Saturday, January 23, 2010

Valentine Party day.....


UPDATE: 5:40 pm....Well, I didnt finish four projects, but I got two done and I am very pleased with them....the party for me is over, the sewing room looks like Hurricane Rita blew threw it and I am tired of Diet Coke.....Here are my two finished projects....the wallhanging.....


and the Teachers Valentine......


I am off to get ready for the rodeo and I will visit everyone's blogs when I get home later tonight....This little party was really fun and I look forward to meeting you all and seeing your wonderful Valentine creations......until then dont eat to much chocolate..........


UPDATE: 4:15
I finally gave in to the tireds and took a two hr nap....I was doing good, thinking I had lot's of time to finish all four projects...Well now it is feeling like Project Runway around here , as I am under the gun.....Don let me know that he has rodeo tickets for tonight at eight so that means I have two hours left to sew! Darn it! The Wall hanging is almost done and I am pretty sure I will finish the one Valentine....We will see....back to the projects! UPDATE:

Ok, it is about ten thirty and I have made some progress....I am working on two things right now...The first is a "Bee Mine" wall hanging...I didnt cut out anything ahead of time, but it is a really easy little project so I am doing fine.....here is a little peek of the bee all appliqued...


I also am going to make a really cute heart potholder and two fabric and paper sewn valentine hearts for a friends grandchildren to give to their teachers...Here is the start of one heart...

Gonna go see what everyone else is doing...........
POST #1
I am a terrible sleeper at night and usually about 5:00 am I am just starting to fall asleep, but here I am up and ready to sew......I have a couple little projects ready to go, lot's of hot tea and a can of diet coke and some chocolate to keep me going.....I will check in with some progress photos soon.......

30 comments:

joan said...

I am joining you with a cup of coffee. Happy sewing.

Dandelion Quilts said...

I hope you are getting a lot done.

Kim said...

Just getting around to that cup of coffee - need to sew a few stitches first though! :-D

Joan said...

Those are absolutely gorgeous!

Pam said...

Melinda,
Congratulations on your publication in Quilting Arts and your link on the web. I just checked it out and it's very impressive. Way to go.

Béa said...

Beautiful work, happy sewing day !

Michelle said...

I LOVE it...diet coke & chocolate! It is a party! LOL!!!!

Mrs. Sew and Sew - Karen said...

I can't believe it...5 am. You don't know how many nights this happens to me...many many! Then Jak is here at 5:45am. OUCH!!!! I am sooooo glad he takes a morning nap! LOL!!! So do I...zzzzzzzzzzzzz! Coffee and diet coke...my kinda friend! Love the hearts you are working on. Hugs, Karen

Kelly@ Charming Chatter said...

TOO CUTE -- just love the little bee! Glad you're up and running! I'm staying wired with lots of DDP and coffee (to combat the sugar lows from the chocolate)!

CJ said...

CUTE hearts!

Little Lady Patchwork said...

Love, Love, Love the bees!

Karen said...

I like your heart collage project. I don;t know that is the proper name for it but that is what it looks like to me.

Jonathan said...

Oh my gosh, how cute are those?! I can't wait to see it all finished!

Little Lady Patchwork said...

Gosh I love both of them! They are so creative and I know that the teachers will love them.

Have fun at the rodeo.

Patty said...

Looks like your got things done despite the little nap. I have those kind of night too. Seems like I get sleepy around 4:30 about a half and hour before I have to get up and get ready for work.

Polly said...

Your projects are so creative and endearing! Love your blog! Come see mine! polly :-) http://auntpollysporch.blogspot.com/2010/01/voila-madeline-is-done.html

QUILTING IS BLISSFUL, DI said...

I think you did really well today---we always seem to plan more than there is time to complete!!! Both projects are just lovely and soo cute--
Hugs,Di&co

Barb said...

What a wonderful successful day you had.....

I was reading your story below, I can't finish it or I will be sobbing all over the floor...you were blest to have such a wonderful mom and you truly were a wonderful daughter.....you were lucky!!

Luv 2 Kreate said...

Great job...you got a lot done today. Everything looks great!

SewCalGal said...

I love what you created. Great colors, fabrics, design. Yumm. You did such a great job.

Sorry we didn't get much time to chat today, but I did have fun quilting with you at the Valentine Party sew-cial. I look forward to seeing what you create in the future and hopefully we'll get an opportunity to go to a sew-cial together again in the near future.

Hope you also had fun a the rodeo!

SewCalGal
www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com

Moneik said...

Looks great! Hope you had fun at the rodeo tonight. We're going to rodeos the next two weekends.

Kim said...

Your projects are sooo cute.

Dandelion Quilts said...

CUTE finishes.

Sherry said...

Love you Hearts!!! Have fun at the rodeo. HeeHaw! No really, I love cowboys!!!

Sherry

Kelly@ Charming Chatter said...

SO VERY CUTE!! I hope you had a great time at the Rodeo! Love your projects, and I'm so glad you joined us at the party! Hope you got a good night of sleep after partying all day LOL! Hope you'll come to our next party, too!

Kim said...

Your projects turned out real nice ~ they definitely says Happy Valentines Day!

Quilter Going Bananas said...

Good job getting 2 projects done!

~*~Patty S said...

Love the BEE Mine piece! AND the snow on your blog ... WordPress stopped the snow on 4 Jan ... sniff sniff
Have a great week!
oxo

Jen xo said...

i do love your collage hearts, they are adorable..jenxo

Robin (RsIslandCrafts) said...

Very cute wall hanging :)