a little kitty love

doesn't Dunkin look so innocent and sweet?

yeah  here he is caught on camera pushing his sister

out of the covers and just being a brat

and here he is all snuggled while I was making my 

bed

I turned around to get this side and I got a 

"thanks Mom" look from him 

it IS all about him you know LOL

here he was at Christmas time being good

and letting his sister have her quilt

after all it IS HER quilt not his

and he is always turning on the charm

acting so cute and all

anyone have any good recipes I can make in

my magic bullet

do you have one?  

I love to chop things and make a no mess chicken salad

or a fruity drink with it

I will leave you with a wave from the King himself

Dunkin........

taming a little more

not much fun to show you

I am taming the fabric stash a little more

remember these two bags for a dollar each at the 

quilt show?  yeah

lots of pieces and strips and goodies

I did end up throwing out some teeny tiny

things that I was NOT going to use

yes I did Jacky!

the rest I just sorted quick into my color bins

and if there were squares or triangles cut

I put them in my parts drawer

if it was a small piece of fabric I cut it up

and put it into the parts drawer too

5 inch blocks

2.5 inch blocks

3.5 inch blocks

and strips of all sizes are what I make

I find those are the ones most used

and how fun to have some squares all 

ready to sew!

strips are so versatile too

this was a mat for the cats

I also made mugrugs

this little bit of fun ended up as a leaf potholder

this would use strips too of different sizes

and is on the to do list as well

don't cha love the teabag zipper pull?

more strip fun

and who doesn't love a log cabin

strips again........

this too was made with strips

and even these

so you can see folks how someone elses strips

and pieces can be appealing

you get to play with new fabrics

and make something fun

cant get any better than that right?

oh boy...... trouble.......

do you remember this?

yeah this is the start of the scarf out of the yarn Amazing

this yarn.....

well I had gotten this done

and then knitted here and there and it was looking great and 

was about 3 feet long

and.............

DUNKIN

decided to investigate

and took it off the needles when I went to help

hubs with something

and now it is in the trash

yah

all

that

work

for

nothing

he just lost one of his nine lives for sure!

so I worked on another project

once I was on a roll I glued up 66 of them

YIKES

they are like potato chips

they need to dry and then I need to coat the 

backside and let dry

then glue on the magnets

I love them

and I dnnt want MORE ufo projects LOL

small projects to pass the time

ever get a project in your head

that you just have to make?

naw.......you don't do you?

LOL

that is how ufo's are born

(and I thought that scraps multiplied in the night

and they do but that's another story)

I love this little mugrug

and think that 2.5 inch scraps on the left

and a little drawing and tweaking on the right

and I can make something like this

so so cute 

maybe with the Grinch movie or book

for a little one

and there is something about this red one

that makes my heart flutter

not sure if it is the print background with the

red leaves on it 

but I LOVE IT 

and will have to try and duplicate it

in the meantime I am slabbing away again

just to clean up some scraps

I will make a piece large enough for a block

and then sew the blocks together

mindless sewing

paint and stain

as soon as the weather outside turns nice

I will plan where this little beauty will go

yep my brother made it for me

and the box needs to be mounted 

on a tree or on the shed and it

needs to be painted or stained to keep it 

a little longer

have I ever said how much I love my brothers?????

cant wait to watch the squirrels in it

they crawl in and no matter if snowing 

or raining

they have nice dry food 

and a front row seat to watch the weather

so cute...........

and will hopefully keep them away from the

BIRD feeders

do you have a favorite gift or a favorite sibling?

summer where are you?

this is waiting for me

I cant wait to go out for my morning coffee to watch

the sun come up and the birds sing

these guys will need to be washed and refilled with soil and

plants

the herbs do well and I will plant more

this chair is also waiting for me

to get that grill fired up and finally make pizza

on the grill

have any of you done that? my sis in law

makes a killer pizza from dough on the grill

she says the secret is to get it super hot

oil the grates and the dough

and have your topping ingredients ready

for when you flip it

cant wait Jacky!

as I dream of better weather maybe I should work on 

a Spring quilt

or maybe this beachy one

put on a little Hawaiian music

ahhhhhhhhhhh

I can already feel the waves and sun

this one may do the trick as well

what are you working on??

Jan so far

I have done four of these that are in 

the gift box..........

and made three mug rugs out of tumblers that

were hanging around...........

these are starting to get slowly emptied 

of some scraps.........

