Long time no post....

Currently in MN visiting family.. I will post pictures and what I'm doing when we get back home...Christmas is in the air....I will be working on ornaments.....for a swap...

My Latest Passion....

My newest things are books by Yoko Saito..Have you ever heard of her ? Just Google her name on the web or Google images for some wonder quilts that she makes. She also has her own line of fabric. I would love to buy, but can't find it anywhere near me. I did find some on the net..but I like to feel what I buy. I made a puse from this book..and I'm currently working on a wall hanging from the Houses book.. It would all be so much easier if only I could read Japanese.. but she does have quite pictures that gives you almost stet by step directions...All of the work is done by hand sewing.. so my purse is all made by hand. Fist the small peices were appliqued, then quilted.. I do most of the work while we are camping. It's so realxing to sit outside and enjoy the lake, with all the birds singing and humming birds humming by.

I also received a great little package in the mail today from Takako

a fellow blogger..So thats what I've been doing.. What have all of you been doing ??

It's new day !!

Wow..it's been so long since I've posted...and I have been sick almost since that last post..I've been on two doses of antibotics..and I've still got it...sinuitis...upper respitory infection..strept throat.. you name I've had it. I'm sick of being sick. I haven't done much art these days either. Just some knitting of socks...and a little water color pencil drawings of birds.. not good enough to show any of those yet....I have been making the little pincushions for a trade and I sent them off today. I also sent one to my daughter-in-law for being the mother of my grandkids for Mother's Day.

We are going camping this week-end..so maybe I can do some artsy stuff. I want to make some ATC's for a uncoming trade...I love to make those and I got some really great tiny little buttons from ebay...that I have wanting to use. I left them all up in the camper or I would add a pic. of them. If anyone wants the seller I will pass it along. They came from Thailand..and shipping was very cheap..like 4.00 for about 2000..I think the whole lot cost me 20 dollars..and shipping was quite fast. There is nowhere around here to buy tiny buttons..that are flower, star,or heart shaped. She even had dragonflies and tiny everygreen trees. Well time for some laundry and a hotbath. I worked 10 hours today so I pooped out. Next week at work its National Nursing Home Week.. I have all sorts of activities planned for the residents, their families and staff. It's a very busy fun filled week..but I always glad when it's over. Take care...

Any body out there ??

Just to let you know...if anyone is still reading my blog.. that I'm here.. I've been busy work in projects...Knitting some slippers for grandson..and just started on a block of the month from this site..I just cleaned out my studio and through out.. yes. through out a lot of scraps.. That I did'nt think I would ever use..heck I had'nt used them in 10 years..I did save a bag of bigger peices for a yard sale.. and now I have been back through that bag a couple to times.. DH just shakes his head. So anyways.....I have made up the blocks since they were posted in Oct. 07.. I just did them this week-end. I will post a pic. later. I also decided that I would use my Singer Featherweight..I've had it for at 3 years and never used it..Wow.. it sews like a dream..The little sweetie just purrs.....Well hope all is and that I still have a few readers out there....If you read this and leave a comment I will have a drawing and send off a little bottlecap pinchusion to you.....

More Pincushions.....

But before the pinchushions... I was looking at pictures on my camera and found these I took of our dog Peanut..He is mostly Weiner dog and we ar not sure of the other part. He is getting older, as you can see the white around his muzzle. I had washed this dress that my daughter had worn about 38 years ago (My God that can't be right!) and Peanut was so interested in it ...So naturally,,lol I had to put it on him.. and he was so proud... he did'nt mind at all...I guess he is a cross dresser..lol

The next picture is of more pincushions..I'm on a roll.. I love making these little things.. I was visiting Melody's Blog

and she has a beautiful and fun bedroom in lime green and pink..so I sent a pinchusion to match..The color here doesn't show it too good ..but the big one in the picture is lime and pink...I think her blog shows the color better of the similiar one I sent her.

Tomorrow at the Nursing Home where I work we are serving a sweetheart dinner to the residents that have spouses. It will be very special for them...even chocolate dipped strawberries..and an Italian menu. So it will be a long day ..probably 12 hours...

I got a package in the mail today..from ebay auction for a bunch of letters that I can use in altered art and ATC's etc. Here they are... kind of neat huh? There were from Kelli she has some great art...and I can't wait to use these things.....

Well I guess I have rambled on enough for now....

Mittens are finished !!

