A busy weekend

A wedding, a baby shower, Mother's Day, and an anniversary all packed into one rainy weekend.

Andrew & Theresa's Wedding

The rain held off on Saturday until the wedding and reception were over.  Such a fun afternoon at The Kent Island Yacht Club,  spent with friends we have known since high school celebrating their daughters wedding.  Thank you Debbie and Harold your baby girl is a beautiful bride.

My scrapbook page made at the shower

Sunday morning and back across the Bay Bridge to Kent Island, for Theresa and Andrew's baby shower.

Harold (Pop), Theresa, Andrew, and Debbie (Oma)

After the shower back over the bridge through the pouring rain!  My handsome son stopped by to give me a card, flower's and love.  What more could I ask for.  Wish I could have seen my 2 daughter's, but one lives in PA the other had plans with her husbands family, and next week is my birthday so I can't be selfish.  Also I see her and her adorable baby all the time.

Flower's and Card from my son

Then my man and I went out to dinner at Sam's on the Waterfront in Annapolis.  Really good food, and a great way to end a busy weekend.  

Anniversary and Mother's Day cards and flowers from my man 

The flowers smell so good!  Sew there wasn't any sewing a all, but lots of good times and memories for the future.  

Until next time, happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Fitting it all in

Yesterday on  a warm over cast day, I had some stitching to do.  DSIL's organization has a fund raising tournament ever year which host's a golf tournament.  This year they are combining two organization's into one to raise money for a fund raiser.  I embroider their shirts.  Some year's a few shirts, other year's a lot of shirts.  This year I have 16 shirts for this event that need to be finished before next Saturday, May 11th.  As of this evening 8 are finished, and if all goes well a few more will be finished after dinner tonight.

LLC/C4G Shirts

Two machines going full speed help the process along.  This afternoon was spent visiting DMIL in the Nursing Home.  She played Bingo, and enjoyed a bowl of Butter Pecan Ice Cream.  Fitting it all in before a deadline is what has to happen on some day's.  

Until next time happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

My first project with my new computer

So an old friend who has turned into a good embroidery customer called me on Tuesday, April 16th to ask me if I could embroider a blanket for an upcoming bridal shower on Saturday.  I of course said yes... Even though this Sunday is Easter, and my family is coming in town for a long weekend of family fun.  (No doesn't seem to be in my vocabulary.) Anyway, fast forward to Thursday evening shortly before the family is scheduled to arrive at my house.  Said blanket is in the hoop finishing stitching, and on the last line of stitching when I suddenly realized that I had misspelled a word!  OH NO!  Stop, stop, how can that be?  My embroidery software doesn't have spell check!  WHY?   Anyway, I didn't take a picture of the misspelled word.  Can you say "very upset"?  Out to Walmart, where I thought my friend bought the blanket.  No Walmart wasn't the store!  So now I have to call my friend to tell her about the mess I've made of her gift!   Then I find out where she bought the blanket, Home Goods, and they are open until 9:30 PM, and it's now 8:45 when I left Walmart.  I made it to Home Goods with time to spare but sadly they didn't have anymore of the blanket's I was looking for.  So after texting pictures to Denise we came up with one that she likes a little.  Not the original she had chosen.  On the drive home, I was really having guilt and anger for the mess I had made. So when I got home I went right to work and picked out part of the miss spelled word (I never took the blanket out of the hoop).  So drum roll please...

Embroidered Blanket

Embroidered Blanket

I think it turned out ok.  Sew until next time, happy sewing, happy piecing,

Sheila

Spring has sprung

The birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and the sun is shining, spring is finally here!

Trees in bloom in my neighborhood

Tulips at my rheumatologist's office

So there hasn't been much sewing going on around here.

When I finally got down to my sewing room and plugged in my computer with my Embroidery Software on it (I haven't done any embroidery since before the quilt show and going down to Florida) I was surprised to find my old PC laptop was dead for a lack of a better word.  No light's, no nothing coming from it. That was yesterday evening, so fast forward to today, and off to Fort Meade Post Exchange to look at laptops.  A quick bite of lunch in the food court, and off to Annapolis Navy Exchange to price compare laptops.  And one computer stood out in my mind there at Navy an All in One Touch screen Desk Top.  Pictures taken on my phone, and off to Best Buy to check out more Laptops, and Desk Tops.  Then jump in the truck for one final comparison at Costco.  There I found an All in One Touch Screen Desk Top at a sale price and even with taxes (which Military Exchanges do not charge) was the best price.  And the kicker was I had a $75's off from my last's 2018 year shopping at Costco.  Win, win for me.  It has a 23.8 inch screen, and I do all my embroidery down here in my sewing room so why do I need a laptop?  I'm  a happy camper right now, and looking forward to exploring my new Desktop.

Sew until next time, happy piecing, happy sewing,
Sheila

Flying

Flying for a visit with my man, and dropping off  a quilt that I have had way too long.  I have had this quilt since 2012 I believe, and I’m very happy to give it back to it’s rightfull owner.  Finished of course!  (Insert happy dancing Sheila).In this photo the quilt is unfinished, and this photo does not do this quilt justice.  It was made by a childhood friend’s mother who passed away before she could finish it.

Keister’s Cathedral Window

I will post a picture on Friday when I officially return the quilt to my dear friends.

Sew until then, happy piecing, happy sewing.

Sheila

Missing in Action

Sew, I bought some books about a year ago, and then missed placed them (since Christmas 2018)!  I couldn't wait to practice the technique's and get better at free motion and ruler quilting.  (learning new techniques.)  But then Christmas came, and my concentration turned away from these glorious book, and they have been missing in action.  For the past three month's I have been looking for the "safe place" I put them in.  Fast forward to this morning around 3:30am, and awakening to a little voice in my head telling me to check the "Christmas Fabric bin".  I can't explain what made that little voice talk to me at 3:30am, or why that little voice turned out to be right, but it was correct.  

Ruler and Free Motion Quilting Books

Low and behold!  Hallelujah! Right where the little voice said they would be.  I'm one happy quilter right now, and can't wait to get into these.

Sew until then, happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Birthday Celebration

So this happened on Thursday February 28th

Fanny Pack made in the hoop.

I made this fanny pack in the hoop for my DMIL's birthday which is March 1st.  It's personalized with her name on the strap.

Mom with the fanny pack I made her. 

This is Mom with her new fanny pack.  What will this fanny pack hold?  Bingo winnings?  What ever she wants.

The first Crew visiting Mom/Nana

My dear daughter #2 and dear grandson #3 came to the Birthday celebration! (It's a Family Affair)  And as we were celebrating, in walks Kristi.  My Niece, Mom's Granddaughter, and Cousin to my daughter.  

Here we are.  Happy times!

(It's a Family Affair)  Loving this Lady and these people.  Priceless...

Sew, until next time, happy piecing, happy sewing.

Sheila