Stuff.

Yup...I know...it's been two weeks again since I posted...... I have an excuse!! I've been busy!!

I've been finishing up stuff to take back to PA over thanksgiving.... plus I we had small mini sale at work so I made trees.....20 of'em!! They are great little things and they go really fast!

I also finished a set of pillow wraps, 12 chicken placemats, quilted the mitten hanging and finished that up.... finished up an assortment of odds and ends that needed binding and little details added here and there........ made drawstring bags for the kids stuff........and cut some aprons and potholders which I'll sew when I get back.....

There's pictures on the flickr site.

Tomorrow I'll pack clothes and an assortment of knitting, and handsewing to take along so I have something to do on the ride......it's about 12 hours......one way........ I'll take the laptop too so I can keep up on things and read all my yahoo digests lol.

Oh....and my Wonder Cuppa was featured on the Checker distributors web site!!! You can see the wonderful article written by Jenny Stratton here http://www.checkernewsletter.com/?p=312

I just love making these and have a few others in mind.....once I find the perfect fabric!!!

Be sure to check the photos.....and don't forget to check the Santa Countdown so you know when the Jolly guy will be here............

Take care everyone and I'll blog again when I get back

Lish

Miranda and Gracie and other stuff

I finished up my Miranda Bag and My Gracie Bag....they are awesome!!! I also made an accessory set to go with them....... I think their first outing will be Thanksgiving week when I trek back to Pa to visit family. The accessory set is made up of 2 zippered pouches...2 wonder wallets.. a wide wonder wallet...and a check book cover......

I also found a fun thing on the net.... they're called Roly Nesters and they work like Russian Nesting Dolls... you know...those dolls that start big and you keep opening them til you get to the teeny tiny doll.... These are a set of 3 ... they have zippers and fit inside each other for storage and hold all sorts of wondrous stuff.... I think I may adapt the largest one to fit knitting needles... now that would be awesome!!

I also did up a bunch of poinsettia pins on the E machine.... the larger ones are done on organza and the smaller ones on fabric.... all of them will become either pins or package ties.... not sure... but probably mostly pins......

There's pictures of everything including Ticker on the photo site. Ticker is my sewing room guardian...along with her sister Rowdy...who was into the catnip and declined having her photo taken lol

This week starts full bore on finishing up quilting and binding and last minute goodies.... I'll be taking stuff back to PA with me so I need to get crackin! Actually I'm in really good shape.... I have a pillow and set of pillow wraps to do..... a lobster T shirt.... and the quilting and binding on two table toppers.... the mittens and snowmen......... when I get back...... I'll be working on stuff for the hubster.... trinkets for the girls at work.... and new catnip pads and toys for Ticker and Rowdy.....

Oh....and for those keeping track ( and you know who you are) Okie Dokie Duckie has updated her site.....

Next weekend those of us on DST will get an hour back!!! Outstanding!!! I can't wait! I've been waiting a long time to get that hour returned to me........ I thought when I moved to Indiana I wouldn't have to deal with the clock thing anymore.... but .... oh... we won't go into that......

Keep and eye on the counter.... the Jolly Guy will be here before you know it!!

Lish

It's the Middle of October!!!

How the heck did it get to be the middle of October already?? I couldn't have slept that long!! Or could it be that I'm so busy that time just flies on by?? Yeah... that's probably it.... lol

Over the last 10 days I got quite a bit done.... I got most of the binding work done... have to do the red/white/blue door banner and that pile is finished.... I got all of Marks pants mended...zippers replaced...buttons sewn on and buttonholes tightened up... I taught a class.......I made 3 Snowman Wall hangings.... they are all batted and backed and ready for quilting too! I made 3 Mitten/Heart wall hangings... they are also all batted and backed and ready for quilting. I found some free patterns on the net for strips.... I made 6 stockings nad 4 placemats... the placemats are quilted AND the binding is done! The stockings are complete too!

