my etsy shoppe is finally up!

may 26, 2012
i think someone has been reading my blog! i don't know for sure because everytime i go to it to check it counts as someone looking at it:^) i think i'll believe someone is reading this! i finally got going on my etsy shoppe. i only have a few things up on it and have many more to put in there. i'm working on it daily. it is getting easier. this week i made the cutest little kids placemats. one is an I Spy mat. little ones can take it with them when they go out to eat and play i spy while they're waiting for their food. i'm selling that for quite a bit more than the others because there are 50 little fussy cut tumbler blocks sewn together. i've sandwiched them all and quilted them. they look really good! i have a few more ideas for the shoppe but i also have quilts that i want to put in there that are all made. i'll post some pictures but if you want to check out etsy i'm sewing on the swift or nancyb.

how is everyone? the weather here is fabulous. we have been watching the beautiful birds that are all over our back yard. our baby phoebes are already busting out of their nest. there are five of them and are so crowded in the nest that we're waiting for one to tumble out. its cute tho, everytime we go out to check on them mom or dad start chipping away and the babies get very still and don't make a sound. good children! tomorrow we're going to our granddaughters lacrosse game. they are currently in first place and its fun to watch them. they have some really good players on the team. this is the u13 age group.

tonight we're going to the barnstormers theatre in tamworth nh to see the "frost heaves". its a comedy and they've won awards for the show. i'll tell you how it was! well, i've got to go and get cleaned up. we put in our garden today i.e. chip did most of it and wanted to. he's pretty excited about it. he has the green thumb in the family.....i definiteyly do not!!!!  i'm hoping to get some good veggies to can this summer. now that i'm good at!  i'll keep you posted. have a great day and i will too.

Common Threads Quilt Show

May 9, 2012

hi everyone!my husband was finally able to find work up here and started this week so we have been busy with that transition. i've been spending 4 days a week by myself up here while he worked on the seacoast. that was a very different thing for both of us. we have been married 42 years and have never spent much time apart. i also don't know a soul up here so it was very quiet! i didn't mind it though. i like the silence and it certainly is beautiful up here. it also gave me a chance to get used to our new house. the weather is rainy today but not too cold (60's).we have had a wonderful array of birds at our suet and bird feeder. we have the feeders on the upper part of our house so that the squirrels, chipmunks and bears can't get to them. we have 4 types of woodpeckers at the suet.they are beautiful! we also have a phoebe that has laid 5 eggs in a nest on the rafters. we can see the nest thru the cracks of the back porch. chip made a station for nora jean (our coon cat) to sit on so that she can watch the phoebe. she likes to sit behind my sewing machine and watch the red squirrels, chipmunks and doves that spend a lot of time on the ground right outside the window.often the red squirrel will stop and stare at her and she flicks her tail indignantly when big red does that. its funny and keeps her busy.

i've been working on several projects this week. one that i'm almost finished with is an I Spy placemat for toddlers. i'll post a picture when its done. i'm going to sell it in my etsy shoppe whenever i get that up and running. the other project that i completed was a wall clock. i belong to my sister's prairie quilt guild in wichita ks. they are having their quilt show the last week of june and neither my sister nor i will make it. we each made a wall clock for them to sell in their auction. hers is paper pieced and mine is the dresden plate design. they both came out pretty good. i'm curious to see what they end up selling for. their show is absolutely WONDERFUL if you can make it there. it is huge with lots of interesting vendors, great food, a fun auction with a professional auctioneer and last time (its held every 2 years) there were almost 1,000 quilts. i had my miniature I Spy quilt judged  and came in 3rd in the miniature division. i was pretty proud of that.I Spy quilts are my favorite to make and i've made tons of them. they take more time but i find fussy cutting the squares and sewing them together very peaceful and calming. they had a famous quilter do the judging but i can't remember her name! it was Hari or Harriet something. (it wasn't harriet hargraves altho i've taken one of the best classes ever from her). you can google Common Threads Quilt show and get information about it.

i hope everyone has a great day. i plan on it! nancy