Blanket Chest and Sewing Chest

Hi everyone, just thought I would post a couple of pics of my blanket chest and sewing chest that my mom/dad did for me. My dad takes old stereo's and tv sets and guts them out. Then he fixes them up and my mom paints them and turns them into blanket chest's and the smaller one she made into a sewing cabinet for me. I just love them both.

Wendy

Updates

Hi everyone I hope your week is going better than mine. It has been a stressful one to say the least. Not that anything bad has happened, but several small things I guess, not any of them related to sewing or crafting, but some things that we were working on about the house we are trying to purchase. Anyhow, on to other things with that being I found out that I am not in the Under the Sea rr or the Summer Garden rr due to my information not reaching the hostess for whatever reason. Since I have already made the blocks I will be embellishing them myself and will post pics of my progress here. I have already started on the Under Sea block, I have used a feather stitch and beads to make sea weed next to the whales in a pale blue. It looks really nice as the original is a dark green and to me looked like a dark spot. Now it has more definition and I think goes with the block. I just love the whales. Now, I need to plan out the seams and other patches since I will be doing these myself. I made a small scale draft of them last night, so now I just need to tweak them to suit me I guess. So, here are some update pics on the under sea block. Hope you enjoy them.

Happy Sewing Wendy

I've Been Tagged

Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is going great and you are relaxing and having some nice family time. Well I have been tagged by Gerry over at http://www.sewing-southpaw.blogspot.com/ you should go visit her site as it has tons of great stuff and lots of eye candy.

I've Been Tagged

By: Gerry

How it works: Scattergories: It's harder than it looks! Erase my answers, enter yours, tag 10 people, post it on your blog, then notify them, including the person who tagged you.

"Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things.....nothing made up!

Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same first initial.

You cannot use your name for the boy/girl name question"

Ok, lets begin:

What is your name: Wendy

Four letter word: wool

Vehicle: Wonkamobile.....lol Waggoner (Jeep)

TV Show: Walker Texas Ranger

City: Warrior (Alabama)

Boy's Name: William

Girl's Name: Winter (my daughter's given name)

Occupation: Waitress

Something You Wear: Wimple

Food: Watermelon

Something Found in a Bathroom: Water

Reason for Being Late: Wading Water

Something You Shout: Whatever

OK, Who to tag?

Judy S
Lori
Diane K
Norma
Janet
Lindy
JK
Lauri
Lynn


Ok I only have nine so I hope that is ok. Since the only people I know who blog are those in the groups that I am in. Anyhow, this has been fun and I have enjoyed myself immensely. If these ladies do not respond in a couple of days I will email them and let them know that they have been tagged also.

Thanks Gerry for tagging me, it has been fun coming up with the answers.

Happy Sewing Everyone,
Wendy

Whew! I told you I had been busy. This is the last one for now. I have decided to enter a small crazy quilt piece in the fall fair where my brother lives. I am undecided as yet if it will be a wall hanging or a lap quilt. It will have six blocks that measure 12" x 12" each when completed. I don't know if I will do two by two or three by three, as I am still in the thinking process on that end of the design. Anyhow, it will be made with the same teapot/cup fabric that I used in my ss summer swap block. I just love this fabric. I have one block completed and five more to go. I will post as I complete the piecing process. I will piece them all before I add any type of embellishments to it. The first one I chose to do a fan as the central part of the block. I really like the way that it turned out. And I am already thinking about how I will embellish each of the seams. I believe I will make a rough drawn out draft of the seam treatments for each of these blocks. Hope you enjoy reading and looking at my projects as much as I am enjoying the creative process of each one.

Happy Sewing until next time

Wendy

Here is a pic of another nekkid block. This one is for a rr that I am in called Under the Sea in my group Crazy Quilts for Newbies on yahoo. I thought about what I would like as this will grace one of the downstairs bathroom in our house. I found this whale fabric and knew this would be the theme. I love whales and this just seemed to speak to me. The block is 12" by 12" finished size. I am going to add a few things to it and will post a pic when I finished the seams before it gets sent off to the people in my group. I know it will be just beautiful when it comes home to me.

I have joined the Season to Season swap. It is not really a regular swap, you make your own block decorate half the block, send it in and your partner embellishes the other half of your block and then it is sent back to you. I had sent a block in for the fall one but it never arrived at its destination. Which was very disappointing for me. But, the mail does that sometimes you know, lose your stuff! It's lost out there somewhere on the pony trail I suppose and having dealt with our postal system, it could show up any day now! And if not I hope it has found a good home. Although I don't know why anyone would want a half finished block!lol. Anyhow, I decided to try this again with the summer block and I am currently piecing the previous blocks of the seasons to complete on my own. This is a pic of the nekkid block and I will post again when I have completed the seam treatments that I will be doing before it is sent off to my partner. I am so looking forward to this swap. I fell in love with this teapot/cup fabric and decided to use it as my theme. I know the colors are not bright and bold for a summer look, but I have roses that bloom with their soft beauty during the heart of summer, so this is a tribute to them and all their beauty and sweet smell.

