Weekend sewing and Quilt shop stop...

Did a little sewing this weekend.  Our number two granddaughter--Everleigh Joan, my namesake:) turns one tomorrow and her birthday party was yesterday so I finished up her quilt and made a matching small pillow and a standard size pillowcase.  

 Here is the result.  I have been making a baby quilt for each one of the grandchildren when they arrive.  And then once they are here I make another one which is a bit bigger and then I try to pick fabric which they can grow into.  Not so much a "baby quilt" but a toddler/young child quilt.

 I also made Evi some pj's.  I made tons of clothes for my own children when they were young, and it has been awhile since I have made any clothes.  So it was fun to make these.  

 I made a trip to a quilt shop today as I needed some fabric to finish my Mrs. Waddelow's Huswife and some lining fabric for two Christmas Stockings. The blue and red fabric in the back is for the stockings.   This is what I bought. I also found some really cute ribbon and a scissors

This scissors was at the checkout and I thought I just have to have them.  They are Sullivan's Petites Embroidery Scissors.  They were just to darn cute to pass up.  

So there you have it.  I am a little busy this week but I hope to get some more finishing done and

of course some evening stitching.

Have a great week and Happy Stitching:)

Patches of Life Framed and a fob....

Here it is framed--Patches of Life.

 Finished up my framing today.  I ordered this frame from Joann's with a 60% plus $10 off coupon.

Gotta love those coupons!!!!

Again I am very happy with the results.

 Then last June our oldest daughter was in Utah and stopped at Shepherd's Bush and picked up the 2013 scissors fob so I decided I needed to get it stitched since I had the Gingher designer scissor--Emily which goes with this fob.

View of the front.

Here is what the back looks like.  I also added he name of the scissors to the back of the fob.

Shepherd's Bush 2013 fob kit.

Stitched on 30 count rose linen with overdyed threads.

Started and Finished 10-23-2013.

That's it for now. 

Have a great weekend.

Patches of Life

Doing another happy dance.  Finished a WIP called Patches of life today.

Waiting for the frame now.  Should be here today or Thursday.  

I will have another update when it's framed.

 Patches of Life Sampler by L'Atelier Perdu.

Stitched on 40 count lambswool with DMC.

Finished 10-22-2013

On Sunday my daughter and daughter-in-law took me to the LNS and treated me 

to some new Stash.  They wanted to do something nice for me for watching 

the grandkids.  It's nice to be appreciated:) 

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Holy Moses--Part Two!!!

Just an update on Holy Moses. Went to Joann's last week and ordered this frame.

I decided to save $30 and do the framing myself.  I thought it might be quite a feat

to accomplish but it was not so bad and I just love it.   

 So here it is.  Holy Moses all done:)

This just may have to be entered in the State Fair next year!!!

Here is an update on my WIP.  So far I have stayed on task. I am really enjoying 

this stitch.  Should be done in no time if all goes as planned.

Sorry for all the wrinkles.

Have a great rest of the week.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Bittersweet September

Because I finished Holy Moses--a WIP, I decided to reward myself with a new start.

So I pulled out my Ladies Prim Society kit I received last month.

I finished the stitching on it Friday night and yesterday I sewed it into this pillow.

This is a Blackbird Design and it was a quick and fun stitch.  

Here is the result.

Bittersweet September by Blackbird Designs.

Stitched by 32 count Korty's Special Blend with Sampler Threads 

provided in the kit.

Started 10-8-2013

Finished 10-12-2013

 Here is a view of the side on which I attached the ric-rac.

It adds a nice touch.

 This is the backing fabric provided in the kit.  I think this fabric is from Blackbird Designs newest fabric collection called Natures Basket.

Now I pulled WIP--Patches of Life.  I started this awhile ago.

I really NEED to get some of my WIPs finished so I am going to try

to stay on task and finished this and then maybe reward myself again

with a new start!!!

We will see how that goes:)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

HOLY MOSES!!!!

Finally Holy Moses is finished.  I am doing a happy dance right now.

Just finished the stitching last night.  Now on to framing.

Holy Moses by Silver Creek Samplers.  Stitched on 32 count fabric hand dyed by me using DMC

threads.  Finished 10-8-2013

 Happy Halloween by Silver Creek Samplers from JCS 2013 Halloween issue.  Stitched on 32 count fabric hand dyed by me using

DMC threads.  Framed by me using a thrift shop frame.  

Stitched for my daughter Kelsey. 

Finished 9-25-2013

 Krissy Nelson by La D Da stitched on 30 count Confederate Gray using Needlepoint Silks 

provided in the kit.  Model stitched for Country Sampler in Spring Green, WI.

Started 8-27-13

Finished 9-16-2013

 Here is a quilt I finished for my son Tristan.  I had the quilt top done earlier this summer and

just did the quilting and binding the other day.

I have more projects that I have done but as usual I just have been to busy with life to post like I

would like to.

What I have been doing....

It all started August 23rd at The Great Minnesota Get Together.

Every year we go to the Minnesota State Fair on the first day.  Five out of our six children made it.  Here we are once we all met up.  Also had two of our five grandchildren with us.

 Here is my hubby and myself.  It was a great weather day at the fair that first day.

Now on to my sewing and stitching!

 First off I found a tutorial on how to make these bags.  

These bags were so fun to make.

 They are reversable.  Here is the other fabric I used for this bag.

 Then I got on a roll and made this black one,

 and this one,

 and this one--daughter #4 likes owls and I saw this fabric and had to have it.

 Then daughter #3 likes cats and I had to have this fabric.

 This fabric I had in my stash and thought I should make a bag for myself.

You just can't have enough bags!!!

 Here is the collection all together.  I just sewed all these today.

I really enjoyed making these bags.

 I also made these bags to go with the first set of bags I made.  

These were also from a tutorial found here.

I have made quite a few of these bags in three different sizes.

 My friend Lori who just had a BIG birthday received these matching bags. 

She is a school teacher and I thought this fabric was just perfect for her.

 I wanted a bag to hold my ipod and my shuffle so I needed a "music" humbug bag for that.

I found this fabric at Joann's--again just perfect for my project.

 Gingher had another new scissors--"Julia" and I got mine the other day.  

Can't have enough scissors either.

 Now I also have been doing some stitching.  The next two pieces are shop models for Country Sampler in Spring Green, WI.  This piece is called Blest Art and the designer is Appleseed Prim.

This piece is called Mercy Mercy and is by La D Da.

So I am a bit caught up.  I think I have a few more things to post but this is a start.

I have a couple of other quilting projects to do and of course I have more stitching to catch up on.

I hope you are having a great weekend.