Scrap Saturday #2 Results and Other Stuff

Alas! I completed another Scrap Saturday!!! This weekend I decided to make some mug mats. William helped me choose some fabrics!



To keep with the "Blue" Theme for the 2011 Scrap Challenge, here is Mat #1.



I am not a fan of crazy funky prints like this but I have a very good friend who does! She is probably in hospital right now either having her baby if she hasn't already delivered. I decided since she is going to be going through a few crazy months with 2-3 hourly feedings, there are times when she is just going to want a little break and rest between feedings.

I plan to give her this mat along with a funky mug (which I still need to pick up) and some nice teas as a little "Welcome to Mommyhood" gift!

And well, after making that one, I wanted one for myself! LOL I decided to dig down into my scraps again and hauled out some fabrics to make Mat #2!!!



I love this coffee fabric so much!! I only had a fat quarter of it. I am now going to hunt around to find some more of this fabric to make a couple more! I have a few other coffee themed embroidery designs so I can make each mug mat different!

Tonight I also got a start on the 3rd Hot Chocolate Snowman BOM. I got all the pattern pieces traced out on steam a seam and got a little start on fusing them to some of the fabrics. Here is a photo of the yummy fabrics and the snowman I'll be making this week!




(hmmm not sure why this photo is like this as it was shot face on... hope you don't get a crook in your neck looking at this one!!)

I am finishing up early in my sewing room tonight as I want to get into my pjs and settle down to watch Masterpiece Theatre. I will take out my knitting for the next hour or so while watching the show.

Tomorrow I'll put on my thinking cap to come up with an idea for next week's "Scrap Saturday"!!

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

A little giveaway!

As I was sneaking around some new blogs, I came across this great blogger who is giving away some DELICIOUS embroidery floss!!! You can enter to win by going here.

She is also starting a new monthly stitchery pattern right here!! If you want a chance to win these flosses then head over by clicking on the her button below!




I will be posting my "Scrap Saturday" results a bit later today. We are invited to my aunt and uncles for turkey dinner around 1pm so I only have a little bit of time to grab a shower, wash out the baby bottles, and grab a quick little breakfast. Trevor gave me a nice chance to have a little Sunday morning sleep in.. ahhhh what a sweetie!

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

Finish Friday

The second Hot Chocolate BOM snowman is complete!!!



I just love how he turned out! Trevor looked at them this afternoon and asked "so what are the snowmen holding?"

I said: "mugs of hot chocolate"

He Said: "Isn't that like suicide for snowmen"?

I said: "Good point. They drink hot liquid and melt. Poor buggers!" LOL


Last night I started putting in mind what I wanted to make for my "Scrap Saturday" project. I am thinking of making myself a cute little mug mat. I will pull the fabrics in the morning and probably by the evening I will have it complete. I will show you the status later on.

Right now it is after midnight here on Friday night. Baby woke up about 20 minutes ago for his midnight snack bottle and is off to bed again. That means I too am heading off to la la land. I am very pleased with what I accomplished tonight in my sewing room. All that is left is to make the little spacer hst row and those squares are already cut and ready to sew together. I am hoping to take out the new snowman sometime next week.

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

Snow Day Means Snow Day!!!

I noticed our snow storm was already beginning at 6am this morning when William woke up looking for a bottle. The snow was coming down so soft and pretty and sticking to the trees. If it was any lighter outside I would have taken some photos as it was just beautiful. So far we have about 30cm of snow (roughly a foot of snow), but we are expecting another 20cm before tomorrow afternoon. Winter has finally arrived here on the island!

As the day went on the snow got a little bit heavier and the winds picked up a little. But before the winds got too bad (and its still not that windy out right now, just a little blustery) we took William out in the snow to experience his first snowfall. He was bundled up like a snowman and he was speechless at first as he didn't know what to make of all this snow stuff falling from the sky and making his face wet and cold.






(Alexi preferred at this point to be snuggled back on her big pillow in the warm kitchen under the desk than out in the weather)!!


The snow was too heavy to try out his new sled Santa gave him for Christmas. I was hauling with all my might to move him. I finally had to give up!


(I did get to try out my new winter hat I got for Christmas. Nice and warm!)

When we put him down into the snow he just wasn't happy!!!! In fact he was downright UNhappy!!! Can't say I blame him! The snow is VERY heavy.



It is the perfect snow for making snowmen! Perhaps tomorrow Daddy will make him a snowman out on the front lawn.

Since it wasn't the greatest of days to be out and about, it was however the perfect day in my warm and cozy sewing room to play! I set up the playpen for William and his toys and then Mommy and Nana played with their toys!!!



I am making a Hot Chocolate Snowman BOM quilt for William. The finished size is 59" x 59". I bought the blocks almost 2 years ago, but only made one block. This year I will make it and finish it!



This is the second block. Well here are the pieces to make the second block.



And now here is what it will look like once all the pieces are machine appliqued down in place!





I got a good start on the satin stitching before supper and depending on how quick I can replace all the velcro pieces on William's 15 bibs, I might work on it a bit more after that! Yep... the velcro have worn away all its holding ability and now I have to take off all the old stuff and replace it with new stuff. The bibs just don't stay on around his neck anymore. In fact he can haul those things off himself. He is drooling so much now, and with Tooth #3 making its appearance he is a HUGE drooly bag right now!!!!

