Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Summer Project 3!
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Summer Project 2!
I keep changing placement of hex's and deciding how to put this piece together!
Time for me to go back to project #1 or is it project #3!
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Summer Project 1!
Our grandson, Nick, turns 21 in September! Hard for me to believe but...for our grand daughter, Amber, I made her a 21st BD memory book. So, it's now time for me to make Nick his 21st BD book! Every year on each of Nick & Amber's BD, I would write a BD letter to them talking about what they or we did in the past year. And, of course, I've saved lots of items/notes/papers for the past 21 years for Nick too.
This is a link to the post I did on Amber's book I made. It's filled with lots of notes, pictures and memorabilia I've saved. I also gave her 21 BD letters I had written each year. I don't think she's read hardly any of the BD letters...maybe she will when I'm gone! HA
This is what my art table is filled with! Fortunately, this is where I dye, paint, etc. fabric and works great so I can leave all the 'stuff' out!
It's been a lot of work going back to obtain pictures from 2003 thru 2024! I've already had over 120 pictures printed at Walgreen's (with my 50% off coupon! woohoo!). I have small envelopes starting with 2003 and as I find papers/notes/pics I put them in their respective envelope(s)! Easy, right! Well, it is untill I find a picture that doesn't have a date on it! Remember we are in the age of digital photos! And because we copy from members of the family, the original date isn't always retained! So it's taken time to go through every flash drive I have to find Nick's pictures! HA
I also kept notes on little items or funny stories...for example: I bought Nick a model air plane and we were working on it. It had very small decals and one of the decals dropped on the floor. We couldn't find it. Finally, Nick said "maybe it fell in one of your wrinkles, grandma"! Out of the mouth of babes, right!
This is a picture of Nick when he was a toddler. He loved taking Mandy for walks and pulling the wagon. How I loved spending time with the grand kids! I miss those days so much...
So, summer if busy with projects for sure!
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Cyano Print Project A Go Again!
My knitting has taken over my time so the Cyano Print project has been on the back burner for awhile. Every so often, I would pick up a hex and sew some together....but that has been 10 min. here or 5 min. there! HA
This was the beautiful print my friend, Bonnie made and sent me!
I ended up adding 1/4" pieces of red fabric. They aren't all attached in this picture. You can see later they are!
I got the crazy idea I would make a border of red/blue hex's! What was I thinking...but I'm sticking to it.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Mother's Day 2024
Darrin and Kris got me one of those Digital Slideshow Photo Frames. I loaded some pics to it already. I'm keeping it in my sewing room so I can have the slideshow running while I sew! I love it!
We did miss Bob...he had cataract surgery earlier in the week and was not comfortable moving around or trying to see. His surgical eye is 20/20 but he has to wear some old glasses, which causes his eyes/mind confusion! He did try the clear lens but that didn't work out so he's using an old pair of glasses from about 6 years ago. The only ones that work for now. He gets his 2nd eye done on the 22nd this month. So fingers crossed he'll be a happy camper soon!
On another 'sick/health' note...I came down with a terrible allergy attack around the beginning of May. I finally went to urgent care on the 5th. UGH...AND I still have it....sinusitis/rhinitis/sneezing/runny nose. I am so sick of this and I feel terrible...just wiped out. Dr told me to take Allegra D for a month! Then to switch to regular Allegra for the rest of the summer. I also shared what I had with Bob for a few days. He did get over this runny nose and sneezing after about 3 days. Pollen is very high in our area...when will it snow!!!!
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Agave Finished!
Well, I didn't make Mother's Day but I finished my top in time for Memorial Day/Labor Day! HA Honestly, Yumiko's patterns are wonderful to knit. This is my 2nd top pattern from her and I'm looking forward to knitting another one.
The lace work shows up so well with a white tank top under it. What I like about this pattern and Yumiko's other patterns are you can wear with a tank top or a turtle neck!
I tried on a blue/white type necklace but I think the white necklace above looks so much nicer.
Too bad I can't get a good color of the yarn. It's a blue, called pacific tone, but so much prettier in person. The yarn has some purple in it along with the blue so gives a pretty sheen to it.
The back just has large lace patterns, which look so nice.
Hard to see but there are shades of purple along with blue in the yarn. This is from Yumiko's web page.
So now to decide what pattern to do next...although, I have two projects to work out that are not knitting. I'll be posting on them later this month.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Back at it
Yep, my sister and I are back at knitting a project together again. It's always fun to work with my sister. What one of us doesn't "get" working a pattern, the other one has it all figured out. Just seems the older we get, we're not so good at 'reading' instructions. HA Thank goodness to be able to bounce ideas off each other.
We are both working in blue, although, my sister's is a pretty blue vs mine is more a demin blue.
Yarn color is deceiving in this picture. The bottom pattern is slightly larger and is only at the bottom. There are small lace patterns on the sleeves, otherwise, the body has about 5 or 6 medium lace patterns.
Fingers Crossed
Monday, April 1, 2024
Easter 2024
Well, another amazing brunch put on my our DIL, Kris! She and Darrin always entertain and do a wonderful job of it! Darrin did make sausage patties, links and the best bacon on their blackstone outside...Dawn made mushroom quiche and her famous cinnamon scones! Kris made everything else...so much food! And she made enough for 16! Her family all came so we had 16 for brunch and we all got to take home food!!! For those on FB, you'll have already seen these pics....I have to include because this is my 'diary' that I print out yearly! Something for me to look at when I'm in the nursing home!
check out the lamb cake Kris' mom made! And his bunny tail is made of a Marshmallow. And the lemon cake was delicious!!! As was her chocolate cake!
They were all so good!! I purchased the cake from BobbieCakes here in Goodrich! It was white chocolate cake with raspberry filling and buttercream frosting! OMG...so good!
The dessert table was full! 3 cakes and a Easter cookies Kris made!