Green

Sitting pretty with some green.

Threading with some green.

Quilting with some green.

Is it snowing in green too????

stitch doodling

I went to visit my sweet Mother-in-law yesterday.

I always have a nice time visiting...

but I do like to sew a little something while I'm talking.

I'm so glad I had this old velvet skirt.

(purchased..you know where...the thrift store!)

I'd been dreaming about turning it into a pillow someday

and had already cut a nice 15" square out of it.

I picked it up as I ran out the door

And when I got to my MIL's

I began to doodle.

Sewing and talking...

Sewing and talking....

Very nice.

This little project requires so little.

fabric. needle. thread.

It was kind of fun too!

See those little french knots?

When I sat down to visit yesterday I noticed

the fabric had some faint bleached spots!!

Oh NO!!!!

So necessity became the mother of invention!

I began covering them up with knots!!!

The fabric told me what to do!

And...

I like it!!

Now the question is...

Should I keep going with more doodling?

OR

Leave it AS IS???

Hmmmm.......

I also did some doodling last night.....

Getting ready to quilt another quilt.

Thought I'd goof around for a few minutes and

dream about possibilities!!

Dreaming

and

Doodling.

What a great pair!!!

house update.

Houses have been arriving.

I see we have a few animal lovers in our midst....

NO SURPRISE!!!

Keep 'em comin'.

January 1, 2011 is coming up fast!

Thanks to

Janet , Linda, Karen,  and Margaret (no blog)

for these great houses!!

What a great neighborhood we live in!!!

Harmony!

My LONE caroler can now sing in harmony!

I was hoping it would happen...

and IT DID!!!

The girls were even given MUSIC!

Now they can really sing!!!

It won't just be fa la la la.....

It might be something really amazing like....

The Hallelujah chorus!! With parts!!!
Have you seen this video???
It made me cry!
I soooo wish I could have been there and
heard it LIVE!!!
I would have been singing along,
OF COURSE!!!!

I deviated from the pattern a bit.

I embroidered the faces before stitching them together.

I made the bottom circle bigger...

that worked best for me.

And...of course...

the arms and music were added.

;)

Now...
I'm going to sit back and listen to
Josh Groban
sing me into the Christmas season!
So nice!!

p.s.
My older daughter just stopped by for a short visit.
guess what???
My little singers found themselves a NEW HOME!!
My daughter thought they were so cute...
She took them home with her.
THAT made me.....
ONE. Happy. Mama.

this and that

Just plugging away over here...

Doing little things.

I can't believe I didn't make one of these hexagons

for myself last year!!!

They are so easy and I made so many last year...

I can honestly say.....
"I can sew them in my sleep!" :)

For the one above I enlarged the outside two strips to 3"
instead of 2 1/2".....

hoping I'd be able to get those snowmen in!

I was afraid of losing too many if the strip was too narrow.

It took more fabric that way and it's a little too big for my taste.

Oh well..

Live and Learn.

Then I added a little excitement to...

This dress...
That came from the thrift store. ;)

 It's amazing what leftover beaded trim

and a few simple buttons can DO!!!!

 Our Christmas dress is now ready for
some action!!!

Tonya

It's all about Tonya today!!!

Sew some words together!!!

Celebrate!!!

We all look forward to seeing her

new book...IN OUR HANDS!

I made the quilt above this past year

as I quilted along with her in the

liberated amish quilt challenge.

red and green

When I began this quilt....

I thought I might...possibly....use it for Christmas someday.

That day has not arrived.

This is another one of my 2" trouble quilts!!

Thankfully there's lots of green.

So.........

I've decided those seams are just NOT going to match!

From a distance you can't really tell....

Can you??

I'm going to move on with my life....

I'll leave these 2" blocks where they are.

Finish this quilt.

Say goodbye trouble!

and

MOVE ON!!!