doll clothes!

I love sewing small things. By hand.

For hours on end. 

I love taking patterns and scanning

and reducing them. My latest was

a Simplicity pattern of a felt

elephant, poodle, and bear.

Made them 40% of regular size

and sewed my little heart out.

Unfortunately, no pics this time.

What I do have pics of are the sweet

little doll clothes I have made for

grand~daughter, Olivia. The doll

we got her for Xmas is a Daisy Kingdom

doll that only comes clad in a cute little

one piece under garment and shoes

and socks.  I HAD to dress her!

So. I. Got. Busy.

First up, a little pants outfit with

matching apron and itty

bitty shoes. 

 And as I was making those shoes,

I learned that I do afterall, have

patience. And Bob too, likes

itty bitty doll shoes.

Next up, a skirt, blouse and

vest, which is reversable, and

of course, the itty bitty shoes.

For a little flair I added some

tulle between ruffle layers on

skirt. And of course for the much

loved sparkle all little girls seem 

to love, some pretty little beads on

the shirt and vest. Too bad they don't

show up on the pics.  And I

really must add, I love love love

this matching fabric. I have had

it hoarded away for a few years now,

waiting for just the right thing to make

with it. I think this is it!

I have a feeling this princess one

will be the most worn. Princesses

and castles and a cute little bonnet.

Yea, I love bonnets. Something so 

sweet about them. 

There are a few others, alas no pics.

A cute little polka dot dress, and a

little lounge outfit that is brown with

pink polka dots. Yea, I like polka

dots too. 


NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH

I just found out that my daughter is expecting

her second SON!  Oh I just love me some

little boys.  

I just finished up felt valentine bags

for the kids. Just small ones, about 

4" x 4".  When I asked Bob to pick

up some small goodies to fill them up

with, he came home with a FULL

grocery bag of goodies!  I think I 

should have made the bags a little

bit bigger!  He is such a good Poppa.

Just wanted to make sure they had a

yummy selection!  (I'm sure we won't

have any trouble finishing up the

leftovers.). After we finish up

the Christmas candy leftovers in

the freezer! ha!

I am still completely addicted to 

Pinterest! I have found sooo many

fun items in there! Great tutorials!

Great deals on Etsy.  Food to

drool over.  Pretty little dresses.

FANTASTIC sewing rooms.

And I know I am not alone. There

is SO much to look at on there!

Thanks to whoever created Pinterest!

I think I love you!

Meeting an old friend

About 7 years ago I joined a support group

on yahoo. It is one for people with 

Flatback Syndrome. Was so nice to

connect with people who knew what I

was going through, had advice and just

listened. Well as much as you can 

listen on an on line board!

During the first few months I met

Kathy. We seemed to click pretty fast.

Always had something to talk about,

felt comfortable opening up to each

other about what was going on. and

when I had my surgery I knew she

was praying for me as hard as her

little southern soul could. 

When I finally made it home and starting

my recovery, I remember her calling and

praying for me on the phone. When I

hung up, I felt soo rested and content,

I slept the best I had in days. I tell ya, the

power of prayer. 

So to shorten this up a bit. I finally got

to meet up with Kathy this last December!!

We flew into Texas to see the grandbabies

and Kathy and her hubby had moved up

from Houston, so it finally worked out

where we could meet! It was wonderful

to see her, give her a real life hug and

see that pretty face in person! We had

the nicest visit, much too short. And 

now that they have moved up to the

Dallas/Ft.Worth area, I will be able to

visit whenever we fly in! Yippee!

Me and Kathy

I love shy little boys seeing santa, and

little boys sporting a cute little mohawk, and

little girls who love their baby dolls, and

little girls who want to have sleepovers with

their grammies  and

awaiting the birth of my newest grandbaby in 

June, and

Bob's tattoos of the kids names on his leg, and

seeing mommy and son napping together, and

little boys in button up shirts, and

little boys in levi's, and

little girls who like to wear dresses, and

the power of prayer.

On the way!

I do not know why on earth I quit blogging, why
I did not just sit down and write. I loved doing it! 
I love talking about my grandbabies, what I am 
sewing, loves, finds...all that fun stuff.
I like to go back and see what had been going on, 
what I had said, (horrible memory). So its time to 
get back to it. 


But first, I am going to try to get my blog looking
a little  fresher, a few new pics, that kinda stuff.
So there. I am back! Ta~Da!

Kindle Fire

The note from Amazon is FINALLY here!

I'm so happy, my new Kindle Fire has been

shipped!

I thought it was to be shipped at the end of

the month, and knowing how my luck on

this kind of thing runs, I thought for sure

it would be backordered! Nope! 

I love my regular Kindle. Its never given

me a bit of trouble. I love the excerpts from

the books that Amazon gives you. Always

so easy to operate. And I really loved that

nice little button that says "Did you buy this

in error".  ahem. Yes, I have done that a

few times. And zip, as fast as it charged you

for the book, it zaps the charge away. 

Gosh, do I sound like a Kindle fan or what?

Lots of other wonderful things going on too,

Grandson Landon is now that wise old age of 5.

Olivia has finally figured out which bus to take

home from school. She is 5 also!

Wyatt's doing so much better in school! He was

blessed with the most wonderful teacher this

year. She is the one you want all your children

to have throughout their whole schooltime life.

