TIME TO GET BUSY!

Mercy me where does the time go ~lol~ show time will be here before I know it & If I’m not careful I’ll still be here letting this sewing room get the best of me LOL well starting Monday I’m going to start doing something even if it's wrong LOL LOL

it was the fronts  that drew me to all these sample cards , I think I’m a paint card  collector now LOL, can you blame me? look how beautiful they are! 

yep! time to get busy, make a decision on color, get settled & put the petal to the metal on that sewing machine, may have to call in reinforcements  from a  friend & pull some all nighters, just look at my to do list LOL

Raggedy’s

XL Raggedy’s

traditional Ann/Andy

aprons

bonnets

wreaths

wood items

prim Annie's

Angels

Santa’s

Snowmen

Gingers

& bears oh my! lol

Ornies ornies ornies

decor

pillowcases

then there’s the little things, the pricing, the packing , the loading then just pass stop & go! go! go! LOL

this is just the topping of the list on my to do list counting down the days till show time!

I think I may have one of these raggedy’s left from last year the orange headed & the black one are my collection found at antique shops I’ve had for years gotta sew! sew!sew! have to whip up 2 of the pink headed for Oct. birthday orders

RED & WHITE SWAP & …….

A SNEAK PEAK INTO THE SEWING ROOM

What to do with all these delicious red & white squares, there’s a little over 170 something I think

 

I have seen a few  that have turned theirs into beautiful quilts, I love love love! what Ann did with hers  http://sunshineyellow-stitches.blogspot.com/2011/08/red-and-white-from-all-world-over.html

as you know I’ve been trying to get the  “aww love  to be in here feel” back into the sewing room, I didn’t have paint on my mind when I choose this color, which is a lot darker than shown on the paint card, nothing seems to work with it giving it a make me wantta scram feel LOL but I’ve put the color aside (for now) lol & trying to arrange  things around to get my mojo flowing again, just 6 1/2 weeks till show time!

I’m liking the chair in this corner but also am considering putting a round table there  for cutting, eating  puzzle time etc lol

these cabinets are actually top of a cabinet that was in my parents trailer years & years ago, I’m thinking of painting them either a rich white or black, I’m liking them here but there’s a plug behind there & this room has limited plugs then again they may just have to go lol

attached to  small black shutters is one of many  gifts from my sweet friend Maurine which defiantly will go in the sewing room,

Maurine is owner of  http://stitchinsprims.blogspot.com/  I’m so thankful we got to go to Missouri a visit before she moved to Michigan with her daughter, she is getting settled in & we’ve been talking about another sewing adventure *hint*…”pins”

I so want to get this sewing room settled by the weekend, I’m not sure whether to tone down the yellow or go with another color loving  this color of blue & I’m not much into blues lol it is sea star by Benjamin Moore

you can see her whole post on this room makeover here http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/09/inside-peek-saras-office/

so that’s the size of it for this week, trying to get the sewing room finished & putting up pears all week, lady from church decided to load us all down with pears this past week, I’ve been making pear halves, pear butter, pear preserves whew! I’m in pear twilight zone over here, see why I need  my sewing room to sooth me, I need a place to run away to LOL

SEWING ROOM UPDATE

my sewing room is......

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DRIVING ME INSANE I laugh now cause I will not have sense enough to laugh later ok soo I took it all out except the heavy stuff (maybe that's what needs to go) LOL went round & round the walls 100 times well seems like a 100 lol liking the recliner in one corner, was liking the desk in the middle of the floor till I added sewing machine & lamps(cords everywhere ugh) I have been fighting with this room since 7am & here it is 5pm & not gotten any closer to a room I wantta be in

WELLL IT’S STARTED LOL

Demolition of the sewing room so to speak lol ever since I had it painted yellow it has lost it’s mojo flow, kinda makes me wantta scream when I’m was in there lol but then as time went on it became a throw that in there kinda room LOl oh mercy do I dare share the process LOL but bless it’s little ole sweet pea picking sewing room heart it’s goanna  get revamped & beautified this coming week, I’ve been sorting all the UFO’s & all the patterns, supplies etc & placing everything in totes etc then out to the shed they’ll go  leaving a wide open empty room to work with then I will sort through & put things where they go  whew! I can do this! I can do this! lol

 now this is actually a closet            LOL truly it is, it will be transformed back into a closet , a surprise for hubby,  a whole closet  all to himself , may even put a chair in there  for time out lol just kidding,the chair will go in my closet so I can reach the top shelves LOL but the sewing room & the closet are my big projects on the list this week while he’s out of town , see all those UFO’s LOL

now for these screaming yellow walls        humm will curtains calm them down,      I’ve had a few suggest  painting the trim cream or white, that yellow is suppose to be calming ,so we’ll see what happens this week , just being able to see the floor is getting my mojo juices flowing & that’s good cause I’m down to 6 weeks till show time!

IT’S NOT TRUE

 

when you see “not allowed to leave comments on this blog” that is soo not true! LOL LOL  a sweet blogger emailed me & informed me that she’s tried  on a few occasions to leave  a comment only to get a popup saying not invited, well I never ! LOL so I investigated this matter a little further because I was wondering why it’s let me leave a test comment , well duh! I’m the owner so of course it let me in LOL

all is well in the comment section now, thanks to all who has brought this to my attention, not that I have comments beating  the door down lol but I was wondering if what I had to say was just getting to be boring LOL

           HAPPY SEWING!

