One Creative Family

We are ALMOST as busy as Santa’s little Elfs getting ready for Christmas.  We have only a few weeks left for the first Craft Fair and I keep thinking of more and more things to make.  Alicia is busy making these cute crocheted babies.Granddaughters tell me their house can get kinda creepy with crocheted body parts all over the house.  At Mary’s house bath bombs, soaps, and jewelry with herbal oils  are in the process.  At my house pillows, quillows, tea towels, aprons, table runners, quilts and anything else I can think of out of fabrics.  Then down in my basement are puzzle boxes and some beautiful woodworking being produced.  So much fun and  chattering going on.  While all this is going on we will be starting a small remodeling project.  We have been wanting to have our washer and dryer on the main floor instead of the basement.  We are having someone move it upstairs so my poor ole knees a break from the stairs.  Can’t wait to get it all done.

I have taken a break from craft fair making to make a birthday gift for a very good friend of my mine.  We have been close for over  yrs.  She is an artist and calls her studio “Dragonfly Art”. I am making a wall hanging welcoming people to her studio. Still working on it, but it will be ready for her by Wed, her birthday.

Well it has been great just jabbering away so have a wonderful day.  Do something fun,

This morning I have been updating our page and have been enjoying myself quite a bit.  I have my machine in the shop for regular servicing and have lots of time on my hands.  I will be busy later today and so this is the time for some fun.

I will be showing you some photos of a fun day at one of the community colleges’ day of Kite Festival.  so many kites and such BIGGGG Kites.  

 

This next few weeks are full of ideas.  I am making a very special gift for a friend of mine.  She has been by my side for the best and worse of time for over 20 yrs.  She turns the big 65 in a few weeks and so I am working on a special one of a kind wall hanging for her art Studio announcing her art.  Then I have joined a challenge for May.  We are opening a magazine to a specific page and make  something that inspires us from what is on that page.  This is with a Facebook group.  Friends of Farmhouse Quilts. Monique also has a blog https://farmhousequilts.blog  She is wonderful at keeping our creative juices flowing.  I will post a photo of the page once I decide on a magazine.  Most of mine are quilting and so I am trying to decide between a garden magazine or a travel magazine.  I may have to go to Barnes and Nobles and check out some magazines.

The last challenge we had was to be creative with stamped images.  Monique sent some stamped fabric to us.  I didn’t get mine finished, but this is as far as I got.  It is hand embroidered and made into a coaster size block.  I am going to hang them on my wall in my sewing room.

I have enjoyed this so much that I am going to try do more of this.

Just for fun.  About a week ago I took granddaughter to the park and forgot how much fun just walking with and watching life thru innocent eyes can be.

Enjoy today to the max.

Can’t believe I was as productive as I was yesterday.  Finished 2 aprons.  The green one is from Sew 4 Home and was fun to make.  Gave me ideas for other aprons.  I do think this is my favorite.  The colors didn’t show up well but they were a celery green.

Then out of the left over fabric from the green apron I made a bed pillow.  As someone who loves reading a good book(for the most part a paper book.)  For someone who reads I love my bed pillows ( I think I will call it book pillow) I can set the book in the pocket when wanting to put the book away for a while.

Then I made a few tea towels.  Today will be more tea towels and embroidery toilet paper as an attention grabber for the sale.

Have a great day.

Throw Back Thursday has been on my mind quite a bit lately.  So I decided to share some of the things of the past and then a little peek of what I will be working on today.

These start out with a Sponge Bob quilt and a Monkey quilt for 2 granddaughters,  the other 2 got a Rapunzel quilt and the other one got a Unicorn Quilt(not pictured, didn’t think to take a photo). The other two are attempts at thread  painting of a Live Oak Tree on the beach.  Then an angel on a bench, and Christmas gifts for our kids.  The first few quilts were made 16 yrs ago.  WOW long time.

Today I am making more aprons for the Craft Fair.  Only 30 days to make sure all is ready.  Today’s apron is the “Diamond Girl Apron” I found on Sew 4 Home.  So cute. Here is the website for it if you are interested.  //sew4home.com/projects/kitchen-linens/diamond-girl-apron   I am thinking of making potholders to match and sell as a set.

