I have done is changed from internet explorer to google chrome and it even seems to
be faster. So, so far so good.

I am so excited last weekend my cousin gave me this Christmas tree which I just love. My grandmother had one and she gave it to me. And the sad thing is she kept telling me to throw it away. Since she had it for years and years she did not like it anymore. Well one day I listened and I threw it away. I have been kicking myself ever since. My cousin was so kind to give me this one. I traded her the Christmas tree for a spinning wheel. I think I came out ahead since I love the Christmas tree more.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

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2011-07-02T19:00:00.000-05:00

Oh my gosh! I am not sure if it is my computer or Blogger?? I have been trying to figure out the problem on and off all day today. Ok what is happening is I can not visit all of my friends in blog land. When I click on the blog I want to visit from my right side bar it defaults to my blog. Wow I am not very computer hello so I have been trying differnt things. I asked hubby and he is stumped thinks it may be blogger. What do you think? Help!

2011-07-01T17:07:00.000-05:00

I am so happy it rained this afternoon for like 20 minutes. Now I do not have to go out and water. One of my favorite things is to listen to it rain.

This is a quilt I made forever ago it was part of the Thimbleberries Watermelon camp. Thought it would be perfect to pull out for the fourth of July. Today I have done a little quilting. I decided not to follow anything and do loops. It is turning out ok. Quilts always look better anyway after they are washed. My David is bringing home dinner yeahhh I do not have to cook. Hope everyone has a great evening.

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2011-06-30T21:08:00.000-05:00

I know it is not July 1st until tomorrow but I am so excited I could not wait to show you. It is time for our Santa Sack Exchange. Joyce from http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ is my swap partner. I am so fortunate that Joyce and I work in the same city and we get to go to lunch from time to time. Joyce is a total sweet heart and I am enjoying getting to now her. You should visit her blog. This is what Joyce gave me and I just love my bag. Joyce went to alot of work can you see the beautiful quilting. Thank you so much Joyce I love love it.

We are suppose to send each other 2 gifts a month. Now for the hard part we can not open them until Christmas. I feel like a little kid again and I can not wait until Christmas.

This is the bag I gave Joyce. I feel bad I did not even quilt it because I was so worried about the draw string and how I was going to do it so you can just pull both ends and it pulls together. Thank goodness for the internet I learned something new.

This is what I put in her sack.

Thank you so much Cheryll http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/

for organizing this swap.

Well until tomorrow.

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2011-06-28T21:18:00.000-05:00

To all of my wonderful blog friends. I hope you did not misunderstand me in my last post. If so I apologize. I was on the computer a big part of the day trying to learn how to alter a picture. Did not even have much
time to visit all of my wonderful friends in blog land. But the good news is I think I figured it out so maybe next time it will not take as long. I always look forward to seeing what everyone is doing and meeting new people. My work days are long this week so I will be back on Friday.

Hugs,

2011-06-27T17:17:00.000-05:00

Well there is only one picture to show you today. I have the Santa Sack Swap all put together for the first round. I will show you pictures after it is received. Made a zipper pouch the picture will have to come later for that too. Oh boy the suspense hehe. Yesterday afternoon I worked cleaning out our front flower beds. Since we got a little rain things are a mess again. Today I have been on the computer what feels like all day. I was trying to alter an image. Boy that is time consuming. Anyway it is done for another day.

Here are some of the blocks sewn together of my Blissful Day quilt. I am using Swell instead just love that cottagey look. Not done sewing them and then I have to cut slits in the top of the curved part. This pattern seems like it should go together fast if I could just stick to it.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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2011-06-25T19:04:00.003-05:00

The flower quilt is finished and I am so happy with it. (Sorry the picture is not all that.) You can not even tell the bows are purple. I got the binding sewn on so now all I have to do is sew it down by hand. By the way I choose the same color of purple for the binding as the bows. Image that. hehe The back is the same color yellow as the sashing. This time I decided on a plan back. I am pretty slow at doing the binding since I only do it while I watch TV at night. When I am done I will take a better picture.

I think I have shown you this before. This is the way I label my all of my quilts. My machine has letters in it so it make's it easy to do. I found this idea a few years ago in a Fons and Porter magazine.

