FRIDAY'S DIASTER PROJECT!!!

Looks harmless enough....right!!!! Colors are amazing....I loved this quilt top.....but what came after....



Yep, that is right...that is me....but I have gray hair...HA!!!



Started stippling this last night......and things were going along so good....oh my gosh....I have never in my life taken out so many stitches...my fingers are soooo sore. this quilt is a diaster. At one point I was going to throw it away....but no...determined to finish...I put it aside for this morning.....

You guessed it...


me again....STILL determined...so I finished it, bound it and it looks like a first grader did the border and binding, I dont' even know how to fix it...maybe it will be a tote and some cosmetic bags...maybe....I don't even want to look at it.....I want to rip it to pieces....I know all of you are wonderful quilters and can't seem to understand my frustration...sorry....(that is my way of saying, please tell me you have bad days and bad projects)....but things in my world don't go as planned sometimes and this is one of those times....so I am going to make muffins and granola bars today...maybe do the gazzell (work off excess frustrations).

Glad hubby is at work. Oh...he informed me that he needs clothes (what is up with that)...I just did laundry Monday...he needs clean clothes?...go figure???

Every once in a while we have the chance to make a difference in someone elses life.

Every once in a while we have the chance to make a difference in many lives.

Blog that want to help the people in Haiti!!


I have a notion has a new blog up just for that purpose. Kelly is one awesome lady with a huge heart, go on over and take a look at what she is doing and see if you are interested.

Then there is CraftHope, they are putting together a Etsy store for the survivors of Haiti.

MY LITTLE BIT OF ADVICE FOR TODAY!

My advice is too......................

not touch...............that dial....

don't even look at..............

don't even sneeze in the direction of the dial........

TO JUST LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE!!!! GET IT!!!! REPEAT AFTER ME!!!

"LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE"!!!!!

So you say, what on earth is she talking about..... Okay...so I am sewing on the below quilt....everything is going along sooo good....I am even singing as I go along.

Happy that life is being so good to me and Mr. Pfaff has no complaints of the day.

Then.....

It happens.....

yes....can't just be happy.....the dial....it is screaming to me.

I go...oh....that is not supppose to be on that number (what ever you do don't touch it...it is not chocolate)....so I change the setting....

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW did you hear that from Amerika Samoa....

Yes...I was hopping and skipping along, turned the dial....kept sewing...finished what I was doing....and...you guessed it.... I totally messed up the tension.

So repeat after me...."LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE"!


That bit of advice being said....the quilt is finished. Not to keen on the binding but that was all the fabrice that I had that would give me enough for the binding...not crying about it tho...

Several have asked about the pattern, I use the Yellow Brick Road Pattern and the turtles are my own design....

My niece at Inch worm Fabrics says that you can get any fat quarter from any fabric in her store for $1.25...that is a good deal, you just have to let her know what you want.

OHHHHHHH POOR LITTLE TURTLE

Looks like he has been in some kind of accident!!!!


No worries momma will fix it!!



Momma's can fix anything......



I saved all my "steam a seam" scraps from the snowman blocks.....I am so glad I did. I just pieced it on the little turtle. What is that saying "Waste not want not"....well....as I went to get some more "Steam a Seam" from my bookshelf, I noticed that I did not have much left.....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


I told you I use it like people use toilet paper.....so that is when the light bulb went off.......scraps I saved.....and yes.....it didn't take too long to put all those little pieces on there (some were really great corner pieces)....



My husband chose the color of the turtles....

By the way, don't forget about my niece's fat quarter special.....

PICTURES OF PUPPETS FOR W-CAP

Keep in mind that we did not have any patterns...

We have alot of kids on the island that are afraid to go to school after the tsunami....so this will teach them that it is okay to be afraid but that there are some things you can do and what to do incase of another tsunami. The turtle is the star.

I KNOW YOU ARE IN THERE.......I CAN SEE YOU

OH........

GEEEE.....


GO PUT SOME CLOTHES ON....NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THAT!!!

OH THE MENTAL PICTURE WILL NOT GO AWAY....MAY HAVE TO GOUGE MY EYES OUT!!

Anyone got a stick?



Oh....I know you are out there....no need hiding either!!!

Well...been a fast few days. Aunt Pitty Pat was asking if someone would take the place of someone in their Christmas Swap.....I had wanted to do this in the beginning but didn't know what life would be like when I came off vacation....sooooooooooooooooooo I jumped at the chance.

The above square is my one square....all I have left are the window panes...and then the 9 patch....want to have them out in the mail on Thursday's run.

Got involved for 2 days with W-CAP (the woman's non-profit organization) making puppets....so haven't been doing any personal sewing.

If you are passing through or think I don't have your birthday...please leave that as well.


oh....got the pattern at fat cat patterns, I downsized it to fit a 12 1/2 inch square.

Now...you can come out of hiding....I am leaving. Trust me, it is no fun peeking in on people....

MOONSHINE!!

You might think these were moonshine bottles but NOPE!!! They are the old Clorex and Purex bottles..... Now....if it was me and I had these bottles and knowing what clorex does to your clothes.....well.....I would be afearing......afearing that the bottle would break and ruin whatever was in it's path!!!!

These were not suppose to come here but were suppose to be in storage...oh well..