What'cha Work'in on Wednesday?

Getting ready for 4th of July! Jayne and I did a little decorating. And sewing...

I've been working on this wall hanging for 4th of July! I got the pattern from my friend Julie! I just love it. This pic is before I put the binding on it, but it's the best shot with the lighting. I just love it!

I framed this quilt block. I think it turned out really cute.

A few of our little cute decorations.

What'cha Work'in on Wednesday?

So many projects, so little time! I've been in Vegas all week visiting my sister and just got back today. My mom and I (and the kids) went together and we had so much fun! Besides getting to check out her new house and spend time with her and her family we also decided to help her get all of her sewing "stuff" together! My sister got a new pfaff sewing machine for Christmas but hadn't gotten it out of the box yet. So my mom and I helped her get her sewing room all put together and we decided to make a few projects. We made these adorable tote bags together! And also started working on this really cute summer dress! I'll post pics of that when I finish it. Now that I'm home, I'm really going to try and get this 4th of July wall hanging done before the 4th of July next week so I can decorate my house!! It's getting late and I wish I already had it up! We'll see if I can finish it by next Wed. :-)

We lined it with a coordinating fabric and added two pockets. The material is a thicker twill that should withstand some major carrying. I love my new summer bag!

What'cha Work'in on Wednesday?

The question should really be, what am I not working on! I have lots and lots of little projects. I have several repairs (pants, dresses, little holes, hems, etc). They always seem to pile up. A few little things to finish up some projects from last week, and a whole slew of things waiting to get done.

The past weekend I was at my parents and my mom and I finished the top of her big beautiful, king size quilt!! The pattern is called, Don't Fence Me In, and the fabric is Iced Mocha from Moda. LOVE IT! Can't wait to see it done.
I also got all the fabric to start my custom order for this red baby bedding set! I'm doing the bumpers and bed skirt. I love these reds!
And I got this really fun fabric to start another custom blanket order. It's going to be all baby blue and chocolate brown. This fun dot minky, I think is a good combo. Now, gotta find a cool pattern to pull it all together!

What'cha Work'in on Wednesday?

Favorite Things Party, Gifts, and Dinner!

This weeks projects have all been about having fun! I got a new custom pillowcase done for my Wed. trip to LA, sold another one (yeah!) and got ready for drop off, got lots of presents bought or made and wrapped ready for the trip to LA and the trip to SD this weekend. Then I got to put together a project for a Favorite Things Party! 2 of my friends put it on once or twice each year. It's kinda like Oprah's favorite things. Everyone makes/buys/brings a favorite thing(s), and you bring 5 of the sale thing to the party. The cost is supposed to be around $6 for each. Since I love to work out and eat I brought something for each. I brought my ultimate favorite workout socks (Addidas No Show Women's Performance Socks w/ Arch compression, Anti-microbial and Always Cool) and a box of Junior Mints (my favorite candy). I put them in little bags and made little tags. The party was so much fun! I loved everything that everyone brought and I got some adorable things (special almonds, shampoo/cond, in-n-out gift card, music cd's, bottled water, magazine, car air freshener). I loved the party!!

My finished "Favorite Things", all ready for the party

One of the cards for one of the many presents I got ready this week

My stash, all ready for our big trips to LA and SD this week!

The new recipe I tried out this week. I made Strawberry Balsamic Chicken (new), with Steamed Broccoli w/ Balsamic glaze and rice. It was pretty good. Not the greatest thing in the whole world, but very good and different. Definitely fun to have something new.

What'cha Work'in on Wednesday?

Today was quite the work day!! I decided my house really needed to be scrubbed from top to bottom. I would much rather play than clean and the weather has been so fantastic I just couldn't stay home much to clean. But it was drizzly and thunder today so I thought it was the perfect day to stay home and clean. I clean a lot but it needed a good deep clean. You name it, it got cleaned today. I'm just finishing! And I took a little break to go make some adorable hair bows with some friends this morning! But my major projects I'm trying to get done this week are: 3 new pillow cases, 2 little lovey blankets, and take my machine in on Saturday for a much needed tune up! So we'll see if I can finish these couple little things before Saturday. My mom and I are going to do another marathon sewing weekend next weekend so I've gotta get my machine all ready :-) Hope you had a wonderful and productive Wednesday!

It doesn't look that great cause the fabric's wrong side is facing out, but I have everything measured, cut and ready to go- Critical planning steps when trying to work with kids in tow!