I have a class next week on Fabric Bowls.... I have a few samples at the shop.. but I made another one... it's a tuscany type wine fabric thing.....I dried several club rolls....then glazed them.... and put them in the bowl with some shredded basket stuff.... pretty cute actually... just something to show at class... I still have to finish up my handouts for class...and I better move it to the top of my list...cuz class is thursday!!

I made 12 coasters from pre printed fabric... I batted and backed them and then used them to practice my free motion quilting.... so they are all finished too! I did up two more pillowcases for halloween....and a checkbook cover and 3 wonder wallets.... all in plain black.....yeah.... there's a reason for it.......

I cut 6 small christmas trees... I have 6 more to cut and then I can start sewing them... they are 3 dimentional and stuffed.... only about 6" tall...they get ribbons and pompoms on their branches...they turn out pretty cute...... I haven't made any for about 2 years now so I decided this would be the year...

I cut out a pillow and a set of pillow wraps.... these will be for my niece for christmas....... speaking of which...didja notice the cool countdown counter??? Only 71 more days... 10 more working weekends!! Better get a move on tick tick tick

Next week the new Lazy Girl Bag Pattern should arrive!! It's the Miranda bag and you can see it on the Lazy Girl blog site... there's a link on the left...... I have the fabric and I've been chompin at the bit for months now!!! That will probably move to the top of the list for this weeks stuff...depending on when it arrives.......

Well..I'm thinkin' that's about it for this week........ next week will be the quilting on the 6 wall hangings... the 12 trees and Markies Shirts.... plus anything else I can get done...

Have a wonderful week!!

Lish

Braggin Rights!!

My WonderCuppa made #1 on the LazyGirl Blog 10 best list! I'm soooooooooooooo excited!

check it out here!!!

www.lazygirldesigns.com/blog


Lish

September 30th

Let's take a trip down memory lane... it's short...so don't worry, lol... Remember those candlemats from a week or so ago? Well they are allllll quilted and have the binding on them ready for handstitching. Remember that bathroom wall hanging? Well that's done too!! And the shower curtain?? all it needs is the tacking of the lining to the front and it's ready for hanging.... and wait... there's more..... the UnderGround Railroad Wall hanging... all the blocks are done now....and it's put together....and it's quilted....and the binding has been added and it's on the to be stitched by hand pile! And remember that tie???? Well...keep remembering it... cuz it ain't done yet lol. Neither is the toilet seat cover.... mainly cuz I can' find the small block I made for it... but never fear! The goal for October is to finish both of those projects.... the tie and the seat cover....
I also did up 3 pillowcases....and 6 more wonderwallets........plus a bib for a friends ministers baby.... it's been a good week!!!!! Yes.... hubby was out of town most of it lol and I took a day or two off also......lol

There are pictures of everything on the photo place... www.flickr.com/sewwunderful check'em out!!

For those keeping track.... there are 12 working weekends left until christmas...so if you haven't started that christmas box... you better get moving! The elves will be here to pick it up before you know it!!

This week I hope to get the binding's stitched on all the stuff I finished up.....and get the lining tacked to the front of the shower curtain..... I also have a stack of stuff that hubby needs done... there are two pair of jeans that need zippers....and 4 or 5 shirts that he wants stuff embroidered on...so that's also part of this weeks goal......

Next weekend I'm teaching all day saturday.... so probably won't get much done on saturday...although hubby will be at the OhioState vs Purdue ( go boilers!!) football game....which doesn't start til 8PM....so he'll be gone til well after midnite I would imagine....hmmmmm I might get some stuff done saturday anyway! lol

I guess that's about it for now....... have a safe week........

Lish

Ok Ok...I missed last week.... sowwy (pout)

I know... I missed my update last week... I'm sorry.... Things just got away from me.... I had a class to teach on saturday...Cotton Theory Quilting.... we had an all day class....it was fun and everyone did wonderfully on their placemats....

Yesterday was Meet the Teacher day at the shop where I teach... the teachers came with their samples to chat with folks about their classes... it was wonderful... there were lots of people...and lots of questions and lots of class signups for all of us...

