A Catch-Up Day!

Have you been sewing along with Temecula Quilt Company's Marvelous Mini Monday series?

I was hooked the moment I saw the first block! And the subsequent blocks have not disappointed.

I mean, really~ how cute is a 1.5 inch Jacob's Ladder block?!

I took this afternoon to get caught up. I am only cutting from a gallon size bag of scraps. We will see how long that baggy will work before I venture into my CW stash. ;-)

What are you working on today?

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

The Good Ol' Summertime!

Happy summer! Are you keeping busy?

We just got back from a trip, mini retreat, family visit all in one.  

It was pretty hectic, but lots of fun too!

Now I am back to my crazy sewing schedule, grilling, weeding etc

Isn't it funny how fast the weeds can grow when you leave for a bit?

Its like they all tell each other, she is gone, let's see how tall we can get! ;-)

The first things I made last week~

~a pair of sunglasses cases.  The pattern is from Liz @ Moments Designs 

and is called Zig-Zags because of the way the zipper is zipped.

There are two other designs included in this pattern and I have made both for the grandkiddoes.

I also got my embroidery machine busy decorating some pillowcases for DMIL. She loves the color  lavender and had been asking DH's sister to find her a pair of lavender pillowcases.  They are in a very, very small town, so we offered to pick some up for her when we got back.  

I embroidered her name on them. The bandana was my practice piece, but she likes them for napkins, so it went off to her too. :-)

I am headed back to do a bit of sewing. I need to catch up my Marvelous Mini Monday blocks from Temecula Quilt Co.

Are you sewing along too?

Have a very safe and happy 4th!

 

The On The Move Day Bag

I had the unique pleasure of doing a pattern test for a new bag designer. :-)

Lynn of SheWearsRedFeathers designed a fun little day bag.  It has loads of pockets inside and out, a place inside for your credit cards, and mesh pockets outside for your water bottles. It would be a great bag for taking the kiddoes to the zoo or any other little day trip.  I made mine as a gift, but now I think I need to make one for me too! LOL

The inside is rip stop nylon~ very easy to wipe out if a little spill occurs.

Check out her blog for more of the tester bags. (link above)

The pattern is on sale at a very low price for the next 24 hours~

On the Move Day Bag

or

Etsy

More soon! Until then,

Happy Stitchin'!!

Ah The Sewing Machine!

Definitely this girls best friend lately! LOL :-)

I have had both my older sewing machine and my embroidery machine working for me this past week, and although I can't show you everything, I can show a few things. :-)

How about this totally cute mermaid pouch? I think both my DD and my DGD are going to need one!

The embroidery design is from Parker On the Porch.

Next she is working on dragon scales for the guys! How fun!

I made this fun pocket pillow for my DGS.

Memories In Thread sells these designs and she has so many cute ones it was really hard to choose just one! LOL

And finally, this is the Zip-Up Tray Pouch by Aneela Hoey

I had so much fun making these that I couldn't stop! LOL ;-)

I couldn't find small separating zippers locally, so I ordered from an Etsy seller.

I have a few more zippers... ;-)

 

I've done more, but cannot show the pix right now...

Are you keeping your sewing machine humming along? 

With the nicer weather my flowerbeds have been calling and I've got my pots filled with petunias and geraniums, the peonies are blooming and the daisy's are going wild!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!!

And just a  little disclaimer~ I am in no way compensated for posting these links. I just thought since I enjoyed them, you might too!

Time Is Flying!!

I know I promised you some retreat photos, but I haven't quite figured out photo resizing yet. And then I caught the dreaded spring cold! Ugh!  

And this past week we went camping! 

I did take care of myself and my cold is much, much better. I think camping along the beach, enjoying relaxed times and no stress helped me get over it quicker. It was a really nice week!

And we spotted a pod of Orca's.  Unfortunately, I jiggled when I shouldn't have. :-(

He was headed back down by the time I got myself ready, but it was fun!

This is the little class I helped with at retreat. We made snack mats. :-)

The pattern came with a panel of sewing sayings to make different designed mats.

And then I had to try making one center with my embroidery machine. 

It was a fun little class. 

I still need to get the binding on the second mat. Oops. ;-)

I am off to try to figure out more photos~

Until next time--

Happy stitchin'!!

 

Ok, Now I Am Really Back!!

I was only 'half-back' in my previous post because I couldn't figure out how to post photos.

Guess what?!!  I am getting there!!

I found this free download called FastStone Photo Resizer.  has anyone heard of it?

No adware and extra junk~ just the program! So I downloaded and played around with it a bit. I like it! :-)

You can add text to your photos, or a watermark if you have one made up.

You can resize more than one photo at a time!! I have to play with cropping and stuff yet, but here are the photos of my Bindi Bag that talked about in my previous post.

I'll be back soon! I have so much to show you!  But I need to take photos and get them ready. ;-)

Until then, Happy Stitchin"!

I'm Ba-a-ack!

Goodness! My last post was the middle of April! 

Time sure does fly!!

I was having some computer issues in April~ mainly the 'blue screen of death' was popping up way too often!  And when I got back from my retreat, I could not get my computer to start at all.  No matter what we tried, and hubby and I tried a lot of things!, it just wouldn't fire up. It is a good thing we were hunting for a new one as soon as the blue screen became a problem!

We got the new one set up this past weekend and I have been loading programs, trying to remember passwords~ goodness I have a lot of passwords!! :-o  And trying to get used to Windows 10 (I had XP and I loved it!!)

So photos~  here is where I haven't been very successful.  Does anyone have a free photo resizing program that also can do watermarks?  I would love to know about it!  I cannot get my older version of PhotoShop to load on my new computer, it gets to a point and stops. :-(

I can show you the may bag in the Designz By Nancy Stroop Collection. :-) This one is called the 'Bindi Bucket Bag'.  Check out all the tester bags. :-)

~sigh~  I cannot get my photos resized. :-( 

If I figure this out, I will be back with pix of my bag.