Finished 2 more UFO

I quilted this boy quilt for the cancer hospital our quilt group makes quilts for. I have had it ready for months waiting for the sewing machine to be ready to practice. I played with it for hours last week. I need more practice I juSt do not move smooth with the free motion. This is going be a while and lots of practice. I hope I am infor the long haul.

The table runner was for last Christmas which missed the whole thing! ha! I now have it ready for next year and I think it will look nice in our dinning room.
I do like to have a pretty table for family time.

Now what about Easter It's coming up?

The Indian Lady ready for the Framer

This is the needlepoint I took to stitch for the Auction at ANG seminar 2011. I had planned to stitch it after Christmas while things are slow at home. Well it just never got slow this year. Auburn went to the National Championship game and then family moving things never slowed. When I pulled it out to stitch I noticed it was to be mailed by March 1. It was Feb. 25 so it was not going to happen at the correct time. I wrote the person in charge and she was very nice saying go ahead and stitch it and we will use it next year. But I have it done now and I am going to have it framed before sending it in. This Indian Lady was designed by Tish of Sundance Designs. This lady was a real leader in the needlepoint revival. I was happy to learn about this as I stitched. I will post a picture of her framed soon.

Daughter moves to Texas

Our Daughter calls telling us she will be moving to Austin Texas. We move back to the Southeast to be near our family and now they move to Texas. I am sure they will enjoy their time there just as Dunk and I did. We are happy for them to have the experence of being involved with University of Texas Football. I am sure it will fun and exciting. I will miss just knowing I can not drive to see them when ever I want. But Patricia tells me that is why I have moved close to the Atlanta airport!! I guess it is.:-)

Stocking

I have been studying this stocking for 5 years. I can not say working on it because I really have to study painted canvas to decide on thread and stitch. I work on it and put it away as it seems to just wear me out. This past fall I told myself it is time to "just do" it and i did. I am well pleased. I have not given it to him and his parents yet I guess I want to see it hanging here for a while. It is 10 months till time to use it any way. Sam likes this dark but bright blue color I hope he will always like it. ha!

More on our Retreat

My 2 Teenage Granddaughters came for our Retreat at Nannie's house. That means no one else can be here. But Yee Haw was around some so we had him go to get food for us as we did not have time to cook!! We made so many things and had so much fun from Friday till Monday morning. We even went to Waffle house for breakfast the last morning. It was all great but Anna got to feel bad the last morning so it ended kind of on a bad note. Here are a few things we made. We had a pattern for these small boxes and they were fun to make. Then with the left over fabric we made book marks and luggage tags. They brought their scrap books and made some pages for them. Then we found directions to a journal made from a file folder. Then we really had fun. We got into their parents old school papers and used it to make these books. We laughed and had fun makeing these.

I am Back

Life has been busy for me this year 2011. That is a good thing for me as I do enjoy being active. The new year came fast. Then we go to the National Chapionship Colleg football game Phonix, AZ. Auburn University won the game and made this trip even better. We had a wonderful time on this trip.

RETREAT 2011

Taylor Julia & Anna Claire Taylor Julia & Anna Claire made ribbon balls

It will be a Happy New Year if our Tigers will WIN their Bowl Game! It is Duck hunting season in Phoenix, AZ right now.

Holiday's at the Hale House

Christmas came and went The New Year 2011 is here. We had a wonderful time with all our family. There was so much fun going on. We had gift giving off and on for days, games played, kick ballgames, new Wii games, and lots of eating! Then we traveled to Patricia's for Christmas day and enjoyed seeing the girls enjoy thier Santa gifts. Snow came on Christms day afternoon with much beauty. This was a 1st for us Southerns. Then later in the week we traveled to my sister's for a day and got to visit and exchange giftw with them. What will the new year bring for our family this year? I pray it will be a good year with peace, love, and family. The January calendar is getting full and each thing I am looking forward to. Auburn Tigers Football game, Retreat week end with granddaughters. It just can not get much better.

Having a WHITE CHRISTMAS!

