Catching Up

Hi Everyone,

I've been a negligent blogger lately.  I've been doing some babysitting and not much sewing lately, so I didn't feel like I had much to write about.  I was still busy making dolls.  I had so much fun with the two I made that I got another pattern, this one for the Tiny Annie, and I've made seven of them.

I gave 2 to my nieces for Valentine's Day.

And since the neighbor girls are young and have red hair, I gave them each one, too.

One day a couple weeks ago, my friend Janice (we were friends in Virginia, but she moved to a cabin in Tennessee) came for a quick over-night visit.  (There was a family funeral down in Indianapolis.)  We had a great visit, but there wasn't enough time to sew together.  However, she brought the latest issue of Primitive Quilts and Projects.  I hadn't looked through it yet, and Oh Boy, it was full of fun projects.  One jumped out at me--A Noah's Ark scene made with wool.  After she left, I went out and bought my own copy of the magazine and set about working on it.  I pieced the background and used my machine to feather stitch over the seams.

Then I got my wool out and chose and prepped it.  It is now my travel project for bees.

Here I had just fused the camels and am now stitching them.

After a busy week, I was feeling like I was way behind in working on projects with deadlines.  I spent all day Friday in my quilting room.  I needed to make my final batch of spool blocks for my old bee in Virginia.  I missed the due date and feel bad, but I got them finished.  Our guild is having a rummage sale for the program next month, and my bee has a table to sell items, so I've been needing to have a really good sort/clear out.  I went through EVERYTHING.  I've been missing a few things since I moved, and I found them!  I also filled a large bin with items to sell.  I put away all of the little "piles" that have been accumulating and I straightened up some other areas.  I wound 7 bobbins and cleaned and oiled my machine.  Since I was cleaning, I took all the photos I needed to so that I can finally show you my quilting room here in the new house!  I will be posting that later this week!!  I'm really excited to show it off.

I'll be back soon!
JoAnne