almost ready..

hello all..

well.. i'm almost ready for my surgery on thursday.. i was determined to get dad's quilt top done before i went... and wooo hooo... i finished it this morning... i love it... i'm gonna hate to give it up...

i also finished the christmas string quilt... yay!!...  so i'm actually a little ahead.. :)

what else... oh yes... i got the maching part of the binding down on the mini for the swap... and got the quilting done on the mini for the guilds challenge... tomorrow i'll get the machine part of the binding on that one... so i'll have both ready for the hand stitching while i'm recovering..

i also bought a new quilting book and ruler tool... which i of course just HAD to try out.. lol..   it's the LETS TWIST book and ruler..  this one is for the charm squares... (i'm going to have my LQS get me the one for the layer cakes too)..  it was fun to do... and i think it'll make a cute little quilt...

i've also started on a new cross stitch picture... this is going to be a model for Cathy's cross stitch store.. Needlecraft World in Kissimmee.. no pic yet as i've just started... hopefully soon..

wish me luck for my surgery on thursday..

shey..

lazy .. lazy... lazy.. that's me!

hello all..

wow.. have i been lazy lately... i just don't seem to have the energy to do much of anything...  but... i MUST get myself motivated to get some things done as.. i'll be having surgery next week to get my gallbladder out and i won't be able to go upstairs to the sewing studio for a bit.. so what i am trying to do is get things to the "handsew" stage..   as in.. getting the machine part of the binding on the mini quilts so all i'll have to do is the handsewing part..  and... get some cross stitch projects and redwork projects ready to work on..

i did get the blocks sewn together for dad's quilt and.. the christmas string quilt... just need to get busy on the borders now... i have to get dad's done in the next few weeks as my quilter has that one scheduled to be quilted the week of oct 18th!..

and... i did some more redwork... or i should say.. bluework.. lol..  i like him in blue.. i did a couple of other small redwork ones too...  eventually i'll be using the redwork ones to make a quilt i think... the blue one.. i'm definitely going to frame for a christmas gift..

and i worked on my mermaid..

what else... oh... i made a little cellphone case for my bff megan..

shey..

yikes..haven't been here in a while..

hello..

wow... it's been more than a month since i've been on here... sorry about that...  the mojo... is slowly returning... we went to Vegas for a few days a couple of weeks ago... and it took a bit to get it back after yet another fabulous vacation...  lol.... but... i think i'm pretty much done with vacations for the rest of the year... so.. i can get back to working on my projects and eating better and getting my diabetes under control and lowering those numbers!..

actually i did do a couple of things... but i can't show them on here yet... one is a mini quilt for the guild's challenge...  we did a crayon challenge...  and i pulled a blue/green crayon...  we were to use only our crayon colour any hue.. and either white or black..  i chose white..  we have to turn them in in october ..so it'll be november before i post it...  i have the top done... just need to quilt and bind...

and.. i joined the mini quilt swap on the HGTV board... and got bluesnail for a partner.. for that one it was quilters choice... i have that top done too... just need to quilt and bind... i hope she likes it..   i can post that one after we exchange them..  but here's the sneak peek that i could post on the board..

i'm working on dad's quilt...  i love the colours!!... i hope he does too... all the blocks are done and trimmed and squared... next is sewing them together...

lets see...what else...hmmmm... oh.. i decided i have wayyyyy to many Christmas scraps so i'm putting together another Christmas string quilt..  i love doing these string blocks... it's just easy mindless sewing... i've got about half the blocks done for this quilt already.. (altho the box of the christmas scraps doesn't seem to be going down any!.. lol)... i think i'll be making a few more scrap quilts with these scraps...  i'll try to get a picture of the blocks for the next entry...

and... oh... my mermaid cross stitch..  i haven't done that much on her but.. i did get the fin on the one on the left... i'll need to work harder on her...

and i've started some redwork... i did this cute snowman over the weekend and i'm starting a few more.. not sure if i'm going to frame him... or use him in a quilt...

i'm also in a RR with the HGTV board.. we are doing a wall hanging... our center blocks could be no more than 9.5 inches.. and the 4 other girls that will be working on it... can add rounds of no more than 5.5 inches..  here's my center block..

and i'm starting to do some octogon table toppers... this one is using some of the Laurel Burch fabric i had left over from that LB christmas quilt i did..   i've also  got one cut out using some Orientals and some red/white Christmas Toile...  should be pretty..

i think that's it for now..

shey..

still not much..

hey all..

my mojo is still MIA... but i have a few things to share this week... first is the EPP wreath that i taught at the guild meeting last week... it was fun to do.. and.. makes a cute little ornament...

then there is the string stocking i did... i taught this at the guilds workshop last saturday...   i had a very small class so had lots of time to spend with them doing this...  somehow things got messed up and they thought i wouldn't be there to teach... so only 2 of them actually brought stuff to work on the stocking...  i'll teach it again if others still want to do it... doing stocking is very easy..

