I love grand openings special sales:)  I bought 10 patterns for $9.99  instead of $164.99 today at Hobby Lobby. I can't wait to use a few fat quarters for some of these items! Limited 10 today only.

Yes I did bring this new toy home with me:) I fell in love with this Shabby Chic storage chest with 20 drawers at our new Hobby Lobby.  I'm going to put my ribbons and lace along with some folded fat quarters in it.  My daughters boyfriend gave me a gift card for Christmas and the teacher I work with gave me a gift card today so I went by this evening and bought it. Yeah for me I love it!!  Sometimes you just have to buy yourself a end of the school year gift right??? RIGHT!!  Now where to put it is the biggest question my room is full but I'll find a place if something else has to go. My sewing will have to wait.

The Teacher that I work with is retiring and she is elephant crazy so I have made a couch quilt for her to wrap up in.  The top picture is the back and bottom picture is the front of the quilt. I haven't quite finished it but I will finish it tomorrow!!

Well not much sewing this weekend as we had family time as my Son In Law leaves to go back to Korea Thurs. until Sept.. I've been doing a lot of cooking, keeping Harley and Prince and riding horses along with staying with Dad. School has been crazy with this being the last week and packing up as I'll be in a different classroom next year. Makes things a little hectic. I did buy a new sewing machine a Brother SQ9050:)  I'll try it out when John leaves until then it's all about family!  

Friday after school my husband and I left for our place at Holden's Beach.  I did some Thrift Store shopping, fishing and might I say I caught my first FLOUNDER:) cooked out with friends and made a few things. I made a BUNCH of Tooth Fairy Pillows as this will be my last batch for a while as I have other projects to catch up on.  All I need to do is to sew some of the sides up where I stuffed them just got to tired to do anything else besides REST!!!  NINE more days of school and then Beach here I come for the SUMMER:)

To Andy, Teah's boyfriend I also thank you for being a Captain,Nurse in the Army and I also want to wish you a Happy Birthday Sat.

From my family to all the ones who have served and are still in any Armed Forces I salute you!!  To my Son In Law in this picture who is at home for 3 weeks from Korea I love you and I thank you!!

Yesterday I took a American Star Quilting class along with a great friend of mine.  We always have a blast when we are together and we do a lot of cutting up in more ways than one.  I decided to make my quilt out of Christmas material because I really wasn't too sure I would like it to be honest.  Well I LOVE it and it only took 4 1/2 hours to get this much completed.  Well along with having to seam rip a few seams as I have a problem with things not matching maybe a little OCD??? not sure!!  Now my head is spinning as I'm wanting to make one with cars for boys, girly items of course for girls, and dogs for my grown children. I think this would be a great quilt to do for a memorial quilt of someones love ones clothes items. I've had several people to ask me to make other items for passed loved ones like bears and owls.  I think I'll start with my own Mother's things, one for sure is a hankie then I can hang it up as wall art.

Cricut cover I made and selling for $15.00.

My favorite color is yellow so when I saw this material I new I had to make a special little girl outfit with it. This is a size 6 and has an elastic belt and long pants with pillowcase top $40.00. 

My great finds:) Back from the Conference and I had a wonderful time.  Learned a lot, ate a lot and was able to find some wonderful material!!  I think I'll make the blue, purple and green along with the 2  in the top left picture  like the picture shown here. I purchased 2 other patterns from the same place and I bought some extra material to match some material that I had at home.  Might just put some of that together and see what I come up with.  Visit this week and see what happens:)

Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be attending a Teacher Assistant Conference Thursday through Sunday.  I hope to find a few great fabric stores and a Hobby Lobby in Greensboro where we'll be:)  I love the after hours of our classes when we can go and do our own thing and have some fellowship with our friends.  I'll be posting some new items next week of some more little girls outfits I have tossing around in my mind. Have a great weekend.

I saw this at a Antique Fair and I took a picture to show my husband what I needed him to cut for me.  I think this would be great for my next project to put at the end of my driveway at the beach.  The pizza guy never knows which driveway is mine since we have 3 lots and several pine trees in the front of the lots.  I'm going to make this next weekend.  Right now I'm packing for a 4 day Teacher Assistant Conference in Greensboro.  I'm going to look for a Hobby Lobby so I can buy some fabric to make 5 outfits that people have ordered like the vintage outfit. I love to design new creations and I bought several wonderful patterns off the internet!!

                                  Winner

Heidi@Moms Crafty Space won the drawing for the Tooth Fairy Pillow and she choose the Firetruck:)  Hope you like it!

                                  I Finished my Project

                       and I'm very happy with it.