and... presto!

i'm all done with my swap package for the { SavVy } Season swap ( just in the nick of time too!! ). this was a super fun one to make for me!! i just lOVE Ashley's string block tutorial and i think it lent itself to my "Candy Cane" themed table runner perfectly!!

I also finished Mr. Band and Mrs. Algebra Zip Bags!!

now... back to candle making!! You're gonna cry when you see how cute my latest batch came out!! ( okay, that was probably an over statement... ) LOL

Xo, Heather

heaven...

nothing says, "it's time to relax" like Lavender! Ever since my dear friend Mo made me a lovely Kashmir eye pillow/ sachet for my birthday this year, i have been in love with them! they are Yummy with a capital Y!!!

so, i thought it only fitting that i make them for all my children's teachers and aids for their Christmas gifts this season!! :) i purchased Lavender buds & oil at this little Etsy shop and filled my pot with a medley of rices...

it smelled amazing!!

so, i thought it only fitting that i make them for all my children's teachers and aids for their Christmas gifts this season!! :) i purchased Lavender buds & oil at this little Etsy shop and filled my pot with a medley of rices...

i even made them in a variety of sizes and shapes... even little Matryoshka Dolls!! they might be my favorite??!! :)

i really appreciate my childern's teacher!!

okay, okay... i'm really off to get a Christmas tree!! i received the most beautiful { SavVy } Seasons Swap package yesterday from the lovely Angela, that i'm super excited to put to good decorating use!! LOL ( i'll show you more later!! )

Xo, Heather

i love my boys!

i just love them and want to keep them super safe!! that's why all my boy's will be receiving first aid kits this Christmas using this pattern ( of course! ). i used fusible interfacing to give the zipper bag a firm, clean look that won't leave my men feeling like a bunch of ladies!! hahaha...

and how clever is it when an artist puts together these darling additions for all your projects??... UUUuummm... fantastically clever!!!

i hope they love them!!

have a fabulous weekend my friends!! i'm off to watch the boys cut down a tree and celebrate my oldest 14th birthday!! :)

Xo, Heather

Okay, okay...

You guys are all right! i listened and stayed on my ever increasing sized butt and prepped these little patchwork hexagon wreaths for a set of Christmas napkins! it took all the patience i could muster up to stay put for all EIGHT of them... hahaha... but, i love them and i think they are really going to add a ton of Christmas cheer to my dinning room table!! :)

i lOVE bright Christmas decorations with lots of twinkles!!

a dear friend is coming over to cut up my fabric for me tomorrow! I'm so excited to put these together!! :)

XO, Heather

really...???

sigh... i felt so much better yesterday. That i sewed a little zippy bag and three sachet bags ( waiting on my lavender supplies to arrive! ) for a friend's Christmas gift and now i feel like sore poop again!

but, what's an addict like myself supposed to do?? It's the holidays damn it and i really want to sew! GGGggrRRrr... i guess it's back to the couch and handwork again ( at least for one more day )... bleh...

and thanks so much for all your well wishes here, texts, FB, and through email! They really brightened up my day... YOU all really are soOOOooo sweet too me!!

Xo, Heather

question...

for all my Sister Sergers... one of the benefits of buying my serger was the new ability to serge my pillows during their construction, (after sewing the front and the back covers together), except... that i ran into a small question, do you all still snip your corners if you serge them??

I'm a little fanatical about my products that i sell and with my craft show creeping around the corner... i'd like to feel comfortable that my items are made thoroughly and worth everyone's hard earned money. Maybe you snip them and then serger???

What's your opinion on this... anyone?? :)

i really don't see any obvious advantage to snipping them, but i'd still like to be sure of the correct way! :)

luckily, i tend to give away LOT's of pillows as gifts, which always leaves me with extra pillow forms laying around... needing some clothes! LOL

i'll practice on my own, until i get it perfect for the craft fair though... hey!  this may be a win/ win situation!

