Monday Lunch Crew

My two grandson's are staying with us!  So my daughter and her little guy and my brother in law and his family came over for lunch yesterday.  DBIL and his family are here visiting and vacationing.  They moved to Texas a couple years ago, so it was super fun to see them.  The boy's had fun playing wii and us adults enjoyed getting caught up.  Before we had to say our goodbyes DD pulled out the good old selfie stick, and took a family photo.  

Monday Lunch Crew

Now that was a good way to start off the week.  My man had to work so we all missed him.  

Not much sewing has been happening around here, its freezing down in my sewing room in the basement, and family time and memory making is what's more important.  

Sew until next time happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Rainy day and Monday

This is what's on my design wall right now.  Finally making a little progress on those 1 1/2 inch finished half square triangle units. This is a Joan Ford Scraps Plus One pattern Scraps Plus One! There are 225 of those pretty little half square's in each of those two strips on the far left.  There are 60 in the small strip set.  I need a total of 900 for 4 strips.  Looking at the bright side, I'm more than halfway there. (smiling)

Slow progress & a quilt for Remy

The quilt on the right is Remy girls bandana's from doggie vacation's over the years.  She deserves a quilt too.

Remy's bandana's aka future quilt

This morning I had every intention on going down to my sewing room and getting to work on these two.  But the sound of a rainy day and Monday equaled slowing down, turning off the AC, and living in the moment.  It rained cat's and dog's this morning into early afternoon.  I did make it down there to the sewing room and worked on an embroidery job that is giving me some fits.  I will save that one for another post.

Until then, happy piecing, happy sewing,
Sheila

A doctors appointment for Mom took up most of our day today.  We live in Prince George's County, and Mom is in a Nursing Home in Montgomery County.  We do what has to be done.  My man is a wonderful Son to his Mom, and that is one of the many things I love about him.  When I got home, I did a little cutting with my trusty Scan N Cut machine.

Super fun Fireworks fabric!

This fun fabric will soon be "Flipflop chapstick keychains".  These were a "freebie" from Renee at Embroidery Garden a lot of years ago.  https://www.embroiderygarden.com/shop/  I have made a few over the years.  She had a yahoo group with monthly give aways.  I love her designs and can't wait to show you the finished flip-flops.

Until then, happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

Almost forgot the label

I gave this quilt to a friend's first grandbaby, but I forgot to add the label.  Someday someone might wonder where that little quilt came from.  So I asked to have the quilt back.  So I could add a label.

Baby Elsie's quilt label

This quilt is made with Minkie Fabric which is super soft and cuddly.  Hope baby Elsie enjoys it. 

Then the second label this week was for baby Edmund's Car quilt.  This is a pretty big quilt for a little boy who still sleeps in a crib. I hope to make a small bag out of the remaining fabric (maybe with bosil) to hold his cars and trucks.  

The movie Cars fabric made a cool quilt.

Note to self, don't forget your label.

Happy piecing, happy sewing,

Sheila

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