Today's sewing

Today I am working on Mary's Garden.

I hope to get this border of vines and roses done today.

New Kitties

Yes they are under a bed, Jessica's bed.

Working on the pillow tuck

I am now working on the pillow tuck of Mary's garden. I saw this quilt for sale on line and figured I could copy it, sorta. I'm not making it exactly like the original out of respect to the designer.

Here is my version so far.

I will update photos tomorrow

Hugs

Leaves Leaves Leaves

I worked today on, Mary's garden. I am working on the final rose applique border. The rose vine will go across the pillow tuck, down each side, and across the bottom of the quilt. It will have 16 rose buds and 72 leaves. LOL I am now working on getting them cut out and ready to glue baste. I will post photos tomorrow.
Have a good night
Penny

This weeks TIP

I have found myself downloading a lot of different patterns. It is so hard to keep them all in one place sometimes. SO, off the the "Dollar Store" again. I was able to get 1 inch 3 ring binders for $1.00 and grabbed a package of page protectors. Now, each project has it's own binder. I also bought some folders and used a 3 hole punch and smaller projects went into a larger binder in their own folder. This is a great way to keep those lose pieces of paper in one place and not on the floor of the studio. LOL
Hope this helps and please if you have anything to add, I would love to hear from you.

See you next week.

Peaceful Piecing

Penny

Mary's Garden

This quilt will go to my mother Mary. So, I have named it "Mary's Garden" Pink roses are her fav. flower.

Oh my Stars

I was hired to make a quilt by a couple here. They brought me photo's of a quilt they found on the internet and here is what I have done so far. I have named the quilt, "Oh My Stars"

A lot of First's for our family today

Jessica has her first day of 10th grade.
Joshua has his first day of being a 3rd grade teacher
Samantha has her first day of college classes.

The house is so quite I hate it!!! I have the tv on in one room and the radio on in the other. LOL
Hope to get some sewing done today, that is if I can keep focused.
I will let you know how the day went
Penny

Hello Friends/New tip

I am going to start a new post idea. Each Sat. I will post a handy dandy tip to help quilters get organised. Today I went to the, "Dollar Store" and grabbed a kitchen silver ware drawer organiser, it cost me $1.50. I also picked up an ice cube tray for $.75 cents. I brought them home and headed right to the sewing room. My desk drawer was a mess, bobbin thread, needles paper, pens, pencils, markers, thread, scissors, you name it, it was stuffed in that drawer. I should have taken a before photo, but didn't think about it until now. lol

What a huge difference. For just a few bucks, I have this well organized drawer. As you can see from the photos the ice cube tray was great for holding bobbins, pins, and all those little things that get scattered. The silver wear tray worked GREAT!!

If you have any helpful tips and would like to share, please e-mail me and I will post them here, giving you credit of course.

Have a great day, stop back next week for more helpful hints.

Peaceful Piecing.

Penny

We Moved Samantha into her dorm

Today was the big day!! We moved Samantha into her college dorm. Her bed is all made and her books put away. We left the rest to her. It was a mad house, 73o some freshmen moving into one building. CRAZY!!

The house is going to be so strange with just the 3 of us here. HMM I wonder if her room is larger then the current sewing room lol. Maybe there will be a move in MY future.

Peaceful Piecing
Penny