today....

I went to a quilting class at JoAnn's Fabric Store today! That was fun.... I learned quite a bit, had fun, and came home with a "Barn Door" square made!! Now, to stay at it!!!! I need to force myself to sit in front of the machine!!! ~~~~esp. now, that the sunshine and warm weather have come back to Florida!!! Art and I have spent quite a bit of time out in the back yard this past week, and one day at the beach, too!!!

And, now, Baseball Season is in Full Swing!!! So, at least, I know, I'll have some "down time", sitting in front of the tv!!! Hand-Sewing will get done!!!! ..... and maybe that little knit sweater?? I'm still not real quick, when it comes to knitting!!! I did finish that same little blue hat, again, this time, for my daughter's best friend's first baby!!! I'd love to get the sweater made for them, too, and I do have time, as he's due in July, and this will be a fall wardrobe item!!

But, I've also got a hand embroidery project, I started, about a month ago.... a cute little barn print.... only about 5"x7".... So, that will argue for some of my 'sitting in front of the tv' time!!

Then, there's also, the hand appliqued lap quilt/wall hanging, that I started in '08, while the Tampa Bay Rays were winning the American League Championship Title, and went on to play the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.... This is a Winter scene, with pine trees, a log house, snowy hills, and a snowman... I love the colors, and the pattern!!!! I put it down on the last game of the World Series ~~when the Phillies beat the Rays, and Art had a stroke that night!!!~~I really should have brought it with me to the never-ending hospital stays and nursing home stays, I could have had it finished long ago!!! I vow, {right now!} to finish it for this Christmas, so it can hang in our dining room, instead of being folded up in the closet!!!!....so, I guess, I better get away from the computer, and in front of my sewing machine!!!!! Bye for now!!!

aged heart ornies

here's 2 out of 3 little heart ornies that i threw together, quickly a few days ago... As soon as I finished stitching Faith on the first one, I gave it away... So, there's no pix of that one... I think I liked it the most~I used a brownish thread, real close in color to the heart itself, instead of the red, like you see in these....

I can't wait to make more, and use that brown thread again!!

They're made out of coffee stained muslin~ That was fun to do! And my peapod trellis rigged up in my garden came in handy, I used it as a mini clothesline to dry the muslin!!!

my first attempt at knitting...

Here's the hat I made for my brandnew nephew....

This pic. shows the pattern and the yarn I used....

I'm so excited!!!! I vaguely remember learning to knit in 4H when I was about 12 or 13, and I'm so glad that I figured out how to do it again!!!! {The knitting/crocheting tv shows sure help!!! Along with the front of the knit pattern books...}

This definitely is not "perfect", but it came out quite nicely, I think, especially for my first attempt!!!

Now, on to my next project!!!! My daughter's friend is having a baby this summer, I think I'll try this little sweater pattern!!!

sewing projects

This is Little Miss Sassafrass!!!!
Emma Lou, age 2, Sept. 2009

Jack { "Jackeria", or Baby Jack, as Nanna loves to call him! }
age 4, Sept. 2009

Cody Thomas, age 5, Sept. 2009

September 19,2009
Autumn in Knightdale,N.C.

We saw these pumpkins and mums for sale on the side of the road,
and Nanna wanted us to have our pictures taken with them!!!!

{left to right, Emma, Cody, Jack}

Here comes the guys!!!! Now we can go for a ride!!!! We had to let my father go around the block once on my bike, to get used to it, before riding with me on the back!!!!! Mother rode on the back of Art's....
Little did I know, this is probably one of the last pix I took of Art on his bike :(

"While we try to teach our children about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about." {unknown author}

one day, back in 2004, I was given the advice of observing my 5 month old G-baby, that he would teach me things,... I was going thru a rough time then....
The giver of that advice is now my husband, and I still admire the wisdom that he shares.

oh well, gotta run,.... Art's having tests done at the hospital today to see what's going on~~~~