Thanks for your help friends!! I just know you'll all have the answer!!

Xo, Heather

ps... Emily from Crazy Old Ladies is having a give-a-way on her blog for her brand, spanking, new fabric line... you should totally check it out! ;)



Hall of Fame!

Distractions... with a capital D!

such a simple post today filled with naughty distractions! it's no wonder i've gotten a LOT of everything done... and finished absolutely none of them! LOL OOohhh... well, Monday's tomorrow and i have a good feeling about my efforts! :)

it all started last week when i stumbled across my new crica 1968 New Home Janome sewing machine! This beauty still had all her bits to her and she's a JANOME!!! i heart her sooOOOoo...

then a whole crop of patterns arrived to further add to my distractions... yet, i'm i feel pretty damn good about it! hahaha...

it didn't help i had to finish up a little swappy-poo item either...

or decide if my new bundles of Robert Kaufman Radiance was going to possible make the best patchwork quilt EVER!!???... which it IS! :P  doesn't hurt that it looks like a Carmel Apple with Aneela Hoey's Little Apple fabric mixed in it!!  LOL

and to top it off... anytime the family wants to pull me away from the household duties to partake in a little Autumn fun... i always go!

yeah... i'm thinking next week i''ll be better! ( wink, wink )

xo, Heather

sometimes i wish...

i was a poet. because then, i'd have the talent to turn yesterdays crap-tas-tic quilting adventure into a masterpiece of wisdom

( or some other such baloney ! )

all i wanted to do was prep my postage stamp quilt for my boy toy's Birthday today ( and yes, i actually did think i could whip this monster out with the help of my new serger... so naive of me! ) ... who knew, that it would take all stinkin day! ;P i really should have realized something was off ( and by something, i mean.... me! ) when it took almost an hour of pulling fabrics to decide on the sashing???

and since this quilt is very Deep in color, kinda Dreamy and Romantic looking to me... i grabbed my very favorite Ikea flat sheet to back it with! most of you know what a sheet floozy i truly am! i have to have a soft/ satin-ish feeling backs on my quilts... i just have too! i love it soooOOOoo much!

that's when the fun ended for the day though... because in a complete brain fart moment during a ridiculous sale at Joann's Fabric, I thought i'd try there 80/20 blend of batting! wrong move. real wrong. never again kinda wrong... ya feel me! now, maybe some of you all have the magic touch with this stuff, but i clearly do not. in fact, i'll give you the three words i was snarling all day while working with said batting.

Flat Cotton Ball!

now add some basting spray and you've got yourself... one big o'le cussing party of fun on a 70 X 80" quilt! Let's just all say a quick prayer of "thanks", that my children were at school for that little show!! can we??... good grief! Thankfully, i did beat that hurdle and my quilt is prepped and ready to be quilted... thankfully, i'm so thankful it's over... thank you quilt for being sandwiched!

now...  to go try to make a cake from scratch! and i'm so not a baker... i feel round two coming up pretty solidly for me today! sigh... hope's yours will be less challenging!! LOL

Xo, Heather

ha! Serge THIS!

i love to talk smack to... everything, really... but, especially my sewing projects!!! :P  so, yesterday when i was deciding what to sew that i could use my new serger on and not be completely stressed out about it, i thought stuffed pillow... duh!  so, i whooped up a little patchwork pillow pattern ( The Orb ) and threw this puppy together! easy peasy!

i have always steered away from rounded projects, mostly because i have two rowdy boys that i was just sure would split the seams out with their shenanigans... leaving me seething for strength not to murder them, but with my serger... the party was on!  jump away boys... nothings gonna split this baby open! LOL

i am kinda still freaking out over this whole thing!!! EEEeek!

Xo, Heather



ps..

Thanks for all the tips ( keep em a comin! ) and my serger did come threaded, so i guess i'll find out how hard the threading is on the next project!  ;)