Sewing Away!

Lots of sewing happening around here!  These little crayon rolls, plus many more, have been keeping my busy today.  I only have a few days left so I better get back to it!

Hello...

...is anyone still out there?  I hope so!

You know, I really don't have a good reason I haven't been  blogging lately...just excuses.  I've been busy.  I haven't been motivated to sew much.  I had family in town...  Blah, blah, blah.

Truth...  I've just been lazy.  I have a few things that need to get done, like yesterday, and instead of taking on one task at a time I'm choosing not to work on anything.  Do you ever get that way, you get a little overwhelmed and you just shut down?

So maybe it wasn't a great idea to take on my first craft show two weeks from Saturday...  I've been working on things here and there, but not enough.  I am quite excited about it though!   I have a lot of small things, but I would like to get some totes and larger bags done so I need to get my butt in gear.  It's just a small booth with one 8ft table and I'm going in on it with a friend who makes soap so I don't have to have a ton of items, but I would like to have a nice display.  We'll see.

Anyway, I really do need to get busy.  Here are some key fobs I did a couple of nights ago.  I have a lot of work to do...



Thanks for sticking around!

Wedding Road Trip!

Finally! Some Wedding Stars

So I finally felt like sewing yesterday!  Yay!  It's about time.  I'm gonna be pretty busy since we leave for Tennessee two weeks from today and I need to have this quilt done for the wedding gift.  Why oh why do I procrastinate so much?!  I always pay for it in the end...

So anyway, I'm making this quilt for my brother-in-law and future sister-in-law.  I knew I wanted to make them a quilt, but didn't know where to start knowing they are more traditional.  I decided I wanted to make them a large throw sized quilt for them to snuggle under on the couch together.  Their living room is decorated in an Americana theme so there were my colors and I wanted to keep with the theme by doing some kind of star pattern.  That's when I remembered seeing this Chubby Starts QAL over at Tracyjay Quilts.  Perfect!

I got all of this piecing done yesterday.  I've had everything cut since the middle of August and had six blocks done for the past month.  I finished three more blocks yesterday as well. 

Those chain pieces finish at an inch!   They are really hard to piece accurately, but oh well.  I like the way it is turning out and I know they will love it.  I'm calling it Wedding Stars! 

I need to get busy so back to sewing!

Jasper

Just a warning, this is not a happy post.

Sorry I have been MIA lately.  I haven't been sewing or really doing much of anything productive.  My husband drives truck and we've only seen him once in the past 9 weeks.  I've just been having a hard tame lately dealing with things and to add to it I had to put my Westie down yesterday...  It was probably the hardest thing I have had to do.

We got Jasper the summer before we got married.  We weren't really looking for another dog, but when I first saw him I knew I had to have him.  He and Oliver were instant buddies and he was a great addition to our little family.

Jasper was a great dog.  He was well behaved and pretty mellow as far as terriers go, always loving and loyal, and a blast to play fetch with! 

When our son was born he was last on my list to be worried about among our three dogs.  I knew he would welcome a new buddy to play with and he did.  Unfortunately it has only been this past year that Riley has really got into playing with him, but I know he loved every minute of it. 

This past week Jasper started getting sick over and over again.  After hospitalizing him, running multiple test and seeing his general health deteriorate his doctors came to the conclusion that he had a neurological disorder.  They said that even IF he responded to and did well with treatment he still wouldn't be doing great and would definitely be gone with in a year.  So we had to make the horrible decision that no pet owner ever wants to make.

At least now he is happy and healthy with God, but it is still so hard.  Everything reminds me of him.  Even just letting our other two dogs outside, I see two go out and out of habit I am waiting for the third...