McKaylie's Quilt

Here's the quilt I made for McKaylie. The squares have dogs on them (of course). She loves it and is constantly wrapped up in it.

A New Goal

Ok, I've set some new goals for myself. I'm not usually one for New Year's resolutions, but this year I've decided to work on a few things. Some I'm sure I'll be posting about, some, maybe not.

Why am I telling you this . . . because one of my goals is to keep my blog updated like I used to. I've looked back over the years and realized how much information about me and my family is really on here. It's a good thing and I want to get back in the habit of it. So, even if it's only a line or two or a picture, I'm going to try to post something everyday.

So, here's my very first post of 2010. My grandmother crocheted pin cushions that looked like little hats. I loved mine and used it a lot. But my dogs apparently loved it too. So, I decided to try and make one on my own. It turned out pretty good . . . or should I say they turned out pretty good. It was easier than I thought it would be, so I made a second one. I might even make some more. I'm not sure what I'll do with them if I make more, but I'll worry about that when/if it happens. I used cotton yarn on mine and my grandma's were made out of the nylon blend yarn. (I think it's nylon, anyway) I don't know if that made any difference, though. {Maybe tomorrow I'll post Christmas pictures----I'm so behind, aren't I}

Potholder Mania................

A month or so ago, my mom sent me some potholders that she had crocheted. I love them. They are so much nicer and thicker than the ones you buy in the store. When my mom visited me, I had her show me how to crochet them. So now, I've gone potholder happy!! I used up some of my exta yarn making the top 3 and then decided to make some for my visiting teaching sisters for Thanksgiving. The fall colored ones were 2 of the 5 I made for them. I loved how they turned out the best! Now, if I could just learn to crochet better, I could make something besides a potholder!

Projects

I finally got blogger to let me post my pictures. This is the blouse I made for Myshel. It turned out very cute and she does wear it. That's why I stopped sewing for her, because she got too picky and after all my work wouldn't wear what I made.
This is the second church shirt I made for Noah. This one has Lightening McQueen and Mator on it. He has the vest on, too----nice red teeth, huh? ;o)
The back of the vest.
This is the shirt by itself, which is how he wore it to church Sunday. I don't know if he'll every wear the vest. Oh, well............

Gettin' some sewing done..............

I finally took my sewing machine out and finished some mending and a couple of other projects that I had started, uh, well, awhile ago.

First I finished Noah's dress shirt. Noah is very picky about what he wears and church clothes are not his favorite under any circumstances. I did, however, convince him to wear a dress shirt that I had made for Vance when he was Noah's age. It had 101 dalmatian puppies on it. Noah really liked this shirt, so...............brainstorm!!!!! I let Noah pick out some material to make some new church shirts. That way we could have a little variety each week. He picked out some spiderman material and Cars material. I finished the spiderman one yesterday. I was happy with it except that I had forgotten to line up the front, oh well, I guess. Noah likes the front pocket. (what would a little boy's shirt be without a pocket to hide things in????) I made Noah try it on for me. As you can see, he was a very unhappy participant and he told he wasn't going to wear it.....................Isn't he cute?!? I think I'll be able to convince him otherwise!

I also finished the curtains for my bedroom. This house has 7 huge sets of windows. I only had one set that would fit them and I hate to buy curtains for all these windows, 1--who knows what kind of windows we'll have in the next house, 2--they are too, dang expensive to buy! The result of that being, I have had curtains in my kitchen and no where else. We have mini-blinds, which I don't like very much. The back of our house, where the living room/dining room windows are, is hidden almost completely by the trees, so that helps. I can keep the blinds half open all the time and not feel like the entire neighbor is looking in. I'd like to make curtains for these 2 windows, but I want them to be the same material and that means that I'd need about 12 yards of material! Ouch, or I could make a valance and keep the mini blinds down, not ideal either.....................

any whooooo...............The other windows are in the bedrooms, the kids don't mind their blinds, so they are the last of my worries, but my bedroom was. It's also hidden by the trees, but I'm not as willing to keep the blinds half open in my bedroom. Chad said it would be rude to flash the people walking their dogs at night! ha ha So, a couple of weeks ago, I found some material that I liked. It was at Walmart in the $1/yard section! I love that section! So I finially got them made yesterday. I hung them last night and I think they look good. They are a light silk, and somewhat see-through, so I'll have to go out tonight when it's dark and see just how see-through they with the light behind them!

Now, it's on to the other sewing projects that are waiting.....................