fabric postcards are off.....

What makes me happy here is....I finally figured out how to zig-zag around the edges and make it look nice! The secret is... letting the needle go off the edge!!

I am so pleased, I may make more.

Eventually.

I am keeping the top left one, his stitching was really bad. 

I actually had 8, but one was already sealed in an envelope when I remembered to take a picture. Then I was off to the post office. These went "as is" & so far all my postcards have made it safely to their destinations, so hopefully, these will also.

It cost an extra 20 cents for hand stamping them AND she used real stamps this time, not that print out thing! An angel stamp along with a George Washington.

Bye-bye guys!

my favorite holiday....

Some of the preschoolers made turkeys for Thanksgiving. They were pretty happy with them. I loved how they turned out, they make me smile.
Tractor joe is in Wisconsin. It is deer hunting season. I have no plans to go anywhere. Staying home! I do need to go find my roaster oven and stick a turkey in it.....
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you aren't in the states here....Happy Thursday, it is almost Friday!

more distraction.....

I made 32 flying geese to use in the zombie border. 

Jacob was over this afternoon. He wants the geese to go in a circle around the quilt. So there will be 7 on the top and bottom and 9 on each side. Then each side will get filled in with one of the orange fabrics.

I also worked on something else today......

When my mom was here she said, "I like your fabric postcards the best."

hmmmmm....I wasn't planning on making any out of fabric.

But there I was at the kitchen table this morning.

I had the background sewn up with some check fabric inserted in there. 

Then I spent time tracing and cutting and pressing the heat-n-bond to fabric. Things went rather  quickly.

This is what they look like. The snowman came from a book of patterns called

Holiday Whimsies by Trena Hegdahl

They are all quilted, button eyes sewn on and the words "warm wishes" is stamped on the side.

Won't be long and they will be postcards!

block lotto and postcards......

This month for block lotto we are making scrappy trip around the world blocks. (November guidelines)
All the blocks must have black or very dark fabric going up the center diagonal.

OOPS....didn't quite get the dark in the center.



Try again......





the next one will work out right....

OOPS again....not even close.


I am in the middle of making my own scrappy trip around the world quilt.
So I was sort of happy, two more blocks for my pile.

But I really wanted some for the block lotto.

I figured out where I was going wrong and managed to make 6 blocks.

My sister, Jane, and my Mom were down for the weekend. Jane had ALL KINDS of artsy fartsy stuff she wanted to work on. All we managed to finish were two postcards....

I laughed when I saw this. Who will get it???? She didn't say.....She just continued to glue things down,
and giggle.
When she was leaving, I told her "wait, I need a picture of your card."
She pointed to the fridge. She had stuck it there.
The card was for me.

Yesterday, I had laid down on the couch and was having a hard time getting up off the couch when she arrived here. I was suffering from can't-get-off-the-couch-itis.
Haha.

My little niece, Madison or MJW, started a blog. She is 7, I think.  One day she showed how to draw a simple coffee cup. This is my "wishing you luck" card for her. Her drawing inspired me!

the quilt show here in town.....

The gym was full of quilts last Saturday. Big, small, old and new. 

When I went to collect my quilts back, I quick took some pictures.

I am not sure who owns this one.

It reminds me of my grandma. It is tied the way hers were. I never liked the bumpiness of them when I was going to bed at her house. I didn't like the embroidered pillow cases either. That bumpiness on the edge would bug me.... 

but it sure is pretty!

This one is really old. It belongs to a friend of mine. She says her great grandma made it.

There were four ladies sitting and waiting for the quilts to come down, so they could take theirs home.

I walked around grabbing pictures of different quilts laying in the bleachers.

I know this one is Karen's. It is the only one I got a picture of. She had more there, I could kick myself. I didn't get a picture of my favorite one. Dang.

This one and the next one are mine. It was made for tractor joe to hang out in his men's crisis center. (the fixed up hog house or shed)

I have never shown this one finished on the blog. It sat with no binding for a LONG time.

I know Doris made this one.....

and this one. She makes all bed size quilts.

She doesn't "mess with that little sh*t"....(wall hangings)

This still isn't a nice picture of my geocaching quilt. I miss my clothes line.

At least you can see my colorful striped binding.

one quick thing.....

These are travel tissue covers....keeps the kleenex safe and clean in your bag or purse.

I made four of them yesterday. 

They are the cutest little things....and so dang simple to make!

I first saw them here at vesuviusmama's blog and really like them.

Erin found them HERE and made up a bunch.

I think they will make the perfect little gift 

and I will be sure to keep at least one for myself!!!

the baby, the zombie, and I'm not sure......

It is hard sharing the camera with Crispy, he always has it with him for school. It is never available when I want it...but it is finally back in my hands, for now!

All the northwind blocks are sewn together and the name is started. The letters are from a piece of tie-dyed looking fabric. I love the way they look. I may use it for borders too.

Center is complete....the second round will be this check fabric cut just so.

And then the final border will be some shade of orange. Exactly what orange hasn't been determined yet.... It is time to go shopping for it.

I am not sure about these. I made them up thinking they would work for a baby quilt. I need more made.

Right now it is sorta boring to me. Colors....it needs more colors.

One more thing, my baby turns 18 tomorrow. Sigh. 

I am really not that old. I had him when I was about 10.