I made this reversible bag for Nancy one of my co-workers out of some of the Thimbleberries fabrics I had. It came out really nice for my first try. I found this pattern on the internet a few years ago. I tried to find it again so I could share it with you but I could not find it again.

Oh my I am so happy one of the feed sacks I bought the last time had some little stains all on it. So I put some lemon juice on it and let it sit in the sun for awhile. Then I soaked it in Oxy Clean there

are no more stains. I could not believe it worked. Wha Hoo! Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

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2011-06-19T20:00:00.001-05:00

I picked these roses out of our back yard. They look better in the kitchen than they will after our 104 degree sun hits them. We have been watering all day long. WOW it is hot and our ground has cracks in it I am not sure we can water enough.

I did quilt a little on my flower quilt but then my ADD kicked in. I have been wanting to make this quilt ever since I had seen it. It is in the Quilt magazine Feb/March 2011. The name of the quilt is Bonnie's Blissful Day by Bonnie Olaveson. She used her line of fabric Bliss. Since I do not have much of it I am going to use Swell by the Urban Chicks. I have a couple of charms packs that is going to work great. I have cut out most of the pieces. Maybe next weekend I can start sewing them together. You know how it is quilt a little, sew a litte and read the computer a little.

I just love the roses and dots in this fabric. I hope everyone has a Wonderful week.

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2011-06-18T12:48:00.002-05:00

Good morning chickadee's. I decided to pick 2 winner's since I have so much fabric. I let my sweet Duchess pick the winner's. I pick the first two she put her little nose on. The lst winner is Donna at http://donna-sugarspicesouthernlife.blogspot.com/ Donna please email your address and I will get your box in the mail this week.

Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ was the second winner. Cheryll please send me your email address as well. I will also get your package in the mail this week as well.

Ever since Sunday afternoon my week has been crazy. So yesterday my David took off and took me antiquing/quilt shop hopping. We decided to head towards Austin. It seems like before we set out we plan where we can test the bar-b-q next. So our first stop was Brenham. He took me to the quilt store and there are a few antique shops there. But nothing I was interested in there. We went on and stopped at a few road side antique stores and we didn't find anything again. Oh boy but when we got into Giddings there where 2 quilt stores the first one was a little pricey the second one was off the beaten path but it was a great shop bought a few things there. Found some older fabric that I had missed out on when the fabric was out so that made me happy. We got back in the car and headed to Elgin, Texas this is where the bar-b-q was.

It was great. But we made a list of what we think is the best if you are ever in Texas. Start out going to Lockart, Texas the bar-b-q at Smity's is the best, Luling, Texas the bar-b-q is at Luling City Market, then Swing Door in Richmond, Texas. Swing Door is about 25 minutes away for us so we go there more often. The others are and hour and a half to two hours away but it is worth it.

Well I forgot all about the Friday night sew in lastnight. I got home late so I do not have anything to show you.

I also wanted to tell you I found some great little vintage pictures last Saturday at http://peggylovesvintage.blogspot.com/ That is where I got the little girl at the top of the page. It is a great website you should take a look.

I am going to do some more quilting on my flower quilt. My hopes was to finish it last weekend but I guess that is what happens when life gets in the way. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

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2011-06-10T18:50:00.000-05:00

I did a little quilting today. Quilt a little and come get on the computer and back and forth. Well some of you will probably remember this quilt. I got the blocks for Christmas from Nancy my secret Santa. But it looks like I never showed you a picture with the borders on it or the rest of the sashing between the rows.

This is a picture of the quilting I am doing on it. I have been in a feathers mood. The border fabrics are a Glenna Hailey line Fun With Feed Sacks. I just love this fabric and it completes my yellow and purple quilt.

I will show you the finished quilt when it is all done My friend Carla gave me the idea to keep a quilt on the frame and sew in between times. So no telling when I will finish it.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend.

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2011-06-09T21:02:00.000-05:00

This post is to Thank Renee at My Vintage Mending http://myvintagemending.blogspot.com/ She is so sweet to let me use one of her images for my new picture on my left side bar. This is the precious little picture that will show up now when I leave you a comment. You really should visit Renee she has the cutest blog and always finds the neatest things when she goes thrifting. Thank you so much Renee.