Cookies-cookies

I have been stitching these cookies for a year and just could not get them finished nicely. I took them to a finishing class in Ohio and now I am so pleased. I still have a few to go but I am getting there now. I had a friend come by for a visit and she asked me why I had cookies on my chest in the foyer. I was so pleased she thought they were real. ;-)

My Birthday is the day after Halloween and so I guess that is why I enjoy Halloween so much. I am not sure what I will be this hollween but I will try to have fun with the children who come by.

Our grandson is all ready having fun dressing up and I mean "Dressing Up" I guess he is James Bond. sam loves to put on his tie and coat any time he can. the Glasses really make the outfit.

Fall Is Here

It seems Fall has arrived in Georgia. We woke this morning to temperatures in the 30's. All I can say is Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!! I do not like winter as I stay cold most of the time. I guess I will go to my studio and stay for a few months. But 1st Thanksgiving is coming up on us soon. What will be the menu this year?? Turkey, dressing, mac&cheese I guess. We are all enjoying Auburn football this fall and going to the games is a lot of fun. The tailgate party is always nice to visit with family & other Auburn fans. This week end Auburn is playing Arkansas and this is going to be a hard game. I will stay home and watch in our Auburn TV room.

Finishing class

The finishing class I took at Seminar was very good and I did finish some of the cookies. I have some to go but I think I can get busy now an finishing them. the class was great and all the ladies in the class so nice to get to know. We learned how to finish many type of things such as stand ups, pillows, ornaments, scissor bag, & etc.

ANG Siminar

This is Pam & I visiting after each of us moving from Texas. I enjoyed a week at the ANG Seminar in Columbus, Ohio. I also ran into friends I had not seen in a few years as well as making new friends. The color class I made the color board for was a great class. Orna Willis was very nice and opened my eyes to color. I would love more time with her.

Magi Boxes

The last of September I loaded our car with 103 Magi Boxes along with my sewing machine and 2 suitcases plus all my stitching supplies. We delivered the 103 shoe boxes which had been packed with all kinds of things for children. Each box had been packed for a boy or girl and the age the gifter choose to make it for. This is such a fun project to do for children who have never heard of Christmas or of Jesus. I just love this project for children. The last time my Grandchildren came to visit they each brought gifts to pack in shoe boxes.

Trading Card with Stitchin Fingers

This is the trading card I made for a cyber group. the challenge was to make a card with fabric and fibers using a famous artist work. I chose Monet and his piece called "The ARTIST'S GARDEN at GIVERNY". this was a enjoyable work to do. Now it is ready to be mailed to the UK far away. Can not wait to see what I may receive.

I AM BACK

I hope to be back posting more often now. I just got lazy for a while. I have so many jobs to get done that I had to take some time to get them under control. This month is flying by too fast for me. It is about time to go to ANG seminar and I have home work to get done plus a lot of stuff to line up to carry with me.I think I have my color board all ready see what you think. I was to collect all kinds of things to relate in color with this picture the teacher sent me. Here is the picture That she sent me. I am pleased with it and ready to take it to Ohio. Now if I could get all the threads I need lined up. The overdye tread is the main color and I can not find what I like. Now to get all my things lined up for the finishing class I have..

Here is the new baby

I have already written about this new machine I have but had no picture. This thing is a big one and I hope to learn to use it soon. It is suppose to do many things for me but I have yet to learn it any of it. Life keeps getting in the way for me to get time to study the Manuel and learn. I need a class and soon.

Week end coming

My family are coming this week end I am excited about seeing them. I will be cooking a little before so not much stitching the rest of the week. I do not like to stand in the kitchen while they are here, I try to have all foods planned ahead. I have the taco meat ready (grand kids love that). Now I need to get cookies made and a Birthday cake or brownies for Anna's 14 Birthday. We will celebrate that day on Sunday when Taylor and Savannah get here.Besides Birthday for Anna and Ben it is the start of College Football season. This is a great fun time for our family. We all love College Football being there and staying home watching it. Wow! the cheering will start Thursday in our TV room. Fun times. I have lost my camera some where here in the house. I will find it soon and post what I have purched lately. I am needing to take time to learn to use it.. Lots of $$ spent on this one. You will see soon. OH! I mentioned the favor I would not have to do Well I was so wrong. The ladies even tell me to prepare for 200 but I am only preparing for 100 and then will make more if needed. My friend Wanda is going to help me with this project. Boy! did I misunderstand all that mess!!