Sunday Sampler

It's Sunday!

 

Just a very quick post!  I am working on several projects and will be back to share this week!

 

30 Days of Thanks-Day 18

I am Thankful for my Sundays where I can relax!

Sunday Sampler

It's Sunday!

 

Happy Sunday to all!  I hope your weekend has been productive and fun!  I have lots going on and this is a sample of what is being finished this weekend!  I will share the full projects when they get to their destinations soon!  :) 

 

30 Days of Thanks~Day 11

 

I am thankful and so grateful that I have a nice warm bed to sleep in.  I can snuggle up and sleep peacefully.  I know there are many that are not as fortunate, so I am totally grateful for such a luxury.

 

Let me know what you are working on this weekend and what you are thankful for!

 

Have a great Sunday!

Sunday Sampler

Happy Sunday!

 

Hi!  Hope you are day has started on a good note today!  Did you turn you clocks back?  I did and I am ready and roaring to go today!  I did go to bed quite late, as I was watching football and sewing.  I watched the Oregon game and the Alabama/LSU game.  I love that the Oregon Ducks beat Lane Kiffin and USC!  I do love Oregon, but it was just that much sweeter that they beat Kiffin(It's a TN thing...LOL.)  I am so glad Bama pulled it off last night, because it was looking really iffy there for awhile, but it was an awesome finish!  Roll Tide!  Of course, I did watch TN earlier and thank goodness we won!  That's about all I can say, because that was iffy towards the end and it shouldn't have been!  Anyway...enough about football!  On to sewing!

 

This weekend, I am working on several projects and I didn't quite get so far yesterday due to football.  I may have that problem today since the Broncos play and the Nascar race is also on this afternoon!  I won't sit in front of the TV the whole time, but it will be back and forth between the kitchen where I sew and the living room!  Need to get a TV in the kitchen and then in my future sewing room when I get it organized!!  LOL

 

Here is a sneak peek of one of my projects I am working on.  This is going to be my pillow for the Pillow Talk Swap.  I hope my swap partner will like it!  Let me know what you think!

 

 

30 Days of Thanks:  Day 4

 

Today, I am Thankful for all God has given me in my life.  I have a wonderful son, who brings so much joy to my life.  I love him so much!  I am thankful for my family, whom I love dearly.  I am also thankful for the special, close friends I have in my life, who mean more to me than they could ever know.  You know who you are!!!  I am thankful everyday for all the blessings in my life and that God has allowed me to be surrounded by such wonderful people!

 

What are you thankful for today? 

 

Have a Super Sunday!  :)

 

 

Sunday Sampler

Happy Sunday!!!

 

 

Today is such a beautiful day here in East TN!  The leaves are changing, the air is crisp and the sun is shining brightly in a clear, bright blue sky!  The above photo is of some of the beautiful leaves on my maple tree in the back yard!  I am knocking out some chores right now as I sit here and type.  I am working on laundry at the moment and have to go clean the kitchen and my table in a few, so I can get ready to cut some fabric and sew!

 

Today, I have to get some things ready for our upcoming retreat.  I have to make some decisions on what projects I am going to work on and what supplies I need to take.  I have plenty of projects to work on, but I just have to narrow them down, so I do not drag too many things with me.  Have you done that before...gone to a sew-in or a retreat and taken way too many things with you to work on, thinking you were going to get them done?  LOL  I sure have! 

 

I wanted to share a quick project I did on Friday.  This is a Trick or Treat Bag for my nephew and his first Halloween.  Now, he is only six months old, but he will will going to a Trunk or Treat at their church, possibly a Boo at the Zoo and they are going to go to a pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin!  Although he will not understand it right now, it will be some great memories.  I remember doing those things with my son and we had so much fun!  Oh...and he is dressing as Spiderman...

Baby Spidey!  He will be so cute...can't wait to see the pics!

