Once There Was A Snowman...Small...small...small

He's gotta crooked smile!

I finished this little guy just in time for the sunny springtime! Poor thing will have to wait to be displayed until next winter, which I don't even want to think about with all of this lovely spring weather!

It was my first time doing needlepoint applique. I like how finished this method of applique looks but it is a bit time consuming for my taste. I am glad for the experience but I will stick with fusible web applique. I also pieced the back of this wall hanging, not because I thought it would tie into the front of the quilt but because I cut my backing fabric too short! Creating more work for myself...yup...that's how I roll!

I wanted to document this little wintry thing because it's getting sent off to a blog friend (I am pretty sure she doesn't read my blog too often so the surprise wont be ruined.). I did this little giveaway last year and I am finally getting around to sending some of them off. So if you were wondering where your handmade item was, I am working on it and you will get it sometime before I die!

Finito...FINALLY!!!!

If you know me, you know that I am not a finisher of things! I go full throttle into things and all too soon it loses it's excitement and allure and becomes work and then my attention is diverted to something that will give me a more instant gratification. I am embarrassed to say that this project took me fifteen months to complete! So humiliating! It was the quilting that kicked my heiny! Maybe those swirls were a bit too ambitious for this novice ( I still consider myself a beginner even though I have been sewing for six years.). I unpicked them a million times. I am learning a lot though. In my perfect quilty world I would have a long arm quilting machine and the room for it. Hello! Reality check...all I have is my little Bernina and my wittle sewing closet so I will just learn to make due! This little beauty is going to my friendy friend Tracy for all the times she drove my kids to school and for just being so amazing!

Next on the To Do list:

• Quilt and bind and send snowman wall hanging to bloggy friend


• Sew Easter dresses and skirts for the girls and maybe a tie for the boy IF I have time.


• Finish my Gingham Rose quilt. (All the blocks are sewn I just have to piece it together and quilt it.)


• Finish my mom's sampler.

Let's just hope that it doesn't take me over a year to get it all done!

Look what I made!

All by myself...well not exactly! I found this super fun and too easy tutorial. I have to say that tutorials have become my latest obsession! This little CTR towel tutorial even came with a cute little poem to go along with it. I made it for my little nephew, Owen for his baptism. I don't think he really appreciated it, being a carefree and rambunctious little boy but it was the thought that counts, right? Too bad I didn't find this idea in time for my older kids but now it is in my arsenal of quick gift ideas for baptism gifts.