When does something fun turn not fun?

This is something I have been asking myself for a few weeks now. I love quilting as much as I love making sweets. Last week was our first Craft Fair of the year and boy I was ready. I made 50 lbs of peanut brittle, pecan brittle, jalapeno peanut, and jalapeno pecan brittle. I had

Learning to live without Covid

I don’t know about anyone else, but I have been struggling to get back to “Normal” I am someone who learned at an early age to be successful in chiaos. In the past 2 years of Covid, the shutdown, life slowed way down and the chiaos of everyday living ceased to exist. Now all has

Sewing fun

Between everyday life with ups and downs, I have been in the sewing room thinking. Our quilt guild is having a row by row with in the guild. We broke up into groups of 6 and as a group choose theme, and each had to design a block. The dimensions of the block I chose

April what a fun month

With the weather saying Spring has finally sprung I am getting more and more organized to get the most done. I get up Monday thru Friday get granddaughter off to school, then home to make 2 batches of peanut brittle(each takes about 45 min to an hour), then off to the sewing room. My brain

Spring is Here.

The sun is shinning and birds are singing here these days. It is great outside. I only hope it stays this way. The day started off in the low 30’s and will get to be nice and warm in the 70’s. With spring in the air it means Craft Fair season is upon us. I

Spring Break

When I was working I would be spending my Spring Break doing anything I wanted to do after spring cleaning the house. Mother in law and I would take a day going to yarn shops and going to garage sales. Now jump ahead 7 years and I have retired and another granddaughter here is our

Sea Glass is done

I finally finished the Sea Glass quilt and have been doing a happy dance. This was a fun quilt and I have found out my son wants one this size, but more “Rustic” Once I figure this out I will start on one for them for Christmas. This week is catching up on some UFO’s.

Beautiful Sunday

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Sun shinning in the upper 30’s, lots of things accomplished. Met our oldest Granddaughter’s future In Laws, who are sweet people. Who could ask for more? ME…….I have been asking my sewing machine why it doesn’t like the thread I want to use for the quilting on my Sea Glass

Is it ever going to warm up?

5 degrees is what the day is starting out to be. You know sometimes cold is just cold and the temp doesn’t matter, well that is where I am today. Got the bird feeders filled and fresh fruit out for the Cardinals and Blue Jays and seed on the ground for the ground feeders. Peanut

Snowy Day ahead

This morning I was awaken by the phone ringing. My 2nd child was calling and when she gets frustrated she yells. With this said she is yelling in my ear how she got stuck on her way to work because someone decided to turn around in the middle of 4 lanes of traffic and cars