Three little houses...

Jan is on a roll...she made another little house and now there are 3!  Keep it up Jan.....your houses are so cute.
3 down and 22 to go!  You can do it.

Little House update....she did it!

I went to check on Jan this afternoon.  She wanted to make her first paper pieced little house and I wanted to be there with her to walk her through it.   It is a little confusing if you have never done paper piecing.  I think she did a great job.   It came out so cute.  Here are a couple of photos of her first house.

Little houses and completing a project

I taught a friend how to do a simple paper pieced little house.  Here are a couple of the photos of the house I did to demonstrate the process for her.  She asked that I post them on my blog and to let all my blog friends know that she plans to make a few each week so she can make a little quilt with them.  She wants me to post her progress as she gets them done.   I have been giving her sewing lessons and she is yet to complete a project so this is one we plan to get to the finish line!
I have always wanted to make a "house" quilt and this pattern was so easy to follow.  I just might have to make a few of these each week too.

Happy Thanksgiving!

It is a beautiful day here in south Louisiana.  A day we need to remember to be thankful for all that He has given to us.

Our family will be together today. I hope you all are able to be with your families too!

I pray everyone has a wonderful day.....
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Busy making baby items.........

I have been a busy bee.
Bibs, burp cloths, baby wash cloths and receiving blankets.
I have been sewing and sewing and sewing........
It has been fun to see the pile of items grow....
We have a little farmer's market/craft fair open every Saturday morning near our home.   I am thinking of renting a booth one weekend soon.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital .............. ..A great gift idea....and it becomes 2 gifts in 1

The holidays are here again and we are all out there looking for the perfect gift............ why not give two gifts in one..

Here is how to do it! 
This cookbook is sold to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. If anyone is interested please send me a message and I can get one for you. They are $25 dollars and 100% of that  money goes to St. Jude. Make checks out to St.Jude Children's Research Hospital. Lots of great (tested) recipes! The book measures 9'X7.5" and has over 300 pages of great, clearly printed receipes.  I have used mine often.

When you get this book you will have a great gift for a friend or family member and a gift for the St. Jude Research Hospital....a win win situation. Like I said 2 gifts in one! Contact me via message or you can email me at beebee70394@yahoo.com or you can call me at 984-226-6655...

For my blogging friends that live far away from me, let's talk and we can figure out the shipping cost.  

Number 3 turns 1

Our youngest grandson was born last year on 11/11/11...and yesterday he turned one.  What a sweetie!  He was also christened yesterday.  Such a blessing.  We had a wonderful time at his birthday party.  They even got me into the jumpy house with the kids,  that was a kick!
Here is his sweet little face.....I love this precious baby so much!

Check out that red hair.....

Blocks for Hurricane Sandy quilt project

I mailed my blocks to Erin over at My Patchwork Life
(http://vesuviusmama.blogspot.com/2012/11/taking-action-wanna-help.html)
She is putting together quilts to send to those in need after the destruction from "Sandy"
 
Here is a photo of the blocks I made.   Check out her blog and make a couple of blocks if you can help!

Never know what you will find in old boxes!

My DH and I were going through a couple of bins we stored in the garage when we moved into our new house in 2007.   I found this little doll quilt that my mom made for me.  It matched the quilt she had made for my bed.  I can not find that full quilt ( must have gotten loss in one of our moves) but I am so happy that I found this little doll one.  I want to make one with that pattern in her memory.   She did everything by hand, piecing and quilting.  Mom was the seamstress in our little town and she had a few ladies that she made all of their clothes.  Imagine, she would make a dress for $5 dollars. She did several bridal parties, bride's dress and all the bridesmaids' dresses too.  She was an amazing woman.  She only went to school through the third grade and could not read or write.  But, she kept our household going and did a great job with managing our budget too.  We were poor and I did not even know it.  I think I got my first store bought dress when I was 11.  I miss her so very much.  I was 32 when she died.  That was 28 years ago.
wow that was a trip back in time for me tonight!

here is photo of the simple little quilt....

I know the points don't match but I still love it.  Way to many meomories  tonight.

Follow Me

I am so excited.  I now have 50 followers! My goal was to get to that number before the end of 2012 and I did it!   Yea!  Thanks to all of my followers.

