Tomatoes, Quilts and a Website!

Hi Everyone!

Strange title? Well, I am so thankful to say that I recently got enough Roma tomatoes to can 14 pints of salsa! Our garden this summer has not been super productive. Next on my list is stewed tomatoes if the plants continue to produce. So that is my little garden story :)



Next is the "quilts" part. My college roommate, Joy, came for a weekend visit and we had a delightful time! I've taken some pictures of quilts she recently made and brought for show and tell. Sadly, my camera does not do her work justice! The first two quilts are ones she made for her daughters and the last one is a "crazy" baby quilt.



Here is a close up - she has utilized chenille along with some fantastic floral prints - it will be so warm and snuggly this winter!





Of course we visited two quilt shops, had a Mexican dinner and chatted about everything and anything. Seems like with roommates that you just pick up where you left off no matter how old you are!

Last of all, I stumbled across this great blog I thought you all might like www.freebiesforcrafters.blogspot.com There are numerous entries so stop by and see what grabs your fancy!

Happy Stitching!

Snow in the Summer!

Hi Everyone -

I just discovered this wonderful snowflake block of the month by Dawn Hays! See my side bar and click on the button that says "Frosty Flakes." Once you are on the blog, there is information on the left hand side - click the icon and you are on your way! Be sure to check out all of Dawn's work at www.dawnhaydesigns.blogspot.com She has a plethora of wonderful posts and patterns. I'm sorry, but I can't get a direct link to her blog to work :(

For all of you who have known me for awhile, it shouldn't surprise you that I'm head over heels in love with this new project - snow and I go together like milk and Oreos! Tom and Jerry! Peanut Butter and Jelly! O.K. so you get the picture :)

Happy Stitching

Handwork

Hello Friends!

I hope this finds all of you well! Below is Lynette Anderson's Summer stitchery - she has one for each season. I haven't done embroidery is a very long time and am enjoying it. Hopefully I'll have Summer done for next summer :)


My Wool Crazy Spring has been patiently waiting for me - so I've added some more appliques.



There is lots of decorative stitching still to be done but I'm enjoying the relaxing time of handwork. In our society today everything is hurry, hurry, hurry so why not pick up a hand project and enjoy the relaxing pace.

Happy Stitching!

Especially for Me!

Hi Everyone!

Well, the windows are in! Yea!!!!! We are so thankful that it didn't rain last week - the temps were our hottest yet - in the 90's! We were extremely tired by Thursday night but the siding was back up and all the outside work was done - and no rain!!! Now we will begin the inside work as well as work on the sewing room. One thing at a time :)

Now I must brag about my niece Abbey - she lives in New South Wales, Australia and came home with her boyfriend to celebrate my Mom's 80th birthday! She had a delighful little gift bag for me and guess what was in it?





Yes, a sewing organizer! Do you recognize Rosie the Riveter? Abbey is getting into sewing and embroidery and did this especially for me - isn't it lovely??? I was so surprised and so thrilled - I'll have it forever and her kindness is so appreciated - thank you Abbey and keep up the good work!

No sewing in the near future for me but I plan to post weekly of handwork - do drop by again and tell me what you are working on this summer/winter. Happy Stitching no matter what continent you live on!

This & That

Hi Everyone -

Lots of different things have been keeping me busy lately - a dear friend's daughter graduated and I helped with the party - loads of fun! And then my nephew John graduated and we traveled to Indiana for his party - again, lots of fun and hard to believe two little tots are now on their way to college! Best wishes to them both!

We have been dealing with a gardening headache - maybe I should say nightmare - beside and behind our garage for a few years now. The former owners had beautiful gardens with pathways etc. there but for me - with allergies - I just couldn't keep it up. SO this year we had a landscaper come in and scrape and grade the land and then seed it to grass, as well as leave me space for the veggie garden and raspberry bushes. Here are some before photos:





and after - big difference huh?? I am so thankful we are done with it!!!





I purchased a hosta this year called Abba Dabba Do - it is reported to grow to 5' in diameter! Can't wait to see how it does.

Well that was "this" and now I'll tackle "that!" We are replacing three windows this summer in our house - we kid the Home Depot people that we are on the three year plan for replacing all our windows - they are so expensive! But one will be in my sewing room so that means anything I wanted to do in there should be done before the window gets replaced (by the way, my wonderful husband does the work himself, and I am the grunt worker/helper). So my job now is to remove the wall paper border (yes, I am a Cleveland Indians fan - just not in the sewing room!) and then sand the walls. The previous owners did some kind of funky drywall plaster texture something or other - all that to say it needs to be sanded so I can paint it and have it look nice. Here are the before pics and I'll keep you posted on the after ones!





And a messy closet soon to be filled with shelves for fabric storage - yea!!!!




So between those two projects, I haven't done much sewing and now with the sewing room packed up - well, it will have to been handwork for quite awhile - which I enjoy so that is no problem.

I hope that all of you are having a good summer or winter - depending upon your address :) Take care and I'll try to post again soon! Happy Stitching!