Solar Lights & other stuff

So I saw a tute on a linking party for how to make these very
cool solar lights!  The problem is that for the life of me I can
Not remember which party or who's blog it was on!
Sorry!!!

I want to give credit, so if anyone knows please let me know
so that I can post a link and give credit.
These were so easy and fun to make!  In the tute they used
half pint mason/canning jars, but I just used jars from my
collection.  (I had bought lots of different jars when I was
making bath salts.

Here is the start of  our garden :)  This year I decided that we
would have raised beds.  One of our neighbors gave us all the
wood, he works for cdot(Colorado Department of Transportation).
Since these were last years they couldn't use them!!!
We ran out of light so didn't get everything planted, and had
to finish today. 
But I forgot to take pictures when we finished.

This is my Max & whiskers quilt all cut out, Yay!  I am so happy
that I was able to get it all cut this weekend! 
The mat underneath was a Mothers Day present to myself!
Leaning up against the table is a metal carpenters yard stick, which
is actually 47 inches long.  Perfect for sewing since most fabric
is 44-45 inches wide.  Mr. P bought it for me, because I have been
using a old piece of molding.  As the longest acrylic ruler I had was
only 18 inches long.

While at the apple blossom festival this weekend we found
this spinner.
The picture didn't turn out very well.  It has the Marine Cop.
emblem on it and says, United States Marine Corps.
Hope everyone else had as nice a Mothers Day weekend as
I did!

Mother's Day & Summer sewing projects/plans

First the mother's Day part.
I made this case for glasses for my mom as part of her mother's
day gifts!
She loves owl's and her favorite color is blue.  So the inside is
lined with some soft blue flannel fabric that also has owl's
on it. :)

This is a Snap Happy bag that I made for mom also I used
heart shaped buttons instead of the prairie points for opening
the bag. 

This is a mini Snap Happy bag made for my mom too!  I made
her two so that she could give one away to a friend, if she chooses!
For this bag I used the prairie point tabs for opening the bag.
These three projects were my first attempt at quilting with my
new Walking Foot.  They didn't turn out great, but they
weren't half bad either!

Now for the summer sewing projects/plans.
These two patterns are on my summer to do list.
I picked them up recently and am hoping to make up a few of
each of these!

I found a tute at Cluck Cluck Sew for making sprocket pillows,
which I want to try sometime this summer.  I have been thinking
about what fabric I will use to make these!

I joined the quilting book club at 1 choice 4 quilting  This is my
Max and whiskers fabric that will be used to make the first
quilt!  And I hope that my Modern Basics quilt book by
Amy Ellis arrives this week, so that I can start cutting the
fabric.  I still have to purchase the backing and the batting,
but have some time before I will need it.

These squares were given to me by someone at work.  When
I received them they smelled of smoke so I washed them.
Which made them fray on the edges.  So I plan on making
some scrappy coffee mug coasters with them.

These are just a few of the many projects that I plan to
work on and hopefully finish this summer!
I know, Sew Many Projects ~ Sew Little Time
Wish me luck :)
Linking up to FairyFace Designs  Summer sewing plans