Getting things done!!

The colors are red, white, and blue! For the colors of our flag!


But pay no attention to the date on the pictures!! I am camera stupid even though my Dad retired from Kodak! So, I went round and round with the menu on my camera and strangled the date stamp...it will not frustrate me
anymore. I have been told I am a bit tenacious...yep!

These are my Yellow Ribbon Quilts for the men in Claudia's step sons troop in Afganistan. Our Quilters In Stitches met on a Saturday and a Monday night to sew up a storm and get at least 35 quilts completed to send to the troop by Christmas!

I enjoyed sewing on these quilts so much and the pattern is so easy. If you are interested in getting involved in making a quit to send please check out her blog, and also see the pictures of our guild at work!! http://yellowribbonquilt.blogspot.com/

Christmas Tree Napkins video!

Hey, Here is a video from Nancy's Notions that shows you how to make Christmas Tree Napkins with a serger but I think you could also use a zig zag stitch to accomplish the same thing! Oh, and she uses the glue stick to go pinless!!! Uh..huh!!! Anyway, I will be working on Twinkles the Clowns cape today***

http://www.nancysnotions.com/category/id/101962/102113.do?extid=091114

The sewing machine song!!!

Hey, I was just clicking around on my blog in the youtube videos and ran across the sewing machine song...haaha I love it!!! They just don't make good movies like that anymore...

This was a snap shot at the church sew in! We made many bags...and I was tired that night! hahaaa

Click the link below to get the "sewing machine song video"...it will bring a smile to your face!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=999ph8iRT4o

Going to hang with the girls!!

It's the first Wednesday of the month and today is my first time to be a part of the "hand sewing club" at the local quilt store! I am so excited and have my project all ready to work on. This square is part of a quilt I have been workin on for many years now, and one of my UFO's that seeems will never get completed! But, I push forward and never give up no matter how large, ugly, or messy it gets! I am told I have tenacity!! I must live up to the honor...lol By the way, I used glue stick to get the applique pieces to stay in place. Just dab...dab...dab and they stay. My projects travel with me to all kinds of places and there is no worry if there are small children or animals around...my squares are pinless I just dabbed them down!!!

My first Quilt!

This is one of the prettiest days of fall so far! The golden orange and red leaves are blowing from the maple trees and the sun is warm on my face. I love it!!! It makes me want to clean house. I washed every sheet and blanket on our bed yesterday. I am one of those women that thinks of spring cleaning but doesn't get around to it till the fall.

As I was putting the quilt back on the bed I took a picture of it. This is my first quilt I made and hand quilted. The fabric cost me $1.00 a yard and as you can see it ...now you know why...lol. I cut all the pieces by hand and was so very proud of it. I quilted on it for a whole year and loved every minute. The year was 1981 when I started this quilt, and it has a label on one corner declaring to the whole world that I made it!

My quilting frame was made from some 2x4's my husband took out of a wall we opened up between the kitchen and dinning room in our second house. I would sit at my saw horse quilt frame that ran the length of our dinning room and quilt while the kids took naps. Those were some really sweet days of motherhood for me. The kids were still young and they thought I was smart and a lot of fun to be around. Can you see the hand quilting stitches...I was so proud of them..shoot I still am!!!

The colors are still so vibrant after so many years because it has laid on our bed upside down!!