Happy Birthday to Me :)

 For my Birthday,

my wonderful hubby wanted to go Antique shopping with me :)

While I was looking at embroidered handkerchiefs

he called out to me from the other room.

I told him I'd be there shortly.

The next thing I know

the owner of the shop comes in the room

and tells me that my husband wants to show me something.

Hmmmmmmm?

I came into the other room to find him all smiles

standing next to this beauty!

He had already checked it over

and decided that I "needed" to have her.

(Yes....he's awesome )

So we rescued her from the dusty Antique shop

and brought her home to live with us.

She will join my other beauties.

You can see them HERE.

According to Singer's website,

she was born in Scotland in 1910.

She is Lotus model 66K Treadle machine.

I'm still deciding on a Scottish name for her :)

Then my Mom gave me this darling vintage pin cushion!

She made new crocheted flowers for the top.

It's filled with horse hair.

Isn't it just the sweetest thing?

Birthdays are definitely a good thing :)

For the Love of Paper :)

For years I never looked at my sewing machine,

unless it was to sew an embellishment down to a scrapbook page.

(Sad, but true)

I was a Scrapbooker through and through.

I worked on my scrapbooks daily 

and dreamed up new layouts in my sleep.

I bought more supplies

 than I can use up in my lifetime.

My daughter used to say I owned a "store" :)

When I started sewing again,

scrapbooking took a back seat.

Now my supplies have found their way into the closet 

of my husband's office 

because fabric storage has taken over

in my craft room.

I have heard paper, pens and stickers calling me again lately.

I've seen such cute planners that were embellished

with washi tape and stickers while cruising around Pinterest

so I decided to give that a whirl.

I've been having so much fun with cute pens

stickers and washi tape purchased from Korea and China.

It's so much fun to open the packages.

The wonderful Etsy shops even include free "gifties"

in every package! 

So this gives me a bit of a paper "fix"

and still leaves me plenty of time to sew :)

I also wanted to share with you a giveaway on my 

daughter-in-law's new blog.

She is giving away a 1/2 sheet of the cutest Jamberry Nail Wraps

and all it takes to enter is to follow her new blog

 and leave a comment.

There are only a few names so far,

so the odds are in your favor to win!

Check it out HERE

And the Winner is......

So....did you guess right?

7 of you did :)

And I threw those 7 into the hat 

and the winner is.....

Tricia Griffith!!!

Congratulations!

Please email me with your address.

And guess what?

The 6 of you who got it right, 

but didn't win the prize.....

I'm going to send you all a little giftie from me as well.

Please email me with your full names and addresses.

Thanks to everyone who played along!

Stay tuned for another giveway

coming soon :)

It's Giveaway Time!!!

I am currently stitching #9 (Kenny Kangeroo)

from the free Animal Advent series by Brooks Books.

You can find the charts HERE.

She is generously offering these charts,

one per month through October 2015.

Each one is just so adorable!!!

I also joined her Facebook group for this series.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/animaladvent/

I am stitching these on 32ct Blue Petit Point Belfast Linen

that I got from Crazy Annie's Stitchin.

So what is this giveaway all about?

Well here's how it works.

Just leave me a message in the comments 

with your guess of  which 3 of the following 

completed animals are my personal favs.

You must have all 3 correct to win.

If no one gets all 3 right I'll choose a winner

from those who get 2 right :)

The prize will be a surprise giftie

handmade by me.

I will announce the winner on Friday night Jan 30th.

Home School Organization :)

A few weeks ago my grandson David (age 7)

called out from my bathroom-

"Mommy....you need to come and see this!!!"

Of course you have to wonder what he's 

so excited about, right?

Well it was my mug organizer with all my make-up brushes.

I usually put it away when the Minions come over

just in case one of them decides to get "artistic" with the brushes.

Well I forgot this time and he thought Nana made the 

coolest thing he's EVER seen!

He asked me to make one for him with Avengers fabric

and of course, Evie needed one too.

They wanted them for the home school desks.

Pretty awesome :)

Makes my Nana heart happy to see them

using something I made for them

and I hadn't really thought about how handy

they would be for home school as well as crafts. 

Daisy May....your quilt is finished :)

Woo Hoo!

Another finish for 2015 :)

Daisy May's baby quilt is done!

I used the same pattern as I used for her sister Evie's quilt

and you can see it here.

This time I used "Sidewalk" by October Afternoon

and used a fun polka dot flannel for the backing.

I hand stitched the label :)

I hand quilted it with big stitches 

using perle cotton floss size 8.

I can't wait to see her wrapped up in it.

She makes everything adorable....

don't you agree? 

This and That

It's a brand new year 

and I'm trying my best to really make a dent

in my pile of unfinished projects.

First up is the baby quilt that I started last year

for my sweet little Miss Daisy :)

She'll be a year old in May,

so I need to get this one done.

Since I showed you the thimble pads I use

 for embroidery and general stitching,

I thought I'd show you the only thimble that works for me

 when I'm hand quilting.

It's the Protect & Grip Thimble by Clover.

The metal end is perfect for pushing

 through layers of fabric and batting

and the rubbery part grips your finger nicely

and still allows you to "feel" your fabric.

I also wanted to show you Miss Evie

and her baby "Quinn" 

(she has changed her name several times)

with their matching jammies.

I found a few scraps of flannel and made a pair

of summer jammies for Maddie :)

She'll need them when we have sleep overs.....

I've been blessed with lots of orders in the shop

that are keeping me busy as well :)

I hope your year is off to a good start!!!