Scrappy Trip Bee

Here are my blocks for my hive in the 

Scrappy Trip Bee

Round 7/Hive 5

Its always so fun to see everyones color choices emerge...

the upper left is simply a scrappy block..

the upper right is all black and whites with a bright center strip...

lower left is Navy blues and reds with tans and creams..

lower right is all warm colors....

My color palette is black/gray tone on tones...

mulberry or eggplant center strip and 

black on whites....

I love all the blocks I received!!

(sorry I dont have a photo of them)

Learning something new!

I have always loved all the little 

pouches that pop up all over blogland..

I was even lucky enough to win a pouch from

 Connie @ Free motion by the river, you 

can find her blog here:

 http://www.conniekresin.com/

 I loved the pouch that Connie made so much that 

I wanted to make some for my

family and friends for Christmas...needless to say, 

once I started digging into 

my 2.5" and 2" fabric square bins, the number 

of pouches to be made

went up and up and up!!

The patriotic one went to my sister Junette.

The black Daisys and Dogs went to my DIL Kasey..

The orange one went to my coworker Sarah...

and the Purple Peacock one went to my niece Jetta....

I also made a pure purple one for my Co-Nanny Tam Tam!!

They were a hit!  I am going to make 

more also...they are so fun and quick to make!!

Who knew? Me? Zippers?

WOW!!

I'm still here!

Oh Christmas time!!

Oh Christmas time!!

Sorry for being "MIA" the last couple of weeks....

life has been super duper crazy insane busy busy busy!!

I wanted to show you something I got done in time for Christmas!

These are the Grandkids stockings....

Jayden had hers last year

but their Rottweiler puppy "Easton" 

chewed up the cuff and I had to repair it...

This is Super Coopers new stocking....I 

really love the green cuff....

turned out great....now I need to make another one

for my new Granddaughter due in May 2015!!

Yay!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with 

your families, I know I did...I was

especially spoiled!!!

Bring on 2015!!!

Jayden!

Every year Jayden and I make a Gingerbread 

house together.  Its so much fun to have this 

annual tradition with her.  This year she was home 

sick from school but that didn't stop her

from hanging out with her Granny and decorating 

our candy house.

She always has such deep concentration when 

applying the candies!!

She did great with placement of all the different colors too.

Here she is super proud of her completed house!!

Shes such a ham!

I love this little girl so much!

Then out of no where came a measuring tape....

she insisted that we measure to make sure the 

house was correct!!

Hmmmm...color placement and measuring???

Quilter in the making???!!!!

I sold a quilt!

At the annual craft fair where I work, I 

always enjoy showing my

quilts and talking to people about them and seeing

what they like and why they like them.  

When my friend Lara showed up and said she

wanted a quilt for her mom for Christmas, I was thrilled.  

She washappy too because she said her mom was super hard to buy for!  Score!

• So she was thrilled to spot a quilt that she 
• loved for her mom!
• 
  
• She chose this Arkansas Crossings scrappy quilt....

Heres Lara all wrapped up in her quilt Burrito style! 

She loves it! Yay!

Doggie Sleeping Bag

Anyone who know us knows that our whole family is crazy

about critters of the four legged variety.....and maybe a

few of the two legged variety!

My daughter in laws grandmother asked me to make her

weiner dog a sleeping bag...

I used this super cute doggie novelty fabric that I found 

in my stash for the exterior of the bag.

and this super soft furry stuff for the inside...

She loved it, thought it was perfect and I heard that 

it was a big hit with her weiner dog!  Yay!

Sharing with Friends

I ran into our friend Chris at the market, hes a fire fighter here 

in El Dorado County.

He is an exceptional guy & a wonderful single father

 to three great kids! (Crazy photo bomber below!)

He blew out the "ahem" crotch of his "turnouts", 

part of his fire fighting gear.

He needed to make a patch...so he asked if he could come over and

use one of my sewing machines for a little while...

he brought the kiddos too!

All of them took a turn sewing, it was so cool!

This is Catelynn, the oldest, she is 10.

This is Cole, hes the youngest, he is 8.

And this is Cassie...shes 9....

It was a blast having them over for a quick little sewing retreat!

I love this special family...

Grand Illusion Start!

God Bless Bonnie Hunter!  

Its mystery time, and this year its Grand Illusion.  

The first clue

came out last Friday and I got started!

First order of business was to cut my Aqua and "pinks", mine are more mulberry colored into

2.5" hsts with the Easy Angle Ruler...

Once that was done, I got down to business with my cut pieces and a turkey sandwich and cheetos!

Gotta keep my energy up right?

I had lots of help....This is Suki..shes horrible..pure Tortie!!

This is my girl, Jacey Mae....I love black labs, 

shes the best dog ever! Shes 10!

She needed to rest her head....shes old ya know...

Then the Suki monster got back in on the action...

at this point I realized it was

because of the turkey sandwich!!! Brats!!

Its all about the belly with these critters!!

The next day I went over to my kids house to 

watch the grandbabies..

I brought along my chain pieced triangles hoping 

that Jayden would enjoy helping

me snip them apart....she did a few and decided it wasnt such fun...but she posed for this 

super cute picture...shes such a character!!

And low and behold, here is the motherlode of 125 Broken Dishes blocks...DONE!

Bring on Clue #2 Bonnie!!

Ohhhhhh....Toffee!!

OMG...Help!

I have made so much English Toffee this season that I am

ready to drop!  I made 11 pans in two days.  

Thats ALOT of Toffee!!

Its Soooo good!