Shhh..its a super secret

So, Jeff got a Tablet PC and on it the girls have discovered :Angry Birds. Okay so I admit it I like the game too its requires j little enough hand-eye-coordination that I can actually play this game. I have been thinking what should I make for my little girls for Christmas and I found the perfect thing ..Angry Bird Plushies over at Obsessively Stitching I showed the hubs and he said I had to do it.--he never says stuff like that especially sewing..hmm.The post is dated 2009, man, I guess we are way late in the cool trendy games and toys division. The tutorials are great and I have never actually sewn stuffed animals or anything

like the sort. I'm kinda 2D girl...but I was able pull it off. I have been chuckling and He,he,he ing the whole time working on the last leg of this year's elving tour of duty. I'm thinking that I'll make some stuffed blocks they can build and toppled over too!!

Update Road to Spring Version 2

So the top is done on the first one, now I get to go purchase the 3yds of backing and the 1 yd to bind, plus the batting.I'm honestly not looking forward to the work out my arms are going to get when I decide to quilt this sucker. I still have the whale painting to finish, a room to finish painting, dresses and skirts to make for Easter or maybe for Birthdays.

Need a shot of courage.

Okay I found this as a part of my great aunt's estate...I love it..Its great I love the lines the hardware even the little feet but I don't love what my little derelicts--I mean darlings have done to it. I think I mean I think I want to paint it ...all those awesome home decor bloggers are doing should I? Or should I strip it down and refinish it . If I do anyone of those things what color/Stain? If I paint it do I paint the walls to bring it out? HELP!! Please anyone out there in the blogsphere pluuuuease give me an opinion!!

Hmmm...Argh... Stinky Cracked Canvas

So this is weird..Its been a couple of years since I have stretched and primed a canvas...So I started with a nice coat of Liquitex Acrylic Gesso ..but the canvas sucked up and there were a few transparent spots ..and I ran out Dumb me I bought some cheaper off brand from HL and this is what I get... Its cracked in some spots but smooth in others..I'm pretty sure I went for even strokes..Oh yeah and it stinks too. It has a weird I have no other way to say it but a cat pee smell. I am a little freaked out about it because have spent too much time on it and I'm wondering if I should sand it down and pray for the smell to go away when I paint it or If i should just scrap the sucker.

Oh it Starts...the road to spring

Here we go again...I'm revisting a quilt a long that I did last year ..I liked the results so much that I am making two for some very special handmade Christmas presents...I'm starting now because this year we have decided as a family to only give handmade this year. Also I have the urge to quilt this time of year..maybe its because its just not quite nice enough for outdoor pursuits or the spring winds are coming and here in the southwest you don't go anywhere outside unless of course you like eating sand and combing it out of your hair. If your interested the quilt along its here I have to say 
 

 
 

Twirlin Tinkerbell

 

Drop Waist Skirts