A Few Funnies from Facebook

A few things that have made me smile lately:

















Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Our Rhododendron

Our Rhodie is blooming away and looking so beautiful this year, so I thought I'd share some pictures:

Scotchie is watching me out the bedroom window.

 

 

Now he's spotted a bird - probably a quail

 

 

 

 

I remember 30 years ago it was maybe 2 feet tall, not full at all and had 3 blooms on it.

We attended the funeral of our friend yesterday.  Such a sad occasion and so difficult to see the pain her husband was in.  She was very loved and based on the way her whole family spoke about her and the friends who got up to speak, what a testament and a legacy she's left.  We can all only hope to have touched people in the way that she did.

I must do my checkbook today and then I need to get the 2 huge bags of scraps I've been saving and cut them into strips to make a few scrappy quilts.  I really like the scrappy quilts that are on Bonnie Hunters Blog and Website - Quiltville.com

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Got a Few Things Done

Today, with all my fabric folded and the last of the organizing done in my sewing room, it was time to get busy and do a couple of quick projects.  So the first thing I did was make a new curtain for my sewing room.

Oh they are so pretty and bright and compliment my yellow walls nicely.

Then I don't know if you remember those drab pillows I put on my Grandma's Cedar Chest here:

 

Ugh, so boring and I have a lot of blue in that room, so I made covers, or pillow cases for the drab pillows and now it looks like this:

I found this fabric while I was organizing and folding my stash.  CR really liked the fabric and loves the look in that room.  It does brighten that area up a lot!!

We were supposed to paint the small hallway today - I cleaned the walls yesterday, but we went out to lunch with other retirees from where CR worked, so by the time we got home, well we decided to do it Friday morning and take it easy today.  And that was a good idea.  My back had been really hurting lately, so a day of rest was just what I needed.

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Folding Fabric

My friend Carline from Lady of the Cloth blog responded to my last blog post and told me a neat little trick, using my 6.5 by 24 inch ruler to fold my fabric so it looks nice on my new shelves.  I can't thank you enough Carline for the great advice.  Here are the before and after pictures:

Before - everything was on the shelf by color, but the piles were a mess.

 

Now, the shelves are so nice and beautiful looking, and there is actually
more room - I could buy more fabric - just don't tell CR, ha ha!!

And we also got the art work hung around the room - here is a new picture looking into the room from the door:

I just love my new space and it feels so good - clean and organized and a place where you can play and create.  I just have to keep it that way and I'm sure I will, I've wanted this for a long time.

One thing I had really wanted to do away with is the two plastic drawer units I had under my table.  I use the table for putting my make up on each morning - wait, I don't wear it every day anymore, but you get the idea.  The problem was I had a lot of small sizes of fabric and fat quarters and they needed a place to go where I could keep them organized as well.  So the drawers had to stay.  Still have my old curtains up, need to make my yellow with white polka dot curtains now that I'm organized.

While folding my fabric I ran across this fabric and I thought it would be perfect to use for pillow covers for the pillows I put on my Grandmas Cedar Chest in the other room.  They have a bit of punch to them so they'll brighten up the area.  After I make my curtains, this is next on my list to do.  We still have a bit of painting to do, but it won't be nearly the work that the bathroom, kitchen and my sewing room were, thank goodness!!

Last week it was so hot here I thought I'd die, it was in the 90's which is way to hot for this time of year.  Thankfully this week has backed off to normal temps around 76 or so.  It's nice to have the windows open rather than the air conditioning on - especially when there is still painting to be done.

So what are you working on and how is your weather??

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

A Fresh Start

As you know this past week we painted my sewing room a gorgeous light lemony yellow color called Morning Sunshine.  Well today it's all organized and ready to use, with the exception of hanging pictures which I'll do tomorrow.  Before you see the pictures I will admit that I am a fabric hoarder, so please try not to laugh at me.  At least now I know what I have and will be using that before purchasing more.

So without further ado:

Looking in from the door.  I have shelves on the right side of the room now for my fabric to be out and seen.

As you can see those shelves are LOADED.  And color coded, but I need to figure out a way to fold my fabric a tad neater, figured I could noodle on that for a while and try a few ideas - if you have any, please share!!

