It's here!

A picture says it all, I am told!  Does this explain just what happened over night?

No strong winds, so no blizzard, but a nice gentle snowfall. Perfect for my snow dyeing day!  And better yet, I have power!  :-)

I love the way the snow draped over my evergreen bush.  As you can see, it's still snowing lightly!



BUT...

out came the shovel, and I got to work.
Not clearing the sidewalks silly, I am shoveling for my snow dyeing!

Last time I did this, I experimented with putting a piece of fabric under the grate to sop up all the left over dye.  I really can't say I remember the outcome, but I thought I would try it again. Worse case scenario, I can always over-dye it next summer!

I've made up my little fabric bundles.










Mixed up my dyes, and started to play!

I saw this one on LuAnn Kessi's blog. It really intrigued me!

You can see her snow dyeing extravaganza HERE .








          Snow cones, are all I can think of!

As you can see my fabric is starting to peek thru!!

Now I have to play the waiting game!! Patience has never been my virtue!!

Waiting for the storm

It's gray and dreary, but it's dry so far.

The weatherman says 18" to 20".  Yikes!

                                                               I've even dug up all my fabric dyeing supplies from my outdoor dye station. If all goes well, I will be in "snow dyeing" heaven tomorrow.

So I am torn,  snowed in, or not snowed in... I ready to make the best of whatever comes our way.










I have filled my car with gas, and loaded up on groceries...  Filled buckets with water, cause we always seem to loose electricity and when your on a well, you have no water then.   So you know we probably won't get enough to worry about now that I am prepared!!  

Hummm, I just looked out the window and it's here!  Wonder just what we will see????????

Sew Fun-Machine Embroidery project

Another Anita Goodesign finish!  A "Sew Fun" hanging notions bag. Now, this is just the perfect thing to take along to those get-a-way weekends with your sewing sisters or brothers!!  :-)

It's made to Velcro over a hanger so it makes it completely portable and you can hang it right where you need it.

:-)

Elastic straps to hold your thread, a zipper pocket, and 2 nice size pockets that are large enough to hold a 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" ruler and loads of other goodies.

I love the pocket for the patterns. When I am planning a project, I can put the pattern and any supplies I might need for it all together, and no more forgotten items at home! 

Well that's my game plan anyway. We will see how that works!

:-)

Look at your local sewing and vac centers and see if they are offering these Anita Goodesign "project" classes in their stores.  If your in the Denver area, you can sure join Ruth and I, for a fun filled class at "Above and Beyond Sewing and Vac" in the Arapahoe Crossings Center. 

It's the third Tuesday every month!

Warning though, we do a LOT of laughing!!

Sew on I say, Sew on...

:-)

Put your foot in it!

So as you know, I seemed to get behind in the sewing department after the holidays. Or maybe before the holidays too. I found the cutest western boot fabric last fall and bought it to make a pair of slippers for a friend of mine, for Christmas. Fast forward to last night when she called and was coming over for a sew in!! 

Did  I remember the fabric was sitting out in plain site?  Did she zero in on it right away and love it? Needless to say I was busted, and I had to fess up that I never got her Christmas slippers done. But guilt got the best of me, and I got up early and made them up this morning. Even got them to her before she headed back home today.

Yee Haw!  There you go JoAnn, hope you enjoy em!

In case your wondering, they are from the same pattern I made my Ghastlie blog hop slippers with, McCall's 6449.

And I do have to say, they are the darnest most comfortable things you can put on your feet! (and easy to make, but I am keeping that secret to myself)

Now on a completely unrelated subject, you remember I was going to take a class on how to use my new I-phone.  Well, lets just say, it's a sign that old people should not get new electronic toys, when they drive to the wrong store to take the class.  Really?? I know the janitor thought I had lost my mind. So now instead of being on time I am actually a half hour late. But I had a phone that I could read my email on to find that out, once I figured out how to find it in my phone!! Guess I need to look for a refresher class now!

I have decided I am not a fan of old age!

:-)

They call it a day late and a dollar short

Yep, that pretty much says it all! 

When my favorite sewing shop asked if my friend and I would be interested in teaching an Anita Goodesign machine embroidery class last year, I could hardly wait for her to finish the sentence before I answered Yes Yes Yes, a million times yes!!  Now considering that I work full time, and have an ever changing schedule, just why did I pipe up so fast and answer????  Don't answer that, it would probably make me cry!  hahahahaha

But thank goodness my friend took up the challenge too, and is willing to cover for me when I can't be there. So this is my project this month.

I was able to dig thru my scrap pile and make up this delightful tote. Each of the 16 panels are stitched separately, then sewn together. I took a different direction with my tote over the actual pattern. You know I never was very good at following directions. But for this, I wanted to make it a little bigger so I could tote projects to and from class in it. I personally think it made it much easier to put together too.  Now I suppose I have to confess, I was late in finishing it. I thought the class was not for another week, and I actually got it all done the day after the class was over.  Gheez, am I fortunate, I have the best friend in the world, who never reminded me I was late with my project. Sorry Ruth, I will be better next time I promise. Actually I have my day scheduled off of work next month, so I can be there!! Yea!!      Oh yeah, that means I need to be stitching up something doesn't it? 

I taught a "Heavenly Chocolate Bliss" class last weekend with my friend. It was a great time, and so much fun to see everyone excited about putting their quilt together. Of course Ruth was there to help me out, and I couldn't have done it without her. It was really nice to have 2 people when problems with machines, or techniques popped up. I can hardly wait to see what the gals have done in 2 weeks when we meet again.

You know how much I love this Chocolate quilt pattern, so I decided that I had to make another one myself. This time I am going with a completely different color scheme. Here's a sneak peek!

And last but not least, I have my blocks for our Sweet Treats swap ready to mail.

And for the record I am "way" early on this one!!

Finally something that isn't running late!!

Speaking of running, I have to go. I am on my way to a class to learn how to use this darn I Phone, I had to have! 

Old people like me, should not buy toys that require me to understand technology!

:-)