Two Completions!!! Yay me!!!

Good afternoon all!

I hope that you are having a spectacular weekend!!!  Other than waking with a sore throat this morning, my weekend has been remarkable!  I absolutely love my family time!  My son was sick and home from school 3 out of 5 days last week and the toot took Mamma and Daddy's rule of sharing too far!  Hubby and I both woke feeling a bit under the weather!  If only we could select the times we want our kids to listen and abide by our teachings!!!  LOL!

On to the important stuff though...  I managed 2, yes TWO, completions in the last few days!  I have been steadily working on a memorable anniversary present for my brother and sister-in-law in celebration of their 25th!  I cannot post a pic yet because I have not even told them what I made...but rest assured that once they receive it, I WILL post some pics for you!

The second finish was a set of four folded fabric coasters.  I love them.  The pattern makes round coasters, but being the pain in the butt that I am, I chose to leave them in this octagon shape.  I think they are beautiful in this shape but the binding was a pain because of all the mitered corners.  Duh!  If only I would listen to my logical brain...NO!  I have to follow my "ooooo, I love it this way" brain!  Anyway, here are the pics. 

A top view

My not-so-perfect binding on the bottom side

Looky!  Looky!  Aren't they awesome???

Other than those two completions, I have been plugging away at the hexie book bag for my daughter.  I have also made some pretty darn good meals for the family!  Check these out:

Homemade meatball subs with baked steak fries!  They loved this!

Puff Chicken

The Puff Chicken sparked all sorts of ideas on mini pot pies and such so I am sure I will perfect this recipe for my troop.  ;-)

Well, that is all for today.  Hoping like crazy that you are having a wonderful and restful Sunday afternoon!

~ J

A Little of This and That...

Hiya all!
How are you enjoying this weather?  I love the cooler temps but the overcast skies we are experiencing in McKinney are a bit gloomy.  I have to keep myself busy or I would spend my days napping.

Today I thought I would just share a few pictures of projects I have going.  So, here it goes...

This is an oblong folded centerpiece that I started:

Center strip and Row 1

Row 2 added

Up to Row 5!  Yay!

And Row 6.

I have sewn Row 7 and pinned Row 8.  There are only 10 rows so I am almost done!  This is a fun method of sewing.  I am enjoying it a great deal!

This quilt top is for a customer.  It is a for her sweet little girl! I hope she likes it!

Seville by Cluck Cluck Sew in Sugar Pop by Liz Scott for Moda

I guess that is all for today.  I was also going to post pictures of progress on my daughters book bag but the pictures are taking forever to upload from my phone.  Guess that is for next post.

Hope you are having a great Monday! 

~ J

Such a slacker...

I feel like such a slacker!  It has been such a long time since my last post.  Good thing I don't have tons of followers.  Hee!2 

I have been busy sewing and tending to my family lately! My time has really been spent mostly on handwork though.  I have finally jumped onto the Twilling bandwagon!  I kept putting it off; telling myself the last thing I needed was another handwork obsession.  I tried it though, with the hopes of NOT liking it.  Well, as you can guess, that was not the case!  I love twilling!  It does not hurt my hands like embroidery work does!  It is fun and easy...and I am addicted! 

Here was my first project:

Check out this beautiful pumpkin batik I found!  Isn't it just yummy???

So, that project is layered and basted.  I am just deciding how I want to quilt it.  :-)  With that accomplished, I started another twilling project.

In preparation for Christmas!  Don't you just love the little baubles hanging from the tree?

 Oh!  And guess what???  I finished my little red hexie purse!  I had a heck of a time trying to attach the round wooden handles like the pattern required.  I am telling you...I said quite a few colorful metaphors while using both my hands and both of my daughters hands to try to hold the purse and the handles while feeding it through my screaming machine!  It was NOT a pretty sight!  Disgusted with the entire process and the end result, I set my purse aside for a while.  Then, at a weekly sew day, I told my friend I was considering making long strip fabric handles so that I could hang the purse over my shoulder.  The creative juices started flowing freely and my friend brilliantly suggested I plait (braid) three strips of coordinating fabric for the handles.

I did just that and now I absolutely love my purse! 

I get compliments on it everywhere I go.  I even had a lady ask me if I had considered making them for other people.  My immediate thought was "NOT ON YOUR LIFE LADY!"  I nicely said, "no, not really."  I am however making a larger version as a book bag for my daughter though.  I am using 1 1/2" hexies instead of these small 3/4" babies in hopes that it will not be as labor intensive.  I will keep you posted on the results.

Well, I guess I have rambled long enough!  I hope you are having a truly glorious day in this cool crisp weather!

~ J