Squishy surprise! and some hunting seats...

Oh Angela, Angela, Angela!  THIS was the package of goodies I received in the mail on Tuesday;  completely by surprise(!) with a note from Angela saying, "I thought you could use these with your Midgets."  So, yesterday morning, I dug into the fabrics for Midget #35:  stay tuned on Tuesday.

A friend needed some dear-stand seats redone, so he contacted me to see if I could "work some magic."

This one pictured wasn't the worst of 'em; the worst was literally only the 3 straps held together by some completely tattered pieces of black fabric;  no stuffing left what-so-ever!

After a day's worth of trimming, measuring, sewing..... I think they turned out pretty A-OK.

Thankfully, the friend also approved!  He is "extremely happy" with the results!

So...Sunday.  Most of the laundry was finished yesterday.  We have the in-laws visiting us.  (They arrived yesterday around 1:30PM).  The muffins are done.  I think.... Mother-in-Law and I are going to head downstairs so she can see EM in action.

Happy Sunday.

Tiny Tuesday #34: Rocky Glen

Midget block #34 tackled (and posted just a wee bit early)

Hmm....looks wrong, you say??

Well....that's what I thought too.

So, I checked and rechecked the "units" to find out where my mistake was.

You see that I have the 4-unit correct, right? (pictured 2nd from left)

It turns out---it wasn't exactly my mistake. 

It doesn't matter how you "rotate" that "unit" around......it ain't gonna match the final block :\

This was an excellent reminder to look through and check out patterns on your own;  sometimes mistakes are made in published patterns.  Oh well.  In the big "finished" picture.....**shrug**.... It is what it is.

A family weekend

Yes, my blog has been very silent the past few days.  We've been up in Ashland, WI--just getting away and enjoying some time together with family.

Cass and I started the dismally misty Saturday morning out by running a 5K together (at least up until mile 1.5).  She kept going at a decent pace, while I backed off and enjoyed the rest of the race with some walks.  I kept saying that my excuse was going to be that I wanted the top male 10K'er to pass me by the time I crossed the finish line, but.... he never did.  I guess that means I did okay :)

The rest of the day, we did absolutely NOTHING!  We sat in the living room...relaxed... and watched one chick flick after another on the Hallmark channel.  

And then this morning, at 9:30, the three girls and myself headed out to the woods for a lil' nature walk.

We tried to find the perfect "leaning log" for a picture, and we thought we did... until Candace sat down.  LOL.  It was quite a giggle fest!

We found another one, but the girls were more interested in walking across it than having a picture taken on it. :)

Eventually, Paul caught up with us...and we continued to hike around for the next hour or so.

Any hunter knows what this is!  Nice Buck-rub.

AND we eventually found the perfect log for an impromptu family picture.  Who needs expensive photographers and fancy-schmancy outfits for family pictures?  

As always, I hope you found your enjoyment over the weekend as well.

Can you believe it's the middle of OCTOBER!!?!?!

Tiny Tuesday: #33 Merry Go Round

I dusted off the paper-piecing skill for this one;  it took a couple of attempts before I remembered the correct direction to place the fabrics!  A few seams are a teeny bit off;  no biggy for me.

Rainbow Scraps and Embroidery

"Brown, Brown, Brown"  -Professor Higgins

October is Brown month in Angela's 2012 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  A string block was pieced up...

...and added to the design wall of random projects.  

EM had some work to do today;  some towels for an upcoming wedding gift.  I still need to add the Family name to the dish towels.

Clara is the little girl of the lady getting married at the end of the month;  I couldn't leave her out of the gift-receiving :)

EM also did some other projects, but they are in the dryer right now;  I embroidered my name on a hoodie of mine;  just playing and trying things out.  Lesson learned:  turn the name upside-down, so that when the hoodie is down, it's right-side up.  

 You know what everyone else was doing while I was sewing and doing up the laundry???

:D

I think the girls' friends are going to stop coming over.  Every time someone visits, we Paul puts them to work.  Pictured here....Katrina (in the fuzzy bear hat).... is helping out with the potatoes.

A visitor just knocked on the door.... so I'm off for now.  

Happy Saturday.

Sewing on a school night!

I haven't been down in the sewing room for over a week---wowsers!  But today after school, I was able to completely catch up with my grading... and the girls rode the bus home... so all the Homework and chores and dinner were completed at a decent time.  SO..... I worked on some feedsack towels I bought last week.  Our set is getting quite tattered;  I suppose after 14 years of marriage and use, it's time to replace them!

I'm not much of a "cow" person---or any kind of theme, for that matter.  But these guys were cute....and FREE.

All the while EM was working away, I tinkered around with some the Hawaii Sunset units to piece together the first block.  

But now that EM is finished.....it's time to get to bed.  I started down here at 8:00 with intentions of ONLY putting in one hour's worth of sewing.

Psht!

:D

Happy Almost-Friday.

Half Full or Half Empty?

The famous question:  Do you see your glass as half full or half empty?

My simple answer:  If COFFEE is in it;  it's ALWAYS half full! :D

Umm....It's already October 4!!!!!!!!!

Holy moly.

Tiny Tuesday: #32 Arrowhead Star

I decided to cut out some applique pieces on fusible web for this block, and then blanket-stitched the edges, rather than paper-piecing.  

I've made it to OCTOBER with my Tiny Tuesdays!  Whahooooo!  I just might catch up to Angela one of these days  {{**snort-giggle**}}