Cutting out and getting ready to sew, sew,sew....

Well, I'm sorry to say, I have nothing to show you.  I have been very busy getting ready to sew but I have done very little sewing.  I did make one block for a raffle and I made  a walker bag to show my group what they looked like. I have done some repairs on clothes too but that's all the "sewing" I've done.  However, with that said, I have cut out like crazy.  I cut out scraps and exchanged them for a Wheel of Fortune quilt. I cut out and got 46 kits ready for my group to sew walker bags for our local nursing home.  Now, I am ready to sew this week and get some things finished. I have four quilts ready to have the binding sewn down. I have 2 quilts ready for their borders and I have three small quilts pinned and ready for machine quilting. So yes, I have been busy. 
  I have been busy with the new grandbaby too while doing all of this and I'm having fun with her. 

My oldest granddaughter graduated from Kindergarten on Friday and they were so cute.  Kids grow up so fast so you have to grab all the good times while you can.  Anyway, hopefully, I'll have alot to show the next week. Have fun, have a good week sewing and Go Mavs!!!!!

Weekend Sewing and Cupcakes for dessert and a quilt too!

Ok, I know on my last post I said I would sew and show you what I did. Well, that didn't happen but I guess you can tell that....Anyway, life is still not  back to normal or whatever normal is...but it's getting there. 

I haven't been sewing hardly at all. I just can't seem to get motivated right now.  I have been looking at all my projects and reading books and magazines but when I have the time, I don't have the want to.  When I don't have the time, I just keep thinking of all the things I want to be sewing on.  This holiday weekend is a long weekend for me so maybe I can get a few things done. 

I was able to sew a little on Saturday. I  got a little hand sewing done and some tatting too.  After that,  I got some stuff ready for a sew day on Sunday with my friends.

For the Sunday sewing, we made cupcake blocks and we will be swapping them later...it was so much fun to get together and sew with friends. Of course, we had to have food and cupcakes for dessert.  I had a good time being with my buddies and actually got some sewing done too... We all met over at Martha's and we spent the afternoon making our cupcake blocks, playing with her dogs and eating cupcakes.

We had real food too.

Yum, those cupcakes are good!

Dee's first cupcake block...

This is so much fun!

Another one finished!

Aren't these cute?  Judy gave us all ceramic cupcake boxes with a piece of chocolate inside!

Here we are with one of our cupcake blocks.  We had alot of fun working on these together.  It's so much fun to see how everyone's was so different.  The instructions were to have a pink background with a cupcake on the diagonal. We all drew up our own pattern and we'll exchange later next month.  Some will embellish and some won't. It's left up to the individual but they were all cute!  There are 4 other ladies in the swap that couldn't make it. We will have 12 blocks each and we can put it together any way we want. We will be getting together to swap and sew the quilt up next month.  More fun times with friends to come for the summer months. We planned 3 other swaps too so please stay tuned!  Til next time, happy sewing.

National Day of Prayer

Today is the National Day of Prayer.  Please remember to  pray for our servicemen and women, our country and leaders in our country too along with all your personal prayers.

I am thankful for so many things today. I have a new grandbaby that is healthy. A Mother-In-Law that came through major surgery and is doing well. She went home yesterday to her house and is doing great.  I have a wonderful family and three other beautiful grandchildren and I'm healthy too.  Life is good and I feel truly blessed.

Here's a picture of my newest grandbaby. This is Carmen and she was born on April 26th. She is a beautiful sweet baby.

The only thing I need is more sewing time!!!  I have not had any time the last couple of weeks to sew but I'll be playing catch up starting tonight!  I hope everyone has a wonderful week and weekend and I'll be updating soon.  Hugs,