Off to Quilt!

Yea! Finally a long weekend to sew with great friends! Chris, Debbie and I are off to Payson to sew and quilt! It is bag making time for me, as my daughter needs a new gift for her student teacher! I really should change my name to the Bag Lady!!

I will post a few of the great things that we complete, although Chris will be the winner of completed tops! She usually has about 5 completed tops done by the time we leave on Sunday morning!

Our husbands have been gone for 2 weeks, hunting the BIG Elk!! So far no one has gotten one!! So we will still not see them until Sunday, because, not much gets in the way of our sew time!!! Hoping all of you have a great weekend!

Spooky!

Thought I would share a cute sign, my daughter, Jaime and I made today! It is using an Uppercase Living Expression! I think she did a great job. She also helped me put up some of my new expressions in my newly painted kitchen! Thanks Jaime! Couldn't have done it without you!

Birthday Cake!

Birthday Cake anyone? It was my close friend, Chris L. birthday, and so I had to give her something special! I found this cute pattern for a Cake pincushion! Aren't they cute.. They are called "Baby Cakes" by Cindy Taylor Oates! I loved them so much I made one for myself and one for Debbie (Elkhorn Quilts).

Then this past week I made a new Pincushion and garbage bag to use beside my new sewing machine. Yes, I said new sewing machine, that will teach my husband to go away for so long!! HA HA .. It turned out really cute. This pattern is by Abby Lane Quilts called "The Abby Bag". I will post the pics next time! Still have to download them!

Yes, I have been doing a little Long Arm Quilting. Finished one and put another one on. I will show the pics when I get them downloaded, still looking to buy some extra time! Anyone have any for sale!!!

Keep on doing the things you love! Life is too short, not too!

Friend are the Family that We Choose!

Sorry it has been so long since my last blog entry! Things have been crazy! As usual I have placed too many things on my plate!! Mike is gone hunting for 2 weeks, one week has past, so I have been busy sewing, quilting, and helping friends with new projects!
Our Dear friend Chris was here for the long holiday weekend, so we had what she calls "Sandy's Sewing School". It was a lot of fun, very relaxed and healing. You see, Our dear friend and her fiance' Steve past away in January. It was horrific for all of us to loose him, there is not a day goes by that I don't think about him. Chris is still dealing with her loss, and so we talked about Steve and all the wonderful things he did.
He past away in "Pig Camp", that is what the men in our lives did every January, they packed up the toy haulers with all their precious hunting gear, great food, and prepared for making more great MEMORIES!! Except this time the memories will not be so great! Mike and Steve had been friends since they were little boys. Mike said he cannot recall not knowing Steve. So his last memories of Steve are one of doing cpr and trying to save his dear friend's life.
So Chris, Mike and I drove to "pig camp" to see the memorial that a group of us placed in his honor! I hope it helped her in some small way, to know that he was an important part of our family, and will be missed dearly!
I saw a sign that read" Friends are the Family that we Choose" This is how we felt about Steve and Kathy! Kathy was Steve's wife, she past way a few years ago, way too soon! And that is how I feel about all of my dear Friends! You are the Family that I choose! I am grateful to have all of you in my life. Thank you for having me in yours!