NEEDLEWORK TUESDAY....

Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Got a project your working on and want to share?  Head over to Heather's place and check it out.

I've been working on my Crazy Quilt.  I've pulled out my ribbon, rick rack, buttons and some charms.  Also some lace.  I've also been doing some embroidery work on some of the blocks.  I put some buttons on the wheels of the bicycle.

This one I outlined the dragonfly and used some charms I had.

This one has some lace and embroidery.

This one has rick rack and buttons.

This one has some crochet lace.

I've also started another Ripple Afghan.  It's coming along nicely and I really like the color combo I've used.

FANTASY......

Luke likes playing on the cell phone.  He plays Angry Birds and he watches the cartoons there too.  And yes he knows how to work the game.

SAND......

The kids sand pile disappeared over the summer.  Hubby went and got them some new sand to play in.  It's white sand, it's called play sand.  The twins love it. 

NEEDLEWORK TUESDAY.......

Oooops it's Wednesday.  Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Hop over and check out her place.  What have you been working on??

I've been working on my Crazy Quilt.  Keep in mind I have no idea what I'm doing with this quilt.  I know the basics, The block is done on a foundation and the fabric is at odd angles.  But other than that I'm in the dark.  As for the embroidery work.....that sucks.  I'm not really good at embroider.  I know a few basic stitches.   I've been using lots of ribbon, rick rack, lace and buttons to embellish the blocks

 

These blocks haven't had any embellishment done to them. 

These blocks have some embellishment.  Haven't got any plan as to how I'm going to lay this out.  Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?  I could really use some help on this one.

READ SCOTLAND READING CHALLENGE

I was blog hopping and ran across this reading challenge.  Thought I would give it a go.  I love reading about Scotland.  Peggy Ann over at Peggy Ann's Post is the host for this reading challenge.  Hop over and check it out.


Read Scotland 2014







 A few Details.....
Read and review Scottish books -any genre, any form- written by a Scottish author (by birth or immigration) or about or set in Scotland.

Challenge runs January 1 to December 31, 2014

I've added this to my Reading Challenges Tab at the top of my page.  I'll keep track of my books there.  I'm going for Just A Keek (a little look): 1-4 books.

VINTAGE MYSTERY BINGO CHALLENGE.....

Bev over at My Reader's Block is the host for Vintage Mystery Bingo Reading Challenge.  Hop over and check it out.

 Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

Inside Cover
Thundering along on its three-day journey across Europe, the famous Orient Express suddenly came to a stop in the night.  Snowdrifts blocked the line. Surrounded by the silent Balkan hills, the passengers slept on unheeding.In the morning the man in the next compartment lay dead - stabbed, viciously and frenziedly, over and over again.  And since the snow outsie was unbroken....the murderer was still on the train..... 
Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages 
Publisher: Harper; Reprint edition (March 29, 2011) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 0062073508 
ISBN-13: 978-0062073501

MY THOUGHTS
This is a classic Christie mystery with Hercule Poirot.  Stuck on a train in the middle of no where and a murderer still on board the train, Poirot has to do his thing to solve the crime.  Which Christie sets up and adds lots of characters and mystery.  One of my all time favorite Christie books.  This books is also published under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach.  This is also my 3rd book of 6 for this reading challenge.  

PINK......

Bella's favorite color is Pink.  As you can see from these pictures.

RED....

My Tulips bloomed.  They are beautiful this year.  These are just a few of many.

BOOTS.......

Bella in her pink boots.  She wore these all winter and is still wearing them now. 

NEEDLEWORK TUESDAY.....

Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Working on something....want to share or just visit....hop over to Heather's and find out the info.
As for me, in a previous post I updated the info on my Under the Sea quilt.  Also am working on a Teapot and Cup quilt.  You can check it out here. 
Haven't worked on my Crochet Along over at Red Heart.  I've run out of yarn and need to make a trip to Wal Mart.  I hate making the trip to town.  But I'll get there eventually.  I've encounter a problem with a couple of the blocks.  The Cross Stitch Block and the Front Post Treble Block is not working out for me.  So I've decided to go with the ones I can do.  That would be the Popcorn Square and Back Loops Square.  So I'll be using these two to replace the ones I can't seem to get.

I've also found my next quilt.  I'll be making some adjustments to the original to suit my own tastes.  I first saw this quilt at Facebook...and of course I followed all the link's to find it.  It is from a book called Ladybug & Friends, I got my book from Amazon.com.  It comes from Quilted Frog, you should check out their site.  Lots of great stuff over there.

Well that's it for now, don't forget to head over to Heather's place.

APRIL 350 BLOCKS REPORT....

Shelly over at Prairie Moon Quilts is the host for the 350 Blocks Project.  Hop over and check out her place.

As for me, I've been working on 2 quilts.  Under The Sea, which is big enough to cover my bed.  Just needs a border to make it hang down on the sides. 

The other quilt I'm working on is a Teapot and Cup Quilt.  I'm still appliqueing the cups, I think I've got enough Teapots.  Still trying to decide if I'm going to put a border on this one.  I haven't actually laid it out yet, so we'll see what happens when I do. 

