Prayer Flags!!!

 I decided to give something new a try last week!! LOL  I always want to try something new! I think this one is a success. I have seen these many different places on the internet and liked the idea so I checked some out and found out the size is about 5 X 7. This one is exactly that size, I used muslin layered over a cotton batting, just turning the top over to give me somewhere to put it on the flag holder out front. The fabric in the middle is some that I sun dyed last summer, then I added embroidery to it.

My second attempt is on a piece of canvas, another of my sun dyed fabric. On this one I wrote on it using a black Sharpie. I do not think it is done yet. The top of this one will get fabric glued together so it won't spoil the area where it says Blessings! Not sure what else it wants, maybe some buttons.

I am planning on working on another one with this week's TAST.

Blessings~~~

Machine Embroidery!

OK! Another fun thing that I started to do before Christmas! I learned how to use the embroidery unit on my machine!! Who knew?? I loved making these lace free standing ornaments. I made the primary colored ones on the right for the grands to give to their teachers as gifts. I also made some for DDs. My favorites are the pink/white ones I made for my tree. They were so fun and easy!! I loved them on my tree! I am working on some hearts and Easter eggs. I will share when I am done with them.OK

The birds turned out so cute and I think I will be making some more for Spring.

Blessings!!

Been Really Busy!!!

 Things have been really hectic here as I cleaned out Mom's apartment, had a sale and then moved some furniture into storage so we could get on with our new lives together.

I have found some time for creativity (YES!!!) so I thought I would share some of it with you. Here are the new to me kitchen chairs and their green cushions. I decided I couldn't take them so they became the pink rose covers with ribbon ties that you see below. I have hand sewed shelve liner on the bottoms to try to keep them from sliding on the chairs, it seems to be working!!!

Below are three beautiful gifts that arrived in the mail this week from friends on the CQ 4Newbies yahoo list I belong too. The needle case is from Lori and I love the bright colors!!
The CQ block is from Alice in the LooneyBin!! Love ya girl!!
Then sweet Marianne in NJ sent this bag full of pink gorgeous goodies and a beautiful hand made card!!

Another fun thing I have worked on tonight is YoYos made from lace. Such fun! I love how they turned out, some are pink lace and some are white. I saw this cute idea in Pat Winter's CQ mag, why I wonder did I not think of this myself?? DUH!! Mom asks what I am going to do with them, good question~~ Save them for the perfect project I guess.

Blessings!!

No I am not ready for Fall but..............

 I have been cleaning and going through the fabric stash and look what I found. She was a panel and so I just had to sew her together, stuff and dress her. I had fun making her and then added to her clothing with black trim around the edge of her cape, lace on her skirt and then a spider on both her hat brim and hanging from the tip of her hat. I was glad I found her early and could take the time to get her done in plenty of time for fall. That way I had some time to play with it as I worked.

Crafting is Such FUN

 Crafting has really kept me going lately!! It is amazing to me how many different things I like to do: crafting, decorating, knitting, sewing, fabric dyeing and painting, felting, collecting (LOL) So today I want to share a few of the new things I have been making. On the right are candle holders made from rounded clear glass candle holders from the dollar store and rose petals. So easy and cute!!

 This wreath is made with a grapevine heart shaped wreath wrapped in aqua tulle. I added shells and pearls to it to give it a beachy look.

 These plain white candles are wrapped to add alittle fun. The one on the right (I know hard to see) is wrapped with pink ribbon and topped with a bird. The one on the left is wrapped in vintage lace, pearls were added plus a pink bow and a shell on top.

Hubby's birthday was June 25 and I wanted something to celebrate his birthday and to make him smile. I wrapped the wreath in Christmas tinsel and added balloon bunches and Happy Birthday signs. I hung it on his closet door where he can see it from his bed.

 A little bit of my fun lately. Hope you enjoyed seeing it!!




Blessings!!

Happy 4th of July!!

 Happy Fourth!! Can you believe that June is gone and the 4th is here?? I can hardly believe it! I thought I would share some of my red, white and blue decorations! I made both the wreath and decorated the tree. The little doll was something I picked up on my last trip to Columbus. I am really hoping to be able to get back to regular blogging. I am still adjusting to living alone and having hubby in a nursing home. It has been a rough adjustment for both of us, I am getting there but not sure that he is adjusting.

I have some other wreaths to share with you in the future. I am in the middle of making three bags, a jacket, pillowcases and a stuffed witch. Do I have too many projects in the works?? Good question and one I am not sure of the answer to yet?? Today I won a Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine on Ebay!!! I have wanted one for several years and never really tried too hard to win one. I can't wait for it to arrive! I am thinking I can use it in the living room to do some stitching in the evening. I also have a green CQ in the works for DGD. I want to get it finished for her birthday in November so I have to work hard on that one!!

Blessings!!

New Fabrics!!

 I am a winner! I won these beautiful hand dyed fabrics over at Margie's. Aren't they delicious looking? I can't wait to play with them but so far I have not had time. I thought I would share a picture of my family: My Mom and the darling grandchildren!! Hard to believe the oldest just turned 13 and the baby will be 4 next month!!

 Yes I know that Easter is over but I never had a chance to share with you my Easter wreath. I think it turned out pretty well. I love the color which is more pink than it looks in this picture!!

The dishes below are my bargain I picked up while on my mini vacation. They were at the Penney's outlet: service for 12 plus serving pieces for under $50!! They were just what I had been looking for and the price was right! I couldn't believe my luck!

Have a great week! Blessings!!

