Circles of Red

Late last night, I finally finished the last arco circle. So Today I'll get them trimmed up and attach them to the rest of the quilt.
Then on to another project. I did start a baby quilt, but I'm having issues with it. Maybe tomorrow I'll let you all see it. I usually do needle turn applique, but for this baby quilt I used "Steam-a-seam". I really don't like the feel of that stuff or any stabilizer. But this job called for it and I'm trying to get it done ASAP. Also because it's coming out of my head, it takes a little longer to get it on the fabric.

By the way, did you see what Witchy Poo did to my curtains? She let one of those cats into the house and it totally shredded them up! And don't get me started on her messes. She set up a laboratory right on my fireplace. She has test tubes and jars of things that make my skin crawl. That woman is getting harder to live with than my Hubby!

Oh Well, there are only 18 more days till Halloween, then she will pack up and move out, till next year.

Take care, Brandie

Oh and check out these super cute necklaces my friends Debbiehttp://onestitchoff.blogspot.com/ and Pam http://librarygalquilts.blogspot.com/made.

Sometimes I hate Blogger! I haven't been able to add a link without some serious issues. Does anyone else out there use Safari and Blogger? If so , why doesn't the link button hind the link behind the name? And what can I do about it?

A Favorite Thing

As most of you know, it has been hard to find canned or tinned pumpkin. Well I think that the shortage might be over. Last week my SIL found a huge display of cans and called me and wanted to know if I wanted any. OF COURSE! Without pumpkin, how are we the make yummy cakes, like this?
There is defiantly no shortage at my house anymore! I thought she found the 15 ounce cans.

Nope, these babies are 29 ounces! Do you know what that means? Twice as much!

Now I don't have to worry about making moist, spicy cakes. Or even everyday bread. Hurray!

And of course I had a cube of cream cheese sitting around in the frig, just waiting to be whipped up and spread onto that ever so delicious cake.
So Thanks to Ranette and Susan for the pumpkin. Life is back to normal now.

Get to your stores and check their shelves, there may be pumpkin sitting there waiting to go home with you. Good Luck! And if anyone can't find it, let me know, I'd be happy to Pay-it-Forward.

Take care, Brandie

A Little More

Every corner of my home has been taken over by Witchy Poo. She has even started at the front door. This was the before, well a little before, she got to the web throwing before I took the pic.
This little bench has always been by the front door to help hold things or just to stop and take of your shoes. Witchy Poo thought it needed a different look for the season. So she hounded me and than she even went though my stash and found some fabric. (don't you hate when people go though your stash thinking that it's just sitting there wanting for them to come up with ways to use it? It's has to be one of my pet peeves!)
So she found (not that it was hiding, come-on, it was folded on the shelf where everyone could see it) these fabrics and gave them to me to sew into a cushion. That's another of my peeves. I quilt, therefor I must love to sew and even mend.
We were even lucky enough to find a matching zipper in the right length. Where did I get it? From Grandma's stuff of course!
So here is the after. I guess it's better. I don't know... maybe it should have been appliqued with something more?
And an extreme close-up. Now the stray cats will have a clean cushion to sleep on. Or are they strays? Maybe they belong to Witchy Poo, as I only see them in the fall, Hmmmm...

I will try to stay with you this week. Last week passed without much being done. I hope to do better this week. And I just might, because my car is broken so I may be grounded to my house for quite a while. So while I'm grounded, I may as well get as much done as possible.

Take care, Brandie

A Boring Post

I was a little sore from all that construction. So I took a rest, yes I was still in my PJs. This is what I saw most of the day. If I laid on the couch to rest my back, PugsLee had to be there to make sure I was alright. I did manage to get some housework done, but that's boring stuff.
The rest of this week doesn't look much better. I'm so sorry I have nothing interesting to show you. I will try harder, maybe I'll finish those Arco signs while waiting around at appointments.

I do only have 7 more to complete before I can sew them together. Hmmm, I will try.

