Weekend of Splendid Sewing

I got 10 blocks done for the Splendid Sampler.

I started out Appliqueing. I fused all the pieces onto these 5 blocks, and then sewed the pieces down all at the same time. This saved me from having to switch the thread multiple times.

Block #55 Dedication Rose

Block #56 At Home Anywhere

Block #63 The Icing on the Cake.

Block #68 Wild Roses

And the October Bonus Splendid Sampler Pumpkin.

Then I moved onto paper piecing, and completed 5 more blocks!!

Block #28 Stitching Fashion I've been avoiding this one since it came out, but I only had to rip out 2 seams!

Block #48 Whim

Block #54Shell.

This one gave me the most trouble. I had to rip out the same seam 4 times!! It could be because I was tired and dealing with crabby kids. After ripping out the same seam over and over, I decided it was time to take a break, get the kids to bed and finish it in the morning.

Block #58 Homeward Bound

Block #67Bobbin Chase.

45 blocks and 5 bonus blocks done!!

Linking up to Em's Scrapbag.

Project Life Week 10

One of the comments I got was if I ever share my Project Life (PL) on my blog. That made me realize, my blog has leaned towards sewing, quilting lately. When I first started this blog it was scrapbooking.

Here is my PL Week 10 layout I completed in September.

For this one I use artwork that my youngest son did in ECFE, (I'm trying to date all the kids artwork so I can include it when it was made/brought home). Since I don't keep all their artwork I thought I could cut his abstract painting up, use it as title, filler, journal cards for the week, and still have a piece of his artwork.

Maybe in the future I will take more photos of my layouts (different angles) to include in my blog.

Artwork

I've been mainly sewing, but I wanted to make sure my son's artwork got into our Project Life Album. I put an old needle on the sewing machine and put his artwork into a page protector and sewed around the artwork.

Linking up to Sarah's, Amanda's and Myra's.

Baby Hat

I got the hat done that my 8 year old wanted me to knit for a teacher she had last year. We went to deliver it today and the teacher had her baby boy on Monday. So we left it in her office with the substitute teacher who promised Sydney she would get it to her for her.

A sweater..

So I haven't knit in forever but seeing my sister and mom knitting I wanted to. I got some yarn and a pattern from my mom and made a sweater for my youngest.

My eight year old daughter told me the other day that one of teachers last year is pregnant and wants me to make a hat. Since we don't know what the baby is, I asked her what color would work for either a boy or girl and she said red. So that will be my next project.

Halloween Costume

I got my son's Halloween costume all stitched together.

#10 off my list.

More Cats

I now have all the blue cats done.

And here are 3 more green cats.