Sewing/Craft Room

Here are a couple of pictures of my sewing/craft room. I don't think I'll show you the whole room...or where I paint. LOL And you are definitely not seeing all of my unfinished projects...I say projects...because there are clothes, quilts, dolls, paintings....yep I am a great starter. Not too good at finishing.

teapot parts

Here are the wonderful parts I received from the teapot swap.

Hat by Fran, Spout by Delys, Handle by Sue. Please identify the body maker and face maker...if you can.

Love affair with buttons

I am working on a birthday card for one of my daughters. Here is the front cover....I do love buttons.

RR recipe...more pages

I added a front inside cover and a dessert cover page. I must mail this soon. I need to quit playing with it.

RR Recipe Journal

Hi everyone. Here is my RR recipe journal. The cover, the first page and a recipe. I copied the recipe from an old 1940 something cookbook. The book belonged to my Mom. She gave it to me years ago. Believe me they do not make them like this one any more. It even tells you how to set the table. It isn't very artsy. Mostly things from scrap booking...stickers and such. But I have divided it into sections. Snacks, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (yes I am old...we do not have supper at my house we have dinner) and last but best Desserts.

Mary Beth Dressed

This doll is from a workshop I had the privilege to attend a few years ago. The Pattern is Called Mary Beth. It is a Sherry Goshen pattern and, of course, Sherry taught the class. It was a wonderful class and I learned a lot.

I dressed her today. Now she hasn't been naked all this time. She just didn't like what she was wearing. You know how girls are. I was watching TV today and Saw a doll maker altering fabric. Using lots of fibers and free motion quilting techniques. Now I have tried this before. And messed up my sewing machine really bad. Since, that was quite a while ago.... And I didn't remember how painful it was to be without my beloved machine for a while. I decided to try it again. You will see the results in her cape.

before of the Kitchen right side

I am still dragging today...but I got a little sleep last night. OK, it wasn't last night. It was early this morning. Here are a couple of more shots of the kitchen. The right side, with the cabinets, is about to change. I am taking the doors off the upper cabinets. (one door is already taken off) Installing another shelf at the top of the cabinets and putting up curtains instead of doors. On the tops shelves (which the curtains will not cover) I am putting blue and white enamel ware. I am looking for blue, white and yellow plaid curtains or fabric. Wish me luck. So far I have not been able to find what I want. Oh, and a valance for the window over the sink.

Sometime or other there will be after pictures. It depends on finding the right curtains.....

kitchen after

I have very, very tired. But it is done. The kitchen the back hallway and the main hallway are painted. Furniture is back in place. My Sweet, Wonderful, Intelligent, hard working daughter,

Tonya, is amazing. She worked harded than I did. I would never have gotten all of this done in one day without her.

kitchen....before

This is my kitchen ceiling...the before shot...before I sold 51 pieces of enamel ware.

This is my kitchen wall...the way it looks tonight. Hopefully, by tomorrow night it will be a beautiful yellow. I've moved a lot of furniture today. Washed this one long wall and taped off the woodwork. One more back wall to do tonight. Then on to the hallway.

Gift from Kai

I received a wonderful Christmas gift from a Great Gal. Thank you Kai. I will hang this from the hardward on my purse. And I will take a little bit of you with me where ever I go.

Knitting...I can't stop

I have a love of purses and lately a love of knitting. Here is an almost finished purse...needs lining etc. And one with just the body of the purse knitted. The instructions came form the Knitty Gritty show. The designers name is Barry. For those of you that knit, the pattern is similar to making a dish cloth. They are knitted starting with only 3 knit stiches. And 2 different yarns.

felted purse

I bought a beautiful Pendleton sweater at the Goodwill store. It wasn't in great shape...had a couple of small holes. Total cost about $2.00. I cut it apart and cut out a purse pattern that was a back pack. Sewed it up. Then held my breath when I threw it in the washer. I kept checking on it and when it was approximately the size I wanted it to be. I broke the rules and threw it in the dryer.

It is a Christmas present for my oldest daughter, Tonya. She hasn't seen it yet. Because I forgot to wrap it and take it to our Christmas celebration.

