Photos are moving

I've been notified that Photosite is shutting down... they are moving to snapfish... I'm moving to Flickr.
The new photo address is www.flickr.com/photos/sewwunderful

Right now all that's posted there is some pictures of the yoyo's made with the new yoyo makers from Clover... I have some goodies ready and waiting for the camera....so I hope to get them up this weekend....

The shower curtain needs it's header and button holes.... the wall hanging still needs it's quilting and the toilet seat needs to be finished........... one good day should do it... now it's just a matter of finding that day lol

I've done 6 portables for the xmas box.... 2 will get some quilting/sewing tools added, one will get some crossword books and pencils added, 2 will get notepads, pens, stamps, etc and become a portable office and I'm not real sure about the last one.... guess it will depend on who gets it!!

I'm also working on a table runner... needs binding............and a patriotic door banner...that's for a customer...and a patriotic table topper... might be for the customer... but it just might be mine! lol

I'll get all updated this weekend.......... and remember

We are now down to 167 days til xmas!! Don't be waiting til the last minute! lol

It's that time of the year!!!

Christmas is right around the corner....... well, not exactly around the corner, but definitely down the road. There are 178 days til christmas.......that means 25 saturdays. So what you say?? Well I have a challenge for all of you! If you make one present a week... and put it in a box on saturday nite... you will have 25 gifts for christmas! Plus you will still have 2 days left to relax and enjoy the holiday season.

so.............. beginning this week........... you are to take 2 hours out of your schedule and make a gift for the 25 week box. You don't have to show me or even tell me.... but I don't wanna hear any whining when it gets down to the wire and you aren't ready! lol

If you are making a quilt or large gift... just log those two hours...and put the gift in the box when it's finished....... no problem there either. It can be sewn or knit or crocheted or any craft you do... doesn't matter..... and if you don't do any of that.... then go out each week and purchase one thing and put it in the box....

And if you can't find and hour or two to spend with yourself working on a present for someone you love... then you need to take a serious look at your schedule!! You are waaaay over booked!

Ok.... now for my updates............

The bathroom project is nearing completion. The shower curtain front is done and attached to the backing.... I have to make the header and put in the button holes and attach it to the curtain and it'll be ready for hanging. The wall hanging is ready for quilting and the toilet seat cover is cut. I'm sooooooooooooooo excited... the curtain looks awesome. You'll see it all when I get it all in place in the bathroom.

I'll be out of town a few days this coming week.........but I'll be taking my knitting and yoyo stuff with me so I can be productive while riding........... oh....and the yoyo's!! Have you seen the yoyo makers that Clover has out? wow!! ARe these things fun! and addicting........... I've made quite a few black and gold ones for pins..........and I found an angel pin pattern made with round and heart shaped yoyo's.... I want to make some of those for the girls at work for xmas........I also want to make some hair barrettes for a friends daughter too. Yep.... there will be pictures when I get'em done.

I also got quite a bit of stuff cut this week.......... 6 portable cases.....a mini quilt wall hanging... it's fishies....and will match the big fish wall hanging that's outside of my bathroom........a door banner and a table runner. I have the stuff ready to cut my corn wall hanging....and I want to try some placemats using the Cotton Theory method of quilting....

I think that's it for this week........... I'll keep you posted on stuff and I'll be sure to post a picture of what I put in the present box saturday nite. I hope to hear about your present boxes too!

Till next week
Happy Crafting
Only 178 days til Christmas

Oh My Stars Update!

The Star photos have been uploaded to the photosite........ also there is a grab and go diaper duffel.... made from the Lazy Girl Pursnickities Pattern and the beginnings of the UnderGround RailRoad Wallhanging

More to come this weekend...........I hope to spend all of saturday sewing... it's too hot to do much else!! lol so we'll see what we come up with

Stars and Stars and a few more Stars

Another week has come and gone.......but I've been busy! One of my current projects is to make new stuff for my bathroom.....this would be a new shower curtain....toilet seat cover, wall hangings and vanity mats. The shower curtain has 5 large assorted stars, the toilet seat has a small star, the vanity mats are 12" stars and the wall hangings are 24 and 36". I have all the stars done for the curtain and seat cover, I have one wall hanging 1/2 way done and one vanity mat almost done. The curtain will be joined to the backing with star buttons and then have the liner attached when it goes on the shower curtain hooks. I have pictures of the stars that are completed so far and I'll get those up before the weekend. I think it's gonna be purty. I have a 50's bathroom... it's yellow and green and white tile......it needs perking up!!

