Follow Up From Yesterday's Post for CQ Pincushion

Wow 2 days in a row, I'm breaking a world record in my neck of the woods. Here is the follow up of my Granddaughters pincushion before she took it home, gosh I could kick myself for not getting a pic of her with it but with her very active brothers bouncing around I guess I just missed that moment....oh well, she will be back this weekend and we will try again, and by the way I'm now wondering how I survived raising 3 busy boys along with one busy daughter, good thing I was very young!!

Stitching Away...

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Im so happy to turn the page on a New Year and look forward to new adventures. My oldest Grandson has turned 11 years old and his sister one of my Granddaughters just turned 10 years old.....what a great age and fun to keep company with. Of course my Grandson is all wrapped up in his new Wu games and my Granddaughter is interested in leaning to sew. Here is the base of a CQ pincushion I made for her to go into her sewing box I gave her for her birthday. Now the pics aren't too clear as I needed to charge my camera so I took them with my cell phone, I can see a big difference in sharpness between my cell and my camera, ahh so next time I will make sure my camera is charged. I'm linking this post to Crazy Quilting Journal Project 2016 for my January Block as they can be any size or shape. This one was created on a 10 inch square to start then rounded for the pincushion.

Merry Wishes and Christmas Kisses For a Jolly Good Holiday

Tis the time of year with some Jolly wishes and kisses from our home to yours. This is the latest pic of the Grands, at least a few of them getting ready to celebrate all that is good.
I have been busy and again have neglected my poor blog, a big thank to all that are still around and for those who have dropped out of blogland you will be missed. Hopefully next year will bring forth New creativity and energy too!
 Seasons Blessings to all!

Crazy Quilting for Relaxing

I love to curl up and do a little stitching especially this time of year! The weather is starting to cool off a little bit even though muggy and I sat down and finished this little coin purse for my SIL for part of her Christmas gift. She loves Scratchers and lottery tickets so I thought I would tuck a few in for fun and maybe a clutch bag to tuck it into. Did I mention she loves Cats, I had to include those. Until next time....

Yep It's Me Again Sharing A Little Fairy Love

So here we are and I was just bragging about a cool off, ha... Mother Nature taught me a lesson, don't trust her!! Lol Yesterday when it reached 100 degrees I tossed in the towel and decided Fall is not arriving this year and we will probably just slide into some cooler weather for ?? Christmas maybe. So be it, enough whining already. I'm Grateful we aren't in a rainy flood area or fire zone right now and must remember that:) Prayers for all that are:)
Here is the last of the "what I did this Summer projects" since I don't have a heck of a lot to show for it.
This is a mini Book created for a dear friend as a gift and was really fun to create. Size of this mini is 2 by 3 inches and about 3 inches thick with the front little Fairy door opening to hold some what..... fairy dust of course:)  I really wanted to add a clasp created from the wire that I used to attached the ribbon but my hands just aren't strong enough anymore so after several unsuccessful attempts I went to Plan B, we all need a plan B don'tch ya know... There are a few things I would have added or done differently but we always see what we can make better once we finish, at least I do:) I hope you enjoy the pics as I'm off to get a few more thing done before I run out of day........   

Spinning My Wheels

Finally the weather officially cooled of today and I am thrilled. It has been a long hot summer and I have accomplished very little with the exception of completing a class over at Artful Gathering (pic's above") and making a gift for a friend (will show those  pics next time). My youngest Grandkids have returned to school and a big shout out"thank you" to all my Facebook friends for sending Richie postcards for his 5th grade class project!

Blogging has gone by the wayside it seems like everything else when Mother Nature acts up:) Here are a few pics of summer projects from where I left off in my last post, ha.. way back when.....finishing up with the Grands on their first day back to school:) Yep, here comes trouble I call the one in the center, lol

Dog Days of Summer

Lazy summer days and lots of heat in So. Ca. has definitely slowed me down however I have been taking a class over at Artful Gathering, "A Romantic Journey on Canvas" with the talented Debby Anderson. A great class with fun techniques used in artful ways. Now I have worked with all the products and techniques in other ways suggested in class I had not combined them in such a way that I would be applying them to canvas. A great way to take something old and look at it in a new light.
I'll be using these techniques  again in the future for sure with my own twist:)

Now for those of you looking for a dog I leave you with one of  my furry treasures! Doesn't Nikki look like he has had enough heat, I think so!

Looking forward for a nice cool crisp Fall for sure with more creative energy and back to my Studying Under The Masters classes.
Until then stay cool my blogging friends and I hope you stop by soon as it seems everyone has migrated to Facebook and left blogging by the wayside, I guess we can thank Google for that, oh well this is what they call progress............................... need I say more