Another Ending (and beginning) Keagan is home

Good times

Oh Steph is happy.

Buds. We thought Garrick was tall. Guess what , not so much

greeting him at the airport

Happing ending to the drama of the last 1 1/2 years

These are some quick pics from the wedding I took before it got hectic

The sibs

The helpers

Beach Buddies

 I started this project a few years ago when Lottie still lived in Hanford.  It originally was a quilt wall hanging. So when I came across it on Saturday I decided to finish the stitching and quilt it. Then I thought why not a beach bag. So here it is.

Silk-dyed eggs my fav

Silk-dyed eggs

So this week is really crazy. I have so much to do. Several quilts to quilt, meal to a family, set up for a dinner, late night hockey, full schedule at work and a friend coming to visit and family coming at the beginning of next week. So..... what do I do decide to try to dye some eggs with silk.

I saw the idea on pinterest and it looked interesting to me.

As it happens I have bags of silk squares that my sister gave me over ten years ago, I have never really known what to do with them, but of course I saved them.

First I cut the squares down to smaller size and then I could use it for more than one egg.
Next you need to wrap the egg in the silk and then wrap string around it to hold in place against the shell of the egg. Cover the whole egg with string.
Then put in a pot and boil for 13 to 15 minutes. So i read you can't eat theses eggs because of the dye. I really don't know.
Boiling, boiling........
Take them out let them cool. It was hard for me to wait to see how they turned out. Its now time to take the string off. I unstrung it so I could reuse the string.
Here is one of them.
And another. Cool. I understand if the eggs don't have a crack in them you can save them for decoration from year to year because they will eventually dry up inside.

Happy President's Day

I thought it would be fun to try to make George Washington Cookies(incase you didn't recognize him. I do have fun with decorating cookies ever since I stop doing my wood crafts. This way I still get to paint, kind of.

My Little Christmas Mobile

I guess it is time to take down the pics on my little wire mobile. I got it at Shop-ko for $10. I love it. I used it to display some of the family photos I got at Christmas time. It hangs from the vaulted ceiling. I think I'm gonna use it year round for special occasions. It is out of the way and adds interest to that part of the house.

P.S. I know my pics are lame. I only have my i-phone right now.

The sewing condition....

Sew I decided to kinda clean up my sewing area in the basement.
Here are some before pictures : Stephanie had been occupying the larger room, but she actually has an apartment so we decided to move the sewing to the big room to give me more space for my new Babylock Ellisimo embroidery machine and also so my HQ long arm would have room too! BeforeAnd before
After only 3 hours work because thats about as long as I had. I managed to at least pick things up and throw trash away. Next I will try to organize. Cause you can't do both at the same time it is just to overwhelming.
The photos wer an after thought and taken on Garricks old iphone.
Much better
And better.