Been a long time...so how about some pictures?:)

It has been a very, very wet April so weeding has been put on the back burner but I have been having some fun inside...
...this month's theme at The Sketchbook Challenge is Branching Out....so I did...a little weaving on a garlic bag, some cutting, pasting and a wee bit of embroidery and there you have it. This was very out of my comfort zone!

At the STUD Swap our theme was Favorite Things...we listed five and our partner picked one or all. My partner loves Lily of the Valley and Salzburg, Austria. Hmmm...how do I do that? A little freezer paper ironed on to some white fabric...run it through my printer...snip, snip, sew, sew and there you go. I can't believe I stuffed flowers that small! Never again!

You can see what Nan made for me here! It is amazing!

This is what I really want to show you....my mystery quilt....but it has to stay a mystery until May 15th when we emailing the LAST clue to our participants...then I can do the big reveal. I love it so much I splurged for the first time ever to have it long-armed....more details next month!!:)

The boy and his band Hold Tight! will be going on another tour soon...go check out their schedule and if you live near one of the cities they where they still need a venue and know of a good place drop them an email.....they would so appreciate it!:)

My new favorite line at work....Sherbet Pips. You think it might be because of the grey....I'm thinking yes!:)

Seen riding with my exercise pal Sally....a car covered with pink blossoms. Almost makes it worth all the rain to see something like that!;)

I leave you with this....and Easter card....my husband gave me...

....Creepy Bunny......*shudder*!:)

~d

Three for the road!

The Relay for Life road! Made these for my parents' Relay team. They are having a silent auction next month.

(The workshop dear hubby built for dear daddy)

Finished the Crazy Nine Patch, did some wavy line quilting on the big center square and then just went around the outer edge several times....

...was having problems uploading the photos so I couldn't get a close up of the quilting....the binding is red and yellow stripes. I love it!

This little quilt was made from some fabric I won in a giveaway...I FINALLY tried some free motion quilting! It was fun but I still need more pratice.

I'll be brave and show you some stitching....see...it is still a bit too big. Need to get my hands and foot in sync!!

(Daddy is refinishing this bench for me....it has a mate....they are going in our mudroom....one day.)

Now for my favorite. I call it Chocolate Boxes. Sew some different width strips together....cut it up one side and insert a long brown strip and there you have it.

Used the leftovers for the back and binding.

This one was hard to part with!

~d

Small Stuff....Really Small!

Made my Mom-in-law some potholders for her birthday last week.... ...don't you just love that fabric? Wish I knew what it was, all I had was a fat quarter of each! This was leftover from the grocery bag dispenser I made for my parents....they loved it. Now I need to make one for sis.

I am participating in the STUD swap this month....see that beauty up there? That mini was made for me by the amazing Nannette (nanotchka). The theme is "My Favorite Things" and we listed 5 favs...gardening was one of mine. I think Nan nailed it!:) Look at all those wonderful extras. I know just where I'm going to plant the hollyhocks...one of Nan's favs!

Now I need to finish hers....I'm a little intimidated!:o

One of the themes this month for the Bitty Block Committee is Sewing. Gosh...do you think we would have a problem thinking of wee little 3.5" squares to make for this theme? I don't think so!

A little template plastic and fine point Sharpie later and....

....we have a ruler, rotary cutter and cutting mat fit for a sewing fairy!:)

Yes...I made 2.5"x.5" rulers!:) I won't tell you the size of the rotary blades!:)

~d

That Face Part II

Yep....really LOVE this face....yep...proud too. Twenty-four years of amazing adventures.... ...and she is just getting started!!

Happy Birthday Girl!

And Happy 5-0 sweet man... four days late but I know you'll forgive me!:)

xoxoxo

~d

ps...the girl had another article published on the Young Adult Fantasy Guide...go read it!:)

That Face Part 1

We SO love that face....are so proud of that face....has it really been 22 years? Yes, 22 amazing years! Happy Birthday Boy!!

xoxoxox mom and dad

ps....the boy's band Hold Tight! just released a B-side to their "Can't Take This Away" album...go download them both for free!:)

Using my Hands....

....folding fabric that went to Nicole who has organized a flickr group to make quilts for Japan. There is a great need for twin and full sized quilts and many people here in the US that are trying to fill that need.

Nicole's Quilt Blocks for Charity is one of the many groups of lovely folks trying to help out... it really is a small world. If you have fabric/batting or some orphan blocks you no longer need they would love to have them!

Using my hands to work on my mystery quilt...eight clues finished....

...two more clues til the big reveal...but that won't be for two more months!

Using my hands at work (Webfabrics)...cutting 77 new bolts of Kaffe reprints...I was in heaven! Go visit our Facebook page....April Fool's Day is going to be a doozy!:)

Last but definitely not least...using my hands to eat this lovely plate of goodies...I do love birthday parties...as long as they aren't mine!:)

~d

Catfish to Cat Butt...Oh My!

She did it...the girl succumbed to the world of Tweeting! A couple of years ago Maria and her pal Nicole started Catfish Productions on Facebook...the start of their entertainment media company....and the stuff they put on it is pretty entertaining!!:) Now Catfish has hit the world of Twitter and would love for you to join them in the fun.

Embroidery from a bag I made Nicole!:)

Not only is Catfish on Twitter...Maria is too. You can read about her caving here! I'm not creative enough to tweet in 140 characters or less!

I played on the sewing machine yesterday....

...made this grocery bag dispenser...thought my folks needed one to replace the yellow plastic bag they have hanging on the back of their laundryroom door. I found the tutorial on DIY Bag lover. It's a great site...all KINDS of bags!:)

Made this mini using the scraps from my Stripy Tiger Crazy 9 Patch....I call it... Cat Butt.....because that's all that was left of the tiger!

I love this little wonky mug rug...I think it's a keeper!

Now I have over 300 two inch HSTs waiting for me....ugh!

~d