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Coffee? or Tea?

I am a tea lover and one of my favorite tea blogs is 

Tea With Friends

Angela does book reviews, talks tea and cookies,has delightful tea sets and is just a

really fun blog. She had a few giveaways during December and I was the lucky winner of this one~

Tea inspired cards, napkins and a really cool cellulose cloth that I am currently using at my machine as a mug rug. :-)  Thank you so much Angela!

In the winter instead of coffee lattes, I am all over Chai tea lattes!  Yum!

I have even hooked hubby. LOL Shhh--don't tell him I told! :-)

I hope you had a very merry Christmas!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Secret Sewing Reveal

One of the secret projects I worked on was this fun quilt 

by Joanne who blogs at Canuck Quilter.

The minute I saw the pattern I knew I wanted to make it Christmasy!

 

This is Starlight Plaid~~

 

The hardest part was trying to get a good photo! The red is actually a stripe. :-)

I didn't get it quilted for Christmas this year, but it is on the top of the pile of tops I need to get quilting. ;-)

Check out the pattern at Joanne's shop while it is on sale~

CanuckQuilterDesigns

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

 

 

DECEMBER!!!

Ok, I was yelling. LOL How did it get to be December already??!!

I am so behind!  And I know I have been neglecting my blog too. I really want to blog more... maybe if I planned it out a bit~?  How do you get yourself to sit down and blog often?

I have been busy! And DH caught a whopper of a cold, which gave him an ear infection.  He did get the flu shot but the cold caught him before the shot had time to take full effect.  I had gotten my shot earlier than him, and although he tried to share, ;) I managed to only get a 3 day cold. Lost my voice a bit and it left as quickly as it came on. Yay!

So I sent the grandkiddoes aprons for their holiday 'helping mom bake'. ;-) I even included a little jar of sprinkles, smaller utensils and cookie mix and frosting. LOL Not sure if Mom & Dad appreciated the frosting, but how else will the cute sprinkles stick? :-)

The embroidery design was from a Kimberbell class I attended. I made the aprons ahead of time using kitchen towels.  My DDIL sent me a photo of the kids in their aprons and they fit perfectly! Yay!

The nose is sparkly vinyl :-)

 

I have also done a few pattern tests that I cannot show you yet. I embroidered a bunch of hand and flour sack towels, but I guess I forgot to take a photo of them too. :-o 

 

This gorgeous panel is from PB Textiles and I won it in an Instagram giveaway.  Pinch me!!

I love it and hope to be stitching on it once the house is decorated, cookies made, a few gifts finished... sigh... you get the idea. ;-)

That's all for today but I will go take photos of those towels for next time!

Until then~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Agh! Time!!

Where has half of November gone already!?

I know I have been busy, but really?

I have finished a couple pattern tests~ to be revealed.

Acquired a new member to my sewing machine family~

Isn't she a beauty?

She was virtually free. I just need to find a case or table.

It is a Singer 99K made in Clydesbank, Scotland in 1954. 

She has been cleaned, oiled and is ready for some fun!!

I am hoping we can find a table that DH can modify. ;-)

I have also been swapping string blocks~

We had 12 participants and everyone gets to choose what they want their blocks to look like. Not particular fabrics, but 'looks'... blues, patriotics, 30's looking etc.  It is always a lot of fun making blocks for the other swappers! But I always have the hardest time deciding what I want my blocks to be! LOL  This time I chose all reds and I am excited to cut them up for something fun. :-)

My youngest DS purchased his first home this year and we have been slowly cleaning out his bedroom~ you guessed it!! I am getting a sewing room! Of course, I am keeping the bed in the room in case he wants to spend the night sometimes, but otherwise it is going to be my room. I have more to do but it is slowly coming together. :-)

What have you been working on?

I have a long list of things I want to get to before Christmas, we will see how it goes...

Until next time~

...which I hope is sooner!...

Happy stitchin"!

A Little Machine Fun~

I love my embroidery machine!

Whenever I find the time to 'play', I take full advantage. ;)

Last week I found some extra minutes in my days and did just that!

I started with towels~

Designs from Julia's Needle Designs

 And then I went to making Halloween tops for the grandkiddoes~

Designs from Itch 2 Stitch

More tops~

Itch 2 Stitch

And then a couple more towels :-)

Design from Embroidery Library

Next in line, I want to work on some Christmas gifts~ its never too early! LOL

What is under your needle this week?

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Retreat!!!

Generally what happens at retreat, stays at retreat. :-)

But I went to a really fun one last week and can't stop thinking about all the fun I had!

One of my friends brought Wonder Woman sunglasses and we had to test them out on our 

way to dinner~

LOL there is so much reflection that you can barely see our star headbands. :-)

My friend totally surprised me with an early birthday party where I was gifted Wonder Woman sheets, pillowcases, a big fleece Wonder Woman blanket, socks and a mug among lots of smaller items.

I was totally spoiled! And now have a retreat bedding 'go' bag. :-)

I helped with the mystery class at the retreat. We had 84 retreaters and 54 mystery class participants. Pre-retreat, I cut the fabrics and made kits for every step.

I think everyone's projects turned out wonderfully! My only regret is that I didn't get any group photos. I sure hope the mystery makers enjoyed the project as much as I did!

This is what we made~

The pattern is called the 'Catch-all Cutie' by Teresa Weaver @Grateful4joyNpeace Designs

We did have to eliminate one zipper pocket to make it a more do-able project in the allotted time we had.  It has pockets to hold all your supplies and then zips up closed for travel. Very fun!

 

I also managed to get some 'secret sewing' done and will have to show you that at another time. 

Until then~

Happy Sewing!

PS. I am sorry but I had to turn on comment moderation again because I was getting spammed with junk. :-(

A Fun Challenge~

I am so sorry this is a bit late, we had a family emergency which took us away last week. 

I would not recommend 5 hotels in 5 nights~ by the last night you start to get your room numbers mixed up! ;-)

I missed the revealing of the Henry Glass Desire to Inspire Challenge for September~

it was me!!!  :-) Do you follow their blog?

I received the coolest bundle of fabrics from Janet Rae Nesbitt's new line~

 

 

And jumped right in playing with them!  I learned I am not so good at making wonky blocks when I made the wonky  Churn Dash blocks. :-) But once  I figured out a process, it went pretty well.

I so loved the angel in the panel that I traced it on a fusible web and made a second angel for a doll quilt. And since no quilt is finished without a pillow, I made a doll pillow as well as a smaller one for the lap quilt. 

My sweet granddaughter found the mirror more interesting than her new quilts. LOL

I backed both with minky so they are snuggly soft!

It was so much fun taking this challenge.

I hope you will consider throwing your name in the hat sometime!

Until next time~

Happy stitchin'!