It Has Been Too Long!

Hello my friends!
I have been gone for months. I've missed posting. So much has happened.
I sold my house in Lincoln AR and bought one in Siloam Springs AR.
It is much smaller but it's all we need at our age. Less to clean, heat, and cool!
It took us a couple of months to get to where we could feel a little less stressed with all the packing and unpacking. I don't think I will ever move again.
My sewing room is to a point where I can once again sew and play so I am setting goals for myself for October.
Another new thing is this computer. I've had to learn how to use windows 8. I still don't know how to post pictures because I need to know how to download them. It won't take my camera card so I think I have to buy an adapter of some kind. I will do that in the next couple of days.
That being said, I will come back here in a couple of days bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to post my goals for October and pictures!
Have a great day!
Rosie

April UFO

For April I want to crochet another 3 snowflakes for my Blue Snowman quilt. It's quilted and needs to be bound and finish putting on the rest of the snowflakes.



Merry Merry Snowmen

Merry Merry Snowman top all finished. Needs to be quilted and embellished. Embellishments have been ordered from Bunny Hill Designs. That's where this pattern is from.

MARCH & APRIL UFOs & STUFF

Good morning! Gosh, it's been a while since I've been back to post! I've had a very busy March. My DH and I went to Arizona so see a house we thought we wanted to buy but it was a thumbs down once we really thought it through. Guess we will stay put for a while longer. I do have to find a one story house to move to. My hips just can't take much more of these stairs. My sewing rooms are upstairs and even after losing a significant amount of weight, I'm still really struggling with the stair climbing. 

So with all of that said, I finished my Merry Merry Snowman quilt top! I will be hand quilting this one. It deserves it. I'm very pleased with the way it's looking. 

More Accurate Post for UFOs

Ok....I'm trying again...This is the picture of the blocks I got done for the Merry Merry Snowmen. I got more than two done! I did make 2 sets of pillow cases for Christmas so that took care of the two gifts! One set is made with fabric with Corvettes on it for my husband and the other set is made from the new Wizard of Oz fabric that is a beautiful blue. The Oz characters are kind of different. Kind of Aesop type...know what I mean? Bought it from Nancy's Notions online.



These pillow cases are so much fun to make and so easy peasy!

January UFOs and Februarys UFOs

I haven't been able to post anything on my blog! I'm not sure what the problem has been so I am hoping that is is going to work. I finished all my projects for January and February and I am going to see if it will let me post the pictures. I got two blocks done for my Merry Merry Snowmen! Yea for me! I only have two left to finish this adorable quilt. Then I finished completely my Too Many Men snowman wall hanging! Quilted it myself! I also finished my OLD snowman quilt and it is at the quilters as I write. I hope I am remembering what I was supposed to do! Ok......now for the pictures....



2014 UFOs and Other Stuff

For the Last 3 years I have worked at finishing UFOs that had been on the shelf for years and I have succeded each month, except for the year my mom passed away.

I am very happy with the progress I have made. I was always using someone elses blog as an "answer to" way of staying honest and it felt good to report to someone other than my self. I thank Judy Laquidera for introducing me to getting UFOs done committments. She's a very talented and motivating lady.

This year I am doing on my own. I don't know how to post cutesy buttons on my blog yet. Maybe one day I will explore that subject but for now I'm keeping it simple and just posting each month here on my blog what I want to finish for each month.

In January I want to: 1. finish 2 blocks for my Merry Merry Snowman quilt, 2. finish my Too Many Men snowman quilt, get it quilted and bound maybe. 3, Get 2 Christmas gifts done for next Christmas. 

So let's see how I do.

3RD DECEMBER UFO DONE!!!

This is my 3rd UFO for December! Another block for my Merry Merry Snowman quilt is finished. All but the eyes adn buttons on the scarf, ear muffs and door knob. I want to quilt this quilt before I add anymore embellishments. Still toying with the idea of just using french knots for eyes. We'll see.



Two December UFOs Done! One to Finish!

                                                This is my blue Snowman Quilt all done!

   This is the back of my Blue Snowman quilt all quilted and bound!

This is my Redwork Snowmen BOM all put together and ready to quilt!

DECEMBER UFOs

My 3 UFOs for December are the following:

I want to finish binding this snowman quilt.

I also want to add another block to my Merry Merry Snowen quilt top.

I will also try to put together the last row of my embroidered snowmen to get it ready to quilt. A picture of it has already been posted on my blog.

UFOs FOR NOVEMBER DONE!

                                        Snowman quilt all quilted! I will add binding as a December
                                         project!

                                              This is Novembers Redwork Santa all done!

I not only got one block done for Merry Merry Snowman but two!!! I still have to add their eyes and buttons but will wait to quilt it first. 

NOVEMBER UFOs TO HOPEFULLY ACCOMPLISH.....

                                      1.    I will quilt and maybe bind my snowman quilt

                                         2.  I will embroider my November Red Snowman Block

3. I want to add another block to my Merry Merry Snowman quilt top.

OCTOBER UFOs DONE!

The first done was my grandson Joshs wedding quilt. He and Tessa will be married November 11th of this year! Need to make a label for it.

 

The second and simplest for me was the redwork snowman! Just needs to have its borders.

OCTOBER UFOs TO FINISH ( I HOPE)

I want to put all the blocks together for Josh and Tessas quilt.
This is a big job for me so I am only posting 2 projects for October.

I want to embroider the October block for this snowman quilt

                                                                  

SEPTEMBER UFOS!

3rd row of snowman wall hanging done!

                                          Blocks for Josh and Tess's quilt top done! All 56 of them!
                                     Didn't get to the blocks for the other snowman quilt. Maybe 
                                     I'll have time in October.

SEPTEMBER UFOs TO BE COMPLETED....(I HOPE!)

I will put together 3 more of my snowmen blocks! This will be so cute!



Then, want to make another try at making at least one block for this quilt.



And last but certainly not least, I will cut all the pieces for Josh & Tessa's wedding quilt.

2 August UFOs Done!

This is the Arkansas Razor back quilt I made as a donation to raise funds for our local Senior Center at the Apple Harvest Festival in October.

It is totally finished!

And this is Boo Hollow before I finished quilting it and binding it. That is done as well. It is at the County Fair and it won a blue ribbon! I was very excited about that.



REDWORK SNOWMEN

These are embroidery patterns I got from Starwood Quilters blog. She shared one each month and it has been so much fun for me to wait for the next one! I have kept up with it and even put my first 6 together! Cute huh?
This month (July) she shared Decembers snowman so we got two! What a bonus! Thank you so much!

My New Best Buddy in My Sewing Room

I bought this "oldie but goodie" at a yard sale for 2 dollars. It is exactly what I had been looking for!

I am so tired of paying high prices for name brand irons only for them to go out on me within 2-3 years. I tried calling the company about repairs or replacing and they said they would be happy to repair the problem but it would cost me $89.00! The iron cost me $129.00 so it was't worth it to me to pay the cost of shipping and repair.

This one was made by General Electric and I'm not sure of the year. 

Anyway, it works wonderful! 

AUGUST UFOs

Gosh, this year is flying by!! Hard to believe it is August already!

These are my 3 projects for August.

I will make the last block for the Halloween wall hanging that was a BOM a couple of years ago (at least) from Pearl Louise Designs in SD.

I also want to finish this Arkansas Razorback quilt to sell and raise funds for the Senior Ceter in Lincoln, Arkansas

And my third UFO is to make at least one block for my Merry Merry Snowman quilt.

What do you think? Can I get them done? I'm sure gonna give it a heck of a try!

How about you all? What are your sewing plans for August? Any goals?