Bewitching Pillows

One night last week, I sat down to work on my embroidery. I was flipping through the channels but could not find anything on television. Is that crazy or what? We practically have a billion channels to watch and nothing! Okay, slight exaggeration but it happens every once in a while.

But then I found a couple of episodes of Bewitched. I loved that show when I was younger so I left it on. I was watching and saw these cute scrappy pillows on Samantha's couch! Freeze, pause and grab the camera to show you. LOL (Good thing my hubby wasn't home. He already thinks I'm a nut for the things I take pictures of!)

Look how scrappy! Andora turned poor "Derwood" into a frog but lucky for me she did it right in front of this Log Cabin pillow!!! That's when I knew I was meant to share this with you. :o)

So, I got my April block finished. Luckily, it was a small design last month because it took me almost two months to finish the March block! Anyway, I got my little basket parts cut out. Such beautiful floral fabrics.

Last night I got the baskets made and my square patches sewed together. I got it sewed to the March block and now I just need to stitch this to the top section. The next three blocks will be sewed to the right side of the top.

I hope to have this sewed together soon and will share a picture of the top when I get the parts sewed together. I've got family coming over to celebrate Mother's Day on Saturday so I've got things to do and might have to put this off for a few days. Grrr, cleaning, shopping....pooey!

Finishing touches

I made this little block quite a while ago. In March as a matter of fact. I had to go search my blog and found the post. I wasn't even sure if it was THIS YEAR that I finished it but I'm glad to say it was, even though it was seven months, 6 days ago! (Do I need to admit again that I have finishing issues.)


Basically, I've been moving this poor little block from table to bin to counter top in my sewing room. When I was cleaning up my sewing room the other day, I remembered that I had bought a couple of 8" square picture frames from Tall Mouse (our CA equivelant to Hobby Lobby stores). I went and searched for where I stashed the frame and look at how perfectly my little stitchery fits inside! I told my sister last night, "Now all I have to do is to find an empty table to display it." Eeegads, it's hard to have so many flaws!!

Wednesday I received block #3 of the BOM I'm doing. I messed up cutting my pink border (flaw, flaw) on block #1 so they were sending me another strip with this month's kit. I still had to piece my border but I didn't care. I figure when it's quilted, no one will notice and if they do, I'll kick them out of my house. LOL So I finished block #1 and sewed it to block #2. This is going to be such a pretty quilt!! I don't what came over me with this one. I don't drink tea, I don't have pink anywhere in my house and I'm don't usually like sparkly. I folded under pressure from Robin, Peggy and Michelle!!!!

This is a peek of my project I'm finishing up for Joyce, my Brown Bag Buddy. I got the binding on last night but I think it might need a little bit of embellishment. I used my Juki to quilt it and it's been a while since I've quilted anything. I marked some parts first so I might do it a little more even.

Since it's a smaller project, I just signed the back. I need to get a new marker. This one was a little bit dry.

My girls are having a yard sale at our house tomorrow. I hope to get some sewing done and put out some Fall decorations. Hope you have a nice weekend.

Purdy M&M's and a secret project...

I was at Target the other day and saw these great M&M's! Look at the great colors for Halloween. (By the way, I eat these. Thus, the reason for trying to be creative while I walk on the treadmill!!!!) LOL I'm going to a sew-in this Saturday. If I have time, I'll try to come up with a little goodie to give the girls who go. If I run out of time, I'll just take some to share.

And we're having a Brown Bag swap on our Yahoo site. My BBB (brown bag buddy) is Joyce in NC so I'm working on a little project for her. She sent me burgundy embroidery floss and a cute snowflake fabric. I got about half way through the first "stage" of her gift.

I'm using one of Angela's drawings for the main design. It's going pretty fast so far and I like the way it's coming out. Joyce said she always gives homemade gifts but she seldom gets them because people figure she can make them for herself. But as we ALL know, it's so much fun to "receive" as well. No one knows more, how much time it takes to make a homemade gift than a crafter!

Dog day at Fourth Street (and other stuff)

This is my boss Donna. That beast at her feet is her "favorite" pooch, Duke. Her other dog is a brown lab named Kona. Last week Duke had a "hair" appointment and got shaved because he was too hot with his poodle do'. The housekeeper was at their house so Duke had to come to the office for a while. When Donna talks about Duke, her voice goes up about three octaves. She says he's a sweet boy. They keep saying I hate dogs. It's genetic. I get that from my parents. But they softened as they got older so there's still hope for me.

Then yesterday, Becca, my co-worker, brought in her dog. I guess you could call it a dog. LOL

Her name is Nicki. As you can tell, she's a Chihuahua. She is really cute. Donna had been asking Becca to bring in her dog so she could see her. Nicki seemed to like Donna's toes. This was a good shot to show you how tiny she is. And she's quick. It was hard to get a still shot of her but Becca's daughter got this one. Makes you want Taco Bell, doesn't it? :o)))

Okay, enough about those two legged people and four legged creatures....

I wanted to share a couple of cute things I got. First, this gift that Donna picked up on a shopping trip she did this past weekend. There was a Sur La Table at a shopping center she went to and these bowls were on sale. She brought me and Becca one. Woohoo! Too adorable, and the saying is one you've heard before, "Life is just a bowl of cherries!" The design is painted on the outside of the bowl too but no words.

Then, because of the three muskateers, Peggy, Robin and Michelle (mostly the first two), I signed up for a Crabapple BOM through Quilting Bits and Pieces. I guess it was a good move.....

The embroidery designs are typical Crabapple, BEAUTIFUL. This is the first kit with all the floss. Some of the fabrics have a shine to them. It should be a pretty quilt. A finished quilt. That will remain to be seen. :o)