 

This is his Trick or Treat Bag I made.  The print fabric is from Henry Glass and I bought it last Halloween.  I also used Kona Orange and Kona Coal.  I lined it with some fabric that had orange stars on a black background.  It was a fat quarter I picked up in the remnant bin at Joann's last year.  I used Warm and White Batting and I quilted it with straight lines on the bottom, which I did box in.  I also quilted the back panel in straight lines following several lines on the fabric.  I did straight line on the front print panel following those few lines also.  Then, I chose to use a big zigzag up and down the two orange panels and on the handles.  I did a very small zigzag along the top to finish the bag.  I think it turned out just adorable.  I did not really follow a pattern, although I did reference several bag making techniques to make sure I did it correctly.  The bag dimensions are about 10"x 8"x3.5".  I didn't measure it before I popped it in the mail yesterday. 

Trick or Treat Bag

Front of Trick or Treat Bag

 

Back of Trick or Treat Bag

Inside of Trick or Treat bag

 

Hope you have a great day!

Sunday Sampler

Happy Sunday!

 

Today is Sunday Sampler!  I hope your day is starting well.  I wanted to share my goodies from a recent swap our Modern Guild did.  We called it the Scrappy Swap Exchange.  The participants brought in a Ziploc bag of scraps and we put them each in a brown paper bag.  We mixed the bags up and then handed them out, making sure everyone got someone else's bag.  We had til the next meeting to make some kind of small goody for our swap partner.  We had asked them what they might want and if we could add any fabric to theirs.  We could make potholders, pincushions, small pouch, small wall hanging, etc.  We had so much fun with this.  I put only Kona solids in my bag and asked that they only add one print if needed and could make whatever they wanted.  Here is what I received in the exchange---two beautiful potholders!  My friend Georgette got my bag and added this incredibly cute polka dot print to my solids.  These polka dots bring all the colors together and give it such a bright pop!  These are so ME!  I just absolutely LOVE them!!!

 

 

I had to add these today because I just think they are so happy! 

 

Have a Super Sunday!

Sunday Sampler

Good Sunday morning to you!

 

I hope your day has started out to be a great one!  I have been busy so far this weekend.  I did the binding on my friends' table runner and I started sashing the charity quilt yesterday evening.  I am getting ready to work on it in just a little bit and hope to have it completed and get the back pieced, so that it can go to the quilter this week.  If I get that done, I am going to figure out what I am going to do on my scrap swap project.  Going to be a busy day! 

 

Here is another set of fat quarters I picked up in Georgia last week.  These are just a fun kitchen print and I thought I could use these for making some cute kitchen gifts!

 

 

Hope you have a Super Sunday!

Sunday Sampler

Happy Sunday!

 

I hope your day has started out well.  I wanted to share one of the charity quilts our Modern Guild did recently.  We asked our members to put together a Nine Patch Block with Kona Coal as the middle block and to use blue and green solid or print fabric for the other eight blocks.  Once we collected all the blocks, we cut them and made them into disappearing nine patch blocks, arranged them and then they were sewn together.  This is the beautiful quilt that appeared.  It has been been quilted and given to our charity to a deserving recipient.  I love how this quilt turned out and I love that our ladies are so giving with their talent and time.  It is truly a blessing to be in such a wonderful guild and to be able to give back to our community!

 

 

"The manner of giving is worth more than the gift."

~Pierre Corneille, Le Menteur

Sunday Sampler

It's Sunday!

 

Time for a little sample of Mother Nature!  Today happens to be a beautiful day here in East TN!  The temps the morning were in the mid 50's and it is only supposed to get into the upper 70's today!  Definitely a little bit of fall weather in the air and I am loving it!

 

I worked yesterday on my table runner and the top is finished.  I am going to piece the back this afternoon and then baste it and try to get it quilted today also.  I will take some more pics of the process and share with you this week.

 

I wanted to share a photo I took on the way home one day.  We had had some rainstorms and peaking through the clouds was a beautiful rainbow.  I had my camera, so I pulled over to get some pics.  As I was taking them, I noticed a second rainbow reflecting!  What an awesome sight!  Now, the photo itself is not great, but you will at least see the two rainbows! 
God is so awesome in showing us the wonders of nature! 

 

 

"To pray is to let go and let God take over."

Philippians 4:6-7

 

I hope you have a Super Sunday!