Stuffing the Bags

Tomorrow is 'the other quilt group' Christmas Party!! Lunch, chatting, fun and a little project to take home.
The bags are stuffed with their very own kit to make ...i can't reveal, there are watchers among us!  oh, i am sooo excited! This will require a bit of hand sewing and i am hoping to get mine done for show off---sometimes you need to see it to love it, don't ya?  You will see it and love it....but later. Can't let the kit out of the bag. hee hee

hey now--

Don't forget the

Giveaway

 + I added a few patterns from the shop too!

Plenty of time to make a comment here.....but don't wait too long- it makes me nervous. :)

AND

---Make it yourself ----

Sale at the SHOP!!

ALL PATTERNS ARE $4.00

Save your applause for the end

Did you watch the latest Superman movie? The one where he returns back? There is that one part that gives me the goose bumps. He saves the plane and lands it in the big baseball field when it is full.....then he steps out and they stand and applaud. I love that part! I mean who doesn't want that kind of thankfullness and ooooo's and aaaaaa's sent there way on a major scale as that? I am pretty sure that will not be happening in my life time, but i can get it in little spurts. Can't i? Sure, wanna see?

This here quilt got finished! I mean the quilting done, the binding- done. It is time to resume it's real life calling as a----extra large cape {no pic, but believe me it was a bit cumbersome}

Super Hero centers---

Superman borders. I think he loves it. I did it as a block of the month pass around sort of thing- last year ugh.... Every month you get something new to make and send on to the next gal.

I got this little string keep done. It has a walnut shell Pincushion sewn to the top part to keep it from slipping off the table when dangling, like this:

See how handy?

It's all empty and ready for some snipped threads to be tossed in by Wendy--my sister in law.

Just recieved this little package of goodies in the mail.......it goes along with these:

Of course....this would be part of the secret and i can't share.... I know i promised, but i can only work so fast girls! settle down. I have set a new goal for the reveal-----the week after Thanksgiving. Everyone will be overstuffed and ready to settle back down- even for just a week before the christmas mayhem starts.

So watch for it......watch for it....

Until you can applaud the secret i will take just a bit of claps on these babies......thank you...thank you...

{Do you need some applause too? Bring it on...share it and we will give it!}

Retreating preperations

I have been busy getting the prizes and goodies for the gals coming to the quilting retreat this weekend.  We have gone up to one gals cabin in Eden for 3 years now and it is fun! This year we are going from thursday-saturday. I know, that is long...but will be oooooohhhhh so nice! I haven't packed the projects i am bringing yet. Still thinking.....thinking.
Anywho. I made everyone a little rolled pin cushion. While they were sitting there oh so cute like on the table i thought....hey- look at how cute that would be if they were made into a little circle flower!

You would just have to whip stitch them together and cut out the bottom in one large flower piece. If you were an adhd person you could color code the pins on each roll, or have needles of different sizes on each roll....i am so not like that, but great thought. :)

I got all the little goodies packaged up too. Wanna see inside?

Scissors, thread, tissue, rolled pin cushion, mints, and a needle case with pins and needles inside.

hope everyone likes the traveling sewing goodies.

Pancake Warmers

Today we woke up to a little sprinkling of snow dust everywhere. The poor birdies have to fight the snow to find the seed.

Since sometime in October we made a rule of cereal only on the weekends. This makes breakfast kind of interesting. We have muffins, toast, eggs, sausage, pancakes, waffles, and anything else we can think of. This has eliminated a lot of mid morning -more like one hour later- complaints of 'starving'. It saves on the milk and cereal bill each month too, that is for sure.

I thought I would share a recipe of one thing we all love to eat.

BLENDER PANCAKES

Here is the recipe:

It really only takes a few minutes to mix it and make it.

Suprisingly quick, easy, and super yummy!!

Here is Jarom trying to warm his morning self up with one:

MMMMMMMMM YUMMY and WARM>>>

I am going to be working on quilting some of my tops. I have quite a few that even have backs and batting cut for them. What the heck?!....I found the pile. Anyways. Next week I will have some quilts done and ready for some showing off. Then maybe i'll have a binding party with everyone....bind it and share it sort of thing...fun

Quilt night tonight. We are going to make some pin cushions like these:

Maybe i'll do a tutorial on those tomorrow. We dye the doilies and they are stuffed with crushed walnut shells. Sharpens needles and pins and is a bit weighted so they stay put. Love them!!