Winter Wonderland for today!

So Darren pulled in around 12:45 PM safe and sound. Yes I was still awake. He left to drop a few of the boy's off so the parents did not have to drive in the snow. The electricity went off for the second time and I was not sure if he would be able to get back in. Turns out he left the garage door opened but that meant he had to unhook it from the opener to close it. So around 1:30AM he came upstairs and fell into bed. I woke up this morning around 5:30 and realized that sometime during the night the electricity had gone back on, I turned off a light or two we forgot about and stopped the alarm time from blinking. I looked out the window and could see that everything was blanketed in snow!!! It was cold and so I got right back under my warm blankets until 7:30 when Ben and Jacquie showed up at our door:) We watched Rusty and Kirra slide down the front stairs as they attempted to go explore the white wonderland. I threw a few snow balls at Ben and Darren after Jacquie left for work. We then made a huge snowman snowbear, my camera battery died so I will have to get a picture from Ben.

Here are a few more pictures of our southern style Winter Wonderland.

Jacquie on her way to work.

Fresh snow

Can you find Rusty in the snow covered woods? Rusty and Kirra checking out the snow!

Our home covered in snow, the palms don't look very tropical with snow weighing them down.

Thanks for looking at all my pictures. Maybe in another 20 years I will have a new snow post to share. 

Snow in Summerville!

I realize that for those that live in the Mountain West or North East this may seem silly. When we moved here 4 years ago we were told that it snows here about every 15 years. I found that hard to believe the first winter we had here. We wore flip flops all winter long and never put on a coat!!! Well last winter I think I saw one flurry. People thought it had snowed when it was cold enough for frost to accumulate on the roofs.  

But this is the most snow I have ever seen in Summerville!!

These are the big heavy wet type snow flakes, they are sticking to the stairs and rails.

Just a coincidence that Darren took a van load of Y.M. to North Carolina to ski today.

I sure hope our tropical palms make it thru this crazy winter weather!

Thursday Update

Just a few projects finished and one a little bit of progress to report.

First project~My square for February an hourglass pattern using my new 1/4 inch foot.
Let me just say what a huge difference a quarter inch foot makes!!!!!!

My second project~ A pair of Pink P.J's using this very soft tiny ribbed knit material I picked up at Hancock's on their sale rack for 1.97 a yard.

The Pattern was McCall's Easy Stitch 'N Save #M5960

The Ribbon Black Satin by Offray. The thread Sulky 932.
My Janome hated both the thread and the fabric and that made this a difficult project even though the pattern is a piece of cake! I ended up finishing up on my Elna.  All in all I really like the end result.

Lastly, I finished all the petals for the New Beginning Flowers.

Here is the first of 20 finished, only 19 more to go before the 27th. Piece of cake right!
The tutorials  where I learned how to make these flowers can be found here and here.
Happy Valentines day to you all!

Thursday Update

I want to share with you a few things I found through online companies.

Have you been having a hard time finding Jumbo Ric Rak? Well I found some and the price is fantastic, better then the stiff stuff I found here in my area. I ordered this for 1.09 a yard at Vogue Fabrics.

I have had Spring Fever by Moda's Me & My Sister on my favorites list. So when "The Fat Quarter Shop" newsletter came and they had this Quilt Kit advertised I took the plung! It arrived yesterday only 2 days after I placed the order! I hope that it will help me improve my quilting:)

It looks cute with my pink and red Valentine decor too.

I am still working on the flower project for New Beginnings and helping 2 of the Y.W. make purses. I am hoping to be finished with both early next week. I hope you have a wonderful week creating!

Thursday Update (Last one for January)

I am going to start todays update with a little blurb on our Dinner last night. Darren was in the kitchen again and he did a fantastic job! We were treated to Steak and Lobster with a homemade tomato soup with succotash. I have never eaten succotash that I can remember and I am not sure why because it was delish!

I have mainly been working on my New Beginnings projects this week and they are coming along.

Here are a few pictures.

These are the Buttons that will go on the flowers that I am making to adorn the girl's bags to hold their New Personal Progress Books, Journals & Calender.

Lots of pink circles...

All cut and pressed ready to be sewn.

And last of all a picture of me wearing my finished skirt. I found the shoes at KRS for $5.00 not to shabby wouldn't you say? Well until next week Happy creating to you all!!

New Beginnings projects

I have been working on some projects for our up coming Young Women's New Beginnings.

We are going to be holding a Brunch this year. I volunteered to make the invitations and a calender for the year. I used one of Erika's wonderful free digital kits over at Steadfast and immovable to create the backgrounds of the calenders.

I used the Stampin' Up eyelet punch to decorate the lower edge of the Cranberry cardstock.

I also used a line art flower stamp to soften the black and white top layer.

January 2010 YW Calender -PDF Invite -PDF

Thursday Update

Wow this week has gone by so very quickly, I didn't really think I had gotten much done until I looked at  my pictures I had taken. I finished my skirt and the second scarf I was working on to send in Nicks care package. I helped two Young Women start purses and last night I started another scarf.

As you all know the Earthquakes in Haiti have left so many with nothing. I found this wonderful sight this week and wanted to share it with you it is craft hope. They are hosting an Etsy shop where all the proceeds from the sales go to Doctors Without Borders. You can shop or craft and donate.

Fat Quarter Bundle Giveaway by Kati Cupcake!

Go to Kati Cupcake and leave a comment for a chance to win this great Bundle of Marabella Fat Quarters. This line is on my fabric wish list this year!

And the winner is......

The winner of the Bag giveaway is Liz k. I will get that in the mail to you this week. I hope you enjoy sewing on the fabric I picked out to send!

Help for Haiti

Church Sending Team of Doctors to Assist in Haiti - LDS Newsroom

Giveaway and Update

I won, I entered the giveaway at Sew Inspired for this bag and an unknown fabric to make a bag and give it away.

So... I'm going to give the bag that I sew (from the red white and blue) away to a lucky commenter here, along with fabric,  from my stash to make another fabric bag for the winner to give away. (Pattern included)

You can enter by posting a comment here. I'll close comments and draw a winner Monday. Please only enter if you are willing to sew up a bag to give away! Also make sure to leave your contact info so that I can let you know if your the lucky winner!
Update
Now for the News you have all been waiting for! O.K. maybe not the news, but it is very exciting for me to tell you that...

I finished hand sewing the binding on my quilt Monday night!

Here it is after being washed and dried.

It's kind of wonky and poofy, but I like it any way! Maybe thats because I have spent so much time with it over the last few months.

Also finished the scarf for Nick and have started another along with a skirt.

This is a really simple skirt by Simplicity.  I found this fabric at Hancocks for $.89 a yard so if I mess this up I won't feel so bad. I will post more info Next week with the finished product unless I make a royal mess of it.

From the Kitchen

Salmon, squash & Potatoes are on the Menu for tonight.

Preparing the Potatoes for roasting.

The finished plate. Not only does it look good it tasted wonderful!!

First Update of the New Year!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is a new decade already? I feel like last year just past by very quickly!

With that thought, I am still working on the same quilt. There is hope though that I will be finished quilting tonight!! Maybe I can even get the binding started!

I started crocheting a scarf for Nick. I am using a simple Single Crochet stitch with the M hook. I like the way it is turning out. I did have to pick a few rows out as they were a bit to wide.

I am using Lion Brand Vanna White for the Black and Patons in Dark Grey.

I do have a sewing goal for this year. I am going to sew something that I can wear. If it works out and I like it I may plan a few more items, if not well then back to straight line sewing for me!!!