I made another one of these for me

and some fun new craft will be tried

Jan has been busy so far...........

how are YOU doing?

cleaning as I go

these guys need to be pared down a bit

they are overflowing

maybe I should use big chunks and make some of these

or should I use them by color and make more of these

I love that baby quilt

it came out so so cute!

the blues will have to go into this star quilt

project if I can unbury it in my room LOL

or maybe I should add some blues

to this and make a quick top

these were fun and addictive once the squares

were all cut

these are 2.5 but any size will work

r maybe just mix them up and make some more of these

wheelchair tops

I could use this book for some inspiration too

loved playing with the different blocks in here

see the pinwheel on the left? I want to

do that one scrappy

isn't that fun looking?

this bright cutie came out of that book

and I think a whole little quilt out

of these will make a cute kids quilt

don't you?

what are you making?

tumbling

I found some tumblers already cut

that is an invitation to play, right?

so I sewed some up 

and sewed some more

and now have THREE little mug rug tops

for mugrugs

that I can send down to my 

daughter

for Valentines

the picture above is an old one

but mine are in pinks and purples

and turquoise

(computer still not fixed)

any way  speaking of tumbling

are any of you STILL doing your farmgirl quilt

and need a little incentive to move it along?

I stalled before the holidays to get

gifts done and now

need to get back at it

I am in love so far with my blocks

I am making the 6 inch size 

and have learned a lot with that size block

(like lots of new swear words that have never 

been invented LOL)

my quilt I am thinking will be of the farm

I grew up on and I will make a journal

for the stories behind the blocks I chose to make

I have a tractor panel for the back

cheater I know but I didn't want to 

get the back and the front all with blocks because 

YOU KNOW ME

I make it harder than it has to be

when I told my sister in law she said to me

Dawn you need to make FIVE of these

one for each of your nieces

I never had biological children and she may be right

BUT for now I want to concentrate on 

finishing ONE LOL

my brother raised barred rock chickens

hence my striped one

and we had TWO white

piggies that we had to dig

out of the snow in the 

blizzard of 1977

yeah,,,,,white pigs, whiteout conditions

can you say SUEY!  we were calling 

and calling them so we could hear them and know where to shovel

anyway, have you made a farmgirl quilt?

are you in process of making one?

do you want to make one?

Once I get my compuer fixed I will be able to share

pics of some progress and maybe can 

go back to picking two blocks a month

to work on

are you a farmgirl?

do you have the book?

they make great potholders too if you 

want to sew along with us

check out my previous years farmgirl block choices

and some links to some extra blocks

get em while you can........

c'mon  join us

you know you wanna  LOL

one happy camper

for those of you who think that handmade

gifts don't "cut it"

 this is one of my nieces with

her two dogs

and the afghan I made out of the 

huge yarn and huge needles

she immediately went home and snuggled

in it

Lily the smaller dog jumped into her lap

and Ford the larger dog brought his toy in case 

she wanted to play

that face says it all

THEY LOVED IT

I need to gather the strings

I was surfin one day   I know I was being productive LOL  and I FOUND THESE
OH MY  I fell IN LOVE.........
cant you see a bunch of them?  apples and pears and pumpkins and green peppers
all hot pads for the kitchen and out of scraps
yes THOSE VERY SAME SCRAPS THAT I DIG OUT OF THE TRASH
FROM AH HEMMMM   SOMEONES HOUSE THAT I WONT MENTION hee hee


I LOVE THESE  no pattern is given but looks simple enough
take about a 10-12 inch square of batting
string piece using flip and sew method and quilt it
make a brown loop to hang and for stem
applique a leaf
cut out shape (apples and pears are easy to draw)
sew backing    flip and sew edge   voila~
check out her blog using the link below
Karen's Korner









https://pksmokey11.blogspot.com.au/2018/01/apples-and-pears.html

any ideas for a border?

I know.........borders can be tough

I would like to turn this into a wheelchair top

it has a dark almost forest green color and some

rusty red and golds and browns in it

and I think a blue too

should I get solids?

try and mimic one of the inner borders?

turn it on point again?

what would YOU do?

it measures about 18  inches now  give or take

My friend and yours, Jacky, is making some

pouches kinda like these only hers close with a flap

so you can carry in your purse

for teabags

or equal sugar packets

aren't they the cutest?

and don't be calling the ASPCA on me

if Dunkin insists on going into my sewing room

he may as well be useful

his quarter inch seam is impeccable!  lol