I am featured on Lazy Girl Designs!

Have a look at the Lazy Girl Designs website. You probably already know I love the Lazy Girl designs by Joan Hawley.
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This week, Joan has featured ME on her weekly blog. Go have a look at the Lazy Girl's blog. Be sure to leave a comment, ok!!
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So you might ask, what is my next Lazy Girl project?
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Here it is. It's a Miranda Day Bag. These are the fabrics I'm going to use for my first go at this bag. I need a couple of things yet before I can get started, but I should be all set to start this bag next week. I'll be sure to show you my progress.

An Elmo Cake for Baby Aurora.

Here's a picture of Aurora when she saw her Elmo cake that her Mama made for her last week.

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And what's a birthday without friends.

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And presents from friends is so fun when you are 2 years old.

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Good job on the cake Mama, and Happy Second Birthday Aurora!

Triplets at Disney

Remember a couple of weeks ago, the triplets went to Disney for their 8th Birthday. Here are a couple of pictures. It looks like they had a blast.

Snow in SC

It snowed ever so gently overnight. It was very white out when we got up this morning. But the sun came up and the snow was all melted by noon.

I am a Lucky Duck!

I knew it all along. I am a Lucky Duck! I recently found out that I won prizes on 2 different blog draws.

The first is a Stitching blog that I regularly read. SRE Deluxe. She was having her 2 year blogaversary, and I was drawn as one of two lucky winners. I haven't seen what it is that I won yet, but I think it's going to be one of her own patterns for a beaded creation. I can't wait to see it.

The second win is from an eco friendly tip that I submitted on the Quilters Connection blog. I was chosen randomly and the prize is a fun Eco friendly gift package that includes a selection of eco-friendly fabric from Cloud 9 fabrics, Mary Ellen's Best Press, Sew Karen-ly Patterns, Quilter's Dream Green batting, Natural twill from Pink Panda fabrics. Thanks very much to all the suppliers. I can't wait to try all these products.

Visit the new magazine's website here. www.quiltersconnection.ca

Calm before the Snow

It's all over the news.

Snow's coming. It's everywhere in the south. It's overshadowing the Olympic start today.

They say that this is the first time in modern history that snow will hit all the states in the same year. This is a picture of the beach from our condo balcony. It's not that cold, but there's not a person walking the beach. The water is very calm.

So for my technology friends, can you spot my wireless connection at the condo in this upper picture.

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If you can't spot it, look at this picture. Lower Left. You can see the white access point with the antenna. It's mounted on the post of the little walkway bridge that leads us to the water.

I love it that we have wireless at the beach.

Winter Wonderland - Online Hand Stitching Exhibit

There is a very nice winter themed, online hand stitching exhibit here. My stitching friend Judy G. has a beautiful entry. I love the subtle sparkle of the snow and the amazing stitching of the beaded tree. The exhibition doesn't show alot of detail, but here are some higher resolution pictures. Don't you think it's very nice.

Be sure to have a look also at the link above, and give a vote for Judy G. on the sidebar of the exhibition.

I Spy - Flannels

I am getting into the swing of things on Day 2 at the beach condo. It's a beautiful sunny day, and a little cool. Our daily walks along the beach will probably be a little lazier than our normal power walks at the Willie Orena. But who cares. As long as we're moving, right!!

I am participating in an I Spy Flannel swap on an online quilting board. "I spy" flannels out of quilters flannel are harder to find than I thought. I did finally get 3 fabrics. Golf balls, picnic ants, and frogs. They're cute. I got my 3 flannels washed, pressed and cut. Now I need to find an envelope to mail them in. Because they are flannel, they take up more space than I had planned on so the search is on for a perfectly sized envelope.

I will get my swapped blocks back about mid April. I don't know who this quilt will be for, but I thought doing a flannel quilt was such a different idea.

Snow, Snow, Snow

We're closely watching all the snow in Washington. I'm so glad the snow is not coming up the eastern seaboard. It looks like the storm in heading right out to the ocean.

So, we're adjusting our plans and going to take our time heading out tomorrow. We're not going to drive that far tomorrow, maybe to Portland, Maine and then evaluate how far we go on Monday. I'm glad we're taking the "Inside route", as the snowbirds call it. That way we stay away from New York and Washington. We're hoping that the snow will have melted by late Monday when we by pass the hard hit areas start heading towards Richmond where we'll catch the I95.