These are finished mittens..I added an extra cuff to the inside that is not felted..so they will fit nice and snug and not let in any cold air. I she likes them....The next picture is of a block I made..from Sew Mama Sew

They are having a block of the week this year.. so it should be fun.. This was a test block I made.. so I think I will make another in some pastels..I have been holding onto a large group of fat quarters I bought that are Moda Sea Side Rose...kind of shabby chic looking...Its been discontinued now...

I can't hang onto this stuff forever.....

The other picture is the pincushions that I'm making for a trade in thebFabric ATC group I'm in here ..so I have been keeping busy...the diet is going good since January 2 ....I've lost 18 lbs....It would be nice to do that every month..but I will settle for 10 lbs..gone ever month...Well time to relax and knit on a sock I need to finish for my daughter....It's always hard to finish the second sock....Thanks for stopping by....

These came off my needles today.... see how big they are.....Next I will thowthem in the washer...in a mesh bag...and old pair of sneakers and hot, hot water andfelt them...Hopefully they will felt down to a womans lrge,,with long fingers...The lady that orderd them never gave me the exact measurements.. so hopefully they will fit..or else I will wear them or give them as a gift...Not sure how much to charge for these. The yarn was 12.00 a skein and I used two..and it took me 2 afternoons to knit them...I think at least 40.00 dollars.. does that sound to high or too low ? I also worked on some pincushions..from bottle caps.. the directions are here They are a lot of fun to make.. I will post pictures when I get a few more made....thats all for now...

Crow--Keeper of the Scared Law

Well now I'm addicted to these crows....so much fun to make and each one has it's personality... This one seemed to want to be more spiritual than the first one...he wanted a cross on his wing..I'm looking forward to making more....but how many crows do I need ? I need to find just the right to display them... I have an old Native American hand woven doll that was made for me when I was 10 years old...it was made by and elderly Indian lady from the Tulalip tribe near Marysville,WA.. she told me her father had been a chief of the tribe when she was a little girl. She was in her 70's then and that was 50 years ago...anyway.. I also have a basket that someone else in the tribe made for my mom..so maybe that would be a good spot.. I'll have to dig them out and show a picture here..Well almost time to hit the sack and I still have laundry to do....Take care all....

More Snow....but time ...time to sew!!

I got busy and cleaned up my studio....and that gave me inspiration to make a crow doll from the November/December Cloth Paper Scissors I love how he turned out.. now I can't wait to make more..It would be fun to find other artsy folks that would like to make a trade. I used the pattern in the magazine and enlarged it 160%. It is about 10" by 5". I went through my yarn stash and yanked off various pieces and ended up with three gallon zip lock bags full I have lots of fiber at my finger tips for more crows and other projects. DH even went out to wal-mart to buy more black felt for me..then I had to call him to pick-up some orange for the feet and beak.

We got 2 new cookbooks last week from Amazon (thanks to a gift certificate from son & daughter-in-law).

Both are great books....Today from the vegie book I made a Beet,orange & fennel salad that is marinating..That will go with a lemon chicken orzo soup by Ellie. Last night I made a spinach dish that took carmalized onions,spinach, garlic and tomatoes topped with yogurt and pine nuts It so yummy..These are best cookbook by far that we have used.

Well I have more crows calling my name. CAW...CAW..

It's been way too long...

I decided to come out of hiding...well not really hiding I've just been busy..and haven't taken the time to blog..I'm still on the computor and reading others blogs..I guess that's why I can't keep up mine !! I made these Itty Bitties for a yahoo group I'm in here they are tiny works of art 3x3...we all said what our favorite colors..style etc. then we make two for each other.. It was alot of fun...These are pictures of the ones that I have made....I also made some homemade curlers for my daughter and daughter-in-law..you can see them here . Now it's time to start working on Valentine things....cards and an ATC trade... Hubby and I are also on a diet...he has lost 8lbs. and I have lost 12...all since January 2nd. We got ourselves a treadmill for Christmas...and we both have been pretty good about getting on it. We have snow on the ground and its been there since Jan. 1 or earlier and I'm sick of it...it's 8 degrees right now...Spring is just too far away. We can't to start camping again..We did camp over the long New Year weekend.. but it was so cold...like 10 degrees..and it was hard to keep the fifth wheel warm. We had to keep the water dripping and even then it still froze up for a little while...So spring needs to come .....Well that's all for now.....