I've also started a wall hanging using Eleanor Burns Underground Railroad book and some civil war reproduction fabrics.........and I'll be doing another civil war era quilt too.... its' called Women's Voices and is also gonna be done with 1800's reproduction fabrics. Also on the up and coming list is a lighthouse shower curtain for hubbys bathroom, a corn wall hanging, and a really cute and whimsical cat door banner.... so much for one thing at a time! lol

I also have some thimbleberries stuff in process as well as the 30's saturday sampler block to make for this month.

The old UFO pile has dimished a bit........ but I still have one more tie!! I'd like to get it done this weekend so hubby can take it to his company kickoff meeting in july. I have the bowtie done...and I've been working on his shirts most of this week also. He bought a bunch of new ones and chose some embroidery for over the pockets. I have 6 done and 3 more to do.

I need just a few more hours in the day I think.

In just a few short weeks it will be time to start the christmas goodies box. There are a few things in it already, but full swing starts in July....

I have a dishcloth with a sewing machine on it on my needles....and I'm determined I"m gonna learn how to use double points to make a pair of socks!!

The garage sale was a huge success.... I got rid of lots of stuff but there's still a lot to get rid of... guess I'll just have to make more stuff!

I'll get pictures posted soon........

Have a great day

It's June!

Hi everyone...
It's June.... how'd that happen?? Only yesterday it was February... I'm sure of it! Well I've been on vacation for the last two weeks and tomorrow is back to work day.... it also means I'll get back on schedule and get some stuff done to post too!

Having off was nice.... really nice.... but I didn't get a lot done... I was too busy flitting here and there and socializing with friends I don't get to see often enough....and that was a good thing...

I've posted some pics on the photo site.... the link is on the main page.......

I made a blue big tote with the stars idea... like I did the thimbleberries one... I used leftovers from the turning 20 quilt I made a few weeks ago.... it came out really nice.... I may make a few more of these for xmas presents.......... I also made a set of Lazy Girl goodies.... I made a wonder wallet and checkbook cover and sassy bag...........all using the leftovers from the blue bag.... The check book cover has a quilt square in the center.... the wallet has a self fabric covered button and I got to use the new Creative Grids Curved Ruler on the sassy bag... oh wow... how neat this lil gadget is! It made a Lazy Project even Lazier! I need to post pics of those on the LazyGirl yahoo site to get my entry in for the free fabric..... oh... like I need more fabric ... lol I just started cleaning out the stuff I have here that I don't use....and probably never will.

We had a garage sale yesterday.... a lot of the excess fabric and patterns went..... and about 10 bags of buttons went also.... it was a very profitable day!

Oh and guess what!!! Finally.... the bow tie is done!!! That leaves one more tie to make.......and they can be crossed off the UFO list..........that list is really dwindling.....

I also made a baby quilt for my new great nephew... John Michael. It's all bright and bold in reds and yellows and it really rocks! I made a pillow case from some equally bright reds and yellows and greens and blues to put it in when I mail it back east to him......... it's just so darn cute! Even did the free motion quilting on it my self!

I have my new bathroom stuff all designed out and started.... I have the 5 stars done for the shower curtain... I need to cut the rest of the blocks and put that together... it will have a white percal lining and i'll attach the front to the lining with tiny star buttons......... 2 of the stars will be enlarged to 24 and 36" and be used as wall hangings.... one of the stars will be reduced to about 6" and used to make the toilet seat cover........the other two stars will be duplicated and be used on the vanity top......... I think it's gonna be pretty cool when it's all done!! I hope to work on that this coming week.........

