Tuesdays Treasures

Today's treasure consists of three things , the two little wooden horses pulling a sleigh on the right and a wagon on the left were hand carved by my Dad when he was about 80 ,I have lost track when he actually gave them to me but the first one I received was the little chocolate colored horse with the green and red sleigh , then a year or so later he made the second one with a wagon just like he used to haul coal as a very young man to help out his family . They both mean so very much to me as my Dad always had horses when we were young and these to me represent him and he is extra special to me , he is 90 now and still driving and doing just fine but his days of working and training horses are over although he still loves to attend the races . The picture above the horses was drawn by my brother , he is a talented artist and years ago when he was visiting us we gave him a crate of apples , this was early in the fall and for Christmas that year he gave them back to us in the form of this painting .We love it ! I hope you enjoy my treasures for today and if you care to see even more incredible treasures be sure to drop on over to visit Clare and she is sure to tell you who is taking part this week . Thanks for stopping by and hope your Tuesday is a real treasure .
Sheila

A New project

I have been a bad girl and started a new project instead of concentrating on the Row by Row quilt but I just couldn't help myself when I seen this pattern , I just had to make it , you know the feeling ;-) I love the fall colors so that is one reason this wall hanging appealed to me and it also meant using more of those scraps , ah now I feel better . I still have a couple of more borders to add so a little more to go yet but the stitching in the center block is completed and that is the bulk of the work done . So far I am pleased with the result and it was a fun project and will look great in my hall entry for the fall season .I neglected to tell you who the designer is of this great pattern ,it is a Bobbie G Design and is simply Fall Quilt #Q515  by Barbara Smith . Have a great day and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila 

Crazy Quilting Friday

I know I am a little early with this post as it is still Thursday here but I 'm going on a little day trip tomorrow so thought I best get this on tonight. I can see the light was not the best and has thrown off the colors a bit . I tried a curved seam in this one and it turned out not bad at all . Tomorrow should be fun as some friends and I are heading to a fabric shop , oh we will be touching and feeling lots of pretty fabrics and I am sure I will come home with a few treasures as well . I don't get to this shop very often so I'm really looking forward to the day out . Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila

Wednesdays Flowers

It would be nice to say I have made great progress on my flowers but the best I could do this week was two , again these are my aunts fabrics and I decided to display them in my new fall Mum plant . I have all my indoor plants outside for the summer so you can see my plant rack next to the Mum .The plants really thrive outside and I usually have the Christmas Cactus blooming but I was late getting them out this year so no blooms :-(
I just never seem to be home long enough to get much stitching of any kind done these days but the weather has cooled down some now so I am sure that will all change shortly. Hope you are all having a great gardening day . To see more blooms head on over to visit Karen ,she will have a list of those with their flowers for this week .
Sheila

Tuesdays Treasure

I'd like to introduce you to Mammie's Dolls , well two of them are made by my Aunt Mammie the one in the green dress was made by an elderly lady who also made dolls for her church and special gifts .My cousin came to my house last year to give me the dolls , I was so excited as I always wanted to have at least one of my aunts dolls and she kindly brought me two and they are my treasures for this week along with the lady in green who is just adorable and has so much detail and I rescued her from a charity sale for just $2 , she just had to come home with me ;-) If you would like to see more Tuesdays Treasures head on over to visit Clare and she will tell you who else is joining in this week .Have Fun .
Sheila

It's finished

I managed to get the little doll quilt quilted and the binding sewn on so tomorrow I will give it to Elise for her second birthday , I know she will love it as she loves her dolls and loves to wrap them up and carry them around .It is hard to believe that two years have passed already and yet it seems she has always been here .I thought I would try it out on Emma , the doll I made a couple of months ago from a pattern by Fiona , she gets lots of attention when the girls are here ;-)

Crazy quilting Friday

This is my crazy quilt block for this week , I used the printed muslin that Betsy sent to make this block , it sure makes the job easier .I know I need to add some decorative stitches but I was late getting this made and time ran out so that will be done later .
The second picture is the result of finding some half square triangles that I came across in my sewing storage closet ,you just never know what you will find in there ;-0 Anyway I remember making these as I cut the corners off blocks I was making for a quilt some time ago and rather than toss the triangles I immediately made the halfsquare triangles but then they have sat there for a few years until yesterday I was looking for a piece of fabric and these appeared so I went to work and sewed them together and added these borders and now I have a doll quilt top for one of my granddaughters .If I was real quick I could give it to Elise tomorrow as it is her birthday , hmm maybe if I work fast I can get this completed .I better go and get started ;-)
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila

