It's the little things

There were quite a few Things in the last few days

that I put in the

"Happy things"

category.

I often call them simple pleasures.

Life is FULL of them.

It's not the BIG things for me.

IT's the little things that give me GREAT pleasure.

For example....

Cutting tumblers and then...

finishing UP the last row of the quilt!!

Yeah!

Playing with NEW YARN at my daughter's dance class.

;)

Finding this PAPER QUILT at her school in the hallway.

LOVE it!

Teaching a class on HAND piecing

and having all the students complete a little coaster

using 2" squares.

;)

It was a great way to introduce sewing on a small scale.

Getting to spend TIME with my daughter who lives far away.

O.K.

Spending time with far away family is NOT a little thing...

It's BIG.

AND...

IT put a BIG smile on my FACE!!

Monday Making

It's Monday friends.

Time for a little linky fun!

I've had a GREAT weekend retreating with the church ladies.

My big girl came along which made it EXTRA special!

After I get some rest and get things in order here at home...

I'm going to begin cutting more tumblers.

I received some lovely pink fabric from a quilty friend, Fern.

Thank you Fern!

The pinks are going to feel RIGHT at home in my tumbler quilt.

Thought I was DONE with this quilt top...

but decided it will be more useful if it GROWS to be twin size!

A few more rows and it'll be the right length in NO TIME!!!

What are you working on this week???

Friday

It's so nice to finish a quilt top!

Little projects are fun...

but the BIG ones really make me HAPPY!

This quilt has been my camping project.

Every trip I did a few blocks....

or maybe only ONE.

;)

After spring break last week

I knew I was CLOSE enough to finish!!!

I brought it home and got to work!

Scraps for this one include some oldies but goodies....

AND....

some strange creatures.

Hah!

2" squares are so FUN!

I will say though....they ARE a challenge to put together.

They need to be CUT exactly

and that 1/4" seam better be 1/4"  or ELSE!!!

Can you tell I had some struggles?

;/

I had planned on setting the blocks like this.

Plans change.

After doing some re-arranging........

(which is the FUN part, by the way)

I decided on THIS arrangement.

Yeah for a finished quilt top!!!

Thursday Thought

You can never have .....

too many little zipper bags!

;)

Little Quilts

Twice a month 

(first and third Tuesdays)

I serve a lunch to about 20 some senior citizens.

Yesterday it was Barbque chicken sandwiches

and salads on the plates...
PLUS...

little QUILTS on the TABLES!

I LOVE adding quilts to everyday LIFE!!

Tables, walls, BEDS....

There is a quilt for EVERY surface!!!

Monday Making

Good morning!

What are you making this week???

I've been MAKING a MESS....

which means...

My sewing room is a MESS.

I'll be CLEANING!

:/

ALSO...

I'm working away at quilting a quilt!!!

There are a few quilt tops that are

patiently waiting to be quilted.

AND....

there are deadlines for quilts to be given!

THIS is the week I'm going to BEGIN

to make a DENT in that pile!

What are YOU working on??

Wordless Wednesday