grandmas-bits and pieces: little projects.

Sunday, May 26, 2013

little projects.

These cases might sell well on the gift table at the quilt show too.
http://www.themotherhuddle.com/free-lipstick-case-pattern-and-sewing-tutorial/

This is a lovely little piece that you can use as a gift , for a bazaar table and for yourself.

This is a special picture. Once upon a time Pitt Bull Terriers were honoured as prime baby sitter as they were such great defenders of the young ones. Now they are considered very dangerous . I think the breed has undergone many changes to their make up due to bad breeding and bad treatment and are no longer considered safe. It is too bad.

We had a lovely day with the great grandchildren, the grandchildren and spouse and Richard. The girls were charming and certainly made the day.

Richard bemused or is he tired. It was a huge day for him , he tires so easily , the ALS is stripping the strength from his life. My poor boy, it is awful to see him this way.

Dear little Rose trying to feed grandpa. She is into food these days LOL and into sharing it too.

Rose in her serious mood. She is really eager to laugh and smile and play with Mary her mom. Rose is very tiny even though she is 17 months old. She has a thing for my shoe horn and water bottle. Children are so interesting.

Charlotte in her new finery, a beautiful pink dress. She is never still so her picture is blurred but you get the idea of the dress.

Cousins playing together and almost still LOL. They are just wonderful little girls.

And no pictures of Ray and me, nor Mary, Lewis and Meaghan. I must compensate for that next time.

I made a pork roast for dinner along with mashed potatoes, creamed little onions, gravy, corn, asparagus and salad. It was a very tasty dinner and everyone said they enjoyed it. I certainly did.

One accident. I knocked over a litre of milk , it went all over the floor. Lewis was so good , he just took over and cleaned the mess all up. I was so grateful for his help. By this time I was very tired and getting irritated at myself for being so clumsy.

But it all worked out in the end.

It was a great day.

Block of the Day....

One of the few basket blocks I like.

It is the Cake Basket and I think the reason I like it is that I made a one of them for a guild BOM. At that point there was a lot of participation from the guild and I think there were at least 25 blocks. I won them. I was not actually doing a quilt then so another member and I donated the blocks to the Oklahoma disaster relief fund and another friend of mine in the US made up a quilt for those people. It was in 1999 I think. It was my first encounter with anything like that. I hadn't been in the guild very long.

Download now as a pdf pattern

Now this is elegance.

Beautiful piece of china . I see it has not handle but does have a wire piece for lifting. The paint job of the rooster is gorgeous. It is from a list called Dusty Old Thing.