I posted some pictures on flickr. I have pictures of a fabric bowl and matching table runner that I made as a thankyou present.... it came out great and she loved it! I have pictures of 3 candle mats...they are all made from the same single block...but the designs vary by the way you join the blocks... it's a fun and easy block......and I'm sure I'm gonna make more of these.... I want to do a table runner and some placemats from it.......

I also did up a few more pillowcases for samples...but forgot to take pictures of them before they went to the shop yesterday.... I'll do it when they come back after class in two weeks...... I enjoy the pillowcase making... it's really fast and fun!!

I'm taking a few days off the end of next week...so I'm hoping to get a lot done..... there's only 13 more weekends left til christmas!!

Today I'll be making a few more wonder wallets.... they are special requests....I also hope get a few more sets of candlemat blocks made ... we'll see

Embroidery Club is Tuesday so I need to gather up all my goodies for that also... I have samples made already from a previous class...so I think I'm good to go!!

If I get a lot accomplished this week.... I may do a midweek post.... otherwise... I'll see ya next Sunday.... promise!!

That Ugly Place

Last weekend I went to Chicago. Went to the Brookfield zoo and it was wonderful! The animals were great and some of them were actually awake and active... but today I went to an ugly place. I was sewing some samples for a class I'll be teaching and nothing was going right... the bobbin was lumping, needles were breaking... I just didn't understand! I took the needle plate cover off to disengage some bobbin thread that was tangled and saw some fuzz and lint... so I grabbed my tweezers and took it out... on a whim, I took out that black thing... you know.. the thing the bobbin sits in... the thing that nevers goes back in as easily as it comes out.... the black thing that covers the ugly place...... oh my stars!!!! There was a lump of **stuff** under there the size of texas!! it was grey and ugly and had things in it... it had sparkles in it from some felt I had sewn a few weeks ago... surely it hadn't been that long since I'd been there.... I clean and oil every month and swap out the 2 combo machines every six months. Either I've been doing excessive amounts of sewing... or I mentally block that black thing. It comes out soooooooooooooo easily and goes back in soooooooooooo hard! No matter how I line it up... no matter how careful I am... I have to stand on my head with my tongue out and do the black thingy dance to make it go back in..... I took of picture of it...... it's incredible!!! All of that crud came from under the black thingy in the ugly place........ I gotta start paying more attention!

After I got the crud out and the black thingy back in ... I resumed todays projects. I needed to make 3 fabric bowls ... 2 are samples for a class I'll be teaching and one will have a matching table runner and be a thank you gift. Each bowl is a bit different even though they all started from the same square. The apple bowl is much deeper because I cut the darts wider.... and the thank you gift bowl has the points cut off the corners.... each of the three bowls is reversible too.

I also finished up a table runner for a button quilting class. It's called Square Peg in a Round Hole ... it's made from homespuns so it gets that frayed edge look and it's quilted with buttons... its a great project to show off antique or unusual buttons. I just have to hand stitch the binding and it's finished.... I also have to hand stitch some binding on a wallet I'm trying out... it has a small change pocket... a couple of credit card slots and a bill section.... it's lightly quilted and sort of squarish.

I spent most of the week writing up the instructions for a Cotton Theory Quilting class I'm doing on Saturday.... I also needed to get all the samples done for my classes....plus the supply lists. There's a meet the teacher thing at the quilt shop and we need to have us and our samples there so people can ask us questions and hopefully sign up for our classes. It's something new we're trying so we'll see how it goes..... I'm doing fabric bowls, magic pillow cases, Portables, the Button Quilting thing and a class on designing your own fabric bowls... it's an artsy fartsy type class ...and I was asked to do it.... I don't do artsy fartsy.......but I think this will be fun....

Tonite I'll work on my bindings while I watch some TV. The rest of this week will be doing 2 more wallets of a different style....printing up the stuff for saturdays class and going over the lesson to be sure I haven't forgotton anything...and the table runner that's part of the thank you gift.... if there's still time (yeah right) I might do a block or two on the Underground Railroad Wall Hanging...

Oh.... and in case you are wondering.........you only have 16 weekends left til christmas!! so ya better get moving on those gifts!

Til next week

Lish