Country Essential Wall Hanging or Table Topper

This was a kit from Connecting Threads. I really love small kits like this. It's super easy and goes together in a day, that's piecing the top and quilting it.

I don't really care for these colors, I think it did a bit of fading once it was washed and dried. Well, I actually rinsed it. I think this will be on it's way to California to GG (great grandma). The pattern didn't call for the red border, only the blue...but I thought adding the red looked good.

Thanks for your comments on the basting gun. I did order one, but found one much cheaper at Ebay rather than Amazon. Also, I basted a quilt this morning using a technique from a video Gene sent me. Thanks Gene, it went really quick and it was a good lap sized quilt. It's ready to quilt now, so we'll see how it goes. *hoping for no wrinkles*

Has anyone ever seen this, or used this?

Amazon calls this a Quilt Basting Gun. I was looking for some Quilt Basting Spray and I noticed this and I have to admit, I'm intrigued. I kinda want this. Here's what Amazon says about this:

"JUNE TAILOR-For quilting crafting and labeling. The Ultra-fine needle leaves a minimal size hole in your fabric. The needle mechanism contains a blade that cuts the fasteners from the strip. Each needle replacement provides a new sharp blade. Smaller and lightweight for comfortable use. Includes a reusable storage case 500 fasteners an a 2 year warranty."

So, has anyone used this or seen this? I need to know, because I sure want it. My biggest problem in quilting is basting or pinning. Especially the bigger the quilt. I'm so scared to do big quilts. I know the back will wrinkled or something. Let me know what you all think.

Taggies for babies..

I've seen these around before. However, it didn't hit me to make one until my friend Debi started making some for her grand daughter. Alot of people, me included wondered what the fascinationwith these blankets are? Well, after doing some research...it seems as if babies love to play with the tags (ribbons) and love the colors or textures if you put different ones on there. They are super easy to make.

This is the first one I made, flannel turtle fabric and green and white ribbons.

I went out on a limb on the second one and attached some embellishments. It's super cute! However, I'm not sure how this would work with babies and younger toddlers.

Hello Betty Mini

I love this fabric line of Hello Betty. These little 2" triangles were the scrap pieces I trimmed off from my siggy blocks. And if any of you saw my latest Facebook status, it was pertaining to this mini quilt. I was quilting it on the diagonal and all was going well, until I turned it over the last time and noticed a BIG wrinkle. I was crushed. And after reading a blog post Barb did on pulling out stitches, I was inspired to pull out the stitches from this mini. Her quilt was much bigger than my mini, so I can't even imagine how long it took her.

Today is the "drain the knee" day. Yah! Really, I'm ready to get this over with.

Just for Kentlee

Kentlee Jonah

*my nephew*

*precious*

*has big feet*

*and a huge big toes*

*his fingernails were sooo long*

*his daddy is the greatest*

*did I mention his dad is my brother*

*Kentlee has 3 brothers*

*Caleb 12*

*Mitchell 11*

*Kaison 5*

*he will never be alone*

*his auntie Tonya loves him to pieces*

*his auntie don't see him near enough*

*he was born 1/11/10*

@ 10:20 am

and inquiring minds want to know......

have you ever heard of the name Kentlee before?

Me either....

Quilt Hanger

This is the little quilt I won a few weeks back. It has a built in sleeve on the back of the quilt for hanging. So, TJ took a good look at it and said "I can build you a hanger for this". Of course, I was like "ok". And this is what he came up with. I like it. He makes all my quilt hangers.

I've gathered quiet the inventory of stuff. Back when I was making stuff like crazy to sell to get another car, I made all kinds of things. Well, needless to stay, not many sold. I've found a solution for that. I'm going to donate it all to my local Children's home. I am going to keep up with all that I've donated, keep a log of sorts, because they will give me a tax form. I'll take all the help I can get.

Quick Update

..as I got up this morning, I debated seeing the Dr. for my knee. My brother's baby was born today, so we headed to the hospital to see him, and with more walking and steps, I knew I had to see my Dr. So, I did. He says I have fluid gathered on and around my knee. He sent me for an x-ray to see if he can see the cause of the fluid. He will draw this fluid off next Monday. In the meantime, he gave me some anti-inflammatory meds to see if that will reduce the swelling any. He said if after he draws the fluid off and it comes back, he'll do an MRI, that will show a clearer picture. He told me, for some reason, women can easily damage their knees. He basically said, I could have tripped on "air" and damaged it. Or stepped the wrong way, anything really. He also stressed the importance of staying off this knee until next Monday. uggghhh....that's going to be tough. However, I'm going to try and follow his orders, as I want this better yesterday. lol My new wii game came today, and I made TJ do it, so I can see what's it's all about. It's a great exercise program and it really worked him out. I can't wait to do it for myself. I got several emails from my bloggy friends, thanks so much for your concerns.