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| Jenna asked for 2 blocks for her month and a smaller block for the back side of the quilt. This was the first block. I am fairly happy with how this one turned out. |
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| Block # 2 I am not at all happy with how this one turned out. It is Way too busy. However I have tortured both of the above blocks enough so I hope that Jenna likes them?! |
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| The smaller 6.5 inch block for the back side of the quilt. I am happy with how this one turned out. It was my first time making a scrap block! |
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| This morning when I went outside to look at my beautiful sunflowers,I made a Rotten Discovery!!! My Car doors were open wide (I always Lock my car,even at home in the driveway) it was hot yesterday so I left my windows down about 3 inches. My Bad :( Now some Thieve is the new owner of my I Pod,Garmin,Cell phone car charger & All the cords that go with them!!! Thankfully Mr. P (who doesn't lock his truck,but will be doing so from now on) didn't have anything of real value in his truck to be Stolen,other than his Mag-Light flashlight. :( So Please learn from my mistake (even tho I locked my car) Always Lock your vehicle and Roll up the windows (even if its 100 degrees out)! No matter where you are parked!!! Now I am sitting here waiting for the Police to get off their coffee & doughnut break and show up to take a report. (called them a couple of hours ago) And in a town this small,you would think that they would be here a whole lot sooner. Hope everyone is having a much better start to the weekend than I am :) I still have 2 spots open in my Pay ~ It ~ Forward Is my sewing/crafting that bad? Or are my followers just to busy? |
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| So I was having such a hard time deciding what block pattern to use for my partner in the Christmas Block Exchange After looking at numerous blocks I narrowed it down to two different blocks. (She likes all things Amish) So one of the blocks up for consideration was a Amish Star. The other one is called Christmas Geese. Can you guess from the photo above which one I finally decided on? This photo up loaded sideways,don't know why that just happens out of the blue sometimes? |
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| Have you ever seen or used a corn cocoon? I picked up a pattern last week when mom and I were in the city shopping. They were super easy to make :) I also picked up a tortilla warmer pattern as Jolene has been asking for one for a while now. So sometime soon she will have a surprise in the mailbox when she opens it up! |
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| Remember the softie that I won back during the May day giveaway? Well here it is (on the left) The one on the right is a scrappy cat that I found a pattern for in a book I checked out at the local Library. |
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| Lastly, I thought that I would share a couple of photos of the sunflowers in my "patch" this year! |
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| The other morning when I went to take pictures there were bees all over the place. They sure weren't happy with me messing around with the flowers they were pollinating! But they tolerated me,and I was even able to get some pretty cool photos with bees on the sunflowers :) If you would like to enter in my Pay ~ It ~ Forward click here |
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| 1. I will make a handmade something for 3 readers of my blog- (if you would like to participate in the Pay it Forward, ie: you would like to get something handmade from me, you must leave me a comment telling me that you would like to participate). I will send 3 readers something that I have made, without warning within 365 days. (Pinky swear). (You can put your hand down now). 2. So, in order for you to get something from me- you have to say that you will do the same for 3 readers of your blog, so, it follows that you should have a blog if we want to keep this "paying forward" unbroken. 3. When you receive your handmade item (from me) you MUST post about what you received on your blog, and put a picture of the Pay it Forward button in your post. (You can copy and paste it from this post or the link back posts). This last part is optional, but would be fun- If you like, you can post pictures and your thoughts about what you send to the 3 people who will received something from you on your blog as well. Just give it a few days to travel in the mail. You wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. So, I will be happy to send something handmade to the first 3 followers that leave me a comment saying they are willing to do the same (Pay it Forward). Commenters, you need to have a blog- and PLEASE - NO, no- reply bloggers, by definition, I won't be able to contact you, …...remember if I'm making and sending you something I'll need your address and if I can't get ahold of you, well then….. Please don't put your address in your comment unless you are comfortable with the 62 people who follow my blog knowing where you live. If I am going to send you something I will reply to your comment and get your info. Knowing me, like I do, I won't be able to wait 365 days, but I promise to adhere to the "not telling" you it's on the way so that you will be surprised when it arrives. I hope there are 3 other creative bloggers out there who will join me! The photo at the top of the page is my Pay ~ It ~ forward from Spontaneous Threads Thank you so much S! I love it :) |
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| Look at these beauties would you?! This was yesterdays catch. Mr. P & Dad were grinning from ear to ear when they arrived home sporting these in Mr. P's new fish bag :) |
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| After a few hours in the brine and then a few hours in the smoker This is what those fishies looked like! Talk about melt in your mouth! Um,Um,Good :) |
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| Meanwhile mom and I were busy in my "Woman cave". We made three of these little totes for mom to use as gift bags. This one is for a little boy in the class where mom is a teachers aid. |
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| This one is for the guy who is taking care of their garden while they are here on vacation. |
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| Last but not least, this one is for the wife of the guy taking care of the garden. Mom wanted to know if we could make a "ladies" shirt bag? No problem,just pick out pretty fabric and add some lace on the prairie point collar. Wahla! One ladies shirt bag finished :) |
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| This is a super cool quilters block tool that I picked up at Joann's when we were there on Friday! I used a 40% off coupon! So my total cost was between $9-10 |
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| It has tons of block patterns with cutting instructions in 5 different block sizes,from 3 inches to 15 inches. The best part,the math has already been done for me! |
