something Harry Potter for friend's baby

Youngest daughter Sarah, work up a cut baby quilt for a friend.  Paper Pieced and raw edge applique, machine sewn and quilted and a few old fashioned string ties to add texture-- way to go Sarah.  Only help from mom was an open door to raid the stash.

mosaic planter for Kelly

Glass is from Connie's stash.  She gave me a piece of kiln melted scrap glass that had broken.  Karlee and I thought it looked like sea glass and decided to make a beach inspired piece for Kelly.  We used a sand color grout and added sea shells to the vase.

 Breely and Karlee each made a smaller plate to use as coasters.  We added a beach theme figurine to finish out the present..   It is always fun to get creative with the kids.  No expectations, just imagination.

I would say this one is a success!

Working on a name for the new future mouser

Thank you Tyler, Jackson, and Lindsey - we will love our new addition to the family!

A quilt, a coffee cup pegboard and 4 potted plants....

And the question is:  what did-ya do today?

Ran to the Ozark office to drop off this long overdue future keepsake.  King and then some sized to hang way over the bed.  Made with Kansas Troubles Cakes (thanks Pam) and the D-9 pattern.
Not bragging but my friend/co-worker loves it !!!

Narrowed the coffee cup collection down to 72!  Subject to revision.  Everything that didn't make the wall (or the kitchen collections- lol) will be gifted or  sold at the next yard sale.  It was fun revisiting many old favorites.  All these have been used over the years and made it to 'favorite' status and now retired to the wall in my glass/mosaic room.

Every time I visit Connie in Aurora I leave with something.  4 large pots of plants will be re-gifted to my girls as soon as I can divide and replant them.  Connie put the golf balls in the cactus to keep her cats from digging in there.  I don't have cats or play golf.

LEGO Lamp Shade wip

Lamp has been re-done to make the base more stable.  I also go to use up more Legos!

My attempt at melting small pieces for the shade.  Hubby didn't like the 'smell' so these came out of the oven early,  For some reason I like them better wonky!  Now to work on the frame and see if my idea will work before I melt the rest,

Took an old lamp shade and striped it.  Then sewed wire mesh to make a new base.  Look all over for my box of bias binding to use as an accent,  Even Connie did not know where I had put it for safe keeping.

On my hunt for binding I came across a pom-pom trim.  Wouldn't you know half of it already has the balls cut off.

Time to make another batch.

Trim is on and I used clothes pins to hold it tight at the top and bottom.  Jumped ahead and started gluing on the Lego globs  So far, so good.

Yes I will most likely add the pom-poms to the bottom and maybe even the top.!  I have always wondered why I have the red trim in my stash--lol

A little creative-s from this week

Mosaic 15" scrap glass.  

LEGO lamp, I have always wanted to make one of these.  I might take it apart and stagger the base different.

mini blinds in the kids room, didn't really make a dent in the small toys at my house-lol

Lane's B-day/take to Camp Quilt 2014

Kelly helped pick out fabrics she thought Lane would like.  The blue, green, orange and yellow were all pulled from Stash.  Originally I was going to cut up the Spiderman fabric and make D-9patch blocks.  Plans are always subject to change.

 Piano keys are a fast and fun way to use up strips and add focus colors around a center panel.  I added a narrow white inner border as a siggy strip.  Now campers can write well wishes to the quilt as a keepsake from summer camp.

I have enough strips leftover to make the trim on a pillow case. (or two?)  Maybe a rug for his room?  Maybe another project needs to be added to my growing TO DO list!