All was not lost afterall

My husband.  He is a good man.  He kindly entertained Punkie for a good part of the weekend.  They mucked out the barn.  He took her to watch the corn get combined.  He took her to see the calves at a local farm.  He just spent some time with her.  In turn, I had time to sew!  Not as much as I wanted to do but I did get 2 out of the 3 projects on my list done.  I had a mini solo sew-a-thon. 

Happy girl here.

Those Christmas Pixie fairies panel?  I got them all done up.  Wanna see?

Isn't it CA-UUUUUUTE???  The tote pattern is the Tahoe Tote by Pink Sand Beach Designs.  I've had the pattern forever and never did anything with it.  I walked into my LQS last week and BAM!  There was their store sample, using the pattern and the pixie fairy fabric.  Oh yes.  I needed to make one.  Bonus that the pattern was already in my pattern stash.  I have 2 more fairies to do something with.  I may make them into throw pillows. 

Happy dance!  Got a new tote for the Christmas season.  I can't wait to use it!

Come back tomorrow to see the 2nd project I got finished. 

Enjoy your day!
Jen

My solo weekend sew-a-thon

I had plans for this weekend.  Big plans.  The three projects that I wanted to work on and complete are sitting, just waiting patiently for tomorrow evening.  A solo sew-a-thon.  And POOF.  It's not going to happen.

I just talked to my Mom (Punk was going over there for the weekend) and she has the flu.  :(  So no weekend with Grandma for Punk.  No solo weekend for me.  No sewing. 

I am bummed.  I was so looking forward to hanging out in my sewing room.

Feel better Mom but feel sorry for me please.  :)

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Christmas Pixie Fairies

I popped into my LQS on Friday, on the hunt for baby flannel.  My cousin is expecting her 2nd at the end of November (a boy) and I have a list of quick gifts I would like to make for her.  I found some of what I wanted and then I popped into their quilting fabrics room and saw a store sample that I NEEDED to make.  Thankfully I already have the pattern.

I don't want to show you what it is but it involves these cuties:

I'm itching it get started so it won't be long before I show you what they turn out to be!  I'm SURE I will have to make a few more as gifts.

Stay tuned!

Slowly, finding my way back

Sewing and blogging have taken a big backseat over here.  Work has been crazy busy and lots of drama (no need to go into that) but I've been slowly finding my way back to my happy place.

Back in early August, I started a birthday present for a friend but I hated how it came out so it ended up in Punkie's fabric bin.  Now, my friend's birthday has come and gone... in August and I feel terrible that I haven't made any time to work on something else for her.

I dug out my Strawberry Fields layer cake and a new pattern that I bought ages ago and started over.  Here's what I ended up with and you know?  I love it and want to make one for myself but in a more yellow/gray colorway from the layer cake.

The pattern is called Candy Cane Candy Dish* but I don't know the maker off the top of my head.  I will check if anyone is interested.  I had some issues with the pinwheels.  They are supposed to alternate dark to light diagonally and the printed diagram versus the picture on the cover were making me batty.  They didn't match.  I ripped and re-sewed those little pinwheels twice and I still got it wrong in spots.  I should have re-done the center pinwheel too.  Oh well.  Live and learn.

*edited: got a correction (thanks Carol!).  the pattern name is Candy Dish by This and That Patterns.

I have a few other projects that I've started cutting and I have resurrected Swoon.  Remember Swoon?  Well turns out, I only have 1 more block to cut and finish.  But I totally mixed up my FQs and I have no idea what I had decided on.  I spent some time this morning going back through my finished blocks and my FQs and figuring out my last block combination.

That's all here for now.  I hope to not stay away from my sewing machine for so long nor my blog.  I've been missing you guys.  Please come back to visit!

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Traveling Stash Winner!

Ellyn?  C'mon down!  You are the winner of the traveling stash box!  First commentor rarely wins.  This was a nice treat to see.

Congratulations!

I'll email you for your snail mail address and get the box off to you. 

Thank you everybody who entered.  You'll have to follow Ellyn's blog and see when she posts her stash box giveaway to try your luck again.  :)

Enjoy your day!
Jen

Leave me a comment! It can be yours!

Hello!  We're back!  Had a fabulous time at Disney and I will fill you in on our travels and share some pictures soon but I need to take care of some business first.

I was the lucky winner at Terry's blog of the traveling stash box.  I admit it was here before we left on vacation but I didn't have a chance to open the box to check stuff out and do the giveaway. 

I found some time today and I picked my goodies

And I added to the stash box.

So if you are interested in receiving the traveling stash box, leave me a comment telling me so.  I will be happy to pass it along to you.

Edited!  I forgot to add that this for US participants only (sorry for those outside the US.  The box is heavy!) and must be an active blogger. 

I will choose a winner on Tuesday, October 2nd.

Good luck!

Enjoy your day!
Jen  :)

Knock Knock. Anyone home?

I'm not going to whine or complain.  It's been a while.  No sewing here.  Zip.  Nada.  I think it's been 4 months??  So sad.  I've been enjoying everybody else's sewing fun.  I've spotted some projects I would love to work on.  I hope my mojo finds its way back home soon.  This is depressing.

HOWEVER.... I'm not depressed.  You wanna know why??

We are headed here TOMORROW!

Can you believe it??  Tomorrow.  Amelia is ready to burst.  I had to give her instructions that even though she is ready for Disney, today was a school day and she needed to chill out and pay attention to her teacher.  Myself on the other hand, has some packing to do.  I've started but have stalled.  I don't want to over-pack but it looks like that's going to happen.  Oh well.  Variety is the spice of life, right?  So that's on my agenda today.  Finish packing and run a few errands.  Tonight we're headed to a hotel by the airport.  I debated the idea for a week and figured this would be better.  We can all sleep an extra hour or so and I won't have to fight Amelia too much to eat breakfast before leaving for the airport.  If we were to stay home, she would have to be up for 4am to wake up enough to eat before getting in the car.  I can just see that meltdown.  I'm glad I booked us a room!

 Adios Amigos!  I'll see you when we're back from visiting Mickey!
Jen  :)