Hi everyone hope your week is going good. Mine has been a busy one which is fine with me as I love to stay busy. I have been stitching, stitching and stitching. So I have new photos to share. I have made three more hearts for the Chain of Hearts group that I am in. One needs the seam treatments which will be done this evening then it will be ready to swap as well.

Almost forgot this heart is one that I have made to swap in another group that I am in called chain of hearts. I have recieved some very beautiful hearts and extras from the ladies in this group. I have to make pics of all of them and will be posting them in the next few days. But here is one I just finished for swapping.

Here are the pics of the milk glass that I purchased and recieved over the weekend. Some really nice finds. One is a relish platter, a hat vase and the one a friend bestowed upon me as a gift is a victorian lipstick holder in milk glass.

OK here is some lace that I have hand dyed with egg dye. The results are good, although I don't know if I will do this again. Takes too long to dry and I am not very good at waiting. Anyhow, I wanted to try my hand at it and see if I could get good results.

Hello everyone, I hope your day is going well and you are sewing and crafting all that you want. It has turned a little chilly here over the weekend, that being said we had a great weekend of just family time that we all really needed. We went to the zoo and to some flea markets where I found some great finds for my milk glass collection. Also, had a great victorian piece bestowed upon me as a gift from a friend that was here visiting. Have been sewing some also, and have pics of all to show today.

The first pic is of the block I just worked on for the purple color study rr that I am in. I am in the Groovy Grapes group. Today's pic is of Judy C's block. I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed working on it. I had a lot of fun doing this block.

Last of the pics

OK here we go, I forgot to post these last two pics. And one is of my most favorite thing, the six yards of batik fabric in brown and teal which I may add that I purchased for a ridiculously low price. Mind you, I am not complaining I am thinking about going back and getting some more in a different print same colorway. At that price I can add more to my stash.

Happy Sewing Wendy

Some Great Finds

Ok I found some really great stuff over the last couple of days and thought I would post some of them. I had heard of cq cheater cloth and I finally found some at my local Hobby Lobby on yesterday. So, I bought a yard and a half. Then I found some lace at a huge savings, about eight yards for $2.52. About ten yards of the pink beads for $5.00, then some white beads with hearts and teardrops. The light lilac sheer is for dragonfly wings. And some waste canvas that I have been wanting to try. I think that is about it. Oh yea, no photo for this but I bought a green velvet dress at the thrift store for $2 and it had nearly four yards of very pretty bridal lace on the collar and cuffs. I am going to dye this with some egg dyes, just to try the process. This way I won't be out of too much money if it is not what I want. Will post pics of this when I do it. Have been enjoing the weather the last few days as it has been in the 70's. I guess that is all for now. Will post more later.

Happy Sewing,

Wendy

Some Pics of Us

Hi everyone, just wanted to post a few pics of us. My oldest daughter was not here so we still do not have a pic of all of us together. Hopefully soon we can all get together and snap a few shots of all of us. Doesn't mom look good! She is so much improved since her surgeries. God is so good to us. Hmm...no photo of my dad, will have to rectify that soon.

Happy Sewing,

Wendy

Another rainy day

Hi everyone, its another rainy day here. I am tired of the rain and cannot wait until we have more days of sunshine. No pics to post today. Although I may have some later on tonight to post, will have to wait and see. I am doing a cute dragon in an egg in redwork for my sister. She collects them and she fell this past week and fractured her back in two places, has three bulging discs and torn cartilage in her knee that she has already had surgery on. So, to cheer her up I decided to do her an egg with a cute dragon. Will post pics when I am finished with him. Only like his egg shell, so maybe later today.
Thank each of you for your comments on my work and that of my mom. She sends her thank yous as well. Today is one of those lazy days for us, something about this rain that makes me just want to sit and do nothing! Not good! I have way too much to do to just sit and do nothing. Anyhow, I may take pics of some other projects that I have been working on. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Happy Sewing
Wendy

A Little Bit of Redwork

Hello again everyone, I decided to post some pics of my redwork teapots/cups that I did a while back. Hope you enjoy looking at them. This is a UFO that is waiting to be completed. It will be a wall hanging or lap quilt when finished. I just have not decided which, so it is on my to do list when I make up my mind what I want to do with them.

Happy Stitching

Wendy

Purple Color Study Update

Hello everyone, just an update on the progress of my purple color study rr. I have finished the seam embellishments and the patch that I am supposed to do on Lynn's block. Talk about getting out of your comfort zone. Working on a block that is not yours can be a bit intimidating. I hope she likes what I have done. I did use a bit of beading, as I am just learning to use beads. Have yet to use silk ribbon, so maybe I will learn that soon also. Anyhow, I am pleased with the results of the seam treatments and hope that she is also. I have it ready and waiting to mail out on April 1 and until then I will be working on my green block that I have started.