See you all tomorrow. Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Take care, Brandie

Special Little Doors

Want to see what I did yesterday? You all know when Hubby goes out of town, I like to do projects that he might get in the way of. So for years, I've wanted to put a window seat here, right under this enormous window. This is where the love seat sat for years, till Bridgette took it to her place, The Treehouse. Boy was I happy, till that turtle, Lucky, moved right into this space! I even had the wood cut, all that was holding me back was the actual space, it keep get filled. So here is how it was...
This is how it will be. There are still some finishing touches, stain and molding, but there's enough done that you can see the big picture.
See those little doors? They also came from my Grandmother. You are all probably really tired of all this stuff from my Grandmother, but I love it. Not only do I have something to remember her by, I'm also making use of it. Granted some of her treasures may not be used as she would, but I know she would still be glad I used them.

Those little doors were so dirty! I think I cleaned off 50 years of grime. But they were totally worth saving. Those little knobs are original to the doors. That was another reason to save them, if the doors didn't work out, the knobs could be used elsewhere.

I'm still think about stain or paint. That may take a couple of days. But when I have it all finished, I show you, because those doors will house my finished quilts! How cool will that be?!

Have a wonderful day!

Take care, Brandie

Weekend Fun

Lucky, the turtle, moved out this weekend. We'll miss her, but not the large tank. She moved in with my Daughter and hopefully they will spend many years together. It took most of the day to set up her tank and to teach Bridgette how to clean it and such. I will miss the gentle tinkle of the water, just not the enormous tank! I have plans for the area that the tank was in.
While we were in Chico, I had enough time to stop by a pumpkin stand. I was super excited! They had tables and tables covered in many sizes of pumpkins and gourds. They were being sold by a local farmer that told me he had a small pumpkin patch. A plot of a 100 x 100. WOW! it must have been impressive! And did I take pictures? No, I was so over whelmed by all the pretty pumpkins that I forgot! But I did just go outside in the dark to take a pic for you of some of the ones I did buy. The prices were very reasonable. Large pumpkins were $5 and small ones were $3. I had $30 cash on me and no matter how I try to figure it, I seem to have more than I paid for. I was just so excited I was pointing to "that warty one, that white one, oh and I need that black warty one." Then they showed me the gourds. I ended up with 4 of those too.
When I got home and unloaded the car, I had 6 various pumpkins and 4 gourds. I feel that I totally got my moneys worth. Too bad I don't know where that farmer lives, I would love to buy more!

Our relocated Michael's opened this weekend. Bridgette and I went in to check it out and I ended up spending over a $100. What did we buy? I don't have a clue, but it was fun! I've missed going into that store, which may be a good idea to avoid, too many visits will make me poor.

Some of the things we did buy, were scarp booking papers (several books) and items to make invitations for Halloween.

This is what we did. The funny thing was, after we packaged up the invites, we realized that some people may not know who Witchy Poo and her little dog Boo, are. We laughed and laughed! So if you receive and invite and it looks like one of these, it's from me, sent by my alias, Witchy Poo. Bridgette and I are still laughing at our stupidity!

What kind of trouble did you cause this weekend? Witchy Poo would love to hear and I would love to hear too.

Hubby is off, finally, on a day trip. Wonder what I can do while he's gone? Stay tuned...

Take care, and I'll see you tomorrow,

Brandie

Red work Finish

I finished the quilting on the red work and I couldn't be happier. I always count my time quilt by how many bobbins are used and this time was no different. I used 2 and a half bobbins on this 16 x 16 pillow. All that is left is to make a envelope closure and I can call this done. Cousin Linda may have the antique, but mine is personalized and I think I did a better quilting job!
It's really hard to get pictures of the quilting, as you all know.
An extreme close up of the cathedral windows. I went in and scribbled inside the windows to make them show up better.
This did start on an old sheet of my Grandmother's, so in a sense, it is also an antique. Sure it may not be linen, but I'm very happy with it and it will look great on my bed. Now I just need to make a red bed quilt. I have been collecting reds for about 3 years now, with the intention of making a red and white schoolhouse quilt. Every quilt show I pick up at least 3, so I should be set. Now I just need to complete a few more UFOs and then I can start something new. This will be really hard, but I'm really going to try.

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you back here next week!

Take care, Brandie