Christmas 2009

This the day after Christmas and all through the house, things are quiet again and getting cleaned up and I finally have time to upload and down load pictures....5 kids and 4 dogs made for an interesting day. Jenna and Cayla and Poncho stayed over night on Christmas Eve. Miles and Keenan and Keenan's dog Maggie came over on Christmas day to enjoy a lasagna dinner with us.








Merry Christmas to all.

Winter Finally

This has to be the largest one time snowfall that I've ever seen. It's taken us 2 days to dig out. It snowed for over 24 hours. We got about 24 inches. And now it's warming up during the day to help with the melting, then it's dropping down below freezing over night so it's turning to ice.



I must say that the snow really is pretty. We did get my car dug out today and decided to go for a drive. Actually the Wine Warehouse sent out an email saying that they were opened and the parking lot was cleared. I thought it would be fun to go.



Well, there are tons of others out on the roads and for the most part our road seems to be in the best condition. Most of the roads are not completely cleared and people with out front wheel drive or 4 wheel drive are getting stuck, blocking traffic or causing accidents. We just looped around and came back home. After all our supply of wine and beer is still plentiful. (at least for a couple more days).



I must say that despite the bad weather I feel ready for Christmas. Except for the dinner menu. I think that we have decided on Lasagna and Seafood Risotto. But, they are calling for more bad weather on Christmas eve and Christmas day. Hohoho...'tis the season. Merry Christmas!

Painted kitchen and baby quilt

I had to clean the kitchen, so....why not paint it! I had actually bought the paint in April. And I did have to clean the kitchen for my friend to come use to put together some gluten free mixes that she is wanting to sell at the farmers market. My kitchen is not contaminated with flour as hers is. It needed cleaning at any rate. No, it really needed cleaning. The deep down, sort and toss, move everything and well, while I'm at it, I have that paint.....the cabinets still need to be painted. Really, they need updating but, that may come later. As for now my sights are set to paint them white.

Then I have pictures of the quilt that I'm making for the new baby. I love this fabric and if feels so great. I can't wait to get it finished.



And then I found these photos of the cradle for Derek and Lois' baby. (When Derek was a baby) Yep, that's him in the cradle.

Sewing for Grandbaby "Girl"

I haven't been in my favorite quilt shop in quite some time but, had a few minutes to spend a week or so ago, so I stopped in. I was so excited to find the line of fabric "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What did you see?" Well, of course I had to buy it to make a quilt for the baby. I am so anxious to get started on it. I just finished the Breast Cancer 3 Day walk in Washington, DC so my time should be free for enjoying my sewing room again. We have missed each other so!

I also have the wedding dress to make for my oldest daughter. Time is not wait for me to catch up there either. Sew many projects, sew little time. But, it is all good.

Here are a couple more projects completed. I'm trying to get all projects completed as the next project is my daughter's wedding dress. Must be completed by April! And my oldest son and his wife are expecting my first grandchild. Finally a baby to sew for again. There will be lots of exciting sewing projects coming out of my sewing studio in the future. I'm really excited about this.

Projects to date

I have been fairly busy with various projects for friends. I wish to share them here. The window treatments that I have done are all based on patterns but have needed to be modified to suit the particular needs of the space or placement of the windows. All of these were really fun to do. I had not made a roman shade before and wanted to try one out before cutting the actual fabric. Mounting it was the part that I was unsure of. So, I made one for myself on a smaller door window where it would need to be mount in a similar fashion.

I like the flowered laundry room window treatment so much that I plan to make a similar curtain for my kitchen window.

I have also made some shirts and a bubble skirt and have done some alteration projects as well as a fairy costume for one of my grown daughters.