A few projects, a few grandboys



Whenever we add a new member to the family, I have to make a new Christmas stocking.  This is Wesley's....



...and he LOVED it!

And in case you've forgotten I have 2 other grandboys, here are  Timothy and Gabe at their school Christmas program.  And yes, their PUBLIC school called it a CHRISTMAS program.  Hats off to you, Grisham Elementary, Tulsa, OK. And hats off to Mr. Schmidt who directed the music.

Here's Gabe who wore his elf hat in the program.

Wesley's shirt says, "Here comes trouble".  He doesn't look like trouble to me!

I made this Christmas ornament for my sister Greta for her birthday.  She was born on Pearl Harbor Day when I was a senior in high school.  She's truly my "baby sister".

I also made her this notebook cover.  It's left handed 'cause SHE's left handed.

Here's another one just like it, only this one is for a right handed person.  I made this for my stitch group Christmas exchange.  Donna was the lucky recipient.  Wish I had one for myself.

I DID make one of these for myself.  I really don't like to embroider, but these were just so darn cute, I couldn't resist.

I died and stamped these little onsies for a baby girl who is expected on Dec. 22.  Soon I'll have her quilt done to show here.

This is a sample of the "10 Minute Block" class I'll be teaching at the Cotton Patch on Feb. 21 and 23.  It's a method by Suzanne McNeil and is so much fun.  It's almost magic how the center dark squares are set in.  (They're 3 dimensional)

The "10 Minute Block" can be done with any size squares but you can save a lot of time by using Layer Cakes (10 inch pre-cuts) or Charm Packs (5 inch precuts).  (Don't you love my model?)

More of Spring Break

Last week we had planned to take a trip to Missouri while my daughter's kids were off school. Circumstances changed for everyone and we ended up not making the trip. So.....(or should I say SEW...) we decided to work on some projects. Calista (oldest daughter--the pregnant one) is getting so good at making these bags that she doesn't even have to read the pattern. In fact, the pattern is loaned out so we couldn't look at the pattern. Aren't these just so cute? She made these three as a set for one lucky friend.

The grandboys kept themselves occupied (well, mostly) while we sewed. I still have all my son's legos so they built things...

mostly ships...

and boats....

and did "arts and crafts" as Timothy calls it. He loves paper (not colored paper, only blonde!--which means white-- with nothing written on it. In other words, don't give him any scrap paper!)

See how happy art supplies make him?!