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| Butterick 4685 White peasant top Super easy make.. Will be a super comfortable top for the summer. It is made from fabric from the stash. It is a stretch cotton, that has a white on white print on it. [sorry , it doesn't show up in photo] |
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| Butterick 4685 I would like to thank Faye for inviting me to join this sew a long.. I have 2 summer tops now.. Happy sewing to all. |
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| This is a vintage pattern, that I have made before. Super easy to sew up, and makes a great summer top. I used red round buttons [from stash] and the cute summer print fabric from stash. It will be a great little top for our summer weather. Fits great. |
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| Simplicity 9499 Vintage pattern.. Happy sewing.. |
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| 2018 Tops That Pop Sew a Long I am excited to join the group at the 2018 top sew along. Faye at -http://fayessewingadventure.blogspot.com/ is hosting the sew along. You can read all about it on her blog. It is a really fun and un-stressful sew a-long. You get to make the top or tops you wish to make, simple or more complicated, choose your pattern, and choose the amount of tops you want to make in the 2 week time period. Faye is a very talented sewer. She makes some beautiful clothes. And also a very sweet lady. NOTE: I have been missing in action for some time.. SO sorry.. I will blog about this later.. Have missed all of you. |
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| Amy Grace- 13 yrs old |
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| Ashlee Gail- 13 yrs old The girls will be 13 in a few days.. So hard to believe our babies have grown up so fast. I got my embroidery machine out [after such a long time in hiding. I embroidered their initial on the vest. Happy Birthday Girls.. Thanksgiving and Christmas Clean up Plans are still underway.. I got all the kitchen cabinets washed - inside and out. [wow..I am proud this is done!!]. Living room-- washed curtains [and hung outside to dry]. Wiped the walls down, wiped the couch/chairs with a damp cloth. Now... I will be moving on to the bedrooms. Holiday Plans There is only 19 days until Thanksgiving.. I hope to have all the "extra" cleaning done before this holiday. I have made my menu plans- I have bought the turkey/ but need one more grocery store shopping trip to pick up a few items. There is only 50 days until Christmas.. so many to do list on my planning sheet... Must get to work.. Christmas shopping-- have you began your shopping? Sad to say---- I have not bought the first thing!! Since the grandchildren have gotten older, money seems to be the gift of choice.. Not so fun/ but want to make them happy.☺ Have a great day and wishing you the best, as you make preparations for your holidays. |
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| Clorox cleaner-- Perfect cleaner for my white cabinets. I looked at the calendar and realized...'OH MY", it is getting really close to Christmas. [2 months-eeeh] I like to do a semi- declutter and cleaning before decorating for Christmas.. So.. I have started.. I used the clorox cleaner to clean kitchen cabinets and counters. Works really well. I also , cleaned the inside of the cabinets too. One room down.. and much more to come.. |
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| Kitchen is all clean, and lots of clutter throwed away or donated.. |
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| Dining area.. all clean and ready for Christmas decor, in just a little while.. Or you ready for the Christmas holidays? Someone ask me.. why clean 2 months before Christmas?? I do several "spring cleanings" during the year, To me, it is so much less work if I clean and declutter more often. Maintaining.. I try to maintain the work I do. My tips for this is: 1- make your bed every morning, before leaving the room. 2- De-clutter one room/drawer/or cabinet of any items you don't use, each day or every couple days. 3- Use my clorox cleaner to clean counter tops each night after cleaning up kitchen . 4- Sweep through the house each night.. 5-Bathroom-- The last trip to the bathroom at night... I always take my clorox wipes and wipe down the sink/cabinet and tolit seat and top.[note- this makes my weekly bathroom deep cleaning much easier.. And the bathroom always looks pretty clean.6-Laundry-- [it is much easier now that my kids are grown and gone].. But I still hate that job.smile So, I attempt to stay on top of it, When a load gets dirty, I wash them.. dry and put away. NOTE-- I found a tip on internet years ago.. It said to do the "one touch"job.. Whatever you touch , you finish! Have a great day... |
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| Callie Noelle- Callie was chosen to be in the Homecoming Court. She had to have 3 dresses.. One formal gown [that her mom bought]. Another dressy type dress for photos for the newspaper, and one for the parade ride. I made the above dress for her photo in newspaper. |
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| Callie chose Simplicity 8330. It is a high neck halter dress/ that is high neck halter in back also. It is lined with a soft cotton blend. The fabric is a soft poplin with stretch. |
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| Simplicity 8330-- I made view C The photo for the newspaper was Monday, the parade ride and the formal homecoming walk will be Friday. I will post photos later of these. I really enjoyed sewing this dress. It was an easy/enjoyable sew.. It has been awhile since I have sewed.. I have a dress for myself that I had started , when I found out Callie needed this dress. So now........ I will get back to sewing my dress. Happy sewing to all. |
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| Fall is in the air... Nice cool temps. Leaves are falling.. so--- I pulled the fall stuff out of storage. The ceramic pumpkin is from years ago.. and the plate I got at Wal mart last year. |
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| The Thanksgiving figurines, were given to me by my son and family. years ago. The brocade placemats were bought on clearance years ago. |
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| Wal mart pumpkin.. |
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| Small pumpkins are finding their way all around the house. |
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| Outside got a little touch of pumpkins and home sweet home pillows. |
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| This is the pumpkin patch sign I made last week, I messed it up, and had to redo it.. Such fun making your own signs. Hope you are all having a nice fall .. |
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| Wood Welcome Basket I found this at Dollar General Store for $6. Perfect place for my vine and milk jug. Sitting in kitchen window, getting the sunshine it needs. NOTE...Click on photos , to see larger/clearer photos. |
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| I made this Blessed sign out of some old house siding. Found the galvanized sheet [on the sign and also the galvanized holder at Hobby Lobby.. |
