almost done....

my two little quilts for december were finally washed last night and are ready for their tea dye today, will be posted tomorrow, finally....

got our tree....

just thought the tree looked cute in the rumble seat of the Model A ....
although after getting tree back home and taking off again to run other errands, then having a car full of stuff and greg leaving the turn signal on (has no beeping noise to let you know that) low & behold the car in dead!!! what now dear?  so since i know nothing about driving a stick shift i get the fun of pushing this cute green car so he can pop start it....as of this the car has lost it's cuteness for awhile....
now sweaty....
but my Genie bra held up just fine!
enjoy your weekend  cheri

as seen on tv.....

i'm a child of the sixties and that means going braless most of the time, i know this is way too much information!
anyway have started to be more cognizant of wearing at least a sports bra during the day, still find it uncomfortable.....my daughter told me about the genie bra said everyone raves about them and now i'm a proud wearer & raver of this most comfortable bra i've ever worn.....
enjoy your bra on or off day.....

everyday patchwork

lots more blocks....
star block....
cut two 4&1/4" squares, cut diagonally twice and four 3&1/2" squares from yellow....from black cut two 4&1/4" squares, cut diagonally twice and one 3&1/2" square.....
bowtie blocks two cut muslin squares 2&1/2"  from print cut two each 2&1/2" squares and 1&1/2" squares.....snowball corner of muslin squares with small print squares....
half square triangles are cut 2&7/8" squares cut diagonally once  alternate squares 2&1/2" ....
pink block  center square 1&1/2"  first border 1&1/2" wide  second border 1" wide   add 1&1/2" wide piece to top edge
nine patch cut 1&1/2" squares  border 1&1/2" x 3&1/2"  corners 1&1/2"
enjoy   cheri

some sewing time.....

yes i got out into my sewing room today and made some progress on several projects....laid out fabrics for new everyday patchwork blocks, pieced together several half square triangles for december's primitive quilt, pieced together the top of my thursday class quilt project, it's a sawtooth star block with half square triangle corners, i added the economy square for the alternate block and will add some applique on top border and i finished the ornament and little quilt for a primitive quilt swap, tea dye tomorrow and then into the mail, can't show you pictures of those as they need to be a surprise for someone.....
plan on spending wednesday sewing away also because it feels so good.....

vintage Christmas....

greg & I went out toodling around in our Model A yesterday for our anniversary, drove along the coast & of course made some fun purchases.....
don't you just love these vintage Christmas pieces....
greg picked up this 50's clock, doesn't work but he will enjoy tinkering with it, loves fiddling with gadgets, most be a guy thing.....
I got greg an antique wine bottle Corker, he's got a little vineyard going, for our anniversary.....I'm posting this post on my new Motorola Zoom he got me & I'm loving it....
put away tables & chairs this morning, did a little more cleaning in the kitchen & now off to get in some sewing time, that is if I can unplug myself from my tablet!
enjoy your weekend
cheri

Happy Thanksgiving

enjoy your family, friends, feast and festivites.....

pieces from days gone past....

these are some of the tole painted pieces i did long ago....my ex mother in law passed away and in cleaning out the house her daughters gave me pieces that i and my kids had made for her years ago....so many memories of those long ago painting days befor i ever thought of picking up needle & thread....will donate these to a local thrift store of course keeping all my children's art work....
sorry haven't been posting on a regular basis lately have been busy putting together a baby shower for my daughter last weekend and now getting all ready for a house full for Thanksgiving....all hustle & bustle not much sitting and stitching, in fact i haven't been at my machine for over a week and i'm starting to feel it....need to get out there for a day of creative rejuvenation, hopefully soon....
enjoy  cheri

everyday patchwork....

blocks 3, 4, 5 & 6....
block 3...
cut four 1&1/2" x 2&1/2"  from yellow and  one 2&1/2" square and four 1&1/2" squares from green.
block 4....
large triangles cut 2&7/8" squares cut once diagonally and for smaller triangles cut 3&1/4" squares cut twice diagonally.
block 5....
cut 1&1/2"  squares from red and yellow.
block 6....
cut 3&1/4" squares cut diagonally twice for center block....
all strips around center are 1&1/2" and corner squares are 1&1/2"
i added a 1&1/2" strip to top of block one....
enjoy  cheri

november's little quilt winner....

is Diane M place another seat at the Thanksgiving table....
just need your address and little primitive quilt will be on it's way....
enjoy  cheri