Saturday, November 21

CHARITY QUILTS

HEY BLOGGIES,

It's that time of year again:  where my friends and I get together to sew up charity quilts for our local community.  They are more like throws, blankets, "kivers", etc. than real quilts.  But we like to call them quilts.  Since our goal is to get a lot of them done, we don't do the normal hand quilting on them that takes soooooooo many hours.  Instead, we either quilt them by machine or just do some straight stitching here and there on them to keep them together during washings.

So, here are a few we made in the last two weeks.  There are only 3 of us so far working on these, but others are planning to come in the next few weeks:

 You can't really see the pattern on this soft and snuggly quilt, but it is little blue teddy bears.  The back is a rose red fleece so nice and cuddly.  This is a tied baby blanket.

 A few of the ladies have a long arm quilting machine and they are practicing with it.  They donated the pieces they long arm quilted and all we had to do was sew a binding on them.  This is one of them.  This is for a senior citizen for a lap blanket or wheelchair blanket.

 This is a great male pattern with tools and implements on the soft fleece.  The back is a beige and this one is also yarn tied.

Another one that was a practice piece for the long arm quilter.  I love the deep navy blue and the pretty pattern of blues on white on the other side.  I created a binding for this one for the two sides and for the top and bottom I used a self binding of the navy blue side back against the printed side.  It came out very nice I think.

I entered this at:
RICHARD AND TANYA QUILTS LAFF#194

LET'S MAKE BABY QUILTS

and a few more places I can't remember at the moment.  Sorry.  IF you see this post at a different place than these two above, please leave me a comment to tell me where you saw it!!  Thanks!!

Thanks for stopping by.  IF any of you have any fleece or flannel or soft fabrics we could use to make more baby blankets, we would be happy to receive that gift and will make more charity quilts.

More will be posted as we progress on our projects.  A very pretty embroidery machine applique is in the making and I can't wait to see it finished.

Friday, November 20

ONLINE EXTRAVAGANZA BEGINS MONDAY NOV 23RD

HEY BLOGGIES,

In honor of all the sales the retailers are offering, Stampin' Up! is offering a WEEK OF SAVINGS!!


Here is a link for you to down load the entire list.  Please notice there are a few SPECIAL DAY sales that are ONLY good on that day.  And ALL SALES ARE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL SALE ITEMS ON THE EXTRAVAGANZA

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Friday, November 13

NO CRAFTING, BUT FUN THINGS JUST THE SAME


HEY BLOGGIES,

So sorry I have not been posting cards lately, but I have been busy outside.  Here in South Central Texas, we have a full month in the fall and a month in the spring that is absolutely BEAUTIFUL outside weather.  The rest of the year it is hot hot hot and humid!!

So, needless to say I have been outside most every day the last two weeks enjoying our wonderful weather.  What have I been doing?  Working with my horses.  For those who might have missed it, I have two  Gypsy horses aged almost 3 years old.  I have been getting them trained for riding and then training myself to ride them as well.  They are half brothers just a week apart in age and they are SO FUN to be around.

They have blue eyes and long manes and tails.  They have "feather" on their legs, which means lots and lots of hair.  They are short, but stocky and so very, very friendly.

Here they are at training to pull a cart.  They did such a good job learning from Daniel, our Amish horse trainer. They are almost ready to start pulling for us. First we have to be trained how to drive them.

 Here is our trainer, Jeremy, on Brodie for saddle training.

 Getting Fergus ready for his riding lesson.


Look at those looooong white eyelashes on  my Fergus.  He is a handsome boy.  (So is Brodie, of course)  :-)

Thanks for stopping by. Next week I get to ride them and I can hardly wait!!

Have a happy week and do something creative.

Tuesday, November 10

AWESOME WEEKLY HOLIDAY DEALS!!

HEY BLOGGIES,


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