Live to laugh and Laugh to live

New project just about finished, just needs a back, stuffing and edging, and I have 5 more in the works...
Hand stitching is my favorite pastime, along with Crocheting, reading and snuggling. But I do love putting a bunch of found treasures to a square of pieced fabric, and see what comes out of it.

While the big cat's away...

While Big Cat Daddy is gone, I have been VERY busy with my WIPS and some new things. I am hoping for a totally Handmade Christmas this year! The pumpkin pillow above is finally finished!

I am thinking I should have photographed more detail of the pillow above, I love to mess with "unconventional" ways. Like Vintage and new fabrics randomly quilted together, and then randomly embellished with my creations ( crocheted motifs) or Vintage buttons, or fun trims and embroidery. Keep checking back as I plan to update the blog all week with the fun I have been having! Oh 41 is going to be great!

Revisiting an old project

So these photos are about 1+ year old and this project has been rolled up that long too. I had finished embellishing it...so I thought, and was told by some Crazy Quilt friends to bead it more before I finish it. Well, I have unrolled it (waiting for the embroidery patterns I ordered from Pattern Bee and Wee Wonderfuls to finish Sophia's quilt) and have decided to put the back on it and hand quilt it and be done with it. So off to the basement I go to do just that.

I also have 2 bindings to put on to other quilt projects while I wait. So I better get at it.

And I have 9 costumes to dream up for the spring musical at church. (Mostly vegetable costumes...so I am not to worked up about it yet.) Did I say the musical is the 8th of March? and I will be gone this weekend, so plenty of time!

I do my best work under pressure! Don't you?

"J" is for Jurnee

This is the wall hanging I have been working on, I have lots of projects in this stage now. I need to get this quilted and hung, I am struggling with making a decision on the backing fabric...but I think it will be soooo stinkin' cute in Jurnee's room!

Tomorrow I am going to add beads also.

What should I do with this?

So, I have this wonderful piece, maybe you remember it from a few months ago, and I was going to make it into a bag, then, I decided with some encouragement from a few readers to embellish it more, well, I got a little carried away, and now it is a sampler I guess, and I feel like I put so much time into it, I don't know what to do with it next? Thanks for the input!

I am trying to do some fancy changes to the blog, and well, forget it! But here is my latest project, I think a wallhanging. The heart and sun are applique. I did use some interesting stitches here, but mostly I am excited that it turned out the way I had hoped. Rusty told me, "I don't get it." I think maybe some crystals in the center yet.