My Peeps

I am so excited, these little guys are so cute.  I just love them.  I snuck a picture of them while they were sunning this morning.  They aren’t quite ready to leave the nest though.

Friends, Stitching & Food

What fun I had tonight.  I had four friends over and we sat around the kitchen table stitching and snacking and joking around.  The kids running around like crazies.  Four hours of happiness.  All I have to say is NICE!!!!!  I really enjoyed myself, even the hubby said he enjoyed it.  Probably got a kick out of hearing us talk about the crazy things we talk about.  I have not had more than a few gals over before so this was new to me and the family.  I think we all had a blast, not just from the good company but it finally made our house feel like our home, or something silly like that.  It was the first time in my life that I have actually had enough friends to invite for a stitching bee, sad to say but so true!!  I know you are thinking, how pathetic, but really it is not.  I have always been a loner and now I really don’t want to be.  I have some great friends and it was fabulous having some of them together to share the night with.  Man, I bet I sound sappy.  I am off to sew, going to make some tiny primitive chicks.

Finally – I have finished a couple projects!!

I can say finally that I have finished a couple projects.  I wish I could say I have been busy but in my opinion I have been sort of lazy.

I completed a Valentine’s Day Raggedy Ann and Andy Pillow that was a special request.  The hubby picked out the ruffle fabric and at first I didn’t like it but I do now.

The picture is a little off center.

The I had this shop sample I was doing of the Kathy Schmitz pattern “A Bird’s Life”.  Here it is, I will be sad leaving it at the shop until the kits sell.

 

And lastly, I finished up some little Galvanic Soap Girl stitcheries and made them into pillows, well one of them.  Here she is:

So that is it for now.  I have to get the kids to bed.  They are getting all rowdy!!!

Time To Say Goodbye!!

I am about to take a few bunnies up to the Rusty Bucket.  Three of them are older bunnies that have not found that special someone to go home to:

    

Then, I thought I was ready to take these two gals:

But then I noticed something!!  Can you see it?????

That’s correct, whiskers and tails! No bunny is complete without them.  So now they are complete and ready to be adopted by that special someone!!

The Bunnies Are Sunning!!!

I made a couple bunny bodies last night.  I am playing around with their coloring.  They are enjoying the morning sun while I ponder my next move.

Gail Pan Designs Free BOM #2

Well I completed the second block from Gail Pan’s free BOM.  I am anxiously waiting to see a couple other gals blocks.  Here is mine and then I am off to complete a shop sample I have to get done!

Bunny Hill Block #2

Yippee!!! Block number two was posted and I finished tonight.  I am so excited.  I was a little unhappy with the pink heart in the middle but I think it looks pretty.  I maybe should not have pressed that iron on it one last time.  Here it is:

I can’t wait to see everyone else’s.

Gail Pan posted her new block today also, so I know what I will be thinking about all day tomorrow at work.

We have a one year Stay – Yippee!!!

So we can all continue making dolls, toys, quilts, so on and so on.  Hopefully forever but I am happy with the year.

I hope I did this correctly and you can follow the link below to read the story – if not just go to www.Change.org .

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Off to make something!!!!!

Productivity!!???!!!

The word of the day!!!

Okay, I have not been working very hard.  Where does the time go??

I made some spool Annie's per request. They turned out cute.

They were supposed to be holding signs, but I didn't have signs and was not feeling up to make them. Bad me!!

I had some older dolls that I re-did some what, to finish them up and I finished up a doll with a bag. She is sweet. Big blue eyes!!!

Kind of scary isn't she??

Spring is coming.  My favorite time, I love to make bunnies, all kinds of bunnies!!! They are just sweet!

A friend spent hours trying to repair my sewing machines.  We thought she had it fixed but no go.  I have been so happy with how gracious my friends have been.  I guess they all know how crazy it can make you when you cannot sew.  I had several offers for loans and took one up.  It is an older Bernina which I am very excited about.  I feel like I won the lottery.  I have not sewn with it yet at home but I have used it and even being much older than my machines it sews beautifully.  It is going to be strange sewing on a machine where I can still hear what is going on around me.  I am use to listening to my loud machines.

Oh, to think back when we had the money and my husband use to say, "Why don't you invest in a good sewing machine?".  I have to say he was right and I am regretting that now.

I better get busy though, I don't have much time left today to sew.  I have to go into work because we are having a "Super BOLT Sunday Sale".  It is only 3 hours but it is a very busy 3 hours.  Ladies escaping to get their 30% off.  Great deal.

Oh well, gotta go, speaking of productivity my hubby just came in and said "Okay, that doesn't look like productivity - looks like playing on the computer!!"  Told you that was the word of the day. He loves me so!!!