Warm Ears

I cut the neck from a turtleneck sweater, sewed around the edge to keep it from unraveling, and pinned a hair flower to it. 

Instant fashion!

It's Been A Long Winter

It was a long, hard winter for my family. We are starting to recover and I wanted to do a quick post of some projects I have gotten finished. I hope Spring has brought beauty and health and happiness to everyone's family.

Sewing

My knitting and crocheting is improving, slowly.

 Homemade Cashew Butter

 Year 3 for this Columbine, it is bigger each Spring.

 This year's garden is planted and growing.

Serving Others

I don't have any pictures of our day serving because we were very busy.  We spent the morning starting the trim painting on one elderly neighbor's house and the afternoon helping our other neighbor with her yard work. She recently became bedridden, so while Hubby was weeding, I stitched a quick set of bed pockets for her. The caregiver and I changed her sheets and got the pockets set up with her remotes, glasses, medications, phone and snacks. She was so happy to have everything at her fingertips and no worries of knocking anything on the floor, where she can't reach it. 

I wish a blessed week for everyone!

P.S. Garden posting soon!

Finishes and a Couple New Projects

Just a peek into what I have been doing instead of blogging...

Another handbag

 Please don't forget your dryer during Spring cleaning!

 Bookmarks

 Bandannas for door prizes for the Suzuki GMen Spring Rally, 

 Another few Bento Bags

 A Bengals handbag in the works

Knitted trivet, heart design 

 A couple fabulous fat quarters came in the mail from sewcraftyjess 

It has been busy around here and I still need to get outside and work on the front flowerbed. 

Have a Happy Easter!

Super Mail!

A few weeks ago I popped over to the Jolly Jabber and I managed to win these 4 fabulous Pat Sloan patterns! They came in the mail on the same day I came down with a horrible head cold. I wanted to get this posted and today was the first day I could see the keys to type. Please stop by the Fat Quarter Shop and give them some love!

These are going to motivate me to clean up and organize my sewing room, so I can get them made and hanging.

Treasure Find!!!!!!!!

So, last night I was doing the whole treadmill torture thing, when what should I come across on Craigslist?!
An old sewing box!
I immediately stopped torturing myself and made the call. Tonight it and all it's wonders are mine!

Inside was a trove of amazing goodies...

  

                                       

We dated this jar to a 1938 ad in a South Carolina newspaper.

A couple door to door insurance salesman needle books...1930's.

Buttons for 15 cents,

Paper tapes,

Patches from an old Ohio market "Buckeye Tempo",

Old singer needles,

more paper tapes,

pockets,

old thread,

4 yrds for 10 cents!

This stuff is sweet!

more old patches,

and a bunch of thread!

A great find for 35 bucks!

Sorry about some of the blurry pics, it is late and I am shaking with laughter as Hubby googles this stuff and we read the ads for the products and companies.