California Livin'

We've made the move.  And thus far, we all are absolutely loving it!  It has been two sunshiney, warm, hot, wonderful weeks that we have been in this wonderful farm and orchard riddled landscape.  Each of us still ooohs and aahhs about all of the different foliage and landscapes and homes and scenes.  So much to look at and take in.  I have a little feeling that this is going to be a fantastic place to live!  Already I feel the urge to adapt here and an even greater urge to have my family experience this new land.

It really seems like so long ago that we got the word about my husbands new job, then took an exploratory trip to "the valley" to tie up some loose ends with the job.  Soon the  packers arrived, movers came and we took a wonderful three days to arrive in our new surroundings.  In reality, it was only a very short seven weeks  ago, today in fact, since this move became the remotest possibility!

Hand sewing has been my friend, keeping my mind and my hands buzzing and busy.  And there have been many lazy days wiling the hours away immersed in a good book (L.M. Montgomery at the moment).  Works-in-progress are few and as such are coming along nicely.  A seemingly never-ending binding is finally complete!  Honestly, that was easy work since I was doing this for a quilting friend and she only asked me to do the binding in exchange for a serger that she just happened to have lying around.  Win, win.  And I think it came out quite nice.

I'll be linking up to WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced today.  God bless and keep you during this beautiful, summer-y week!

 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. ~Hebrews 8:1-2

love, Lisa    

Doing Good

Finally, I got around to documenting a couple of little quilts that have been done for a couple of weeks now! What a joy to finish a quilt for do.Good Stitches and hand it off to a group that could use it!  

This is the back before binding.  I guess I did not get a picture of it when it was all done.  

It was such a pleasure to put this one together.  I received the cutest blocks from the Peace Circle and this quilt went together so perfectly.  

Here is the finished quilt.  This was the best of the 3 photos I had taken. I chose a dark binding to frame the colorful blocks and I think it works!  The pattern was found here.  

Here are the two finishes!  The top one went to my sister.  It is the heart string block that I've shown so many times already!  Just a couple more, I promise!

This is the little heart quilt (pattern/tutorial found here) made for my sister.  I did a freehand stitch in a spiral pattern and included little words that describe her.  I'm so glad she liked it!

So, these are my two most recent finishes.  Now I'll be trying to figure out how to make a project bag with a clear vinyl window...like the one I saw yesterday at my church quilting time!  I went to Wal-Mart and purchased some vinyl and some other goodies and I plan to have fun and make this happen this weekend.  

 And one last photo to share.  Weather here in Colorado is sometimes crazy in the spring.  Monday, I think, was almost 80 degrees and yesterday....

Today promises to be much brighter so I will be thankful for the moisture and hope that where ever that storm heads today, well, I hope they like snow/rain in May!

Have a wonderful day!  God bless each one of you!

For the Lord gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding...~Proverbs 2:6

love, Lisa

Still Progressing

In fact, I have a couple of finishes that I will show soon!

But today is about that weekly Wednesday inventory of all the works in progress that are going on...So, I'm linking to WiP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced!  Here we go!

This quilt for my mom is finally coming to a finish!  Just need to quilt and bind...

Dresdens for a kitchen project which I may actually work on today...since it is cold and snowy here in Colorado today.  Typical Spring!

These scraps are from the String Heart block tutorial by Don't Call Me Betsy.  These were so fun that I made three!  Pink for Katie, Scrappy for my sister (This is one of the finishes I will show soon!), and red on linen for me!

That is is for works in progress!  Not too bad.  I'm hoping to have another finish by Friday so that over the weekend I can start something new!  Plus I need some help with a planned project.

Have a great week!

Let your gentleness be known to all men.  The Lord is at hand. ~ Philippians 4:5

love, Lisa

Scrappy Sewing

I have several works in progress to share...now that I'm back in my sewing room and sewing again!  So I'm posting now to keep on track and link up to WiP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced!

I just love this block!  It was designed by Elizabeth Dackson of Don't Call Me Betsy and she has a tutorial here.  This one is for the Peace circle of do.Good Stitches.  I think this is going to be a gorgeous quilt!

I liked this block so well that I decided to make more of these.  I'll show them another day...they are almost done.

The other project that is ready to be finished is another for do.Good Stitches.  I asked the ladies for scrappy trip blocks using this tutorial.  This came together so quickly once the blocks were trimmed and laid out.  And I love it!  I think it will make a nice sized quilt for a child.  

It is coming along nicely.  It is sandwiched and basted and ready to go on the machine for quilting.  I just have to figure out how to quilt it.  Straight lines?  Stipple?  I have to figure this out quick because I want to quilt it today!  

As I mentioned above, I actually have other projects going on right now as well...so many works, so little time!  I'll be looking forward to finishing one (or more!) of these to show soon!  

Have a wonderful day!

 For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. ~Philemon 1:15-16

love, Lisa

Works in Progress - the Slump Edition

Hello!

I have some random photos to go along with my WiP list today.  I really only have two projects that have gotten any attention lately.  I'm in a bit of an artsy slump.  The quilt I'm making for my mom is almost done.  In fact all that is left is to layer, quilt and bind.  Quite a bit but slow going.

And I'm still working on my 2012 One Little Word embroidery.  Very slow going on this one.  I'm afraid I spent a good deal of time feeling like it was not good enough so I looked at it often but didn't make any stitches most of the time.  Bah.

I did organize some pins, though!

And I made some plans and lists for future projects, assuming I break out of this slump!

Oh, I did also start one of these printed embroideries.  This is a project from a church quilt group.  I'm afraid I may be holding the project up.  I really must snap out of this!

Well, that is what this post is.  A list of projects that I really do want to finish and this post serves to get me started in the right direction!  I'm linking up to Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday, of course!  Have a great week!

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.  ~John 3:16

love, Lisa