So on that note, William was just put to bed for the night. Daddy is on monitor duty tonight, which means Momma gets to go back to play in her sewing room without any disruptions... ahhhhhh.. hmmm perhaps later on I'll even pour myself a nice glass of Shiraz wine!!!

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

Snowflake Bag FINISHED!!!

I finally finished the bag last night and I even took it out on its first fabric shopping excursion this afternoon!!! Fabricville had a big sale and well I just HAD to take my little bag along! Not to mention it was a cold cold COLD day here and it was sprinkling snowflakes, so it was only appropriate to use the bag! I love how it turned out!





I didn't buy much at the sale. I did buy some terry cloth fabric and a meter of a really cute pink baby fabric as I want to make a nice hooded bath towel for a friend of mine who recently had a baby girl. Once I see how big this towel is I might make some more for William. I also plan to do some machine embroidery on the hood area. Once I finish it I will post a photo of the result.

I decided to pull out a little UFO this evening to work on for an hour on a little bom I started a couple years ago and then gave up working on it. It is a Calendar BOM with applique and embroidery work. As you can see I have January and February completed.



March month was started but never finished. I picked it up again and got back to appliqueing two of the 3 tulips. I still need to look for a border fabric which I will do in the next day or so.



By 9:30pm it was time to head to Mum's place (she lives in my downstairs apartment. The door that connects her place to mine enters into the main sewing room... convenient hey!!) to watch our new favourite tv series that started last week on CBC. It is called "Pillars of the Earth" For the last couple of years we were caught up every week watching The Tutors But now that that series is completed we are looking forward to this new one. Two shows into it and already I'm looking forward to next Tuesday night!

Tomorrow night we also start up our weekly Wednesday night sewing group here at the house. For the last 6-7 years there have been a group of us that meet for a few hours to sew and quilt. At the moment we have 5 gals that get together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone again tomorrow night to see what projects they will be starting on!

It is a cold night out there tonight. I just took the dog out for her bedtime pee and we got back in the house as fast as possible. She is now curled up on the couch behind me here in Trevor's "Man Cave" and I have my nice warm wooly jammies on. I'm on monitor duty tonight as Trevor is working so I'm heading off to bed. Hopefully William will have another full night of sleep without waking up til the morning. He is cutting tooth #3 right now. When we got him ready for bed tonight after his bath I noticed the top left front tooth just peeking out!!! yipppeeee!!!! another little chomper!!! I'm sure the other top tooth will be along very soon. If not he is going to have a silly little lopsided smile!!! LOL

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

Scrap Saturday

I couldn't wait to get into my scrap stash last night to pull out some blue fabrics for this month's Scrap Challenge! I found some nice blues at the bottom of this container and got to work making a bunch of 2 1/2 inch squares.





I also found a nice white fabric and got to work making some snowflakes on my embroidery machine.



I have decided to make a nice winter theme shopping bag for this month. I managed to get all the blocks made and put together, as well as cut the lining and batting. I now have all the pieces ready to sew the tote bag together!



If time permits tomorrow evening I think I only need another hour and I should have the bag complete!!! woo hooo!!! I'm stoked!!! I am already thinking of what I will make for next Saturday's "Scrap Saturday"!!!

Oh, btw, I still have two more spaces available if anyone is interested in the "Pay It Forward" I am doing this year! I have been putting on my thinking cap the last few days and I have some ideas in mind for some pressies to make and giveaway to some special quilting bloggers out there!

Well its off to bed I go. It's already 11pm and I am starting to fall asleep. I got into bed last night at a good hour and figured I would get in a nice sleep. Unfortunately I spent the night staring at the ceiling! I might have got an hour of sleep in altogether. And William actually slept through the night. What a good sleep I could have had... sigh.... ahhh well Trevor is on monitor duty the next two nights. We take turns with the night watch.



I'm crossing my fingers I get a better sleep tonight!

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea

Get Scrappin'!!

Today is a very blah day here both outside and in. The weather is crappy here with half rain and half snow combination. It's cold and just plain ole crappy outside.





Inside, the house is dark from such an overcast day and well now that the Christmas tree is down and all the feeling of Christmas is gone the house just seems dull.


(living room back to a playroom)!!! The room is much bigger now with the tree gone!


(Even Alexi is just lazing around and napping all day)

Not to I myself and having an icky day health wise. Mum has taken over watching Will for the day as Trevor is working, so I'm just resting and taking it easy today until this icky sicky feeling of mine passes.

So I thought since I can't really do much, I would do a bit of blog lurking and see what new blogs I can find! One of the blogs I love to follow and read is from Kathy. I was reading her blog from today and she shared with her friends a new challenge from So Scrappy.



Angela is challenging us quilters to use up our scrap fabrics in various ways! I have soooooooooo many scrap fabrics they are starting to take over my room! I have decided to make Saturdays (as many as I can with a baby in the house) my "Scrap Saturday"! This will give me the incentive to dig through my scraps and come up with some projects. At the moment I have a number of full size quilts lined up to make and complete, so for now the scrap fabric challenge will be for smaller projects.

So tonight after bambino has gone to bed, I will haul out my scraps and start in. With this challenge, Angela will be choosing a colour theme for each month. January colour will be blue.

Well I'm off to read a few more blogs and get some inspiration for the January Blues.

Quiltingly Yours
Andrea