Paper Piecing

I think I've got paper piecing down pat.

I was worried about trying this technique.

 this was my first attempt at paper piecing

 this flower is my second attempt

 this house was my 3rd attempt, I love the perfect-ness of the lines, it just makes me smile

 this is my 4th attempt at paper piecing

I'd say I've got it down pat, would you?

close up,

the mittens each have 17 pieces, WOW

I was worried about this pattern,

I thought it was bigger when I got it, I didn't pay attention to size.

This hat-scarf-mittens hanging will go to live in San Jose, CA

It looks a bit wonky on it's right side, but it's not.

I think now that i've learned paper piecing, I'll do my Farmer's Wife blocks paper pieced.

Now I'm just worried about curved pieces in those blocks.  eeekkkk

Ok Y'all....

Christmas is over and it's time to move on.

Easy for me to say, I didn't decorate a thing...

wait, I did put a wreath on the door.  It's down now though.

I think all the presents and boxes all have a home now and out of the

living room floor.

I got a gift certificate to Amazon and below is one of my purchases....

I'll need your help on this one.

I've googled and googled and used ask.com all I can.

I didn't find what I wanted to know.

I even left a few comments on several blogs and NO ONE got back to me.

My questions, and actually I thought once I get the book it might even

answer these questions for me.

Maybe I should wait and see.

Oh heck, let's go ahead.

**Do you use your scraps with these blocks?

**I know there are 111 blocks, how do you know how much fabric you use if you decide not to use scraps?

**Would you use one line of fabric?

**Or would you mix it up?

**I've seen examples of very modern fabric and for some reason I was thinking you would use Civil war era prints or something reproduced?

Any help you all can provide is much appreciated.

Thank You

thank you all for all the thoughts and prayers for our family this holiday season

we're enjoying a few days with E

we had a team meeting wednesday with everyone involved

and they say he's making progress

and i can tell at home as well

i stitched up this little stitchery for him to take back and hang on his wall

he loves it

Featured

read my post here

Turtles-Show & Tell

we moved our babies (not babies, 8 years old) into a bigger home this week

we had them in a 30 gallon tank

only one get dry their shell at a time and they would fit over the 1 landing

as you can see all 3 drying off, and on the other side, their is 1 all by himself drying off

it's good to let their shells dry out as they want them too

 he's not even the biggest one

Dale is the biggest and he's much bigger than my hand

see the little guy over to the far left barely with his head out of water?

the females are bigger, so really our "dale" is a girl, oh well

normally turtles like this will never out grow their space

so, we're a bit concerned they'll grow

that's not our intention for the bigger tank, lol

our plan for the bigger tank is to mate them

we want to make a higher landing and place sand up there

they will only lay eggs in dry sand

it will be a work in progress

we've not read all we can about it yet, so we'll wait till we know all we need to know.

also, we'll have to have a plan for the babies (hmmmm)

yeah, we need to plan this out more

Love these......

i've been looking for something like this for a while

i'm loving these.....

here's where I got the tags
http://www.etsy.com/shop/JennifersJewels?ref=seller_info

Makeover in E's Room

soooooo, we're in the process of an extreme makeover in E's room

and I mean extreme..

thankfully, i had already painted all his furniture black

oops....except for the bed, i'll get right on that

i've struggled with what the decor will be

i wanted all black (with some white)

he wants black and orange (the colors of our local high school football team)

i'm back to black

and i've just had a brilliant idea (well, i think so)

how about i put these different sayings on his wall?

not all of them, just a select few

and in black self adhesive lettering

and one that says "i love you" -mom

Bicycle?

so cute.....i saw something "like" this on Pinterest

this is my take on it......

Tutorial Coming Soon

crocheted ear bud cords

they will never tangle again

to us, in this house, that's a big deal

i've ordered some ear buds and am working on a tutorial

look for it next week

p.s. thanks to you all for your thoughts and prayers and emails, i appreciate you all

Remember...

this post?

Well, it's all going down tomorrow......

I've spent the weekend doing loads and loads of his laundry.

I've only ever did his laundry about once a month, that's how many clothes he has.

It's crazy!

It's good though, I needed to go through his clothes and this is the perfect time.

So, please remember our little family tomorrow as we dropped our beloved son off.

It's nearly a 2 hr drive, so down there and back will be long.

Moda Twill Tape Key Fob

i love these, simply made

two made from fabric and webbing, not MODA