A little sewing, stitching and knitting, Glorious Sunrise

This moring as I sat at my desk, I looked up in time to see a glorious sunrise. I jumped up and took my camera out to capture the moment. I love the view out my office window, but this was one of the best.




I have been working alot this week, but when I get a moment I run to the sewing room, at least until someone comes in and says, " there you are" :))) My favorite part of winter is that I get to spend alot of time in my sewing room. So late fall I really get the itch to be in there... and since my office is in my home, I can take hobby breaks from the computer....

This little wool stitchery block is a BOM from Primitive Gatherings designed by Buttermilk Basin. I love sheep and Lisa's dyed wool is beautiful. It is a simple project that goes together quickly each month, I like that part..... this sheep needs some feet and the flower needs its stem but it is almost done.

I love buying fabric, sometimes I just cannot use it until I find just the right project. I just hoard it, then its a celebration using it up. That is what I am doing here with a fat quarter bundle of Daiwabo Japanese Taupes. They are mostly woven pieces which adds alot of texture to the quilt. A couple years ago, The Buggy Barn advertised they were getting them in, so I called and I asked for a fat quarter of each piece. LOLO.... such fun... well I went to my first session of a mystery class in Sept with Lawry ( can you tell I like her mysterys), from The Stitchin Post, and it was not long before we knew we were making a log cabin project. I love them, and it was a requested design. I picked out some Jo Morton pieces to go with my bundle, and a few other pieces from my stash.

We made 24 blocks last month, this month we will make 16 light colored courthouse steps variation, and 24 dark. I believe I am going to love the finished project, I may have to do some extra blocks to make the project a bed size quilt.

I am a beginner knitter, but I found this book with projects that use one skein of yarn. Named, One Skein, imagine that..lol.... there is a baby bolero that is so cute. I am making one for the triplets. Or is it, I am making 3 for the triplets...either way, I am!!!. I couldn't get all one color so I settled for 3 colors, darn......... using an organic cotton yarn that is so soft. The back has a little pattern that was fun to make and hey not even hard. I felt so clever when it was done..... I have to get snapping, Jaxon is growing fast. I went to see if they had a bigger pattern but they didn't so this gramma has to get going... lol.... it is a fun project to make. I made one in pink for a friend who had a granddaughter, that slowed me down but it was good practice.

I received the cutest pictures of the boys last weekend, my DIL's mother came for the weekend and my son and DIL went on a date to the neighborhood party. They dressed up as prisoners, ball and chains with Hayden, Ethan and Jaxon's name on them. LOLOLOL.... so perfect.....

Oh, you know I could sit a look at these boys all day......they seem to be growing right before my eyes.

Wishing you all the best this fun fall season, watch out for the ghosts, spiders and bats and boos.

Fall Blessings, Carrie