I can't believe it's been 5 months since my last post. So much has happened both sad and happy that time has flown. My mom got sick in February and passed away in March after a long hard fight in intensive care and I just didn't have the heart to blog or do much of anything for quite awhile afterward. My father ended up in the hospital at the end of April and was there for 2 weeks and then in a retirement type facility for a month, happily he is home and doing great now. So it's been a roller coaster here! Things are settling down and I'm feeling ready to dip my toes back in the water of blogging! So a few things I caught on the camera in the last few months (cuz every week since about May I would think "this will be the week I get back to blogging" lol). Let's see in no particular order:
We had a fire that came right down the hill behind our house, it was worse than it looks here, it just took awhile before anyone thought of taking pictures...we waited until it was almost out and then brought out the camera.
They brought out the helicopters...fun to watch once we knew our homes were safe!
My middle son was hired at a French Bistro and is training as a sous chef :)
My oldest son's girlfriend graduated high school. Yay Hannah!
We found another batch of feral kittens and managed to catch one and Tigger adopted him and nursed him until we found him a home.
I made some stuff.
back view (sewing bag by JAM)
The last 4 months of Brown Bag:
Oops I guess I didn't get a picture of the Easter one...too bad it was my favorite and it's packed away until next year. This was July's...
they were doing a week of Christmas in July at the Country Loft last week. I took this wool applique class from Jo Ann Wednesday night and I'm almost done :)
I made my first doll...also a class by Jo Ann....she's not quite finished, still needs her hat and shoes and all her cute accessories.
I made a few quilt tops... most of them still need borders :( This one is a Country Loft pattern by Kathy Cardiff:
These two were "accidents" I was trying for something totally different and after I'd cut and sewn all my half and quarter square triangles I realized I'd made half going the wrong direction (this is where patterns come in handy lol). Anyway I kept playing around on the design wall and finally came up with these two instead of the one I had at first envisioned (and cut and sewed without ever once pausing to get out pencil and paper to see if it would really work...it seemed so simple in my head lol)
This is using a Sweet Jelly Roll and Honey Bun:
I think this may be my favorite scrap quilt ever...it's a work in progress. I'm hoping to eventually have enough blocks to make a king size for my bed.
O.k. that's enough for now. I also got a new lap top a while back and I'm still not used to typing on the keyboard, it's a little off center and it makes me nuts!!!! I hope to make it around to everyone's blogs soon...I have missed you all!!!!
Next we have the shop and all their wonderful Fall goodies and patterns:
Isn't that the most beautiful wool quilt? It's a block of the Month and it is so gorgeous in person!!
I really love this one too...
I think that's enough for one day--I'll be back tomorrow or soon after with the Class projects show from the backyard. Happy Monday :)
I finally got to spend some significant time in my sewing room this weekend and actually get some stuff accomplished. Nothing new and exciting, but rather the mundane boring bits that I tend to put off. You know the dreaded 3 B's....Borders, Bindings and Backs. At least to me they are dreaded, for all I know they may be your favorite parts and if so maybe we can work out a trade :) Anyway if one actually wants to ever end up with a finished quilt they must be done and since the quilt finishing fairy never showed up here (and I gave her plenty of time) that's how I spent my Friday and Saturday. And now that it's over with and they're done? I feel so much better!
the backs sewn for these 3:
The bindings sewn on these 2:
And the binding finished on this one and it's on my table!
Look at this one, so cute, all it needs is one more border and it would be big enough for my king bed. 
I have wanted to make a quilt big enough for my bed for forever. But no. Nancy is making me cut it up and then sew it together again and then put more borders on it. I know I shouldn't complain....she went to a lot of trouble to find and then mail me the template that I need to cut it...and it's going to be way cuter than it is now (go check out the ones she's made here)....but still, it's going to be hard. Nancy, you're going to hold my hand, right?
and boy did it cheer me up :) Wait it's too pretty for a group shot...I need to show you each one individually, dontcha think? These first four are from the Flower Sugar line by Lecien...I want to eat them!
Isn't this vintage Christmas fabric sooo cute?
I love this linen, the turquoise one is so soft and it's half price right now.
I asked Nanette if she knew where there might be more of the Flower Sugar (that lucky girl has all of it!!!) and she gave me this link to Thimblecreek (it's quite a bit more here than at Pink Chalk but they have different fabrics) where I just ordered a wee bit more :) Did I mention that I LOVE it?!!? Now to go dream about what I will do with it...sigh...
This has been my view for the last couple of weeks. I've had a nasty flu but I think I'm on the mend. I wanted to pop in real quick and say I really am back and I am going to make it to everyone's blog eventually...if life will just cooperate long enough lol!! I can't just leave you with yucky sick pictures so here is what I was working on b.f. (before flu). It's called Reflections and it's by Kathy Cardiff, another pattern from the country loft. I'm using all civil war fabric--it's my first all civil war fabric quilt and I'm loving it so far. 
I'm still deciding on borders for this little quilt and I'm thinking of appliquing or stitching little cherries or something in the white centers....
I have finished some good books while confined to my bed....
Actually I just started that book on the bottom and now I'm off to read for a little bit before I go to sleep. Nite nite :)
They brought out the helicopters...fun to watch once we knew our homes were safe!
My middle son was hired at a French Bistro and is training as a sous chef :)
My oldest son's girlfriend graduated high school. Yay Hannah!
We found another batch of feral kittens and managed to catch one and Tigger adopted him and nursed him until we found him a home.
I made some stuff.
back view (sewing bag by JAM)
The last 4 months of Brown Bag:
Oops I guess I didn't get a picture of the Easter one...too bad it was my favorite and it's packed away until next year. This was July's...
they were doing a week of Christmas in July at the Country Loft last week. I took this wool applique class from Jo Ann Wednesday night and I'm almost done :)
I made my first doll...also a class by Jo Ann....she's not quite finished, still needs her hat and shoes and all her cute accessories.
I made a few quilt tops... most of them still need borders :( This one is a Country Loft pattern by Kathy Cardiff:
These two were "accidents" I was trying for something totally different and after I'd cut and sewn all my half and quarter square triangles I realized I'd made half going the wrong direction (this is where patterns come in handy lol). Anyway I kept playing around on the design wall and finally came up with these two instead of the one I had at first envisioned (and cut and sewed without ever once pausing to get out pencil and paper to see if it would really work...it seemed so simple in my head lol)
This is using a Sweet Jelly Roll and Honey Bun:
I think this may be my favorite scrap quilt ever...it's a work in progress. I'm hoping to eventually have enough blocks to make a king size for my bed.
O.k. that's enough for now. I also got a new lap top a while back and I'm still not used to typing on the keyboard, it's a little off center and it makes me nuts!!!! I hope to make it around to everyone's blogs soon...I have missed you all!!!!