Son-in-law Greg has new orders in. They will

be transfering to Colorado next summer. *I

know another overseas tour would have been

great...they sooo took advantage of being in

Germany, but I am happy they are to be stateside*

Selfish, yes I know.

My health is hanging in there. No new emergencies

or set backs. I did get a 'tens unit'...do not know if

it is the right spelling on that. I LOVE it. And it

really does help!

We are still browsing property in Texas. I'm ready

to move now, but we still have a few years till

Bob can retire. Sometimes patience is not my

greatest life skill. 

I love these books!

I just love sewing and crafting books.

I am always on the lookout for

new ones, used ones, and just

about anything else that just catches

my eye.

BUT! In the last few years I found

a set of books that are just my

favorites. The pictures are beautiful.

Very simply, country home, a bit

of a victorian touch. I want to live

in the home that their pictures are

take in! 

Each page is better than the last.

The patterns are included and the directions

are sooo easy to follow!

 Could you not just spend the day in this

room? I want to make it all!

I am so glad they have a Christmas

book also! There is a flying

pig included that is to die for.

Also dolls, a boys room, stuff for

little girls. It is a must have if you

have littles to make fun things for!

This is their newest book. It is on the

way to me now. I could not resist it!

Look at those Santas!! I cannot wait

to get it.  I found this book on 

ebay and the seller had the book,

brand new for less that $3.00!! 

With just as reasonable shipping costs.

That is pretty much unheard of for new

books. Even for most used ones too. 

There are more of their books to

get, but I just do one now and then

as I have so many projects in the works

and it would be so easy to just buy buy buy!

I went to their website where I found

fabric, notions and other fun items,

unfortunately, not available in the U.S.

*sigh*...so I will keep looking for them

on line. In the meantime, I KNOW where

the books can be found so I will keep

my eye on them. Who knows, I may

find another $3.00 bargain!!

I Love: Olivias camera hogging  on Skype

              Robbys red red hair and deep voice!

             Landon and all his little girlfriends.

              Wyatt being so shy!

              Sewing xmas ornaments

              pinterest....darn you Priscilla

              old buttons

               hatpins

               pink depression glass

              the way Bob worries about me.

I promise to blog more often

Tell all my favorite people I love them

finish my projects

try to stay in touch better with long 

distant friends.

And thats all for now folks....nighty night

Yep, I'm still here sewing!

A few months ago, I caught the monster bug. I

had purchased a book called Make a Monster

by Fiona Goble. When I opened it up,

my imagination just did a happy dance.

At last, time to 'sew silly'. I followed the patterns,

in my own way that is.

Here are a few of the results!

Love the pastels, and instead of using fleece

I used felt and flannel.

I added eyebrows and hair to this one and

and used contrasting thread for a

frankenstein look. Love it!

I went crazy with a critter pillow pattern too.

Its so soft and fun. Who couldn't use a third

eye and extra long arms for hugs!?

Landon loved it!

I went from critters to comfy neck pillows.

I hate seeing kids in their car seats with

their heads bobbing around

when they doze off

Grandson Landon uses his, just does not like his

picture taken! His is made of flannel

and is a green monkey!

Grandson Robby doesn't mind his picture taken.

His is a doggy, and flannel too. So soft and comfy!

Grandaughter Olivia had to have a pink kitty.

I added a few extras, like a pearl toe ring,

eyelashes too. She loved it!

Grandson Wyatt got a dog too. His is dino fabric.

Nice and bright. He is such a big boy now (2nd

grade!!) so I couldn't use cute baby fabric.

He is happy with the choice!

It was such fun giving the gifts to the kids. We had

to go back to Texas to deliver them, there was no

way I was sticking them in the mail knowing I

would get hugs and kisses in return!

I'm doing ok. Still have my days where I just

can't get much done. That is when I sit and just

do some hand sewing. Most of the above items

were hand sewn. I love doing it. Its relaxing,

easy to do, and just plain enjoyable.

I have been reading all my favorite blogs, could

not go without knowing about all the fun things

being made! Thank you all!

Back in my sewing room!

Its taken a while, quite awhile to be exact to get my

sewing room all put back together. The kids moved

out in Feb., and I could not wait to get all my goodies

back in there! Not that I don't miss the kids, but gee,

its my Sewing Room! ha!

Took awhile to post, months in fact.

In November I really got knocked for a loop

with not one bug but 2. Lucky me.

I somehow got meningitis followed up with C-Def,

a really nasty stomach bug which can actually

cause you to have to have a bowel transplant.

Glad I didn't get that bad. Oh, and I was also in

renal failure which if I had not gotten

admitted when I did, I had about a week left. Scary stuff.

I am all good now, going through some physical

therapy to get my steadiness and strength back and

its great. And that is all I am going to say about being

sick, there is so much more fun things to talk about!

And I am loving all the photos of the grandkids

enjoying easter, trips to the zoo, school fun

and joyful weekends. Those smiling faces

can't help but make you happy!

I have a few sewing projects in the works,

but of course, the first thing I cut out, I

lost a piece of the pattern. We dumped

the trash (day before pick

up...peeeeeuuuuuu!) No luck. It is

nowhere to be found. Crazy.

Been doing lots of hand sewing, making little

stuffed monsters, and its been fun, just being

silly sewing what I want for noses and

eyes and ears.

I hope you are all enjoying spring and had

a joyful Easter!