Crafty Kids

I had two of the granddaughters today while their Mom shopped. They are good kids, never really a problem with them and we always have a good time. I planned on a small craft project today, making some Christmas ornaments. Lots of glue (lots) and many small pieces of fabric scraps later, we have an ornament.

Then they had to go outside in the snow. Veronica asked if I had any snowpants for her, no dear, just a giant size pair for me but it wasn't too cold outside and they had good boots. We threw a lot of snowballs which the lab had to chase and eat of course. He was a white lab by the time he was done and the girls thought that was pretty funny. Of course, I couldn't figure out how to get rid of flash so the picture I took of my house is not right but I wanted to capture the moon coming up over my house. I will try tomorrow evening as its full moon then. Anyway, we had a good day.

Red Bird

Here is a photo of my first block in the Red Delicious BOM. This BOM promises to be very nice and interesting too as I like applique and even though I chose to do it by machine, its still wonderful for me. I have not embroidered the bird eyes yet but will after I find my cream color floss. My sewing room is in an uproar as Christmas quickly approaches!

If you wish to view the BOM its here . She will post the next block on the 15th of December. I know of at least one of my family doing this BOM so we are anxiously awaiting her new post with the block. Doesn't take much to make me happy I guess!

New snow and a new giveaway

Well, the 12" of snow was not that much for us though to the south of us they are getting more. I think we have maybe 6"? Its become windy though and that makes it pretty cold.
I have a link for a giveaway from Em's Scrapbag here. Its for a lovely pincushion and a kit so go and check it out.

Cold, Cold, Cold!

The weather here in Wisconsin has taken a definite downward trend. It was over 7 below this morning and is dropping a bit more before it will warm up. My big fleece bathrobe is my clothing of choice today. The temperatures don't seem to bother our labrador though. He loves to sit on our deck and watch his kingdom while leaving labrador butt marks as his hind end melts through the ice. Definitely a cold weather animal.

I have one of the granddaughters quilts quilted. Just a simple twin size to sleep with, play on and jump all over. It turned out cute though.

I've been working on my aunt's quilt; she does embroidered quilts and I quilt them and bind. Here are the borders:

I've also been busy making a couple batches of my homemade soap. I did apple jack and peel with ground oatmeal and one I'm calling Captain Jack which has Jamaican allspice and a whole lot of other smells in it, its a very complex and lovely scent. I did mica swirls in it with gold mica thrown in for the pirates of course.

The one picture is of the bottom of the Captain Jack soap, those are the swirls with the gold in. These will be Christmas presents for the family.

I took a photo of our sun going down yesterday; about 4:30 is a little early for a sundown but thats a fact of winter life around here. I just looked at the temperature again and its minus 8 now.

Here are a couple of nice places to visit on the web. If you like all kinds of tips, quilting, sewing, organizing, household, etc. go here. While at this site, I found this wonderful link to a lovely free handbag pattern by Lazy Girl designs. I think I need to try this one, its really sweet. Hope you all have a warm and wonderful day but also remember its Pearl Harbor Day and the great sacrifices that followed.