Christmas Sewing

Some Grinchy PJ bottoms for the little guys and a fun fun "Lil" Twister table topper in progress. Most recently working on "Swoon" quilt with Terrain fabrics for Ashlynn!

Merry Christmas Sewing

Cat in the Hat Sewing

Summer Sewing. Dr. Seuss Fabric and Central Park by Kate Spain/Moda.

Purses and Sewing

Here is what I have been doing IPHONE CASE-My own design
Sewing
Thinking about Sewing
Shopping for Sewing
Planning what to sew



Cannon's wallet

Front and back of Ashlynn's purse

Purse for Jenn from her Hubbie's Military Shirt

YAY! Family Visit!

OH My Gosh! We had the best time last week! I love having my family! The pic in the pool are my three daughters and their children, plus one son in law and a little brother thrown in for good measure. Justin is now known as the baby whisperer! He can get Skylar to relax and sleep as quick as anything I''ve ever seen!

My Recipes

Well, Some People think I should blog about my recipes!

I think I might. My girls like their mom's cooking, don't most kids?
I will work on it soon!

Aprons

Aprons in Progress!

Blog Candy

Blog Candy

Late October Events

Here are a few things going on lately!
Skylar, My friend Marcie and Me getting our flu shots at work, Teagan and Skylar again! OH and homemade rosemary bread, and spanakopita with chicken YUM.
The babies hats were handknit after the birth of each new grandchild this fall. Neither one liked having their pix taken with the hats on. But aren't they beautiful?

The bride is my sweet and beautiful niece, Melanie, newly married in October.

Gorjuss Girls

These are a few Gorjuss Girls cards I made recently. It's my first attempt at card making. I used Gorjuss Girls stamps, copic markers, and patterned card stock. Of course I used my nestabilities for the ovals and held it all in place with my sewing machine! Fun Stuff!

Layin' Rubber Ink.: MY GORJUSS BLOG CANDY!

Layin' Rubber Ink.: MY GORJUSS BLOG CANDY!

I haven't posted in forever!

Well it's been way too long since I have posted. The grandpuppies are getting older and 2 new ones will join us soon! I haven't been knitting, but have switched back to crafty things like scrapbooking, paper pieceing and stamping. I seem to go from one thing to another!
OH and new people have come into my life! The love of my life, John, a new son-in-law for me and a mother in law for my baby girl, Kirstin. I've been sewing, I recently recovered the chairs in my breakfast room and have become an empty nester. Somehow I find myself very busy! Will post more. OH the scrapbook stuff is what I have sent to the moms to be, to start books for their new ones which will arrive in the fall. Just my way of passing on my love of crafts. Kate is sewing and will be selling on etsy darling little baby items.

Chic Knits Bucket Hat

My first bucket hat. I fell in love with this pattern. The first pix is the "before" felting". It was quick to knit and fun to make. The felting went fast. I have a XS size head and I used a 1 gallon paint can for shaping. It really worked well. The pix of me is crappy and makes me look old (my age probably). I am almost finished with number 2. This one is made from Cascade 220 yarn, persimmon tweed.

I'll take a picture of someone cute and young in it.

Wicked, again

It's that time of year again. Exactly 1 year ago we made the trek to Chicago to see Wicked. It was just as great as I remembered. The weather was a little cold, not as bad as last year.

Didn't take any knitting, but did take a credit card! We went to Dick's Last Resort on Friday and Maggiano's on Saturday before the play. Lots of shopping. This years trip included 4 moms and daughters. All us Mom's are OR nurses. The teens are Kayla and Kirstin. The older girls are Jill and Molly. We got along so well and had so much fun!

OH! A neat bonus was having Erica hang out with us too! She is sooooo sweet!

Steph's gift

Too bad I don't know how to rotate pix.

The shower is over, the hat was completed around midnight the night before! I don't know how big of a hit it was with Stephanie, but I took the set to work with me Saturday morning and my co-workers loved it! Even Jim the unit-secretary was impressed. He had been teasing me about being a knitting gramma, but when he saw the cute hat and sweater, he said it was "awesome" and he took back his snarky remarks. LOL.

The third picture is of my beautiful grandbabies learning to knit. Just kidding, but isn't it a gorgeous painting, I know I should give credit, but I don't know who the artist is.

On call this weekend, 1 call down and who knows how many to go. We are off to the park in town for an art show/humane society thingy. Eloise is going along. .l.

Sunday as usual

Well here it is Sunday again! I am on call, but nothing exciting since Friday. The weather is dreary, but I got some homework done, including sealing the grout on my newly remodeled 1/2 bath (guest bathroom) formerly known as the "Recording Studio". I had it totally renovated, new sink, floor, paint, mirror and lighting. It's rockin now! OH I also scraped paint off the garage door trim, FUN! Too bad it's a rainy cold day, can't paint it.
I did get knitting done! The Dream in Color Classy, Tulips baby sweater is done. It is beautiful (I think). Hope Steph likes it. What do you think of my new hair color? DARK. Like my soul. Just kidding. But it sure is dark.
Oh and what is with the dog being dressed most of the time? When I see her shirtless, she looks naked. Of course Kirstin has some sweater patterns/yarn picked out for her.