2011-06-06T18:40:00.001-05:00

I tried to post yesterday but we finally got a little weather and it knocked me off the computer. We had gone to a graduation party yesterday and my car said it was 103. After we got home we could hear thunder and it rained for like 15 minutes. It has been so dry and we have not been able to water enough. Well enough about the weather. I have to show you what I made for my friends daughter for graduation. While I was visiting Flo at http://butterflyquilting.blogspot.com/ she was showing us some of the bags that she had made and this is one of them it is called Phoebe Bag and to find the pattern visit Artsy Crafty Babe at http://www.rebekalambert.com/artsycrafty_babe/ She has wonderful ideas. Thanks to both of you for sharing.

When I got home I had been playing with some scraps. I decided to make this crazy scrappy doo block out of some 1030's scraps that I had been saving. This block turned out to be 10 1/2 inches. But the more I look at it the more I am not sure I like it. Maybe I should try another one before I decide? What do you think?

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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2011-06-04T10:49:00.000-05:00

I promised to show you what I have been working on in secret. It is the winter swap that Cheryll at http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ is hosting. I can tell you about it now because Heidi at http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/ has received her package. I encourage you to go visit there
wonderful blogs.

I am trying to decide what I should do today. I have like 8 quilts that have needed to be quilted for some time. I guess I will visit my sewing room and go from there. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

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2011-06-03T13:07:00.000-05:00

My mail box has been good to me. I got 2 Pay it Forward gifts. My first gift came from Joyce at http://youngbydesign.blogspot.com/ she sent me these wonderful pot holders. I love them Joyce thank
you so much.

The next Pay it Forward gift is from Flo at http://butterflyquilting.blogspot.com/ I love the bag you sent full of goodies Flo. Thank you so much.

Here are the goodies that came in the bag. If any of you are interested in me making you a gift just let me know. I will pick the first 4 that are interested. Just remember you also have to pay it forward to two or three of your friends.

Also if any of you are interested I am giving away some Thimbleberris fabrics sometime in June. So if you are interested all you have to do is become a follower and leave me a comment that you are a follower and I will enter you in my drawing.

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GIVE AWAY

2011-05-29T12:16:00.001-05:00

I am so happy I can post again. Thanks Blogger. I have been cleaning out my closet full of Thimbleberries fabrics. So if any of you are interested I am going to give some of it away. So all you have to do is become follower and let me know that you are interested in the Thimbleberries fabric and if you are already a follower just let me know that you are interested. Duchess and I will pick a winner sometime in June.

I joined the 12 inch Block Swap 2 in Australia. This is the wonderful block Alex sent me all the way from Australia. I asked for yellow and purples in hearts or baskets. I just love this block. If any of you are interested in joining please visit Alex http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia2.blogspot.com/ and let her know. This is so much fun.

I thought I would try doing a paper craft project just adding things that I like. I found this sweet little girl in Warrenton the last time we where there thrifting. I am not sure I like the top Whoops it is stuck done really good. Just went to the dollar store and bought a writing book. It was fun to make. I can see how paper crafts can also be addicting.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.

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2011-05-27T17:47:00.000-05:00

I do not have any pictures today. Still working on some secret stuff. But I did go to our local quilt store today. All of the fabrics in the store are 40% off. So I got a few 30's pieces and a few more things. The
heat is up here it was 95 in my car about lunch time. I did the dumbest thing today. I know got home in
my car but then I could not find my car keys anywhere. I retraced my steps and nothing. Went outside
where I took Duchess and could not find them in the grass. FINALLY the fourth time outside I found them in the grass. Has any one ever done that. Wow I was going crazy trying to figure out where I could of laid them..
Hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday.

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2011-05-22T12:06:00.000-05:00

I got a little bit of sewing done yesterday but I can not show you yet because it is a secret. But yesterday was the BIG day. Autumn got married and she was the most beautiful bride. Thought I would show a few pictures of the happy couple. It was an outdoor wedding and it turned out beautiful. Autumn and her new hubby had a great time as well as everyone else.

She is so beautiful. She will be home for a little bit then she has to go back to New York where she is stationed in the army. We are hoping in a few months she will be stationed in Texas. Yehhh!