I'll be doing a small bazzar in october so I need to come up with some quick and easy christmas type projects for this.... maybe some mug aprons.........some quilted stockings.........little sewing kits....stuff like that....

I also plan to work on my xmas list.... that involves a bunch of wonder wallets, a few what-nots, and I think a couple of sassy bags........plus lots of baby stuff for John and some fun stuff for Andrew! It's sew much fun to sew for little ones again!! Hmmmmmmmmm maybe some crayon bags for the bazzar would work too!

Guess that's it for this week......... Thanks for stopping by....... I'll have something for next week....... dunno what... but maybe some bathroom stuff......... there will be a bunch of thimbleberry club stuff towards the end of the month.... I have two projects to do for that by the end of june......... plus something for show and tell..........

Take care
stop by again and feel free to comment on stuff

Lish

Catchup time

Ok.. yes... I know... 3 sundays have come and gone........... well...I told ya spring was finally here.... lol got the veggie garden planted..... put the racecar dress on the goose...and puttered around outside.... I have a couple photos over on the photosite http://LSeem.photosite.com. Made a pretty neat tote bag for Thimblesberries Club show and tell... it's made from Thimbleberries fabric also....and I think I may teach a class on it later this summer.... I've had several requests for the pattern and such.... and since its my pattern... I guess I can teach the class!

I also did a few going away presents... a mug apron and a basket.... I've been working on cleaning up the sewing room too......... sold some stuff on ebay.... plan to have a garage sale the first weekend in June .... and probably sell more stuff on ebay....

I have a new great nephew now also..... so there will be lots of baby stuff being made.... I have a goodie box started for him........ and I should send something to my other great nephew also... just so he doesn't feel left out........... I have an Andrew....and a John......

Also there's a Lazy Girl contest going on... so I need to make a few Lazy Girl projects and get the photos posted.......

I also want to make a shower curtain, 2 wall hangings and 2 star trivets for my bathroom..... I'll keep ya posted on that too..........

Ok... that's it for today..... I'll check in again next Sunday..... promise..........

Spring at Last!!

Spring has finally made it to Indiana.......and maybe, just maybe it's here to stay!!

This week was productive but not very showy.... there's only two pictures this week so I'll post them here....one is the Thimbleberries Second Quarter Project.... whew!!! It's huge....and it's ohhhhhhhhhhhh sooooooooooo purty! It's ready now to be backed, batted and quilted.......... the other project is the baby stars quilt. I have to add the outside border yet......and it will also be ready for the batting, backing and quilting routine.........

I've been working on the signature hanging and hope to have that quilted and ready for binding by the middle of the week.

I've also been working on cleaning out the sewing room........... I've gone thru about 4 or 5 boxes of true crap so far..........out of all those boxes, there was probably 1/2 a box worth putting in the garage sale, and 1/2 a box worth keeping....... I have plans to move things around and redo the whole thing during the end of May.....that's how I'll spend my vacation... or at least part of it.

I'm hoping this will be the year I kill the pack rat! lol Between the garage sale and the SRP program that room should be a lean mean sewing room when I'm done with it.....

I got the coolest popup at BB&B! It pops open to 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 and it has a lid! It's water resistant...bonded plastic and it's perfect for throwing the stuff for the garage sale in now...and storing sewing room stuff in later..... It's blue and white striped and I just might have to go out there and see if they have any more of these things....

Oh.... a funny... while I was emptying a box of stuff...the little cat..Rowdy...was sleeping on the bench next to me... in this box was a bag of catnip... I took some stuff out of the box that went in the trash.... that's when I saw it.... I picked it up and within 2 nanoseconds Rowdy was awake, and hanging off my arm ..... she loves that stuff! The bag was sealed even. So I put a bit down for her....she guarded it from the other cat... ate it all... slapped Ticker ( the other cat) a couple times and now she's napping... what a hoot!

Ok... gotta run.... I want to spend some time outside in this gorgeous weather before I settle in and do some sewing......

Have a great week.....

Lish