Happy Sewing

Wendy

Pics of Moms Purses

Ok last post of the night. These are the pics of my moms purses that she has been working on. She has painted each one and they are already sold. When she went for bloodwork for her surgery last week (it was minor) the lab techs order 3 of them. Then a lady at her bank seen hers and wanted one. So she has sold 4 in the last week. They are really cute. She is doing my 17yr. old daughter one with fairies, and has already done one with flowers for her. Mine is next. Before she got so sick with her heart she was doing blanket chests, and mine is waiting to be finished. She assured me it would be ready before we moved into our house. So, I know she is definately on the road to being whole again! Yea, praise God. Anyhow, here are the pics I promised.

Happy Sewing,

Wendy

My Green Color Study Block

Here is a pic of the green on green block that I did for the project that I am working on. I will have one in black, pink, blue, purple, and white for a total of six blocks in this project. They are all the same size, and will be for the front parlor.

The green turned out really nice, and I cannot wait to start work on it. I will post updates as I go along. But first things first I need to work on Lynn's block first. I already have in mind what I am going to do, so now all I have to do is draft it on paper first, then start the stitching.

Happy Sewing Everyone

Wendy

Purple Color Study RR Block Pic

Here is the pic of the purple color study rr block that I will be working on. This is Lynn's from MN. I am the first to work on her block and there will be a total of six in our group to work on each block. Now to get started on this great block.

Pictures of snow dust

Just thought I would post a few pics of the snow dust that we had on Sat. morning. It very rarely snows here, although in the early nineties we had a blizzard which brought us snow that was knee deep. I just thought I would post a few photos of this novelty. Like I said it was just a dusting of snow that melted as quick as the sun come up.

Purple Color Study RR Block

Hello everyone, I just received Lynn's block in the mail on Sat. for the rr that I am in on CQN. It is a very pretty block and I cannot wait to start on it. Although I will have to wait until I post a pic of it before any work is done on it as Lynn was not able to make a pic before it left home. So, I will be posting a pic here as well as on the group photo section.

In the meantime I will be planning what I will be stitching on her block. We are to do 2 seams and 1 patch on each block in the rr. I am so looking forward to this. We are to use only shades of purple, which I love as it is one of my favorite colors.

On another note, my mom is doing so much the better that she is finally painting and crafting some again. She has to do so in small quantities at a time, but this is a sure sign that she is doing much better as she loves to paint. During her recovery time while she had to stay in bed and sit a lot without doing much, she embroidered some ladies with hats on blocks for a wall hanging. I will post pics of those here soon also.

For me to see my mom back up and starting to feel like painting is a great feeling! There for a while the outlook was not so good. But, God intervened and she is well on her way to a full recovery. Thank you to all those who have lifted her up in your thoughts and prayers.

Also this past week my granddaughter broke the top of her foot on their dog kennel. I am going to make her a comfort doll I think. She has been learning to sew since we moved here and I am teaching her to stitch, so I thought this might cheer her up until she can sew on her machine again.(her pedal foot is the one she broke) I'll post a pic when I get it made. I did draw her off the cutest little rabbit with basket to stitch on while she is recouping for a gift for her mom for Easter. Will post a pic when she is finished with it.

Everything else is going along good now, still a bit homesick for Texas, or I should say all the friends that we left there. But it is better now than when we first arrived here. Although it is so good to be around family, which are all here except one brother and he is about 3hrs. away.

Well, enough of this rambling for today! It has been a good day here and I feel that more are to follow. Now I need to map out a plan for Lynn's block so I will be ready when I make a quick photo of it later on this evening.

Happy Sewing Everyone,
Wendy

Block for Purple Color Study RR

Hello everyone, I have just finished my block for the color study rr that is just starting. The color of this rr is purple, one of my favorite colors.

I have been working on a set of blocks for our home that we are buying and they are specific to what will be the front parlor in the house. It will be called the "peacock room", because that is the rooms theme. Any and everything to do with peacocks will be in this room. I know it will be my favorite room outside of my sewing studio.

Anyhow, I am really excited about this rr. The block is larger than the guidelines, but I have let the ladies know that they can do what they feel is acceptable under the guidelines and I will finish the rest when it comes back home to me.

I centered a glorious purple "peacock" in the center patch of the block. It will be hard waiting to see the finished product of this swap at the end of the rr which will end in August. Hmmmmmm............ that is going to be a long wait for me. But, in the meantime I will be working on each ladies block in my group, which is called the groovy grapes!

Also, I will be working on the other five that will be a part of this project. As I get them put together I will share them here for all to see.

Now to post pics of this block: