My cousins all live in Europe, so I didn't grow up with them. I can remember watching the Waltons on TV (in black and white of course) and dreaming of a big family one day. Now I have 4 grandsons and our children say they are not done yet! God is so good to me!
I'll admit it....my love for sewing has not been my focus for quite a long time. My craft room has become quite the scrapbook supply warehouse and I am only a part-time scrapper. I have even dabbled in jewelry making for a while. But my first love would have to be sewing! My newest grandson will be 1 next week and my daughter in law told me that he needs clothes. She also told me that most baby clothes don't fit very well because she uses cloth diapers on him and they are quite a big bulkier than disposables. So because my grandson carries around "big cloth diaper junk in the trunk" I decided to make him some rompers with a bit more "wiggle" room :) So this is the first one I finished yesterday. I can't wait to cut and sew the other 2 but I have to wait and see if the one I made fits him first. I mean how cute is the pastel camo fabric and the blue fabric with the cars? There's something so wonderfully satisfying about taking a flat piece of cloth and turning it into something cute and useful.
He's a major Star Trek fan. Not the kind that dresses up in costumes and goes to the conventions (although I'm sure that if I went with him, he'd love to go but I have to draw the line somewhere). Anywayzers.....he's a fan of the "Captain Kirk" era as well as "Captain Piquard" next generation era. I think it came out pretty good. He loved it and kept picking it up and laughing.
We had a yummy lunch after church and then we all went out into the backyard so the boys (big and little) could play with their water guns. The only sad part of the day was that my oldest grandson was struggling with his asthma and couldn't really run amok as he normally would. Good news is that he's doing better today.
A beautiful glass cake plate - $2.00 ( I love clear glass serving pieces because they match everything) A darling red with hearts flower pot - $1.50 (my mom's kitchen is red with hearts and she's leaving for Germany again in July and when she comes back I always stock her fridge and put fresh flowers on her kitchen table the day before she comes home to welcome her back) A super cute Giant dominos game for my grandsons to play with - $1.75
A wooden spice rack - $2.00 (I'll be painting it white with red cherries to use for small embelishments in my scraproom and I'll post the before and after hopefully next week) A large cooking pot - $5.00 (I've decided to try my hand at canning my own sauces and salsas and I needed a large pot. All in all it was a great trip. I'm still sore and tired, but Thrift Store therapy should count for something....right?
I was at a Thrift store (another passion of mine) and I came across a stack of old Cross stitch magazines and one of them had a pattern for this fabulous little Russian doll. I quickly came home and went on ebay to find copies of the 2 other magazines that had the other 2 patterns in them. (It's a set of 3 in different sizes). I knew my mom would love them!
So I made one for her for Mother's Day. I'm working on the largest one right now to give her for her birthday in October. I'll give her the final one for Christmas. Right now she has no idea that there are 3 dolls. She only has the one so far and takes it with her all over the place and shows it to all her friends at Bingo and the Senior center :) She named it Katushka, which is my name in Russian. I don't have to worry that she might see this because she has absolutley no idea what to do with a computer.
