Half and half with a black circle and line thru it.

Kenny wanted me to make him one of these. I thought he was kidding, but he told me no he wanted one.....so here it is

Cubs and Cardinal

For,our 4th of July craft sale I made 4 Cubs And 4 cardinal ones to sell. I tried different stitches on them, so it would not take so long to make.











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Dust go to sleep I'm rocking my baby----grand babies

I did this one when Kim was small, now. When I find it , I am rocking my grandbabies.





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Always morning somewhere

I made and had this counted cross stitch picture up at the old office. I was always saying good morning in the afternoon. And when people said anything I would reply but somewhere in the world it's Morning.



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Eagles

The first Eagle that Bud got was this one





I did this needlepoint one for I'm. Then he collected them for a long time.






Later I made this one for him, both are stored in our shed.

Friends

How true. The way to a friends home is never far. I did this cross stitch picture years ago and gave it to my mother. When she died I got it back. I wish I had room to display it again.


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Christmas Bells

When working on the shed the other day I found the bells that I had made a number of years ago. Do I keep them or throw them?





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Afghan or bedspread?

Afghan or bedspread?
What started out as a afghan ended up being a bedspread size.
My niece told me that hers was huge, and I can agree with her. Hope if I ever want to do another one that I will go to Bud's and count stitches and not follow Sovilla's directions for a baby afghan or adult one. 

It is big enough for him to wrap himself in and it should keep him nice and warm!

A while back on facebook I promised to make the first 5 people who commented on the post something homemade within the next year.  I have completed 3 of my five.

Below are the three doilies that I sent or gave away thus far.

Dollie Trowbridge from our church.  (Plus I am making another one like this to be sold at the mother/daughter auction next month.

 This one---Pineapples and fans went to Shiela Kowing in Oregon.

And the broken star---one of my all time favorites went to Aline Conner in LA.

The other two people ---well one wanted to know why I wanted her address. She used to go to our church.... has never given me her new TN address. and the other has not responded to my text messages or facebook messages.   So until they do, they will not receive anything homemade from me at this time.
Since retiring I have done a lot of crocheting....Yes and across the years I have given many of these creations away to other people.  I love to crochet.  Try new patterns and new things.  I believe my next item to try may be a hat for a blogging friend of mine who is facing chem treatments.

My wedding dress details.

This photo shows more details of what my wedding dress was like.  9-9-1978

Carry coloring book and crayons or "Let's Go Shoppin"

I made this small bag for Kenley to carry a colo book and crayons....But I can also see her using it and saying "Going Shoppin"  I hope she will like it.  (Haven't decided if it will be for Birthday or for Christmas.)

Kenley's apron

 Kim bought a apron for Sophia,   I made a pattern off this apron.  Below is the apron that I sewed for my granddaughter for Christmas.  Kim wanted me to put tie strings at the top instead of the circle put it over your head like the one that she purchased.  Hope Kenley will like it.

New drapes for our travel trailer.

 The patio door.... I did buy  a rod that I intend to fasten on the outside of the window covering and hang the drapes on the outside.  That way we can use the white slated patio window coverings that came with the trailer.  The way it is we cannot close the blinds that came with the trailer.

 This one is behind the other bunk.... We fixed this bunk that Bud could sleep up front with me where it is warmer.....

 Behind the couch and the east end of the bush out.

Now the back bedroom was a different story.   I put the shower curtain rod along the north end and covered it totally.  But since the push out walls are cold and he was constantly complaining I got cafe curtain rods....Made an extra set of drapes, and put them on the sides of the push outs.  So he has curtains on three sides of his head when he is in bed....  But he did tell me that it is not drafty anymore.  YAAAAAAA.

I got the curtains at Walmart. Some of them I had to cut in half since I didn't need 63" curtains...on the back of these curtains I put a flannel like backing and a piece of broadcloth.  This makes them very heavy.  They already were thermal lined. But by putting this extra lining and backing on the back. It makes it very, very thick, and the air does not come thru them.  Also they are room darkening so his bedroom is now very dark, since I took the drape that was on the patio door and hung it over the back door.   Should have no trouble sleeping in the middle of the day either.

I am very glad this project is done. Two Saturdays in a row I sat at the sewing machine.  My back and neck really don't like me setting sewing that long, So I am really grateful that these curtains are done. Now for putting the one up behind my bed and for putting the patio one up on the outside of the window casing.

Christmas 2011- Secret Pal Gift.

This is the 1918 vintage doily that I made in ecru for my secret pal at church for the Christmas gift.  Dec. 13, 2011 Friendship Company Christmas.

I surely do hope that Mrs. C.......    will like it.

I did post it on face book and she did tell me she thought it was beautiful.  hee,hee I am laughing. She has no idea it is for her.

Plastic canvas name

When Kim was young I made her name for her.  This is how I taught her how to spell her name.  She wanted a set for Kenley and this is what I came up with.  I thought they really turned out great.