This picture is taken from standing by my sewing machine and looking toward the door.  I have my cutting table, which I'm only using half of and it allows for more room.  and then I have a shelf with books and patterns, etc and then the large shelf had project boxes that are either labeled or have the pattern taped to the outside so I can see what I have going or plan to have going.

I think I'm making new curtains with this fabric for the room.  I just love the yellow and the cheeriness of it all.

It's been a busy 2 days putting my room together and I'm so pleased with the results and the ability to see what I have and use it.

On a sad note we found out a friend of ours died quite suddenly from a brain aneurysm yesterday.  She was a wonderful and quite brilliant lady and only 69, to young to leave us.  Her hubby is 79 and unfortunately is suffering from Alzheimer's and recently quit driving.  I am very worried for him and sad for the whole family.  They have kids who live in state, so I hope they will step up and take care of their Dad, he will most certainly need their help.

I hope to be back stitching as I had a project in the works when we tore the room up to paint, so perhaps I'll have fun stuff to post in a few days or so.

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Mothers Day and Peonies

Happy Mothers Day to all you wonderful Mom's out there.  For me, Mothers Day makes me think of my wonderful Grandma.  While my own Mother could have cared less about me, my Grandmother was the be all and end all.  She loved me with out fail and despite my failures.  I was truly her girl!!  Anyhow our Peonies are blooming and I wish I could take her a vase full of them, but I can't so I'll just share it with you my friends!!

 

And how about a little purple for your day too:

Happy Mothers Day
Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

A Peek at Morning Sunshine

I have 2 pictures to share, one is with flash, so the yellow doesn't show up as well and one is without flash, but it makes the yellow appear darker than it is.  The sewing room walls are painted a beautiful yellow color called Morning Sunshine and I think it's just beautiful.  We are currently trying to put the room back together and so more pictures will be posted as I get things in order.

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Some Fun/Funny Things to Share

Saw this on Facebook and loved it:




Saw this on You Tube and thought it was way to funny.  If you have been owned by a Cat, you'll enjoy it!!  I tried to put the video in this post but for whatever reason, it's not letting me, so click on this to view the video:  Sad Cat Diary

I also saw this on Facebook :



This pretty much describes me in the mornings:



Don't you wish places of business would do this.  I have a cell phone but I think it's rude use it walking around stores or in a restaurant.  Or maybe I just like my privacy when on the phone.  Who knows, but I wish more people would realize how rude it is.



And now for a bit of wisdom:



Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Star Trek Nerdiness

Are you a Star Trek nerd like I am?  Well if you are you will get a kick out of the old Spock and the young Spock's new Audi commercial. 

First coat of paint is on in my sewing room and the second will go on in a little while.  Loving the "Morning Sunshine" yellow I picked out.  It's a very soft lemony yellow.

Thank goodness for air conditioning.  I'm hot and sweaty as it is painting, lord knows how bad it would be without cool air on a warm day like today.

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam

Mother Nature Has Turned on the Heat

Wow, we went from cool to darn hot in a matter of days.  I need more time to adjust to almost 90 degree temps, but guess I'm not going to get that time, cuz here they are!!

Today has been a wonderful, and hot day.  We started out the morning slowly - someone was really hurting from cleaning out her sewing room and being off balance with the air cast boot.  So once the Tylenol kicked in and I could move easier we got going and went to lunch with some friends.  Then we went to our favorite nursery and bought the plants for the deck planters.  I always plant million belles and geraniums in the planters.  They're easy to care for and don't require a lot of fussy work to keep them blooming.  I am not a green thumb kinda gal!!

Madison got a bully stick to chew on in the shade and I went to work planting. 

Here is my handy work and my little helper:

 

 

We have two other "contained" flower gardens - The first picture is one we are doing a lot of replanting in, and the buckets in front of it have decorative grasses:

 

Our more shaded flower area with a beautiful Japanese Tree and hydrangeas and some roses:

 

The greeting committee at our front door.  I have a lot of frogs that I put out on the deck each year.

So how is the weather where you are at and what is blooming??

Happy Stitches and Hugs,
Tam