What I have been doing!

I have been organizing all our drawers and closets - in Kitchen, Baths, Bedrooms etc.  It has gone very well. I have spent lots of time in my Sewing Studio purging and organizing.  It has taken awhile as I have had appointments etc, also.   FOR NOW  I know what I have and where it is.  I can see the countertop and I am ready to SEW!

Here is just a little of my stuff - labeled Tah Dah!  The piles you see will be organized and put in boxes to go to our Sewing Sisters Boutique at the Sew In held in June.

 

 

 

 

This will be gone soon  !

 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

To Everyone Happy Valentines Day.  Wishing you a day of love and happiness

Bev's Bag

My Friend Beverly celebrated a birthday in January.  It is so fun to be together.  We went to the Quilt and Sewing Show and then had a terrific lunch which included a decadent, luscious Bread Pudding dessert. 

The following are pictures of the bag I made for her for her day.  She had visited Europe last summer and really liked Paris - Thus the Fabric and Theme.

Front
 

Back

Inside flap

Elvis is in the Building

Maria's husband Bob is obsessed with anything Elvis. I made him four Elvis coasters as a thank you for the coffee he makes for our sewing group each week.

Monday Sew Buddies Christmas lunch

Our Monday Sewing group met this Friday for a Christmas lunch.  We sew each week and will begin our weekly laugh sessions with some stitching again in January after the holiday break. 

Made these Coasters for the girls  - I had camera a little too close for pics



 

Maria         Linda                             June              Lynn

Christmas Lunch

Each year four of us get together for birthday and Christmas lunches.  We recently had our Christmas lunch.  Our favorite place is the Pointe in Tyme at the Hilton.  Great food.  We then go to one of our homes and open our gifts and have dessert and coffee/tea .  Tons of laughter at the restaurant and at the house.  We have a very good time together.

Mary                   Lynn                    Beverly                                   Betsy

Camelback Inn Lunch

Our dear friend Priscilla invited Ed and I out to lunch with her daughter and our friend Mary.  We went to the Camelback Inn Resort.   It is a beautiful place and wonderfully landscaped grounds.   We had a wonderful lunch and terrific conversation and laughs.

Priscilla   Our Hostess

Betsy and Her Mom Priscilla

Christmas Bunco

I hosted our group Bunco in December.  I made a Christmas Tissue box cover for each person. 
I am posting most of them.   We had a wonderful evening.  It is so fun to have it at Christmas with the house all decorated.  I had a Nacho Cheese and hot Artichoke Dip first.   Dinner was Lasagna, Green Salad, Croissants, and dessert was Apple Pies in a little canning glass jars.  I also made Jingle Balls from Rice Krispies.  We had a great time.

Christmas Sewing

I went a little crazy with my friends Accu Quilt cutter.  I made three trees and four wreaths.  Once I  had them sewn and the borders on my friend Maria worked her magic and quilted them each in splendid designs.  Four of these left the state for Christmas and one to a friend here.   The other two are mine.

Recent Sewing Projects

I sew with a group of 4 ladies once a week except the summer.  We last met in April  and Maria challenged us to make an item from scraps.  We each drew a name - which we did not reveal.  We had all brought scraps of fabric to choose from.  We were to make anything we could come up with for the person whose name we drew.  We got together 2 weeks ago and exchanged our gifts.  Such wonderful surprises we had.

I drew Maria's name and made  tissue box covers  with different themes for her.

Cathy made me a beautiful eyeglass case

June made Coasters for Linda

Linda made an applique pillow for Cathy

Maria made coasters for June

This was so much fun!

Furry Visitor

We recently took care of our friends English Springer Spaniel for four days.  It was fun to have fur in the house again.

Ella is such a breeze to care for.   She and Uncle Ed had great times playing ball.   She takes her medicine pills straight from your hand - really no cheese, baby food, etc... Such a jewel.

She does need an audience for her meal time and a ball close by to keep her company.

Ella



I love naps



Come on already throw the ball!

Great fun, lots of ball, slobbery kisses, and snuggling in bed at night.  Thanks for a great time Ella.

Dressing Up

Our Bunco theme this month was of course Halloween.  I decided to dress up as a Scarecrow.

I was the only one that went this far with a  costume.  Most of the ladies had cute Halloween shirts, spider webs on their nails or  Halloween earrings.   I went the full route of cute.  LOL.

New Sewing Projects

Here are a few of the items I have made recently

Coasters for a friend's birthday.



My friend Mary taught this Table Topper - I have three so far.  Such fun.

 

 

 

My friend Lou taught us this embroidered Christmas Tree.  Lots of sparkle!

 

 

Treemendous - by Anita Good Designs
 

 

 

Learned how to make moldable fabric bowls.... more to come

 

My Leaf and Pumpkin Bowls

I am so blessed to be surrounded by wonderful and creative friends.

 

 







 

Thank You Towels

A wonderful friend of mine has a cabin she rents in  the Heber/Overgaard area.  She asked if I could come up with a towel/thank-you gift to send to those who had stayed at the cabin.

We came up with the tree design and a short note to attach to the towel when she sends it out. 

Her family calls their place "the Cabin", thus the notation on the items.

It was fun - have made 20 so far.