As for my count for April........ta da........38 blocks.....I've never kept track of how many blocks I make, so this is a new thing for me.  I'm really amazed at how many I got done.  That puts my count for the year so far at 60.  And I've already got my next quilt picked out.  I'll be posting about that tomorrow......so come back and find out what it will be.

FRIENDSHIP.....

Bella and Luke get along most of the time.  They also have totally different interests.  Bella likes books and Luke likes the computer.  They don't always play together, but sometimes you can catch them playing together.

Hanging out on the couch watching t.v.

Rolling around on the floor.

CORK......

I was rearranging stuff in the kitchen window the other day and found this cork.  It was hiding behind the chicken.  It's from a bottle of wine my son got for New Year's. 

CONTAINERS....

Do you seem to have lots of empty containers?  We have lots of them.  Bottles, jars and little containers that I can't seem to throw away.  You never know when you might need one.  This is just a small example of the containers I have collected.

NEEDLEWORK TUESDAY.....

Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Been working on something and want to share?  Head over to Heather's place.

As for what I've been doing....some crocheting and lots of quilting.  I finally went to Joann's Fabric and got some muslin.  So I've been working on my Under the Sea quilt.

I've also been working on a crazy quilt.  I'm kind of working in the dark here, but I think the blocks are coming out pretty good.  Although my embroidery skills lack something.  I've got lots of "stuff" to put on the blocks.  I started out with a 12" block, but didn't like the way it was looking.  So I decided to do a 6" block.  Much better and easier to work with.

As for the crocheting, I've got 8 of the Granny Square blocks done for the Crochet Along.  Haven't started any of the others yet.  But did pick up some different colors of yarn while at Joann's.  Don't forget to go visit Heather.

CALENDAR.....

We have several calendar's in the house.  But this is the main one everyone looks at.  Not sure why.  Nothing for April, most moths the calendar has lots of writing on it.  So far April is a non busy month.

BOTTLE.....

Bub likes to drink out of bottles.  He's pretty good at it too.  Except he hasn't learned how to open them yet. 

NEEDLEWORK TUESDAY....

Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Got any projects to share?  Head over to Heather's place and check out what everyone is sharing.

As for me.....I've started a new quilt and yes I know I haven't gotten any of the 3 done.  But I've been looking and looking for a teapot pattern.  Finally found one.  I made a few of these a few years back, but couldn't find the pattern.  I took pictures and luckily I saved them.  So I zoomed the picture out as much a possible and traced the teapot onto a piece of blank paper.  So now I have my pattern.  Got a couple done last night.  I'm using scraps of fabric to make the teapot, so they will be all different colors.  They will be on unbleached muslin and it's a 10 inch block.

I've also been working on my Crochet Along over at Red Heart Yarn.  I've got 5 of the 10 Granny Squares done.  I've got all the patterns so far, just haven't worked on them all.  I am having some trouble with the Cross Stitch block.  It keeps going wonky.  Don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I'll figure it out sooner or later.

BOX(ES)......

around here we either have too many or not enough.  Luckily we have a room we can store them in until we need them.  It's kind of the catch all room.  It catches everything we don't want or don't need anymore. 

CARD.....

Friday was my birthday.  My hubby bought me a card and a birthday cake.  Love the card!

As for the cake, the twins tested it out before me.  They like the icing, not the actual cake.  And I like the cake.  So they took first dibs at it.

FROM MY WINDOW.....

I was cutting some quilt patterns out in the dining room/craft room.  This picture is from there.  The wind has been blowing hard for the last 2 days.  It has finally calmed down a little. 

The flag is all furled out from the wind.  The wind has been blowing south southwest, hopefully it will bring some warm air this way.  It is currently 43 degrees, but this morning it was 32, so we are still not quite at spring yet. 

NEELEWORK TUESDAY.....

Heather over at Books and Quilts is the host for Needlework Tuesday.  Working on something, show it off and head over to Heather's place to find out who else is working on something.

I've been working on my Under The Sea quilt.  Have lots of blocks done, but I've run out of unbleached muslin, so have to make a trip to Jo Ann's Fabrics.  Thought I would show how I get a block together.  This is one of 3 main blocks I'm using in the quilt.  It's a fish and the color behind the fish is suppose to be Kelp floating in the water.  It's not quit what I was looking for, but I can live with the way it is.

And this is what I've got done on the quilt.  It's going to need another row on the sides to make it a little wider.  I'm making this for my bed, which is a full size bed.  And I'm going to be putting a border around the whole quilt.  So it does need to be a little bit wider.  I'm thinking about my next quilt.. I want to make  a teapot, cup and saucer quilt.  But can't find an applique pattern for a teapot.  I've looked around the internet and can't find one I like.  If you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment with a link and thanks.

Don't forget to head over to Heather's place to check out her quilt and crocheting she's working on. 

LAUNDRY.....

well, it's kind of like laundry.  The twins like to get in the laundry hamper and if there are dirty clothes in it, they dump it out.  Bella really likes the hamper a lot.

MUDDY PUDDLES.....

Have you ever heard of Peppa Pig?  It's a pre-school program out of England.  The twins love this show and they learn lots of stuff from there.  One day a few weeks ago it warmed up enough for them to go outside.  And they found a muddy puddle to play in.  They had a blast!   They were messy when they were done, but it was fun.  You can see Peppa Pig here.