It's time to start sewing!

I did it!  I finally finished prepping the last two squares for my Block of the Month from The Quilted Moose.  The BOM was titled, Le Jardin by Bunnie Hill.  Here's the last two...

Once again, it's upside down!  Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but you get the idea.  I'm off to do some hand sewing.  Happy Saturday!

Girls Night Out

On January 8, six of us went to see "Love, Lost, and What I Wore", it was a great dialogue.  The main character was Loretta Switt who played 'hot lips' in "Mash" years ago.  We all met at AZ88 for drinks and munchies before the play, we had a good time and saw a great play.  Just check out our smiling faces....

This is Rose, Janet, and Becky.

Jamie and her fun Mom, Toni. Toni enjoyed her Cosmo x2!

Rose and I.

Thanks girls for a fun day!

A quick sewing project with friends

Yesterday I was sewing with two of my quilting buddies, we made cute thread catchers.  I know, I'm supposed to be working on my applique project.  Anyway, here's what we did...

This one is mine and I'm using it for a gift, so shhhhh.

Then we had a yummy, healthy lunch.

Okay, back to the applique project.

I have been working on projects

About two years ago I was in the Quilted Moose quilt shop in Gretna, NE; if you're ever in that area you better stop!  Anyway, I saw this beautiful quilt, never mind that it had applique, and I decided I needed to make that quilt.  So... here it is about two years later, I must say I had worked on three of the nine blocks last year; it's time to get this project completed.  I worked all last week using the P3 method for applique and prepped four blocks.  Just look at what I did.... 
Can't figure out why it's upside down??

Here's another one, up side down!

Anyway, you get the idea.  I have two more blocks to prep and then I'll be ready to sew.  Guess this is going to be the year to get projects completed.

Happy New Year

And so goes another year.  I have looked back in my record keeping for my sewing projects and I see that I have accomplished something this year.  It's a good thing I keep track of what I make each time or else I'd think I didn't do a thing all year!  Come the new year, I hope to make a large dent in the "to do" list of quilting projects; I'll let you know Dec. 2012 if a dent was made.  So...Happy New Year!

And life goes on

On December 5, 2011 my mother, Betty Ann died.  She had been battling to breathe for awhile now, hooked to an oxygen tube trailing around behind her.  It was difficult to listen to her attempt to breathe and walk across a room.  She was a smoker, had been from her teen years, you see the cigarette industry made it so "cool" and "glamorous" to smoke in her early years.  I for one am glad there aren't cigarette comercials on tv, on billboards, or in magazines any longer.  I have a grandson, Steve, a niece, Emily, and some family members who still smoke and I dearly wish they would stop.  There were days when my mom drove me crazy when I was a teenager and too when I was an adult, but I loved my mom and I will miss her.  I found this Winnie the Pooh saying a few days ago on Pinterest and it made me think of my mom.  Maybe you can attribute this to someone in your life too.  "If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart, I'll stay there for forever." Winnie the Pooh 

A Sew Day

Today Mardi and I were test students for Lorene for a class she'll be teaching soon. We sewed at my house and that's my "Over The River"quilt behind Mardi, I finished it this summer; don't you just love it??  I do! We didn't finish our project but we did learn how to begin and how to finish. Check out a little of our fun time.

Isn't Mardi's pretty.

I did work on my little quilt after the girls left and heres the result.  No borders yet.

With borders.  Cute!



Now I just need to make my quilt sandwich and do a little quilting and I'll be ready for Valentine's Day.  Christmas you say, oh I think I'll be ready.  :)