I am seeing double

I bought the double diamond ruler on the shop hop that Sharon, Krisha and I went on in West VA. I finally decided to make the wall hanging that came with the set as it goes so well with my room which is done in Southwest theme. ANYWAY here it is

Reversable Poncho

I made a few of these infant/baby ponchos, then decided to venture out on my own and see if I could make a reversable version. I love the way it turned out. There is not a lace, but a snap at the neck, and the faux lace with pom poms loops around the snap, so it is removable if the parent does not want that. It is made of fleece and jersey knit.

What I have been up to

I finally finished the wavy flag kit that Candi gave me.










And Today I made this shopping bag from a pattern I saw when Sharon, Candi and I went to Parkersburg for embroidery club.

It took forever and across the country

I have been working on this quilt and accessories for over a year now. through the move to Ohio and neck surgery and everything we have been doing I just got it completed last night! I am ssseewwwwww happy with the way it turned out. Thank you Candi for the extra squares and thank you Sharon for the coaching and the quilting! This was my first big quilt and I am very proud of myself and thankful for the help along the way!

Maggie's birthday dress

I haven't posted anything at a while... but I am starting to get pretty comfortable with making apparel! Jesse's mom got Maggie a light blue birthday hat so I decided to make a dress to match. There are two pieces... the bottom is the white eyelet and pink satin dress and the blue satin is a pinafore. Pretty simple pattern... love it! I am making a dress in the same pattern for the daughter of a friend of mine... her birthday is 16 days after Maggie's. =) That one will be hot pink with polkadots and monkeys. I will try to post that one. We have not had the internet for a while so getting on to see anything has been pretty difficult. Love you all!!!

A Little Quilt Story

I have to tell the story about this quilt. A couple years ago, I went up to Berlin with a friend to shop at the annual sidewalk sale at Miller's Dry Goods. They had some great deals there, and this was one of them. A little appliqued quilt top with the word Faith on it in pretty colors that would match my bathroom at my shop. They only wanted a dollar for it, so I couldn't resist.

I added a border, quilted it, and it has been hanging in my bathroom till this week when I took it down to enter it into the Quaker City Quilt Show. It won a blue ribbon in the Wallhanging category, but that isn't why I'm telling this story.

An older lady who works at the local hardware store was looking at it for a long time at the quilt show, and I walked over to talk to her. She said she just loved it, because she "collects" quotes with the word Faith in them. The next day, she showed me a couple journals that were filled with hand written poems, sentences, and paragraphs, and wherever the word Faith was in the quote, it was underlined. She said she has more of these journals at home.

Well, you have probably guessed what I'm doing with this quilt. I brought it home, took a picture of it, and gift wrapped it with a little card. Later this week, I'll drop it off at the hardware store for Bernadine. I just can't think of anybody else who would appreciate it more.

Look What Kim Made for ME

Last time Kim came over, she gave me this AWESOME afghan! It goes perfectly with my living room set, and I love wrapping up with it while watching TV at night. Thank you, Kim!