Fabric Photo Frame

My blog friend Messy Karen generously gave me some great fabric last year. Today I was looking at it and loving it even moore. Not knowing exactly what I wanted to do with it then I held it up to the newly painted wall of my sewing room. Then I pulled out the staple gun and a small corkboard and went to town.

I had this great picture of Bo and I from our trip to Disney World. Which we went to for Bo's birthday, and I thought the fabric was perfect to put with it. This is what I came up with. I can't wait to hang it in my sewing room. I just LOVE it. I still have some fabric left. I can't wait to see what I can do with the rest of the fabric. Thanks again Karen.

Finally

I finally got my last Christmas present. Bo's dad asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told him that I wanted some craft books and a pitcher with my monogram on it. Well he put Bo in charge of purchasing the craft books. Which all came except one. The book pictured below was guaranteed before Christmas arrival when Bo ordered it on December 18Th. It still hadn't come as this week. Bo finally got an email from Books-a-million saying that it was no longer available to ship and they credited our account. Well last night after we ate we went to the local Books-a-million store and lo and behold they had my book so I purchased it. We shop at Books-a-million because it is an Alabama corporation and located near our house. The guy at the store didn't understand why they couldn't ship it. He was really confused about the email we got and really nice. I so wish they would get their act together with their online site. So that is my little rant and now I'm off to craft.

Pintucks

Okay - It doesn't look like much, but it took me an hour and a half to make 4 strips of 11 rows of pintucks. Hopefully it will start looking like a dress soon.

Feeling Better

I am feeling much better. I appreciate all of you asking. I still don't have all of my energy back, but I'm getting there.

During one of my burst of energy I started to refold my fabric. This is all the farther I've gotten, but I hope to work on my stash over the weekend.

My nephew had his 2nd birthday party this past weekend. It was a farm theme. I just loved his cake. It was as good as it looks. My brother's assistant made it. She actually has a cake business on the side.

Nephew was one lucky kid to actually have ponies at his party. He loved riding them and petting them. We had so much fun.

Funny

Yes, I still read a newspaper pretty much daily. My dad reads the paper cover to cover and he can tell you more about what is going on in town than most people. My favorite daily part has to be the comic strips. They just make me laugh more than anything, and more than a few are taped to the fridge. Some of my favorites have to be Baby Blues, Crankshaft, For Better or Worse, and Pickles.

Pickles by Brian Crane can be found at Arca MaxPublishing.

This is today's comic strip I hope you find it as a funny as I did.

Rows of Lace

Before I got sick I sewed three rows of lace each is 60 inches long. This lace is going to be used in a high school graduation dress for my friend Lindy's daughter. Next week I hope to start on working on rows of pintucks. I'm hoping to have this finished by my May deadline.

Bronchitis

I was sicker than sick on Friday night. I had a 103 temp. Bo was actually away hunting and I called him around 10:30p.m. and he drove an hour home to take care of me. My mom drove two hours the next day to take care of me so Bo could go back to hunting trip. I never really go better and my cold turned into Bronchitis. I have had a breathing treatment at the Dr.'s office. Then I went home with a inhaler, antibiotic, steroid, and cough medicine. Needless to say I haven't been sewing. I haven't really left the couch. Bo has been great to me. He actually sleep on the recliner beside me. Bo was covered with the quilt pictured below. This quilt was made by Bo's grandmother. She actually made him three quilts: a baby quilt, a quilt for his 18th birthday (he won't use this one at all), and the one pictured below. I hope to get back into the swing of things soon starting with going to work tomorrow.