Family Halloween

 My dad on his second night in the nursing home. His great-grandson, Lincoln is in the dragon costume.

CQ Ornaments 2011

These are the ornaments I made this year for the annual swap I am a part of. I tried the round ones this year, usually just make stockings.

Paula's Bird Block

I have had this block a while and kept looking at what I could add. After reading Paula's wishes, she said she loved butterflies as well as birds. So I decided to make one using my embroidery machine on fabric made of Angelina Fibers.  Here is the result. I embroidered the flowers using the print on the white fabric as the pattern.

My Bird Round Robin Block

This is my block I pieced for the Bird Round Robin, I love how the colors go together.

Joyce was the first to work on it. I love the peacock and how she echoed the silkie picture with her hummingbird motif. Can's wait to see what the rest of the "gang" comes up with.

Strawberry Shortcake Anyone?

I have been an admirer of those glass garden totems for a while. Basically you take old glassware, dishes, pottery, etc. Glue them together and put them in the garden. They can be beautiful. I have been collecting glass over the summer, but hadn't had enough courage to put one together. With my husband home over the weekend, we decided to give it a try by working on a "joke" totem for a friend. Mistakes and flaws would be ok.   My hubbie and his friend have a running joke about Strawberry Shortcake and they are sending gag gifts both ways.  So we decided to make a Strawberry Shortcake totem. What do you think?

Ottoman Makeover I

I got this green ultrasuede storage ottoman at a garage sale for about $1, It was in good shape but for some stains on the top. So I decided to try and recover it.  Stay tuned for progress.

Halloween Purse

This is a purse I made a couple years ago using my embroidery machine... Someday I will be invited to a Halloween Party so I can use it!