Tuesday, January 11, 2011

snow day sewing...

Hang on.... 
I will get to the sewing in a minute.  This would be Cornelious and his friend Zach, who happens to be Karen's middle son.  They wanted to sit around the fire pit one last time before Zach left for Tennessee. He will be attending school there.
Recently I had told two different people that I didn't think we could have an outdoor fire because it was buried under snow. 

I was wrong......


Yes it was buried under snow that tractor joe had pushed there.

BUT!

It is possible to dig out the snow and build a nice fire.


It was like a snow fireplace. Kinda cozy.
I have to admit, that while I went out there to AHH & OOOhh...that they actually got a fire going, I didn't stay out there that long.

So Karen is off delivering Zach to school, and I have chores.
I am feeding her cats.


Pretty kitties. 

I woke up this morning wanting to start sewing. We had a late start and then they cancelled school. How perfect for me.....

I had a new idea for humbugs that I will send to Tonya.....here are the sections before I started sewing them all together...


and here is what it looks like all sewn up into a block.


I haven't trimmed it down to measurement that are divisible by 2 yet, but other than that it is done.
I love the little fat feet!







6 comments:

Stray Stitches (Linda G) said...

Your bug block is adorable!!!

Tonya Ricucci said...

pretty kitties and fabulous bug! a fire sounds really nice - my family always used to have them when we were out camping. been ages...

Karen H said...

What a nice post! :)

Tanya said...

You are so clever. Love that bug! I have been trying to think of something that I could do to participate but I'm not that creative. BOO! I don't think I can make a bug... Should I even try?

Kim said...

Okay that bug is so cute and took everything I had in me not to copy it and quick send it to Tonya!

Happy sewing

Vesuviusmama said...

You amaze me with your crativity - what a wonderful bug!