I wanted to take it outside to photo, but ground too wet so I moved things around in the livingroom and here it is. #sewingwithjamie and tag  @jamiekalvestran
Tonight I will press it and tomorrow night I will sandwich it and hopefully get it quilted next week. Then it will be ready for the Quilt Show on the 17th of September.This is the first quilt show we have had since 2019. So we are all excited to be planning on it. Can’t wait.
A few days ago I HAD to go to my local quilt shop( you know that I absolutely HAD) and while there I picked up the All Missouri Shop Hop magazine. I will be reading and planning on all the places I want to check out. I want to pick up the Kansas Shop Hop magazine so I can maybe hit some of those. Have you picked up your magazines yet? You going to shop in your state?
Hello in the world of heat. Today it is already in the 80’s and gonna keep going up. We got out early this morning to get groceries and then it is on to quilting. Did go to the farmer’s market this morning and got some fresh veggies. Now it is time to work on the quilt for a while today.
This has been a lot of fun seeing how things turn out. Again the pattern was designed by #sewwithjamie and tag$nbsp; @jamiekalvestran Jamie has a facebook page, if you are interested check it out.
This afternoon, no quilting, but baking for our son and daughter in law tonight. Take care and stay safe.
Happy to post the 2nd row of my Sawtooth Zig-Zag, I will be sewing it together and then work on Row 3 this afternoon. This is going together really fast and so much fun.
It has been almost a week and lots have happened. I found out that pretty soon I will have to joint replacements in 3 toes, 1 hammer toe fixed, and a bunion removed. I have a nice little cart as I will be off my foot for 2 months. That is the worst news and now for FUN news. I have to add 1 block then row 1 will be finished. I have all the pieces cut and sewed together and now just assembling it.
This will be a queen size and actually 2 blocks to the end of the row. I had planned on sewing tonight, but we will be having company so I will be fixing dinner and visiting.
I am excited to get the row on so stay tuned for #dreamyblues Sawtooth Zig-zag from Jamie Kalvestran #sewingwithjamie and tag @jamiekalvestran: Hubby has already decided to keep this one. We will have to see. Making quilts are like having children, hard to let go of.
Have a great day all. Thank you all for stopping in.
I have finally gotten thru 3 craft fairs 2 of which were in 100 degree weather. The last one was only high 80’s and was great compared to the others. What to do now? Well I will tell you. I am testing a quilt pattern for Jamie Kalvestran Design. The name of the pattern was Sawtooth Zig Zag. I will be posting as I go. I need to make quilts for the granddaughters for Christmas. This will be one of them.
These are the colors I have chosen:
What do you think? I am excited to start. That will be tonight. #sewingwithjamie and tag @jamiekalvestran
This is something I have been asking myself for a few weeks now. I love quilting as much as I love making sweets. Last week was our first Craft Fair of the year and boy I was ready. I made 50 lbs of peanut brittle, pecan brittle, jalapeno peanut, and jalapeno pecan brittle. I had all my other items. In the hours from 9am to 4pm I sold out of all brittle. The next sale is June 18 and am working on 90 pounds of mixed brittle. Each batch takes about an hour and it makes 1.5 pounds. I am spending 4 hours every day to get these done.. Nuff grumping. The fairs are so much fun. I love visiting with everyone coming into the booth. The 7 yr old granddaughter wanted to help and I told her she would get paid for working but I would not be buying things for her and she had to keep the complaining to herself. She did great and wants to do it again. She sold some of my Gnomes without even trying.
She named each one of those. A lady was interested in purchasing a set of the larger Gnomes and I told her (red plaid) they were Jerome and Simone. Destiny piped up saying they were not Jerome and Simone. Jerome (yellow plaid) Jerome was at home waiting for me to make Simone. That was Myra and Ira. The lady said she had to buy them because the story was too funny. She was just being her. A day full of fun.
We sold all the gnomes so I better get my fanny in gear and get some more made. I will have most of the sewing done for some tomorrow when Destiny comes over she can help with the beards, and accessories. It is summertime so you gotta have sunglasses and pool fun items.
As of tonight 1/3 the brittle done. I got this. Yes, I will be working on the REAL Simone tonight while watching TV. Everyone have a great day.
As of now I am looking for the wonderful inspirations.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I have been struggling to get back to “Normal” I am someone who learned at an early age to be successful in chiaos. In the past 2 years of Covid, the shutdown, life slowed way down and the chiaos of everyday living ceased to exist. Now all has sprung back to life I am finding myself not as organized as I used to be. Not getting as much accomplished as I used to, nor the desire to do so. In other words I have gotten lazy and am struggling to break that habit. Any suggestions? I am making my list and that seems to be the best way of things done, but I can ignore those lists. As you can tell about my lack of posts.
Saturday is our first craft fair and we are in the making mode and I have gotten so much made.
Between everyday life with ups and downs, I have been in the sewing room thinking. Our quilt guild is having a row by row with in the guild. We broke up into groups of 6 and as a group choose theme, and each had to design a block. The dimensions of the block I chose was 5.5×28.8 inches. I had seen this done before so I started drawing out what I wanted so here it is. I am going to add a little bling to it.
The wings are a little on the 3D side. Photo doesn’t do justice.
Today it is raining and so I am trying to get more motivated to do something new. Craft fairs are starting in about 4 weeks and as usual I am making candy all morning and bowl cozies and things to sell in the afternoons UNLESS we have errands to do and then we play hookey from making.
I hope everyone is taking time and just play. Think that will be later today
With the weather saying Spring has finally sprung I am getting more and more organized to get the most done. I get up Monday thru Friday get granddaughter off to school, then home to make 2 batches of peanut brittle(each takes about 45 min to an hour), then off to the sewing room. My brain starts running faster than I can keep up with it, so I have a notebook and make my lists. From those lists my planner is filled with things to do daily. With that said I did leave one little thing out of the schedule…..yes you are right this BLOG! I feel like Charlie Brown…. Aaarg!
For Easter Destiny and I made 36 fabric eggs to hide. We did twice. She knew I wasn’t the Easter Bunny because she came to her house and didn’t need to come to our house. We had a great time with most of the family. Grandkids didn’t all get to come, but we enjoyed the ones who were with us.
I know I have written about Jethro, our Granddog. Well last month he got a little brother. His brother is 1/2 Great Dane, and 1/2 English Mastiff. His name is Maverick. Maverick is about 4 months old and already is 30ish pounds. I will leave you with a picture of the two dogs playing in my living room. I hope everyone has a great day.
The sun is shinning and birds are singing here these days. It is great outside. I only hope it stays this way. The day started off in the low 30’s and will get to be nice and warm in the 70’s. With spring in the air it means Craft Fair season is upon us. I am trying to get ready for that. I have been looking for more ideas, but started on Peanut Brittle. Alicia has been experimenting with non-nut Brittle. She has used bacon and Edamame. They have turned out really good. Mary is turning tumblers with glitter and expoy. These will be new to the booth and not sure what else we will be making.
It seems as though our days are filled, but there doesn’t seem to have not so much to post about. I will try and have a little more to say.
With Spring here we will be visiting the Zoo more. That seems to be out go to. We enjoy it as much as the grand kids. We haven’t been able to spend much time there since Covid. The last time we went we took Destiny. She had a fun time feeding the animals.
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