I am getting a kick out of looking at some of the photos online. My stitching friend Judy send me this link. Photo number 1 is a poor Domino's Pizza guy stuck in the snow. Do they still have that 30 minute pizza delivery guarantee? And further on, people on bicycles should not take them out in a snowstorm!

I guess that we folks, who have regular snow, and lots of it, should be thankful that we have the equipment to handle the snow and the experience to manage it.

Friday Coffee

I'm off to have coffee with the Friday Girls this morning. It'll be the last coffee I have with them for a couple of months. I'll miss my social Fridays while away. Weather looks good for the next few days, so final packing is well underway.

The baby quilt that I showed you yesterday has been finished until the news of the arrival of the baby. The sewing machine is now unplugged and ready for travel.

A baby quilt finally has a baby to cuddle.

Early in the week I went to visit a young soon-to-be mom. I used to be good friends with her aunt who took her in over 20 years ago, when she had lost her dad, and her mom suffered in a hospital with illness. So I knew this young girl when she was about the age of my older grand children. And I lost touch over the years with her and my friend when we moved.

Shes now living on her own, and in university. The minute I saw her, and her familiar smile, she said, "I remember going to your house, and doing crafts in your sewing room ". I really don't remember her coming over that often, but she does. She looked the same, just all grown up. It was so nice to see her.

I made her some bibs, taggie blankets, a ribbony baby ladybug and some receiving blankets. I took her the Baby Take Along bag that I showed you recently here. It was filled with things she might need in the hospital. As well, I brought her some things from Patience and things that I no longer need around since Baby Aurora is no longer a baby.

This young Mom to be was so pleased, she said "You made all this for me!! Oh, Thank You, Thank You!" I was so touched by her appreciativeness and as we said our good byes, I thought to myself, that's it, I have to make her a baby quilt.

She's such a nice young lady and her boyfriend seems nice too. She doesn't have anyone close to her who is a quilter. So, that's going to be my job. I'll make a nice baby quilt for her.

Of course, this week, I said to myself, that I wouldn't start anything new. In my mind, I said, I sure I have a UFO of some sort..So in thinking in terms of of baby quilts, last year I was on a mission to make 3 of these Nancy Halvorson baby quilts. I found out, that after having half of the blocks done for the 3 quilts, 2 of the 3 babies that I was intending to make the quilt for, turned out to be boys. I quickly lost my enthusiasm to make these quilts although I love the pattern. After all this, I had intended to just use the blocks and put them together to make Aurora a twin size quilt, but I have something else in mind for her single bed now. The blocks, fabric, pattern sat in a pizza box... now a UFO.

Yesterday, I took out the blocks and sorted out what I had done, and what was left to do. It took considerable effort to sort through my papers, notes, fabric strips, blocks (all times 3) and find out where I had left off. I did get blocks sorted and I have almost finished the center of the quilt. The name goes in the larger block that has the darker outline'. Since I don't know this precious baby girls name, I'll wait and applique her name on when she is born in early April. The minute I hear, I'll be ready to swing into action and it won't take long to applique her name, layer, machine quilt and bind.

So, one of these baby quilts finally has a baby that it will snuggle soon.

Sewing small stuff

This week, we'll be packing to head south for a couple of months. I'm taking some crazy quilting hand work to do while we're away, but I'm also taking my old sewing machine. Its hard deciding what sewing project(s) I should take with me.

I have a kit of fabric for a queen size quilt all ready cut and in a pizza box. It's for a LeMoyne Star from an older book by Marsha McCloskey, I brought that kit with us last year and didn't do it. I'm wondering if I should bring it again.

For a smaller project, I have the papers photocopied to paper piece a round table runner by Karen Neary. It's her Maritime Beauty pattern. I have left over batik fabrics from my house table runner that I plan to use them to make a Batik Beauty. I made this Beauty in Karen's class last spring and it's now at the cottage. It was my "prototype" and I really like it but now I do want to do a good one.


So, I'm thinking, thinking and thinking about what other sewing project I should bring with me. While I'm in my room thinking and cleaning up, I've been sewing small stuff.


Today I made a small pillowcase for a small pillow that has been kicking around my sewing room for a while now. I'll bring it to Aurora this weekend. Patience needed a couple of boy taggie blankets for a new baby coming soon, so they didn't take long to whip up. And lastly, I made a 5" by 7" bean bag. This will be used on the console of our car to hold the gps during our travels.