hello Wednesday! at kind of the last minute we decided to head East to go help family… I actually drove through Chicago!! conquered one of my fears! we drove through Notre Dame’s campus… so, so pretty… love the views through Pennsylvania… but the main reason was to help out my Mother-in-law and sisters-in-law… as my […]
hello Monday! so last Monday I talked about working on a new baby boy quilt… I decided to use brights with Kona white to try the tutorial from Cluck Cluck Sew… these blocks were so much fun to make…you made two at a time… I easily whipped up 42 blocks this week! so now the […]
hello Friday! welcome to Finish It Up Friday! so this is where I last left you on my nautical pattern testing… sewing this project together was so soothing…thanks in part to the colors I selected…just love the combo! another section… and ta-dah!! what do you think?? I really love it! it is off to be […]
hello Wednesday! so this is where I last left you with my boy scout project… I am getting close to the end… I can confidentially say that all patches and neckerchiefs are represented here… oh…I am loving this so much!! now to the border… how wide would you make it?? looking forward to seeing what […]
hello Monday! I went searching in my stash for fabric ideas for a new baby boy quilt… brights and super hero…are one fun combination… love these Caterpillar pieces…can’t go wrong with these… could do retro with this fun car themed fabric… now to pick a pattern… one idea is a simple four patch with a […]
hello Friday! welcome to Finish it up Friday! you might remember this quilt project… click here to read the most recent post… the plan had been to surprise Heidi with this quilt for her to have for college! well while we were out West, my Mom and I presented Heidi with her quilt! Heidi was […]
hello Wednesday! sometimes…life is so busy and chaotic that you just need to take a break… when we returned from our vacation…which included driving two vehicles out West, one with my daughter’s stuff for college, getting her settled and buying a few pieces of furniture… I just needed a “me” project…with no deadlines or guidelines… […]
hello Monday! today I can FINALLY share more details on the secret sewing project I have been teasing you with… Kristi from Initial K Studio asked if I would pattern test a new quilt pattern for her… of course I said yes! many of you have loved the color combo I selected… this is actually […]
hello Friday! one of the very best parts of our Yellowstone adventure…. meeting up with some of our family! we had originally planned to do Yellowstone with our daughter and family… earlier in the summer, my sister in law and family came to stay at our house… we found out we would both be in […]
hello Wednesday! so today we are going to continue with more Yellowstone pictures…. we saw a variety of wildlife… bison were everywhere!! seeing herds of them was amazing!! there were so many geysers that were awesome like this one… since we have been on vacation, I haven’t been sewing, so I am looking forward to […]
