Studio Tour

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Click on the pic above for the link to blogs of designers who have joined this web ring.
Enjoy.

Happy Easter!

I have been doing a lot for last few weeks and yesterday it seemed my batteries charge dropped! I feel so tired and not just body but mentally as well.
Will not be hosting a big family event on Sunday this year.
So think I will just relax somewhat and maybe recharge my batteries up again… ;-)

I wish for everyone a wonderful Easter weekend.
Hope weather will cooperate wherever you are.
If you are looking for an Easter Bunny visit at your place I hope he can hide the eggs outside but not in mud puddles or snow! Here in my part of Virginia we hope for warm temps and no rain!!
Praying for ‘sun’ in the Sunrise Service Sunday with no clouds or rain.

Calendar Quilt Challenge Update

Been a while. Had to get caught up.
Here it is so far.
I still will wait till near the end of year to decide if I split the rows for 2 quilts or how I will do the finished one!
I do not plan to ‘over think it’..if I can help it.;-)
I do love how creative so many have been with their ‘blocks’!

Go check them out here.
Such fun to look at them and go..”why did I not think of that???!!!” ;-)

Goodness I am going Fabric Strip Mad around here!

I am working on a 'patchwork kinda block' with them now.

After all I have a rather large amount of them all ripped and ready to go!!
I still like calling them ‘noodles’ as a gal pal did when we did a swap many moons ago!!

Now on to catching up with a few other BOM’s.
I cannot believe I DID let myself get behind!!

I just have so many fun things I want to do..not enough hours in the day!!!
I mean look it is Wed already!!!!
I better get to it as I want a few things done by Sat!!!

Sewing with Liz

Liz blogger buddy, came from Chesapeake out to the boonies Monday to visit and sew up an oven dress!!!
We did one each… sooo cute they came out!
Here is Liz with hers.

Here is me with mine.
I did mine a tad different…still playing with the design…;-)

The fabric she used is AWESOME and she gave me some!!!
I have plans for it and they are all for ME! Ha!!

We had such a fun visit, sewing, chatting & eating!
We were so into what we were doing, did not know had bad storms( a twister) around us!!!
Do know we got an inch of rain in just a few hours!!
So we think we will be making this a monthly ‘sew in’…;-)
I told her she has to pick the next project.. ha!!

We had smoked chopped pork BBQ DH had done on the weekend for lunch!!
Liz brought the ‘sweet’… some delish cookies she picked up..YUMMO!

Here is the smoker with 6 pork butts cooking low and slow.

He has had this thing over 20 yrs.


Here is the Mister chopping them up.

Would normally do this outside too but wind was horrid!
Forget how many pounds he put in freezer.

He does this twice a year doing between 6 or 8 butts depending on the size .

These were pretty big.

So that was yesterday now back to day of chores and hope I will have time to sew up a couple of things later!!

Thursday Sewing Day Project

Last Thur Deb and I had Sewing Day again.
This time we did these scrappy strippy foundation pieced squares.

You either love 'em or hate 'em...ha!!!

The foundation sq was 12 inches.
We took some old fabby’s and uglies, striped them into different widths.
Pressed then sewed them on the foundation fabric.

The iron and spray starch are two good friends when doing these.
Next we cut the sq diagonally , like a big X.
Switched the triangles all around and sewed them back into a sq.
Trimmed up.

How the back looks ..showing how we cut and sewed back.

Now we were just playing learning what to do on the next ones we do.
1…as in trying to have all different fabrics
2…making sure the sqs each have two up triangles and two across ones
3…try to do the quilt as you go method using the sew in sashing tubes
We want to use up all this old fabric and we have loads of squares & strips left !!
So we may be doing some kiddo summer quilts this simple way!!