I have been working on some Christmas quilts and will try to post a photo as soon as I can get a picture taken.

blocks needed to help the East Coast

Erin is collecting blocks to make some quilts.

If you'd like to help...

please visit her blog and make a few!

I hope you can all pitch in and make a couple of blocks for this project.

hugs to all my blog land friends

beebee

A special thank you- I'm feeling better

whew, what a week. . . . . . . .

Last Wednesday I was admitted to Ochsner's Hospital in New Orleans with a very low platelet count. Normal is 150,000 and I was at 1,000.  The diagnosis was ITP.  The doctors and nurses there took great care of me and gave me the meds I needed to get better.  The count went up to 59,000 so they let me go home after 5 days.  Got back home yesterday.  There is NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

I am back to reading and commenting on blogs I follow.  I hope I can increase my following to 50 before the end of the year.  I have a friend that said it will never happen......we will see.

I hope to be able to get to my sewing machine again soon.  I have a couple of Christmas things I have to finish before the end of November.

Life is going great and God is good all the time.

Happy Halloween!

Our grandson sent us this precious video....Happy Halloween to all!  Is this cute or what?

Construction Site baby quilt

I spent today putting this baby quilt together.  I had someone ask me to make a baby quilt with a construction theme.  I had about 3/4 of a yard of this fabric in my stash.  Not enough for a backing or anything so I figured I could make blocks by fussy cutting the equipment.  I pulled out fabric I thought matched pretty good and started sewing.  I have it pinned and ready for quilting tomorrow.  It is about 45 inches square.  I kinda like the polkadots on the back.  Do you think it is too bright for a baby quilt?  I did not have anyone to hold it up for a picture so I hope these show what it looks like.

Another baby quilt completed. first attempt at feathers.....

I finished this baby quilt.  I finished the quilting this afternoon.  I did my first "feathers".  Can you see them?  I put one on each corner.  Not perfect but not bad for the first time.

here are a few pictures, I hope you can see the quilting.

Ready to make a braided rug!

I would like to try making a rag rug by braiding fabric.  I had some old t-shirts that I cut into 1 1/2 - 2 inch wide strips.  Each shirt gave me a pretty long piece to braid with.  I am just not sure where to start.

here are the t-shirt balls I made.....

I have this basket filled with about a dozen balls.  I cut the t-shirts into a continuous strip so they are pretty long.

I will check back later to show you what I do with these if I can figure out how to make the rug.

If anyone has any ideas, please let me know

Sweet and soft flannel baby quilt

I have been working on loads of baby items made with flannel.  I can not bring myself to throw away a scrap that is bigger than 2 inches square so I had lots of flannel scraps.   I decided to use them up instead of saving yet another container of scraps and this is what I ended up with.
 I hope to get it quilted soon.  Not sure what to put on the back yet.

Blankets, Bibs, Burp cloths and Baby washcloths!

I have been able to spend some serious time in front of my sewing machine and I am loving it!

 I made receiving blankets, bibs, burp cloths and baby wash cloths.

Here are some pictures of most of the items I completed.
It feels pretty good to be productive!

Gift for baby

I found a tutorial on how to make a simple receiving blanket and decided to give it a try.  Once I had that made I decided to make a bib and burp cloth to match.
Such a cute set and perfect for a baby shower.
I listed it in my Etsy store!

Wedding pillow and satin purse

I have a "niece" ( The bride is one of my dear friend's twins and the girls have always called me Aunt Barbara...a very endearing thing to me.  Still can not believe how fast they grew up!)  getting married this weekend and she asked me to make the ring barer's pillow and a little purse for her to use during the "money" dance at the wedding reception.

I never know where to begin these types of things so I just sat with the fabric and let it begin to speak to me.  I found a big platter that we use to eat boiled seafood with and used it as a pattern.  I needed a big circle.  For some reason I felt the purse should just be a simple draw string bag.  I will try to  put together a tutorial on how I made it.

Here is what I came up with for the bag...

For the pillow I had some satin fabric and some lace.  Not sure what to make...think- think -think-  she wanted something simple..Hmmmmm  Here are the two ideas I ended up making...

The bride picked them all up on Monday.  She is not yet sure which pillow she will use.  I think I like the one that shows a little of the satin on each side.   

These were simple to make and it was a quick project.  

The wedding is this Saturday evening..I will try to post a picture or two next week.

I would love some opinions of what you think of these items.