August Block

Here is my August block for the Block of the month club on blockcentral.com. I only have 4 more blocks to go and it will be complete. It is such a pretty blanket already, I can't wait for it to be done. This square is called Union Star.

I am re-upholstering.....

My husband received this entire set of furniture from his dad, who is no longer with us. We have had it as long as we have been together and it was our first sofa for years, before the dogs got a hold of it and did a great job of tearing it up. We stuck the whole set in the garage with the hope that one day I would take a class and figure out how to re-upholster. When we bought this house, we decided the basement was "the man cave" and this set was one of the important things that had to be setup for my husband to be able to use - this means I have to get to work. Well of course, I HATE classes so I didn't take a class, I did a little research online and decided I was ready. Of course it probably would have been very helpful to take some before pictures - sorry :-). This first picture is the couch with just the bottom lining almost complete - I have to put some tacks in a few places.
This is how the cushions will look, they just need to be covered. This whole furniture thing is really a whole lot easier than it looks.
Here is a picture of the couch so you can get a general idea of what the loveseat looked like.

Christmas in August

My August block swap partner said she loves Christmas so.... I made her a Christmas block. Isn't it cute. I thought so.
These are the blocks I received from my partner. Aren't they pretty? I really like this first one, the colors are exactly what I asked for.
Thanks Melissa, we can swap anytime :-)

Team Mom Bag

I made this bag for my sons team mom. She puts in a lot of extra effort for our team and I wanted to show her some appreciation. I have done that job to many times and understand all the time consuming things that most parents don't understand. Thank you Lisa!

June/July Blocks

I worked on these a few weeks ago but somehow failed to get them on the blog. This block is called a Double X. It looks a lot like January's block.
July's block is called Four Patch Star. It's different.

My newest thing.....

I found this cute pattern online for a tote bag. So I printed it and after about a year of saying how cute it was I decided to make one. Well that big bag is from the actual pattern, but after I made it I didn't like it - at least not for me. I was looking for a purse, not a tote. So I redid the whole pattern, added a bunch of pockets and ended up with the little bag. Aren't they cute! I am sending the big bag to my mom - she will love it.
The turquise lined bag is the larger tote and the brown is my mew little purse. Check out the lining and the pockets!