Anyway we each came out of the session with 4 blocks.
This is what I did with mine.
Made a funky table topper or wall hanging!!
If you do not like buttons on things LOOK AWAY now…;-)

I used some of the fabby strips as borders.
Sewed a backing on it right sides together.
Tuned , pressed then sewed around the border outside close to edge to close up.
Also around the inner edge of border. That is it on this one.
Buttons on where points meet.

With my borders on came out 24X24 inches.
It does have a nice weight to it could be used for warmer months.
If done in flannels would be neat and warm too.

TTTTThat's all folks.....;-)

Welcome! Come on in!

Our front door wreath.

Come on in. Have a seat of the sofa.

You will get a good look at the Feed Sack Bunny runner!!

The above pic is true to the colors.

Decided to put it on the sofa chest instead of dining room table.

Can enjoy it more that way!!

The depression glass candy dish holding pastel mints really set sits off too!!

I was told the other dish I use for candy was meant to hold a honey comb.

Sadly I did not get the other Feed Sack Bunny project I had in mind done...maybe next year...ha!!

A cutie and some hares...

Meet the love of my life! Ain't he a cutie??

Today is his birthday!!

We will have fun celebrating today and tomorrow.

Cross your fingers that the wonderful weather will hold !!!

Okay 'hare' we go! Ha... I know STOP IT already! ;-)

Here is a little bunny tucked into this basket lamp

along with his eggs and his pals the peeps!

Instead of a cricket on the hearth we have a wool felt hare penny rug!!

This is Old Nibblers hanging on the old oak cabinet door.

Here is a real prim hare just hanging around on a grape vine wreath with some prim old quilt eggs.

Hope you are enjoying the tour so far. We will continue tomorrow!!

Easter stuff..

Pulled out some of my runners and such to make the house more Spring Easter like…have eggs and hares, also some just Spring vintage things to share later too.
Here are a few Easter things.;-)

This runner is patchwork and appliquéd Easter fabric eggs on it, is on old sewing machine I use as side table.

Here is just a pretty pastel pieced one on old vintage child’s desk, at end of sofa.

Here is a simple patch work runner of Easter fabrics and ginghams.

This is a fun table topper appliquéd with Jelly Belly fabric eggs on this chest in dining room.

More ‘hare’ tomorrow…. get it….here …hare….whatever….Haaaaaaaaaaa!!

vintage family quilt

Sharing another as I promised.
This is small size , not baby small just somewhere between a twin and a cot.
Worked on by my paternal Grandmother Hancock and great Aunt Mary who was like a teen ,

maybe in the 20’s or earlier.
It is thin but there is batting of sorts just thin, seems a summer weight quilt.
I know they traveled a lot in their Model T car to lots of parks etc, camping

out with tents and cots.

So I like to think that it may be one they used on those trips…;-)

I do have old photos of some of these trips need to look at the camp closely!

A pretty blue and white cottons were used, now aged.
A lot of feed sack scraps used in those flower baskets too.
All by hand, pieced and quilted.
In very good shape for its age.

Today I also quilted my feed sack bunny runner…;-)
Finished but still have to put label on it and put it on table.
Finished pic later, camera needed new batteries!

Oh No! Where are they?? I know I have some!!!

Heavens to Betsy!!!!!!!

I am just floored!!!!!!
Lani of The never ending adventure! blog fame had her Hunky Cowboy Hubby do a name on her fun Giveaway it was mine !!!
Lordy Mercy!!
I reckon I can never again say I have not won anything!!

Some think I should maybe try for the lottery after these 2 days… ha!!!
Well if I don’t win lotto I am still happy with what I have been blessed with!!!!
Thanks so much Lani and I MAY have my pic taken in the bunny ears… ha!!

Lani has such a fun fun blog please check it out ,she is a hoot !!!
We all need laughter in our lives and she supplies it a plenty!

Our great big blog world is full of such wonderful folks, caring and sharing!

I have made some wonderful pals and got to know some awesome folks I otherwise would have never known!!

Don't ya love this BLOGG'N LAND!!!!!!!