Well I have been up for 2 hours already and not turned the machine on so I guess I better get to work.  Have a wonderful day.

Saw this saying on Facebook and decided it would look good on a pillow so here is a photo.   I need to fix the word Trust but that is a little fix.  I have a few more sayings to try on pillows.  Only 1 month till our first craft fair and this is when I panic about not having enough supply for the sale.  It is like having a large dinner and the more you look at the food the more you think you need.  I think I will concentrate on making 2 or 3 more items and about 10 of each.  Then it will be a month before the next sale.  Today will be the perfect day to sew.  There is a light slow rain and the windows are open.

I am thinking of making some pillow kits to sale.  May not be a bad idea.  I will have to see how it goes.

Any ideas for things for craft fairs?  I am always open for ideas.

See the beauty in each day.

The last few days have kept me busy making alterations to Prom Dresses.  I enjoy seeing the girls so excited about prom and dresses, pictures, and so on.  It is great.  Today I will make the last of the alterations to Cc’s dress and then wait to see their photos with hair done up and all their photos they take around town.

When this dress is finished I will be working on making a few more aprons and then finish the Split Rail Quilt top and then ready to do the quilting on that one and the South west one I have been working on.

Alicia and Cc and Alicia’s Boyfriend are out taking Senior pictures.  Mary is making some soaps and bath bombs.  Such a wonderful day in the world of One Creative Family.  Whoop whoop whoop.

Just thought I would share some fun Spring Time fun.

Have you ever loved a pattern for a quilt only to be bored while working it?  That is what I found yesterday.  I am working on a Split Rail Fence pattern.  cut 2400 pieces of 3.5×1.25 of fabric.  Sewing 480 blocks of 5 colors.  Was able to catch up on some shows I haven’t been able to watch and clean out some recorded movies.  Not such a bad day.  I am still excited about the finished look and hopefully tomorrow I will be able to finish all these little squares.  Pressing them will take a while, so I will be keeping that finished project in mind.

Spring has sprung in Independence, MO.  Yard is a beautiful thick and green and trees are starting to bud out.  I need to get out in my front wild flower garden and get the weeds out while they are still a few there.  I will be trying Hollyhocks again. I haven’t been able to get them to grow so I am hoping this year I can.  That will be today and maybe tomorrow we can get to the nursery to get some Columbine and herbs.  Such a beautiful day.

I am also working on making a one of a kind Quilt of Valor for my nephew.  He is the most amazing young man.

I hope everyone is enjoying their day.

As the big “C” word, Cancer has worked its way into our live has put a whole new view in me. We as a group of people get so focused in our lives and worry and pray for friends and others who are fighting the cancer in their lives. When it hits home with you it changes us in many ways. I admire all the people out there and close to me who are fighting the fight of their lives. They are fighting with strength only God can give them, Dignity, and such wonderful spirit. It isn’t only cancer, it is any disease that try as hard as it can to take this dignity from them that refuse to let the disease win are my inspiration and have my full admiration.

I write this because for so long One Creative Family has family members with Lukemia, Testicular cancer, Lung cancer, and ALS.  I can only guess how many other people are struggling with most diseases that are hard.  Today I just wanted to say I admire the strength and power these people show and feel for the pain, sickness, and desire of giving up, but not.

You are Heroes.

Times like the last few weeks have make me take stock of what is happening in my little world.  It makes me think the Good Lord gives us a kick in the pants when we get too comfortable and complacent with our lives.  Now that that the last month and 1/2 are over I feel so blessed with life.  Hubby had a cough and that led to tests and that a spot on the lung and that led to the top left lung being removed and was cancer.  I say was because caught early enough it was able to be removed and he is on the mend.  This makes us more appreciative of everyone in our lives so much more.  Even though I have had hit and miss days of posting you all have kept me sane and grounded to where I was able to have the emotional strength to help our kids and Hubby thru this.  I have read your posts daily and while I didn’t respond they were so appreciated.  For this reason this is a “Mushy” post and want to say THANK YOU for your posts.  I counted on them.

Jackie