A Terrible Thing To Admit!!!

 I am proud to have FINISHED two items recently.  I started the scarf in December and finally knitted the last few rows and finished it.  The coasters were made using some leftover Kaffe selvedges.  Turned out rather cute if I say so myself.  I am tired of the water glasses making a mess on the table.  Problem solved.

OK!!!  Here is the terrible thing to admit!.  My friend and I made yet another trip to the quilt store and bought all sorts of goodies.  I tell you, we were feeling rather bad!!!!  So we made a pact to buy no more fabric other than what  is needed to complete projects in progress until - wait for it - FALL!!!!  I don't know how we will make it.  Then we decided to make a list of all our unfinished sewing items.  This is where it gets to be bad.  My list has 40, yes 40 UFO's on it.  So officially I appear to be the Queen of starting projects.  My problem is that cute things appear before me before I can finish the things I am busy with.  My friend has 30 things on her list.  Well we are putting in a dedicated effort this summer to cross items off our list.  The above two photo's are two of those items.  I know they are small but they were so close to being completed.  A journey starts with one step!!!!  I will be showing my progress so you can all hold me accountable.
Till next time, take care and thank you for stopping by!

Itty Bitty Hearts

I am teaching a couple of classes at my favorite local quilt store again.  This is the store sample I made up using Cindi Edgerton's Itty Bitty Hearts pattern.  It is a Foundation Paper Piecing pattern.  This is the technique I will be teaching - a skill building class!  I love FPP!!!  It is really worth mastering this skill as it opens up a whole new world in piecing.  It really is easier than you think too.
I love how the solid color hearts turned out to be so bright and cheerful.
Hope you are all having a bright and cheerful day.

A Mug Rug

 Hello!  I signed up for a mug rug swap!!!  I had so many ideas traveling around in my head.  It is funny though that when it comes to crunch time (procrastination definitely over) I ended up doing something totally different.

 I liked the idea of a coffee mug and tea cup! Then the "I like coffee" song came to mind and I thought it presented itself for some embroidery ideas.

Here is the finished mug rug!  The swap is tonight.  I'm excited!!!  I wonder whose wonderful mug rug I will get?

Building Continues!

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The building of tiny houses is still going strong.  It is such a fun project to do.  Now that I am collecting quiet a few of them, I can see that the quilt is going to be so very pretty.  It is going to be so colorful and bright.  I am done the center panel of the quilt except for the central large house.  The big house is stressing me out a tad!  Not sure what fabrics to use!!!  I need to get it done so that I can work on completing that middle section.

 I had to print out more Foundation Papers!!!  Always a good thing as well as a sign of progress.

Lastly, let me leave you with a picture of a Texas Sunset!!!  We get to enjoy such pretty ones every now and then.  This one was so pink (or salmon), with blues and several shades of gray.
Thank you for stopping by and hoping you are having a good day.

What's Old is New Again!!!

 OK, I am embarrassed to actually put this photo on my blog.  How did my ironing board surface become so absolutely tacky and grungy?  The funny thing is you don't notice it slowly becoming uglier and uglier, until you look at it and it hits you like a ton of bricks!  You stand back and announce to your husband, "My ironing board is hideous. We will recover it this weekend"!!!

 So that is exactly what we did.  I bought this printed canvas fabric about six months ago for the ironing board.  So hubby and I got the tools out, and took the ironing board outside.  Took about half and hour to replace the cover.

We put new cotton batting under the cute fabric.  So very much better!!  We went one step further and bought new rubber guards for the legs, so she has new shoes too.  The frame got a good wipe down and now I am excited about my ironing board once again.  Isn't she lovely?

Building Houses is a Messy Business!

 Hello friends.  Thank you so much for stopping by to have a look at the construction sight.  You know that house building is a messy business.  One is left with several scraps that you can't use because there is not enough for a house unit!

 What to do with your scraps you may ask.  Remember, your scraps cost the same as your precious yardage, so put them to good use.

 I am making 1/2 inch hexagons with my leftovers.  I cleared all the scraps from around my sewing machine this weekend and made this lovely little pile.  They are going into a box with others to make a completely scrappy hexagon quilt.  No planning involved!  Just lots of color and lots of sewing.

 Are they not too cute for words?

Here is my tin which I put my finished houses into.  It is getting full.  I have 49 houses.  Yes, I can't believe it but I am only behind by one house.  I made SEVEN this weekend.  The dear husband and kids were building a model aircraft at the kitchen table.  My daughter was sewing there too.  My machine was set up and I just stitched away merrily.  We had quiet a crafty weekend.  It was so good just being together.

Houses and Hearts

Hello!  What a fine Monday this has been.  It is cold, rainy and grey here in Texas but I had an awesome day stitching with my friend.  She is also building houses.  We made two this morning and then went to visit a quilt store.  I have come home, turned on the fire, and plan to do more stitching.  I need to catch up on construction!!!

I found these adorable heart blocks on Pinterest.  Ula Lenz is the lady to whom the patterns belong.  Thank you so much for sharing Ula!!!  They are foundation paper pieced and are so much fun to do.
Thanks for stopping by to see what I am up to.  Hope you are having fun too.