Cat In The Hat Pillow Cases.....................

I bought two kits for pillow cases one time I was out at quilt shops. I just finished making them up for Tristen. They went quite quickly and turned out ok. The kit did not really allow enough of the blue fabric to do a larger than standard size pillow case. When I made the first it was just the right size for the pillow and I would have liked it a bit larger. When I came to do the second one it would not work out that way and so I did it differently.
Here is the first one being tried out by Tristen.


The second one I did the other way and so had to fudge it. I made an envelope style but with straight edges and a tie.



He was happy enough. When I make his dinosaur quilt I will make two more pillow cases to use as shams that are usable. All the colour's go together so that's not a problem

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Blue.........pretty pretty blue...........

I love fairies and they go so well with the blue butterfly's. Blue is the colour of the sky, of flowers and birds. It is the pure colour of nature. This Fairy has the things of nature in her hair.



Forget-me-nots and bluebells with a pretty fairy............how blue is that.....beautiful


I am linking this post with Blue Monday.......click on the Blue Jay and he will take you there.


I am also linking this with Little Red House for Mosaic Monday

Tristen's Blankie..............................

I had bought some dinosaur fabric to make a quilt for Tristen's bed. I saw a fleece panel that I thought I would make a wall hanging out of. Well when Tristen saw it he said "That mine?" and I said that it was.......well he wanted it. So I decided to make a small blanket for him to play with. It didn't take much to make it up but he loved it. All I did was to find a backing fleece and some batting. I sewed it right sides together and turned it. The batting right in place. Then I finger pressed it and sewed along the edge and that was it. I did do a few stitches on the surface so that its didn't separate. That was it.


He made a bed on the kitchen floor and snuggled up.



I had him come in the living room and he made his bed there.

February project for my Eons group.........

I have committed myself to finishing at least one project for my Eons group. The group is called Sewing and Craft corner, its lots of fun with lovely people in the group. So......things did not work out quite as I had anticipated but I did get one heart done. It was not a Valentine project for me but I love hearts so it was a heart project anyway. I ended up doing a small pillow. I did not at first know if it was going to be something I hung on a drawer nob or door. Then I wondered about putting a pocket on the back for potpourri but in the end I just left it plain. I am quite please with the result and I think I want to do a couple more. I did this all by hand. I suppose I could make it go quicker by using my sewing machine. We shall see next time.


I used some silk fabric that I had in a sample book for upholstery (or curtains or something) a very useful thing I picked up at a garage sale. The crochet work is also garage sale finds.





I am going to share this blog for "Pink Saturday" I am glad I thought of it as I am not usually prepared. Woo Hoo I have a pink post. You can join in the fun at How Sweet The Sound


This post is also being shared on "Wow Me Wednesday" at Ginger Snap Crafts

White vintage...........

I am hooking up for White Wednesday, a bit late but I think I am in under the bar. Faded Charm Cottage
I am selecting a few things I had taken pictures of to do a blog so here are a few of them now.
I have 4 poodles girls so it follows I suppose that I should collect poodles. I have stuffies but have been collecting these vintage poodles as well


I did a post on Vintage pillow cases, I love them all they are so soft. I especially love white with lace or tatting, or anything hand done on them. They make the beds look so inviting



SInce having my two year old great grandson living with us I have been watching a lot of "Shaun the Sheep" and "Timmy Time" well that led to the beginning of my love affair with sheeps. (yes I know its really sheep)


Yes this poodle is pink but well she wanted to come along too.


This little ballarina was a gift from my Granddaughter Danielle last Christmas. The glass pieces I have collected over the years from garage sales and I have quite a few of those. I seem to always find something new to collect. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.


For a long time I collected hats, some were really beautiful and this is one of my favourites
That and purses, vintage of course

Painting.......

The above picture is one I painted a few years ago. It shows my parents house out back, and the blue door was at one time the outside toilet. At the time I painted this it was the coal shed.
The next picture is one I did in a class for acrylic painting.





I like the way the berries can look so real.
This one I did a while ago too............it goes over a door or something like that.


I cant get good pictures but if I can tomorrow I will replace these. Here is another one.

Pillow Cases...................

I have for a long time collected old (vintage) pillow cases. They are so soft for one thing. Nothing like what you get today. I like to starch them so they look crisp and cool but they are still so soft. The old linens have worn to perfection.



I have some really nice ones and some OK ones but all of them were done with love by someone. I also love those edged with lace. I prefer those to actually use.


Here are a couple more of the embroidered ones. I think I have a few others on my side bar.

Pink Saturday................

I love to try to watercolour, not always very successful but I have found that I find a lot of inspiration from peoples blogs. So it is that I am joining in this Pink Saturday again. This time I am featuring a couple of paintings that I have done. I want to thank How Sweet the sound for hosting the party.



This on the other hand is a quilt I made.





I have not sewn in a couple of years. There has been so much going on in my life (explained on Bluebell Woods blog) but I am hoping to get back to that very soon.
Meanwhile I have a couple more pinkies for you





I made these when my granddaughter Reina was born.

Thank you Cindy Adkins...

I want to say a personal thank you to Cindy Adkins for all her help in getting me sorted out. I am somewhat new to blogging, well I have been doing it several months now but have been concentrating more on actually getting stuff out there. Now I am wanting to join others and actually participate in things and find I have no clue. Well Cindy has been a wonderful and generous help to me. She has some great tutorials on her blog and when there was something I still could not understand she did one especially to help me. How cool is that, what a kind lady she is. Do go and visit her and see her wonderful blogs. Stick around because she has more than one and its all worth seeing so take your time.

Birthday.............

The 7th was my husbands birthday. We invited my daughter and family over and we had Pizza and I made a cake. It was also the one year anniversary of my granddaughters death so it was good to spend some time together.
I made a cake with a lot of help from Tristen, he wanted to "help" then to "lick da spoon". It tells us not to eat the batter anymore but that's the best part of making a cake. He then discovered the frosting and had to sample that too. I made cream cheese frosting from scratch and he just loved that.


I would like to have had time to do something fancy but with so much "help" I just did not have the time to do that.
Besides, we had company arrive and so I had to get on with other things.

Wasn't too bad though and tasted yummy and I suppose that's the main thing after all.



I am linking this post to A Delightful Life for her Valentine party.