Things making me happy this morning....

Hurray for Saturday!

My list:

1. the little people laughing
2. HobbyHubby returning from his trip
3. running
4. the shining sun and blue sky
5. gardening
6. planning our weekend

Happy Hobbies!

Get Away Quilting

Last weekend I met my best friend in Syracuse for a weekend of quilting.

Our goal was to make quilts for her twin girls....

She is relatively new to quilting so even more fun!

Here are some of the blocks we made...

Here is a picture of the pattern...
A bit of our workspace...

I'd say we were a bit ambitious for the time allotted!

It was wonderful just to get to visit over a few meals and chat about

our little peeps and sew into the night...

She is going to work on the rest of the piecing and

our hope is that we will get together in the fall to do the actually quilting!

Happy Hobbies!

My biker Peeps...

Thought you might enjoy a link to a post about my little biker peeps!!

Check out the link to

Century Cycles Blog

Happy Hobbies!

Instead of Blogging

May was a very busy month and I just couldn't seem to fit in blogging time!

Instead of blogging, I..

1. helped with the school auction
2. ran the Mother's Day 5k
3. went on a field trip with Simon's Kindergarten class
4. saw Simon graduate from Kindergarten
5. helped Annestelle deal with pneumonia
6. made a trip to Akron to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday
7. went to the end of year conferences for the little peeps
8. enjoyed the first week of summer break with the little peeps
9. met my best friend in Syracuse for a quilting getaway to work on quilts for her girlies
10. put in a garden
11. cleaned the deck
12. cleaned my carpets
13. cleaned out my closet
14. read ALLOT

I didn't manage any time for

1. knitting
2. finishing any quilting projects of my own
3. doing the other HUNDRED things on my list!

Welcome June!

Welcome Summer Break!

HobbyMommy's back and I'm going to challenge myself to a post a day for the rest of the month...

I'm looking forward to hearing from you all soon as I've missed you!!

Happy Hobbies!!!

Tea for two...

and a whole lot of happy girl friend chatter!

A bit of chit about

quilting,

sewing,

fabric,

patterns,

and some chat about

yarn,

knitting,

more patterns.

Some cinnamon tea

and some lovely blueberry pound cake

(made by my guest).

Scrumptious!

Don't forget the show and tell

of works-in-progress.

A bit of lunch.

More happy chatter!

We call that Well-Being-Wednesday!

Happy Hobbies!

1-2-3-Go...

I love the Quilts and More magazine and saw the current issue advertised in another of my quilting magazines prior to its release! I fell in love with the purse on the cover immediately. So off I went in search of the issue... I'll spare you the details of magazine hunt and just get right to the purse...
The pattern, called 1-2-3-Go, was pretty easy to follow and quick to put together. I spent about 3 hours from start to finish, after I found just the right fabric. The fabrics are scraps from a quilt my mom started last year. I'm quite pleased to have them reinvented into this happy purse!
Some staff at the local Jo-Ann Fabrics recognized my purse from the magazine cover and made a big fuss! Well, isn't that good for a girl's self-esteem?

Happy Hobbies!

The Cozy is Finished... Finally!

I finally finished the cozy about 2 weeks ago,

weaved all the yarn ends in last week,

and washed and blocked it last Friday...

Blocked and drying.

The pattern up close.

I'm so pleased with my first lace pattern;

even if it was a 10 month project!

Happy Hobbies!