Christmas Celebration

Tonya
Patrick
Cody wearing too hats
Mother and Mary Jo

We celebrated Christmas at our Oldest daughters house today. It was a beautiful day!

Angela, Jadon and Ella

I got a wonderful Christmas present today from Central Asia via email. Some pictures. Here is one. Isn't the internet wonderful!

Now I am a little bit prejudice (since this is a picture of our Youngest daughter and our two granddaughters)...but I do believe these are 3 pretty girls.

Glass Ornaments

This ornament is made using Rainbow paint. I love playing with this paint. It is very different than most paints. It is thick and transparent. Made for glass. You can't use a brush to put it on. You just have to pour and hope for the best. I've sold hundreds of these in the last few years.

more ornaments

I made more ornaments for Jadon's tree. I bought 3 gingerbread men Wednesday. I thought they were really cute. When I got home...I thought I should have bought more....so Instead of going back to town...today I made three.

Another use for buttons

This is a button (vintage buttons) bracelet that I made. I love these. Even if it does take me forever to make one.

tree ornaments

Really a tree ornament...little primitive tree ornaments to go on one of my trees. I am doing one tree in soft ornaments only. So that Jadon can take the ornaments off and put them back on. And not get into any trouble. And another good use for those old buttons.

Christmas Trees

Two of my Christmas trees...the kitchen tree always makes me smile. If you look closely there is a cactus behind the big tree with horse lights. That is David's tree.

Button Ornament

I bet some of you have a button collection. I have jars full of them. I decided to use some of my vintage buttons. So I covered a styrofoam ball. And now I have a neat Ornament for my tree.

More Teapot Handles

Well, here are two more. I know, I got carried away. Or maybe I can't count. I kept thinking I had made 5. But only saw 4. One was hiding under my sewing machine. I found it after I made number 6.

Teapot Handles

I want to say first....bad scan, bad scan.
I am too tired to go take pictures...so I'll just show the scans. These little handles are for a Christmas Teapot swap on FDA.
I need to make 5...but I have run out of inspiration. Hopefully, tomorrow will bring a new idea for the last handle.

Me

Yes. that is me....The picture was taken over 50 years ago...but I haven't changed much. Just, taller, heavier, wrinkles...well..oh and I lost the hair wings.
That was one bad perm.

Bracelets

I am working on Christmas presents. I've made eight bracelets...here are a few of them. The pictures are scans...so not great. But you get the idea of what I have been doing.

Dress from

I started this dress form a long, long time ago. It is finally finished. And it is a gift for my sister. I hope she likes it.
It is a pattern from Lincoln Mold co. I think. I covered it with paper mache..just went wild from there.

Quilts

Hurray, I finished the quilts. Two rather small quilts for two little girls. One for Jadon and one for Ella. Quilters please do not take a close look. Because I pretty much made my own rules when I made these quilts. My Mother will see them tomorrow (my mother the Quilter)! She will not be too proud of her daughter.

Unsuccessful

Not everything goes as I would like. I knitted three...three..Hats for our youngest granddaughter. None of them fit. I actually followed the pattern when I knitted the first one. Tried it on her...didn't fit. Knitted another one. Added stiches...well you get the idea. They match the afghan I knitted for her. Thank goodness afghans don't have to fit. Just mainly cover the child. Oh, this is a picture of the medium size one. Cute but too small.

DOMINO GUY

My dear, darling husband said this looks like the tin man...Only green. And I think he is right. Not exactly what I was aiming for. The head is from a press mold. I used embossing powder on the head and domino. The legs and arms are turquoise stones. And....I think it needs some kind of hair. Maybe then it wouldn't look quite so much like the tin man.

Little Socks

Hi everyone. I don't want you all to think my hands have been idol...I mean idle.
See the little socks I have been working on. I just did a little crotchet with wild yarn around the tops. Aren't they cute. And my Granddaughters love them.

BUNDLE OF LOVE

Nothing crafty here, but, definitely a work of art. Our youngest granddaughter. Born 8/28 at 7:27 am.