and... my "Chickens?!" cross stitch... the cross stitch and backstitching is done... all that's left is for me to put my name and the year on it... and then sew down the tin stars...

i am working on a couple of UFO's that i have up in the studio... it's slow going and omg!.. they were started way back when (many many moons ago).. and i obviously didn't measure very well back then... so actually putting them together is challenging... lol..  and of course i don't have any more of those fabrics sooo... i'm winging it... lmao... should be interesting to see how it finally turns out..

and today is my BFF daniel's birthday... Happy Birthday sweetheart!!...  i wish you all the best that life can give you.. always and forever!...

shey..

where's my mojo???

hello all..

well i'm back from my NY trip.. it was the trip from hell..  traveling 2 days with ones parents is not a good idea!.. dad wasn't feeling well and.. for a while there we thought that it would be a 2 day trip up.. 2 days there and 2 days home.. (lots and lots of driving for me.. )..  but we did manage to stay the week... just cut it short 1 day.. and now that we are home... dad is doing much better... but.. i do believe that will be the last time they drive up there..

i have nothing to show this time..  with all the drama up there i didn't stitch on a thing.. and i caught a cold up there and have been sick with that for the last week.. so my mojo has vanished.. and i want it back!...

the only thing i've worked on is stuff for the guild that i HAD to have done for last nites meeting..  so i made a little EPP wreath.. so i could teach them all EPP (English Paper Piecing)..  and.. since i'm doing a class this weekend for the workshop... i made a Christmas stocking.. (i'll show those pics in the next blog entry as i havent uploaded my pics to the puter yet)..   it is Christmas in July this month...  looks like the class is going to be very small.. as quite a few of our members are gone this month..

i did do just a bit on the "Chickens?!" cross stitch.. the border is now done and .. i'm doing the backstitching on it... i'm hoping to be able to finish that one this week... then i can get back to concentrating on my mermaids..

my mojo is kaput!.. and i so need it back... so if any of you see it... send it back home... i miss it!..

shey..

hot hot hot today..

hey all...

another hot hot day in florida.. 96 with heat index of 104!..  thank gawd for AC and for the pool in the back..  i just got out .. as it looks like the afternoon thunderstorms are about to hit...

so what have i been up in the last few weeks... well... i managed to complete one of the charity quilt tops for the guild.. this is the buckeye beauty pattern... i really like it scrappy..  it came out pretty good.. considering i had a hell of a time with the blocks.. some of them weren't quite the right size.. and that made for some difficulties..

and... i made a bunch of wonder wallets and tissue holders for my best friend in canada.. they match the purse i made for her... and i thought she might like some to give to her mom's up there..

and the striped table runner that i taught the class for in may... i got the backing on ... and made a Halloween one..  with a matching candle mat..

and cross stitch... i've been very busy ... my mermaids of the deep blue are coming along beautifully.. i love the beading on this..  there are tons and tons of them... so she really shimmers...

i did some on my cirque des carreaux too..  

and i started a picture for my sister... it's... "Chickens?!".. by Prairie Moon... it's fun and very quick and easy stitching...

i hope to get a few things done in the next week.. as i'm going to NY to visit my sister at the end of the month for a week or so.. should be lots of fun... i haven't been "home" to NY in probably a good 15 years..  i know i will enjoy the family parties... and the cooler weather!..  i am bringing my laptop with me up there so... i might get a chance to blog a bit but it will be on all the FUN stuff we're doing..  and maybe just a little on whichever cross stitch i decide to bring with me...

shey..

wow... this month went fast!

hello..

can't believe this is the last day of may... tomorrow is the first day of hurricane season... i'm so hoping the weather people are wrong as they are precicting a very active hurricane season this year...

i did manage to get a few projects done..  i finished my best friends birthday pressie... (very late.. but i finished it..)...

and i also made her a Miranda bag... this was the first one i've made... and it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be... i will be making more... it's a nice big bag with lots of inside pockets.. 

i also got the backing and quilting done on the cherish nature table topper i made...

and.. started to put the border/frames around the posie blocks..  i'm still not sure of the setting i want to use with them.. but i do like them framed.. 

i did the little redwork heart for the guild.. as they voted to have them all turned in and raffled off as a presidents gift.. 

i started some of the beading on my mermaid..  she's so pretty... i didn't get as much done on her as i would have liked this week..  so.. i'll work harder on her next week..

time to cross stitch.. talk later..

shey..

i've been busy.. FINALLY!.. lol

wow... this month is just flying by..  i was doing so good with keeping up with this blog.. and i look and .. wtf..  the month is more than half over..  but.. i have been working..  i've done quite a bit on my mermaid.. and on the cirque des carreaux...   and... believe it or not... i've actually been sewing too!!... i know.. it shocked me too.. lol..

i've start working on some of the charity quilts for the guild..  at least got the tops together.. and i went to joannes and got some fabric to put the first borders on them...  i'm hoping to get those done in the next couple of weeks..

