Getting Ready for Tinslee

Wow I cannot believe that this is the first time that I have been on a computer this week!  This past week went by soo fast and we have had so much going on just between normal activities and getting ready for Tinslee to get here next Tuesday.  With the last 7 days before we go into the hospital, I have been sewing, cleaning, and organizing or can you just say NESTING!!!  But around here it is a never ending ordeal when there are 2 other little girls and a Hubby to look after and take care of!  But we are just about ready for our new bundle of joy to get here!!

On Wed. afternoon the girls & I headed up to Canyon to my grandma's to do some sewing and go eat at my favorite place (Feldman's).  She made a new cover for our infant car seat & it turned out super cute!  Then she showed me her new toy that she got last week (sewing/embroidry machine) and I am so jealous...I tried taking it for the weekend. On Thursday morning we played with the new toy and figured out some things on it while we making a blanket.  Then we headed home at nap time and I have been cleaning and sewing ever since.  Yesterday I got a padded handle cover made for the carrier, a couple of burp clothes, started a strip quilt, and started another hooded towel!  It has been an extremely BUSY week...so here are the pics that I have so far...ENJOY!

Boppy Pillow cover & burp cloth...I have a matching nursing cover too.



monogrammed burp cloth



Padded handle cover on the car seat

Padded handle cover before I put it on the car seat

Car seat cover

Canopy for the car seat...love the roses & ruffle!!

The blanket my grandma made Thurs while we played w/the new toy!

 Maybe I will be COMPLETELY ready by the end of this weekend...so wish me luck!

Later Peeps, oh and it just might be another week or 2 before ya hear from me again!!

Oh What a Crafty Christmas!!

Does anyone else feel like they are about to lose their sanity right now???
My mom called me Sunday morning and asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I replied "my sanity and patience please"
Somedays I wish that I could go out and buy gifts like most other people...but no I want to make something special and unique to give. (Generally because for most that I usually give to buy what they want and when they want it, so they are very hard to shop for!)
I have been working on 2 quilts, one for each of my brothers. It has been a quest to find the right materials for each one and to figure out how I was going to pattern both of them. My baby brother has been giving me his torn jeans for probably the last 5 years, so that I can make him a jean blanket (but I'm going to use them to back his quilt!).

Then we have the other half of my insanity...
I am very thankful for my family that appreciates handmade or handcrafted gifts because they take thought and time and mean much more! Since just about everyone in my family has a special talent (or craftiness!~my mom crochets, my brother and uncle weld, my Papa does woodwork and another uncle does leatherwork~ just to name a few) we drew names and the limit is $20 on either supplies or purchasing something handmade...Oh and did I mention that there are 19 of us??? This is going to be very interesting!!! I just can't wait for Saturday!

AND back to right now...this week...
I am also finishing up another quilt (that's right number 3~but neither of my brothers' will be done) that a friend ordered for her little cowboy!! It is gonna be awesome! Then a jean quilt to use in the bleachers and maybe the pillowcases for my brothers. Oh and a tote for my aunt for her birthday! Oh my I probably need to be sewing for the next 72 hours--too bad I have to be at the office!!!

Made with Love!

Oh To Do List where art thou?

QUICK PEAK AT ONE OF THE QUILTS I AM MAKING!!

Oh To Do List where art thou???


My brain has been constantly running and calculating....how much material will I need for this? how much for that quilt? how much backing? how much batting? what am I gonna make for this person for her baby shower? what will this person like for Christmas?





I think I am going into overload!! My garage/sewing room looks like a complete diaster and about 10 tornados have hit it!! There are about 10 different projects scattered all over just so I can figure out what materials and supplies that I have and what I need to get to finish them!!





Just off of the top of my head I have at least 2 Baby Showers coming up (and they are both the same weekend!), several 1 or 2 item orders, and a wholesale order to finish up so that I can completely focus on 3 quilts to get finished by Christmas along with several other items!!