Go Clean Your Room!

Thank You Meredith!

I received this give away gift last week and it really made my day!  If you haven't seen her blog, check it out here, she is always working on something wonderful.

 It came wrapped in this bubble wrap, which gave me a smile!

On the very first page was the original quilt that my Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous was inspired by.  I've never seen it in color - I was over the moon!!

I have an unusual sewing room, in that it is part of a 3rd floor "in-law suite" that was added to my 1950's split level about 10 years ago.  We have a bedroom, sitting room, large bath and a kitchen up there (no stove hookup, just electrical and water).  I have transformed into a sewing room.  I'll do a more proper tour soon - it's a great way to store everything!

Okay, I've been busy in the sewing room, running in and out, setting things down, looking for things, but Seriously...?

Seriously....!!

This is better -

Seriously, better...

I finished my lamby needle punch this way -

I tried several trims, but in the end used black wool felt to frame it and affixed it to this little (fake) Nantucket basket.  I  used Sobo glue, which can be found at art supply stores.  Its a great fabric glue that dries clear. 

I just finger paint it on, and then carefully cut it out after it has dried completely. 

 Luckily coco was there to guard my tape and glue drawer.

Finally I picked this up in New York City on Saturday while on an outing with my Daughter.  We visited Dylan's Candy Bar, which is a 2 story candy store on the upper east side.  It's sweets heaven!

 I hope you have a sweet day!

p.s. anyone else using the new blogger?  Why my spacing doesn't match in the post to my composed article I don't know - darn it!  frustrating!

Finally I picked this up in New York City on Saturday while on an outing with my Daughter.  We visited Dylans Candy Bar, which is a 2 story candy store on the upper east side.  It's sweets heaven

Well, At Least It's Raining

Wow, it's been a long week!  We've been in the middle of a heat wave and drought.  No outdoor watering......all my beautiful gardens are sad, sad, sad.

Here is the progress on Mr. Lincoln.  I'm very happy with him.  I have at least another round to go, if not two, we'll see what the quilt wants to do.

Here is a needle punch that I worked on while my husband recovered from knee surgery last Wednesday.  We watched all 3 of the Lord of Rings movies - good for needle punching.  Most of the areas were done with 2 strands of floss in different colors.  It makes for a nice soft look, I think.

this is the back -

By the way, I do like the new Russian needle punchs' that I purchased.  They are easier to thread and seem to have a more consistent loop - or maybe that's me.


I'm not sure what this will end up being, but I suspect I'll affix it onto a basket.


Thank you Michelle!  I received this lovely prize from a recent giveaway on her blog.   It's a cute Santa pillow case kit - with everything needed, including a jingle bell!  The card is lovely too - thanks again.  Visit her blog to see what's she's up to.

Poor coco.   Adding to the otherwise difficult week is that coco went to the vet and found out that her internal stitches needed to be redone  :( 
We are now in week 3 trying to keep a 6 mos. lab quiet - huh?  In the meantime, I hurt my back lifting her in and out of the car - doh!
When it rains, it pours.

Not a happy girl.

Luckily I have fun sewing projects to work on and I'm going to Lancaster on Friday for a fun girlfriend day and fabric shopping.


Happy Wednesday and for our French friends - Happy July 14th, or Bastille Day.

Darn it Mr. Lincoln

Hi everyone from super hot NJ.  I usually spend a lot of summer hours sewing, but I haven't gotten in the groove yet this year, but here is what I'm working on today - Mr. Lincoln.

I'm old school.  I sketch, cut, audition, etc.  How do you design?  EQ?  The old fashioned way?  I think it's so interesting.

Here are my sketches for my Lincoln Challenge quilt that I'm doing with Jill and Susan.

Version I

Version II

The current version that I'm working on

Here are some blocks that I'm making.

And it took 2 sketches with notes to figure out the size I wanted.  I'm a very visual learner.  I don't even know what some of these notes mean now...

In a previous post there was a picture of this in the background and Quilt Hollow asked me about this collection.  These are darning eggs, used to darn sock and other garments.

Here are some of my favorites:
The bobber

Fancy silver handled darner

Pretty inlaid wood

This one has a light and dark side, to use on light or dark socks.  The handle is used for darning gloves.

These are marked "Dec. 18 1900" and have a metal ring for holding the item in place.

 An assortment of thimbles -

They need a little cleaning, the tiny one is from my mothers' Monopoly game from the 1950s.

What are you up to?

Green Mountained Pieced Goodness

Happy Friday

Before today's post, let me take a moment and say Thank You to Teresa, of Fabric Therapy, for the lovely give away that I received in  the mail.  I can't wait to use these beautiful shirtings.

 As previously promised here are the pieced quilts that I liked at the recent Vermont Quilt Festival.

This was a very clever and fun Grandmother's Flower Garden all done in Chicken Fabric!  How fun is that?

Since making my pineapple quilt, I find them interesting to study.  A lot can go into the planning of these quilts.

Of course, I LOVED this one - toile', lovely...

I guess this is applique' - it's joyful isn't it?

Here are the minis.  The upper quilt won first place and best mini.  It was beaded and was a whole cloth.  My vote personally was for the quilt under it.  It was a pieced log cabin and meticulously done!

We decided to take the NY thruway home through the Adirondacks.  We took the car ferry, which was fun.

We stopped in Schroon Lake and ate lunch at a local (and I mean local) diner/coffee shop.

Here is the decor - mounted lake fish.

 And painted saw blades.  I do apologize for the fuzzy photos, but I turned off my flash so as not to attract attention.  We didn't look like we were from around those parts.  It reminded me of the fishing places in Wisconsin from my childhood.

I wish everyone a happy and safe Fourth of July!!