FRI. NIGHT SEW IN

 

I had planed on finishing up my pillowcases but unexpectedly had to go out of town,I will have to work on something really special for the next sew in as there are tons of UFO’s in the sewing room

GETTING A NEW LOOK

There are times  blogger gives me fits, but you never have this problem, right? LOL it amazes me how when I go to change something the  button or the wrench thingy isn’t there to change backgrounds but  sister (Picket) can go into my blog account & waa laa there it is soooo I call & say hey get on line & change my backgrounds  & waa laa lol , I’m investigating how to get tabs across the top & actually have info when you click it lol, can anybody tell me how to make it go to an older post, say like if I put a recipe tab & want to pull up past recipes, or do I have to do all new stuff, with three to play with there’s plenty to keep me busy when hubby is outta town  like figure out what my font keeps changing in mid stream lol, oh well I leave you with this, I came across this recipe  the other day & I think we’re going to give it a try

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/09/apple-cider-floats/

APPLE CIDER FLOATS

1 cup apple cider

1/2 cup ginger ale

1-2 scoops van. ice cream (or seasonal like apple pie etc)

ground nutmeg & cinnamon for sprinkling

1-2 tabs.hot Carmel sauce

pour apple cider & ginger ale into cup

add van. ice cream

sprinkle on nutmeg & cinnamon to taste

drizzle Carmel sauce on top

serve immediately with a spoon & straw

Be sure to go to the site & get all the step by  step visuals on this delicious looking treat

DO YOU PINTEREST?

have you heard about the site  http://pinterest.com oh my goodness, eye candy galore! but be careful, it’s additive! LOL you don’t have to be signed in just to look, type in anything in the search & look out lo lbut if you want to start pinning  just put in your email & a password you can use the categories listed, change the names  & make new boards, click pin on the picture & put it in a category on your boards, I’ve discovered  when you click the pictures  it will bring up the blog of site it originated form along with pattern, how to, recipe etc. if you love collecting eye candy you'll love Pinterest, you can check my boards out to give you an idea of how it works 

http://pinterest.com/nannastreasures/

I came across the cutes project for clay pots & put it in my  “Be Creative” category

 http://www.allfreecrafts.com/seasonal-crafts/claypot-scarecrow.shtml

QUILTERS TEN COMMANDMENTS

Quilters Ten Commandments

Thou shalt not do buttons.

Thou shalt sew 1/4" seams.

Thou shalt leave no bolt unturned.

Thou shalt not rip - only un-sew!

Thou shalt not envy they neighbors stitches.

Thou shalt never pass a quilt shop.

Thou shalt cook and clean but once a week.

Never quilt tomorrow what you can quilt today.

Thou shalt not covet they neighbors stash.

Thou shalt not reveal funds spent on quilting supplies.

http://www.quiltbug.com/articles/ten-commandments.htm

 

There’s about to be some serious sewing , stuffing, paintin,grunging, sun baking, hair raising, crow flying fun happening over here lol

http://www.handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/

Fri. night sew in Sept.16th go by & sign up & get ready to sew sew sew!

SHE STILL STANDS

 

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America;
and to the republic, for which it stands;
one nation, under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

PICTURES! PICTURES! PICTURES!

Well Maurine is still trying to get her finished pictures outta of cyber space, some of mine disappear too lol having to take some over is always fun lol

I finally got that apron together that’s been cut out for nearly 2 years, it’s hard to see but there are 2 pockets on the front

I finished an Americana wreath that’s been in the works for a while, this is the 3rd American wreath I’ve made & till not one for me lol,I was going to add it to my show this year but  my niece fell in love with it so being the sweet Auntie that I am…LOL

 

it took 2 weeks to get wallpaper off  the kitchen walls, whew! what a mess,the paper on the paneled wall behind it came off with it

BEFORE

AFTER

the paint is a lot lighter than I had planed on, it was supposed to been a light creamy beige but it’s too close to white for my comfort lol, so who knows what will happen there lol I’m still tweaking the kitchen, hanging my antique lard buckets, tea kettles  etc over the table so there’ll be an overall picture  coming up soon

I almost almost got pillowcases finished lol so thought I’d go ahead & show you what they’ll look like once they’re sewn up the sides yea yea I know but it’s almost midnight! lol the others are somewhere but oh well the will be finished by Monday & taken to my granddaughters

I’m not sure if there is such a thing as no unfinished projects LOL but it’s good to be able to mark them off one by one, I have 30 something naked traditional  Raggedy Ann bodies to dress by Nov for my Christmas show , I will finish my quilt the week  hubby is outta town, unless I find some UFO’s hiding in the sewing room that should get me caught up ,yea I’m not too sure I believe that either LOL

happy sewing!

PAST FAVORITE ORNIES

Is there a favorite ornie  that you like to make, do you make it over & over again, which ones seem to be best sellers for you, in the Fall candy corn & crows  always sell pretty good, out of all the ornies I make I’d have to say I favor my gingerbread boys, snowmen & redbirds

 

can’t you just see a tree full of these redbirds, I actually made 28 two years ago for the Prim Mart Ornie swap, I have some new ornie patterns I want to try out this year for my Christmas show, my goal this year is to have a  6ft tree full of ornies

Do you know what tomorrow is……..

That’s right! sewing war picture day lol

there is no losers nor winners ,Maurine & me decided a while back to get each other motivated to get cracking on some  of those unfinished projects like the apron I had cut out for  2 years lol, please say a prayer for Maurine as she was not feeling well when I talked to her tonight, I assured her that she had plenty of time to rest & get to feeling better as Saturday’s not over till midnight LOL LOL LOL