Picture of some of the family

This picture was taken on Valentine's Day (2010) in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. I'm seated in red and my twin is in blue.

Miss Ewe

Our latest Craft Club item - what fun it was to make - we all had a lot of laughs -

Some of my latest endeavors

At Craft Club today we painted clay pots - the other gals are gloriously creative - me, not so much - still it was fun. I wanted my pots to put next to the sewing machine to hold all the utencils of torture that I need to sew with.

I'll see if I can locate the picture of the chenille bathmat I made last week.

Latest 12 Cat Wall Hanging

Remind me that I don't like applique work and I certainly don't like using the glue gun. I am such a sucker for the cat wall hangings - sure wish I could find some cute dog wall hangings, but so far, I haven't seen any that caught my eye.

Also here is the wooden spoon doll we made at Craft Club today - a lot of fun and the faces all turned out differently - we did a variety of hair too - what fun!

coasters for Christmas gifts

Here are some of the coasters I have sewn for Christmas gifts. They are made from 5x5 squares - 12 squares of each of two prints, plus a single square of flannel. Eight of each of the prints are folded in half and ironed - the squares are placed thusly - one print down, flannel sq., one print up - laid with the closed side inwards the 1/2 squares are placed like lattice work around the four sides. after sewing around with a 1/4" seam, they are turned inside out.

I hung the Christmas Quilt today!

I had a neighbor/friend bring a higher step stool than what I have, so that I could reach up to almost the ceiling to hang the Christmas Quilt.

Seeing it up like that is sure more inspiring than laying it on my bed (which is a full size only so that it hung over the top and bottom. The quilt is about 72" long and about four feet wide.

I have cathedral ceilings. so it can really be seen from top to bottom.

Angel Wall Hanging

Hard to believe it has been over two weeks since I last posted here on my blog. I have been busy making three lap quilts that a friend ordered for Christmas gifts for her grand children.

I have discovered that I really don't enjoy sewing someone that I did not get to choose the theme for. Sure is a lot more fun to look at fabric and decide what I want to make. Plus I have a really hard time asking for money from friends.

This wall hanging is about 24 in. wide by 20 in. long - the center oval with the angel was downloaded from the Internet on silk - surrounded by a silver glitter ribbon. I have hand quilting all the frames, as well as the rays coming from the center oval. The angel appears to be a water color and is very delicate. If my friend doesn't care for it, I will hang it in my bedroom.