Naughty, Naughty Me!

I have been up to no good with my Christmas money, as you can see. :)The colors just make me want to SQUEEEEEE!...
...even if I never make anything out of them.
But I will.
After I roll around in them for awhile.

Life Going On

My friend Phil married Neill (pronounced kneel - and yes she is a female). Their wedding cake was german chocolate. Brilliant, and tasty too.



Fabric, my reward to myself for, um, clearing up my fabric stash.

Phil's wedding reception: finger-food heaven.

Don and me misbehaving in church. *Flashbulb!*

Silly me.

Small trial quilt as a test for a King-sized quilt that I am making from Kaffe Fasset fabrics. It will be the first quilt that I have ever made for my own self. To keep.

Olvia, so far, has survived all the smooching of every person who comes in contact with her. Things are different to those exposed to her crippling cuteness. Knees are weak all over town. Olivia is catching.

Santa came to work. He gave this little girl some candy.

Thanksgiving 2009, me at my folks' house. That's my dad.

The quilt I made for Don's daughter Deanna. I used some of her late mom's dresses.

Boy George. My baby boy.

Olive Rose fabric. Huge roses. Wish I had bought more than one yard. It's dramatic and happy. I love this fabric!!!

Studio sorted and organized.

Yes, I quiver when I walk into there.

It's Christmas Time!

I'm working on (playing with, actually. Weeeee!) a little sumsin-sumsin for a certain someone who shall remain nameless until after Christmas. It's ok though. This is just a practice block.

Nesting

I puttzed around the apartment this weekend. The snow is beautiful, and I love to look at it. I just don't feel like driving around in it, so I stayed home all weekend and made like June Cleaver. This is a fraction of my collection of fat quarter fabrics. The cart comes from an old hardware store that my brother Scottie bought out when it closed.
I like it because I can stuff it full and still be able to see what's in there to play with. Plus, it's on wheels!

The coke bottle came from Scottie too. It's perfect for my wholesale quantity of fiber fill.

I'm still working on organizing the studio/closet.

One of my quilts hangs over the bedroom door. The squares are 1inch x 1 inch. What I love about this quilt is the border. I seem to remember borrowing ma's sewing machine to stitch around the apliques. If I had tried to blanket stitch those by hand, I would still be at it now 15 years later.

I put the Christmas ornaments away and put this out instead: My tie-wire tree and a pretty box from ma and dad.

I was lucky enough to be given this pretty sofa by a sweet friend of my parents. That's my first attempt at a yo-yo quilt.

Fluffy little love muffin Lucy is not annoyed at having her photo taken. Much.

Charlotte never even twitched at the camera flash.

She's so happy in her new home. She has been spotted PLAYING!! Playing!!! She likes to kill her purple mousie toy a lot. At 15 years old, she's rediscovering her youth. Sometimes she sleeps snuggled up next to me on the couch, but the bathroom sink is her favorite napping place.

Ipod Pouch

I made this adorable little pouch for the Ipod Nano of my best buddy Kimmie. She totally rocks with or without her tunes.

Totes for Molly

I finally finished the totes that my lovely sister-in-law Molly requested like a MONTH ago. Molly has been keeping my girls supplied with hot-off-the-press Harry Potter books since the series began. Every time J. K. wrote a book, Molly had it on our doorstep from Amazon dot com on release day. She saved us from Nancy (our middle child) going completely bonkers in case she had to wait to get to the book store. Here's to you, Molly!

Belly Cuteness

Anna is growing up to be such a beautiful young lady. She is a talented belly dancer too. Here she is modeling her new costume. She picked the colors and some of the fabric. I made the costume and did all the beading. The pattern is a mish-mash of ideas and copies of other costumes she owns. Below is a close up of the halter. Look how tiny her waist is!

Recent Totally Bitchin' Finds

See that really cool border fabric? The Blue crissy-crossy stuff? I got that at the flea market. I LOVE it.

Wal-Mart Has many lovelies for a buck a yard. The whole top row here was a buck a yard!! A BUCK! The pink, the tan/blue/circles, and the orange/red zinnia were a little more from Joann's.


This is one of my favorite finds from Joann's. Manly, yes. But I like it too.

View B gored skirt for bellydance class - way tribal.

Absolutely HUGE pants also for bellydance class. I think these are so cute, but I will proabably look like a hot-air balloon.

Most excellent cheapie-cheap brown brocade for a short vest, and fetchingly flowie chiffon-like stuff for a short peasant blouse.

A closer look.

See that long-sleeved sexy number with the flowing sleeves? Momma's gonna let it all hang out!