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| Farmhouse sweet Farmhouse copy [found free on Pintrest] Found the wood sign at dollar General Store for $5. |
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| Made the R sign.. Bought the board at Hobby Lobby. Painted the galvanized R and glued on. Made the Farmhouse Living Pillow on the bench. |
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| Found this cute little table with a drawer for putting stuff in, at our local Dirt Cheap store.. Looks like a retro tv , doesn't it?? lol Perfect match with my sage green lamps. |
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| Made the sign above.. Found the little tiny word signs at Freds Dollar store.. And put them on the wood sign I made.. Easy Peasy.. |
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| Welcome sign.. Made from the old house siding. I also made a pumpkin patch one , to take this ones place, when I get the fall decorating done?? |
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| Flowers are still going strong.. |
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| The 3 trees in the front are really missed.. Such lovely shade trees.. But , they were too close to the house. And Hubby hated the balls that fall off the sweet gum trees.. he had to blow the yard nearly every day during fall. So he won out, and we had them cut. We have been working on getting grass back to growing in the yard.. So , it has been a lot of work ..whew!! Hope you have a good week.. And many blessings from God our Father. |
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| Callie.. 5 yrs old and headed off to kindergarten. I remember the year so well.. She really did not want to start school ha. I had baby set her, [while mom worked] for those 5 years. I was so very loss , when she went to school. I didn't realize , how fast time would fly. And I would be posting photo of a senior , this soon.. [Life is like a vapor- here today and gone tomorrow] |
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| Callie - 16 yrs old. heading off to school. She is now a senior. Wow.. that's hard to believe. She is a very sweet girl. She started school and made straight A's.. She made it through school with not a single B. So very proud of her. She is graduating a year early.. She never really liked school, and had rather start college early and Quote from her..." Get it over with asap". lol She called me last night, to tell me , she had made home coming court. She was excited, as she didn't know if she would even be allowed to , since she was graduating early.. God has really blessed Kenny and I with 2 wonderful kids and 5 grandchildren. As, we watch them grow up, there is a sadness, but also a very proud time too .. Seeing them serve the Lord and become adults. This is what God intended. And I am very thankful. |
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| Bedroom/Sewing room Make over When we moved into our little farmhouse, I had this room painted blue with white trimming. I soon discovered that the blue was too much.. So, [with my husband letting me know that we just paid men to paint this a year ago,ha] I went to Lowes and bought a light gray for the bottom and the same Celery Root [cream white] for the top half. I am really pleased with, how open the room is now. So, I must tell hubby.. I won!!! The red/white stripe throw at end of bed.. I found on Walmart.com for 8.99.. Love it.. [Note... click on photos to enlarge] |
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| My sewing nook.. So much lighter and brighter with the light colors. Organizing my sewing stuff helped also. My fabrics are still kept in the big book shelf with bins, in the living room. Works great. [not like having a big sewing room, But, I am adjusting.☺] I painted the stool white.. It was a light brown wood. It already had a gray/cream cushion cover. |
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| NOPE....I didn't redo the kitchen [hubby would kill me.lol] ☺Just wanted to show you the cute pillow I found at walmart. It is an indoor/outdoor pillow. It was $5.00. |
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| Close up of pillow. It is flowers in a mason jar. The jar is teal and says, "Faith". Love it. This stool has moved all over the house.. It is not really used.. [only when all the kids/grandkids are here, and we need the extra chair]. But, I love to hang pretty seasonal towels or in this case, a pretty pillow. |
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| My computer area in hall.. My desk was so small, when I put the printer on it, it left no room for any thing. So, I purchased another shelving unit at Lowes for $13.00. I found these galvanized bins at Walmart.com for $7.47. They are perfect.. they hold my copy paper, office supplies.etc. The top holds my printer and gives me more room on my desk.. I have a new to me camera.. Mine died. It takes really good photos.. Thank you to my sweet friend, Deedy.. |
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| Emily's First Year of College I embroidered her initial on this pillow that I made for her. I actually did 2 of everything.. [One for her room mate... so their room would match.☺ |
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| Initials on the desk chair cover [Two of these also] Emily found this idea on Pintrest, and ask me to make it for them. |
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| Bed skirts for both girls. [these beds are about 4 ft off the floor, [so they can store things under the beds]. It took lots of time to make these tie on bed skirts.whew.. what we do, for those sweet grandkids. |
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| Papa made the head boards [two of them too] from plywood and 1 x 4 's. I covered them with cotton batting and teal fabric.. Her mom , painted the letters above her bed. |
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| Click on photo to enlarge We have been living at our "old- Farm House" for a little over a year now.. Many changes have been made.. Still lots of work to do. I found this Farm Sweet Farm container at Hobby Lobby. My Pioneer Woman fruit jars, fit in it perfectly..[Don't you love when that happens?] Found the galvanized tray at hobby lobby too. [love that store]. It says, "Thankful, Grateful, and Truly Blessed." And it is so true. Our fruit trees have been giving us lots of fruit.. Figs and Pears are coming in.. So I decided to make some Fig/Strawberry Preserves. |
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| Figs and Strawberries are cut up , ready to began.I am sharing my recipe.. It is a Paula Deen recipe..So easy and Delicious. Note , you can make just figs, just strawberry or combine them.. Fig/Stawberry Preserves 10 cups of combination of figs and Strawberrieswashed, stems removed and cut in half 3 1/3 cups sugar 1 cup water 2-3 teaspoon lemon juice Combine ingrediants, Stir and let sit for 30 minutes, until sugar dissolves. Then put on medium heat and cook for 30 minutes. Place in hot jars/lids. Delicious..... All you need is some hot buttered biscuits. yummy. |