Well today I think I need to organize my sewing room and get some more things done. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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2011-05-21T13:00:00.000-05:00

Last night was the first Friday Night Sew In that I have done. I am so glad because I finished my Frilly Farm Bag. yehhhh! If you are interested in joining the Friday Night Sew In, please visit Heidi at http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/

You will never guess what I found on the way to my sister's yesterday, we stopped at a resale shop and you are never going to believe what I found. Yes 3 more feed sacks. One of them as a little stain but I think I can get it out. I just love the flowers in these.

2011-05-16T19:19:00.000-05:00

You are never going to believe what I finished. Autumn's wedding quilt the binding is all done and I washed it. Look how it came out of the dryer all wrinkled. I was careful to keep it fluffed so it would dry evenly because it is so big. The minute it came out of the dryer my sweet David held it up for a picture. I just can
not get a good picture of this quilt.

I joined the kitchen towel exchange over at Gone Stitching http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/ and this is the beautiful kitchen towel I received from Ruth at http://ruthsquilts.blogspot.com/ Thank you so much Ruth I just love how your kitchen towel turned out. Love the roses on the towel. It is hanging on my oven door.

I also joined the Friday Night Sew-In it is held every third Friday night of the month. Thought this would be a fun way to get more things done. To join visit Heidi at http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/

I have been working on other things but I can not show you yet as it is supose to be a surprise. Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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2011-05-14T19:42:00.000-05:00

You are never going to believe what my sister had. Yes my Thermos Peanuts lunch box from when I was in kindergarten. You can still see where my mom wrote my name on it. I am disappointed in myself because I thought I needed to clean it up well just a little heads up never use simple green or windex. Just look at the blue it just pealed away before my eyes. Next time just plain soap and water for me. To preserve it I think I am going to get some of that clear coat so it will stay like this and hopefully not peal away anymore.

This is the back side. I no longer have the thermos to it I broke it when I was in kindergarten.

This morning when my David took Duchess out he saw this frog in one of my lilies. I planted these lilies a few years ago and they are finally starting to really multiply. I just love it when they are all blooming at the same time.

Well I did not get to sew today. Maybe that can be on tomorrow's list.

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2011-05-13T14:47:00.000-05:00

Well I just finished Autumn's garter's today. I made her 3 one to throw and 2 to choose from. I can not believe she is already getting married next weekend. I feel like I was just at the hospital with my sister when she had her. She will be in this week from New York. ( she is in the Army ) only a few days before her wedding. After the wedding she has time off but then back to New York and we are hoping in a few months she will get transferred to Texas.
Oh My Gosh I just noticed while I was posting these pictures I sewed the charms on wrong. The horse shoe is suppose to be face up for good luck. I was trying not to have to hot glue them done. Well they are charms so I guess I had better get my ripper out. But I knew in the back of my mind there was a reason I had to hot glue them. Darn It.

This is the one I made for her to throw.

Well I did get my block done as well from the Australian 12" block of the month. All I have to do is put it in the mail. I am also working on some gifts that I have to get mailed out. Well I guess I had better go rip the horse shoes off and get the hot glue gun out.

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2011-05-09T19:05:00.001-05:00

I thought I would show you the quilt I got all cut out and then laid out. Sharon has made two of these quilts and she had left over fabrics and gave them to me. The fabrics are by American Jane. I did not get
the pieces sewn together this weekend. My sweet Duchess came through and wanted to play so my blocks where all in a mess. So I picked them up and I have to rearrange them. Sorry about the picture on the floor I thought that is why I made a design wall but I forgot about it. Ooops Maybe this weekend I can get them sewn together then the next step is to think about the borders. Not sure what I am going to use for the borders.

Thought I would show you the Mother Goose block she is my favorite.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

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2011-05-07T23:15:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone has a Wonderful Mother's Day.

2011-05-06T20:30:00.001-05:00

You are never going to believe what Carla brought me today. I had mentioned in a previous post that we are sharing pieces of our feed sacks. Well look what Carla brought me today. These wonderful feed sacks I just love love them. Thank you so much Carla.

Just look at all this goodness.

This is the purse I mentioned a while ago. It is going to be the cutest thing on the block.

This is my wonderful friend Carla. At this point we where putting the ruffle on our purses.

This is the purse front. Carla is so sweet she showed my a trick to make the most beautiful ruffles.

This is going to be the inside of our purses. The rose print is going to our pockets but as you can tell I have not sewn it in yet. We did not get them finished. Oh but we will and I can not wait.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's Day weekend.

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