Fun Flowers

While I was blog surfing (sounds so energetic doesn't it??) I happen on Lilla's blog and she was making these adorable flowers. Well you guessed it I had to run into my studio (LOL) and grab what was needed and make some. Poor hubby suffered as it was supper time yesterday when I began this silliness. I think they turned out cute. I experimented with fabrics and tulles and had a great time. Three circles of tulle topped with a velvet (or minkee as I used a couple times) 5 leafed flower cut out, topped with another circle of tulle and some flower centers were put through all the layers. Then the layers of tulle were run through the candle, just the edges mind you and ta da a cute flower. Gotta love and easy and cute craft!!!

Today some goodies from ebay showed up in the mail. More fun!! I got these 4 changes purses. The beaded one is beatiful, not what I really wanted, I was after the other three!!  It isn't easy to see in the picture but the top one has a gorgeous plastic (?) top on it. I also got he gold trim, buttons and adorable glass bottles. Gotta love the bottles don't ya??

In the buttons are glass clear, PINK, and brown ones. Gorgeous and a perfect addition to CQ blocks.

Last but not least in the mail, a package from Emilie in France (yes France!!!!) I never in my life got anything from France before but I won her blog give away!! Pinks and grays was the one I choose, imagine that. Cut hand mitsm pink and white trim, a pink crocheted rose, a pink scarf and pink beads plus the lush gray fabric. I am so thrilled. Thank you sweet Emille!! You can catch her blog at The French Frog!!

Such a wonderful way to end an absolutely lousy day!! Fighting with insurance, feeling like everytime you get back up someone comes along to know you down again!!

Hoping your week is creative and fun!!

Crazy Quilting Class DONE!!!!

I am so excited to have this class done!!! YIPEE!!! I started this online CQ class with StitchMap the end of Jan.  The other ladies in the class were about half way done with the class when they asked me if I would like to join in even though they were already started.

I was thrilled to be asked. Little did I know what alot of hard work was ahead of me. The two pieces were are finished. The thread rollup (I have been calling it a needle roll have not idea where I got that) is ready to finish up and will be done this evening while watching TV, like there is anything to watch, UGH!!! Just my 2 cents worth , they are cancelling one of my favorite shows: Ghost Whisperer, I am a big Jennifer Love Hewitt  fan, plus several others I like alot. Not sure what they think we are going to watch on Fri night now. It will be as bad as Sat nights I guess, hoping they come up with something interesting before fall.

Will share the thread rollup tomorrow. Have a great weekend!!

Spring Sunday!

Today I have lots of pictures for you.The two pictures here and the Valentine below were picked up at the flea market. Not cheap but I couldn't pass them up!! Aren't they too sweet??

The chains above right I got at Micheal's on clearance. I have been wanting to try some of the necklaces seen on many of the blogs and Craft Gossip where they take lace/or flowers and make a necklace out of it with chain to hold it together. We will see how successful i am at this! Again the mailman surprised me with the cute cards from Shari to use with our upcoming move! They are great Shari, THANKS~ The next pictures are more fun from Micheals!! The manniquin  was 50% off and could I resist pink, not a chance! Should look perfect in the new sewing room or somewhere else....The oink chicks I bought some last year and fell in love with them, had to have more this year too. Aren't they just the best? Then there are the beautiful rose colored bottles and rose garland, Micheals at 50% off. Sweet trimmings for the new home, maybe on top of the kitchen cabinets, they are dark so anything that will brighten them up will make me happy. The Shamrock windchime is a gift for DD #1, who's birthday falls on, yep you are right: St Patrick's Day!! I love the way this is made and it is glass so there is extra sparkle. Another half price goodie, hoping she will love it too.This is more work on the block for StitchMap. Hoping this ribbon will be the contrast that Shari is looking for here. Covers up my goof and brings some different color to the block.

Last but not least is the most expensive purchase at Micheals. This punch was seen on Dawn's's blog.

She has the most wonderful and creative ideas and this was one of her ideas that I really wanted to work on. I love to make tags and I thought if I could punch my own on paper I picked out it would be some much more fun and turn out better than I expected.Her blog just calms  and inspires me. If you have never stopped over please do so, you will love it.

Have a terrific Sunday dear friends!!

Love that mailperson!

Yesterday's mail brought more goodies! Wow! What a week! My BFF Louise from Ohio sent me an envelope full of hand made motifs to use in my CQ. Doesn't she do the best work??? I love love love each and every one of them. They are the perfect size for CQ which is not easy to find. I have ofund plenty of crocheted or tatted medallions/motifs but usually they are a little too large to use in CQ unless you cover more than one piece of fabric on the block, that is ol sometimes but other times I would like to have something this size on hand. Makes me wish that I had continued to tat but I am not very patient and want instant gratification so tatting is not for me. Louise is a much more patient woman than I am. She is also self taught. Her crocheting is splendid too. Nothing makes me happier than a gift of her crocheting or tatting!! Can't beat a friend with talents like that! Have a terrific Friday!!

Stitchin and painting Sunday!

Lots to share today! First I added lace to my CQ block for my CQ class on StitchMap. Next will be the stitching!! Then I decided to play with the fabric paints again! Do I love this?? YEP!! I also added a picture of the paints thatI used. I have used both of them each time that I painted on lace. These turned out different than the first set! I adore something new!Pictures of the lace and paints are at the bottom of this post. For some reason blogger thinks I don't know where I want my pictures today. Really I did know but I can't get them where I want them!! LOL

Speaking of new! Check out the bird feeder that I found at Lowes the day I got the angel and bird. It was a mere $7 and I love it. Thinking it will look pretty gorgeous on my patio/deck of the new apartment. Two and a half weeks and we will be moving!! Can't wait!!

Finally I have Ing's block finished. I added the small rose bud lace applique to finish it off. I really hope that she will like this work that I have done. I had to really push myself to get through the block that I put in my own mind about working on her block. I sure hope that I don't feel the same way when the next block arrives at my door. How scarey would that be??