Hi Woolie Moment
Followers!
Today I looked out
my window and saw I believe the “first frost.” I am loving the cooler
days! I did go out last week and walk through the leaves and loved the
“crunching” sound. Yesterday, Savannah and I spent a few hours working on
our back door paint project. This is our “Gateway to
Creativity”. We are painting a picket fence on our door so that it
looks like a gate. As you can see from our photo…the progress, we have
painted on our fence pickets and the fence posts alongside. We are
planning to add detail of grass, flowers and probably a Bee or two! We
thought it would be nice and cool while we painted, but since the door is on
the South side of the building, we were in the sunshine and we were surprised
how quickly the paint dried and how hot we felt! Had to put some
sunscreen on Bee! I noticed she would wander off now and again to walk
through the leaves….she loves the crunching as much as I do!
November themed
“Snowbuddies”
Okay, so here it
is the first of October already! Below is featured our November themed
Snowbuddie…”Pilgrim Girl. I think she is pretty sweet! Also, I have included photos of
how I am planning to finish my blocks. To add a bit of whimsy to the project,
it just kept screaming Yo-yos. Now, I know that yo-yos can make
some of us cringe…they use to have the same effect on me. But, I love the
little Yo-Yo Makers that come in various sizes. I precut my squares and
put them next to my sewing chair and before I know it, I have made a bunch of
perfect, same size yo-yos. The Yo-Yo maker that I am using is the 45mm
Orange maker and the Yo-yos finish to about 1 ¾” wide. I have selected a
tiny red/crème print and solid red for my yo-yos. I originally cut my
background squares 8” X 8”. After finishing the embroidery, I cut the
square to 7 ½” X 7 ½”. I then cut a 7 ½” X 7 ½” red/crème print for the
backing of the square. I placed them right sides together and stitched ¼”
around the outside edge, leaving a small opening for turning. (Like
sewing a pillow) Turn right side out, press and slip stitch the opening
closed. My embroidered square is now completely finished. I then
Blanket stitched around the outside edge using two strands of my Sulky 12 wt. thread.
As you see in the photo below, I then added 4 print Yo-yos to each side and a
Red yo-yo to each corner. Notice that it is now finished both front and
back. My plan is that the blocks will be put together three blocks wide
by four blocks down. I will continue to add the little finished blocks and
yo-yos. It is really coming out cute and a bit different from setting it
together with sashing and borders.
December
American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine…..
I have not
personally seen or heard that the issue is out for sale. Check my
last Blog Post for news on my featured project and the Giveaway.
Storage
Units…..
A curse! I
have had three of them. Many of you know that I have worked hard
the last couple years to “gleen” my stuff! I am sure a collector….don’t
think that I am a hoarder….just have so many interests and so many things that
I love. Vintage…just gets me into trouble….and Flea Marketing. I
must admit that I am not the impulsive buyer that I used to be….more selective and
contemplative. After living in a 4000 sq. ft. house with way too much
garage space for storage, I just have to downsize and I have done it in
stages. My last stage….this past week was to go through all three units
and move everything out. Well, Linda and I did get through all three
units, but I found myself needing to keep one. I am planning for it to be
short term, another step in the process. My stuff in storage was
beautifully organized in Rubbermaid tubs, but now I am going to go through them
and gleen again. For those of you in the area…..Big Indoor Sale this
coming Saturday (October 6) at the Shoppe – 9 – 3. There will be lots of
fabulous stuff that I am ready to have out of tubs and on to new owners.
I think when I am finished with this process, I surely will write a
book!! I won’t even include a photo of the mountains of tubs….too
embarrassing!
I hope you have a
great week! Think of me as I am sorting and pricing and feeling the load
lift!
Connie
Mini Moments
from Bee………………………….