New shop apron.

Last Friday when I went out back into the shop to see our shop man about something.... I remarked...You need a new apron....Bring me this one when you leave for the day and I will see what I can do.

I thought it was us ladies who normally fix everything with duct tape...

 I took this one home with me so that I could measure and so I could also use the belt that was on it to put on a new one.

This is what I made on Friday night after I had done all our laundry and grocery shopping.  This morning he came in and had the leather pieces transferred over to this one.  With his handling sheet metal this will save his jeans from getting cut.  After I made this one he told me I didn't need to put the pockets on it....So the next one that I make will not have the pockets....We also need to find a big strip of leather to glue on the front of it all the way up so that it doesn't cut the fabric or his jeans when he handles all the sheet metal in making all the fittings for the duct work.

Basket of Kittens

This plastic canvas basket of kittens reminds me of my mother-in-law. When she decided to get rid of her cat collection I took this refrigerator decoration back. I had made it for her and had spend lots of time doing it. Now that she is no longer with us it will always remind me of her when I see it.

Blue bird of Happiness

Years ago I made two of these plastic canvas blue birds. I gave one to a little old lady in South Dakota and kept one for myself. It always reminds me of a bluebird of happiness when I see it. I have it on my refrigerator door to remind me to be happy in all things.

Blanket for Bria

Recently I was invited to a baby shower at our church for a close friend of mine's daughter-in-law. I called Nancy and ask which blanket colors that Diana would like for Bria.


Her answer was PINK....so she got the hot pink/purple combination blanket that I already had in my stash of baby things to give away.





The look on Diana's face as she pulled it out was so precious.

This baby girl is now two weeks old. And is facing some surgeries in the near future. May God be with them as they work on this little girls kidney and take the MRI of her brain. She is such a sweet baby.

Loving her nap on mother's shoulder.

Quoting her mother from my facebook page:

Bria will have to have surgery in a couple of weeks for her left kidney. We will also find out more about the fluid on the brain on March 15. I am putting my trust in God and letting go of what I cannot control or change. All I can do is pray and know that God has a plan for our little girl......

Will be keeping this special little girl in our thoughts and prayers along with her parents, two older brothers and grandparents and aunt.

My Christmas Mouse/Candle

This Christmas Candle and mouse peeping around the corner is a plastic canvas decoration that I display on my refrigerator.
It is about 14" x 14" if you measure the tallest and widest points.
It is probably my favorite Christmas decoration that I have made in plastic canvas.

No job too small.

Yesterday morning my boss ask if I could sew a patch on his daughters lab coat.
So Last night I spend an hour of my time sewing by hand. (I thought sewing it on by hand would turn out much nicer then if I tried sewing it on the sewing machine.

So I say - no job is too small. This was actully much easier to do then hemming of the jeans that I did a couple of weeks ago.

Bride to be with her gift.

Alycia George with the two doilies I gave her at her bridal shower.
Sept. 18, 2010, now I have to get busy. These were the last two in my stash.

Two more aprons.

The above apron was made out of a piece of material that I found in my fabric box from making a diaper bag a number of years ago...I thought it looked like Easter So I made a apron out of it.

The apron below.....Well it has black stings and it is for Halloween but, I am debating about cross stitching a witch on the pocket. Have not decided yet if it will get something on the pockets yet or not.

Golf pictures

Recently I have been reminded of the cross stitch pictures that I made when we were still located in the old shop on Railroad Ave.

Both these pictures were made for Ron- Who recently had a total lung transplant last week.
When we moved to Franklin Street, Ron gave the 1st one to Larry which he has displayed in his office

On the bottom of this picture there are phone #'s of the local golf courses so that they could just glance at it when they want to call for Tee time.

This one is still here, but is not being displayed at this date. But since I don't think I have a photo of my work that I did, I dug it out of his closet and took this photo.

Michelle's picture.

A number of years ago I made this cross stitch picture for my friend Michelle.
Sunday I was reminded of it since she has it hanging on her wall.
I actually had forgotten that I had done it.

Cheaper by the dozen?

Wait---there weren't a dozen of them, just 10.
This morning at breakfast I was told that they wanted 10 aprons...4 right away.
So my yard became my sewing room today.

I set up my tables after I had spent some time computing how much material I would need to make them. I had measured one of the girls apron while there in the restaurant while she was wearing it. And since I had made the one she was wearing....back in Oct. I had a rough idea what lay in store for me.

SIX HOURS LATER---- I was just finishing up....and Man---that sewing room was hot today.

Guess next time I should move the mess inside where there is cooling. :)

All 10 of them ready to go to the restaurant to be used.

All black, but only two pockets instead of 3 (Thank you girls) Making those pockets are not easy.

Not exactly what I had planned on doing today. But, another job completed.