So Thankful

I am so thankful for many things. I am mostly thankful for my family and especially my nephews the smile makers.....

What are you thankful for this year?

Missing in Action

On a weekly basis I sign into my page and shake my head. I haven't felt very chatty lately. Work and life has gotten very busy. In some ways that are very good and some ways that could always be much better. Today, I am ending the silence and am back on my blogging track. And now that I'm back on track, I'd like to talk about Pinterest. Oh how I love pinterest. If you haven't checked it out, do so as soon as you possibly can. It is another way to spend hours and hours distracted by the internet while not getting anything done in any productive way. The general idea behind pinterest is to collect ideas, recipes, things you might like or want to try or favorite and have them on virtual pin boards all in one place. I find it to be a wonderful way to find inspiration for sewing, quilting and cooking. Here are some of my favorite pins this week!

Half Square Triangle Tutorial  ( I have big plans for this)

Make up Bag Tutorial

Matryoshka Doll Ornament

Double Potholder

Prairie Paisley Patchwork Tablerunner

Happy Pinning!

Scrappy Christmas Fun

  

I'm constantly looking at fantastic tutorials where people make beautiful quilts out of the millions of scraps they have saved. To be honest, all I've done with my scraps is shoved them into a bin and pushed them under my cutting table.... GASP....I know!  Recently I came across this panel and ironically enough I have tons of scraps from this line. It was the first fabric I made a quilt from, Kate Spain's 12 Days of Christmas. As you can see above I started to just add a border UNTIL, I remembered all of those lovely 12 Days of Christmas scraps! Stay tuned to see what all of this becomes :)!