Sneak Peak

I thought I would show you what I have been working on for months now , this is a BOM from FatCat Patterns and although I have quite a bit more to do I wanted to show you what I have accomplished so far . I now need to add a narrow border then more applique rows , then a final border . I fell in love with this quilt as soon as I seen it on the website and just had to start making it . It has been a great stash buster for me as I didn't go buy anything except the background fabric . The raindeer will have buttons for eyes just didn't want to sew them on until it is quilted ,after sewing on the other eyes which were slightly bigger it just was not something I wanted to do again ;-) By the way if you have never visited the Fatcat pattern website it is worth a visit , Sindy has quite a few free patterns in lots of different catagories ,check it out you will be pleasantly surprised .

Look what the mailman brought!

I had a pleasant surprise today , the mailman brought this lovely crazy quilt block from Betsy at quiltingfiesta.blogspot.com . Isn't it lovely , I just love the embroidered fabric in the center , really sets it off well .She also included the printed pattern for a crazy block which will be so helpful !! Thanks so much Betsy .

Wednesdays Flowers

This week I have used some fabrics that were given to me by my aunt who has since passed away . Aunt Mammie as we called her was an avid sewer and made lots and lots of aprons as well as dolls galore for the church sales and these fabrics would all have been used for that purpose . I did already make a quilt using some of her fabrics and gave it to my parents a few years back but made sure that my aunt got to see it before she left us and she was thrilled that her scraps had a new life in a quilt , I used the nine patch along with the snowball block if my memory is correct and I because most fabrics were like these small calico prints with flowers I named it Mammies Garden , I must see if I have a picture of that somewhere to share it with you . My aunt was a very special lady and I am thinking I will make a few more with her fabrics and make something special from just those hexies to remind me of her . Happy gardening everyone and thanks for stopping by.
Sheila

UFO'S

I really would not want to guess just how old these projects are , It has to be at least 8 years but my guess is more like 10years . I came across the little paper pieced log cabin blocks in my closet and can't quite remember what I had made them for but decided they would make great little pincushions so , after sitting for all those years it probably took me no more than 30minutes to put a back on each , stuff them and sew the opening closed .This gives me my first finishes for Aug. I know they hardly count they are so small but hey they are finished ;-)

Crazy Quilting Friday

My computer has been giving me grief this morning so I am a little late getting this block posted . This week I chose this really sweet print for the center , it reminds me of stained glass and I love it . I may add something to the pink later on , just not much time lately .
Have a super day and thanks for stopping by !
Sheila

Wednesdays Flowers

This has been somewhat of a busy week but I did manage to make three flowers last evening . I really couldn't have made more as that was all I had prepared :-( Time to start cutting and ironing again ;-) I'm anxious now to go have a look at all the beautiful flowers that have been created this week .Happy gardening and thanks so much for stopping by .
Sheila

Tuesdays Treasures

Today I would like to share this gorgeous angel , we all have friends but some mean a great deal to us and two of my very best friends ,Dianne and Linda ,gave me this angel that I have named Gabriel after I had a health problem .This angel is very precious to me and reminds me of the wonderful friends I have and how thoughtful they are and how fortunate I am to have them as friends . Thanks for stopping by and if you would like to see more treasures just go on over to Clare's , she is hosting Tuesdays Treasures , and see who else is participating and why not share one of your treasures .
Sheila

A few Saturday finds

I was off to the Market on Saturday when I spotted a yard sale at a house I always loved ,a large old Victorian house so I JUST had to stop and see what this lady was selling .Here is what I bought , this interesting jug which was such a unique shape and has a rather nice illustration , a mortar and pestle from Italy in really thick glass and this cute little brass dinner bell , all for the grand sum of $7 so I think I got myself a bargain . I also bought two old books as the lady had just finished reading them and recommended them but I didn't take any pictures of them but I will let you know if they were worth reading.
Thanks for stopping by.Sheila