i also did another easy striped table runner top.. since i wanted to practice a bit before i taught a class on them for the guild for the may workshop... the girls did great!!.. and their runner were beautiful..  they each did one.. and i hope they bring them to the next guild meeting to show them off..

then... i got bored with the usual stuff...so i took a charm pack i picked up.. cherish nature.. and make a table topper with that... that is one beautiful fabric line..

and... i finally started on a 4 patch posie quilt... i've been dying to try one for the last year or so.. so.. i finally cut one of the pretty asian fabrics i had... (i probably have enough to make at least 6 more of these.. lol)..

not gonna get much done this next week.. my dear sister flies in tomorrow for a lonnng weekend.. she'll be here till tuesday.. and we have a family birthday party on sunday.. so we'll be busy..

till next time..

shey..

nickilee is having a give-a-way..

my dear friend nicki is having a give-a-way to celebrate her 100th post on her blog and her 100th sale on her etsy site...

check out her blog... http://cqnickilee.blogspot.com/  for more details.. and for some lucious eye candy... she's a genious when it comes to dying laces...

and her etsy site.. http://www.etsy.com/shop/ravioleedreams  ..  she has amazing stuff in here!!..

shey..

gudrun's world is having a give away..

to celebrate her newest book... fast and furious Holiday quilting as you go...  and the prize will be... a copy of the book...   hope i win.. :D

check out her blog... http://gudrun.typepad.com/my_weblog/ 

i LOVE.. LOVE.. her patterns.. they are always so quick and easy and the directions are excellent!!..

shey..

May???.. where did april go??

wow... it's may already.. wish i knew where the first 4 months of the year went.. this year seems to be whoooshing right by!!..

i didn't quite finish the round 3 on my pp challenge quilt .. i got all the blocks for the sides done.. (24 blocks) but.. not the corners yet.. i would like to say i'll get those done this week.. but.. i'm not sure i will.. i need to do a bunch of stuff for the guild before the meeting next monday and.. with mother's day this weekend.. i won't have time to do it then..

i worked a little on my mermaid picture.. but.. i've been told i have to slow down on that one since i'm so far ahead of the other girls in the group.. so.. basically worked on the hair on one of them.. and i put some sparkle on her... there's a real pretty blue kreinik going thru her hair..

and i did a lot on the cirque des carreaux..

and when i went for my walk this morning i discovered another pair of sand cranes have had babies... these little ones are much younger than the last ones i took pictures of... they are still all tiny and fuzzy...

shey..

gawd.. has it been a week already??

where the heck has the week gone??..  it just seemed to fly by.. and.. i honestly don't have much to show for it .. lol..  in fact.. what little progress i did do on my cross stitch is hardly noticeable so i'm not even gonna post pics of them.. hopefully next week they'll look like i did something..

quilting... i did work on my paper-pieced challenge..  those 24 little blocks are sure taking a lot longer to do than i had hoped but... i should be finishing those up today and  with some luck.. i'll get them on the quilt this weekend..  then.. onto round 4.. which is 2 colours..  i think i know what colours i want.. but i need to find a block for them..

the weather here in Orlando.. is getting so beautiful.. and by this weekend we are expected to get our first 90+ day of the year...   so.. looks like the pool may be warm enough to go in very soon.. :)   i admit to being a complete wuss when it comes to that.. if the water temp isn't at least 80... it ain't happening.. lol..

well best i get back to work if i plan on getting anything done today..

shey..

busy... busy... busy..

wow... seems like all i've been doing is running lately... so.. again no progress on the quilting front... hopefully things will settle down soon so i can actually get something done!..

i did get some work done on my mermaid...  i really really like this... they are beautiful.. and are coming along quite quickly..  i can't wait to get some beads on her and some of the kreiniks to get some glitter on her..  i'm hoping tomorrow to get to the cross stitch store to get the beads... 

i also did a little... note very little on the cirque des carreaux..  the colours in that one i love they remind me on an old fashioned tapestry..  very vibrant jewel tones..  gorgeous..

it's spring and i saw my first sand-crane babies of the year.. aren't they adorable!!..

well.. i think i'll try to head up to the sewing room and try to work a little on my Paper-pieced challenge quilt..  i'm so far behind on it.. :(

till next week..

shey..

teaparty fun..

hello..

well last nite at the guild we had a teaparty and did some redwork..  and.. it was a success!!.. yahoo!!... everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.. and some of them learned something new..  attendence is holding steady and we are getting some new members..  of course the next few months.. less people will be coming as quite a few of our ladies are snowbirds.. and they'll be flying north for the summer..

now for some progress... as i was one of the ladies in charge of the refreshments for the teaparty and i had to make the tracings for the redwork... i didn't get as much of my own stuff worked on as i would haveliked... but.. i did work some on my mermaid...

and on the cirque des carreaux.....

 and i made a very very easy table runner...  which i'll be teaching at our guild's May workshop..

and i finally took a picture of the snowman wallhanging that i did the machine blanketstitch applique on .. he's kinda cute...  and was kinda fun to do... and new to me..  this is first time that i've done that with my machine..

shey...