Do You Have Anything Smaller?Missouri-Made Mondays

This message came to me from Etsy last Thursday. So a plan came about to show some fabric samples I have on hand, choose a favorite and start creating the 'smaller' version of a kerchief. The request was specifically for an 18 month old.

Neutrals were the request, but I speculated for a little girl, there needed to be some flowers.

Here were some choices.

Once the great debate was finished, I began the creating. (Favorite part😁)

I love how this one turned out.

 I may have to make a 2nd one just because I know it'll look so adorable.

Wishing you a wonderful Monday!!

At the Auction

A little birdie called last Sunday to tell me about an auction.

They said there was a LOT of fabric AND yarn.

I could hear it calling me......

Thanks Bob & Maybelle. I used to call her Aunt BellBell :)

I Really, Really liked the old enamel stuff,

but alas I was not the winner in that bid.

But I did unexpectedly win the bid on this Kings Cutlery.

 I think someone was sleeping.

 Gonna polish it up.

Here's some buttons & notions.

TADA!

(I'm around 2 and 3 year olds wayyy too much)

Now this needle is one big son of a gun.

It was in the button stash.

I see doilies in my future.

 Yes I did get some fabric. And that includes a significant amount of muslin. Let the quilting begin! 

Already got a String Quilt block experiment in the works.

More later on this if it works out so check back soon.

Story of Two Skirts

Late on my blog posts as my mother suffered a stroke Wednesday evening. In case you didn't know, yes the world does stop when it comes to your mother. Her well being is priority #1 for us right now.

So before this incident, I intended to post the 2 skirts we preparred for Easter services at church. Time was an issue so we had to keep it real simple. Kirsten owns skirts, but it seems they are all Fall/Winter colors. So we headed to look at patterns and use fabric I had on hand. Here's her fabric/pattern choice ...

Next we had a skirt upcycle to take care of. Before, the skirt was going to go to a yard sale stash. She reconsidered when I told her we could shorten it to make it more 'in style'. So we did.

Approximately 10 inches were taken off both lining and outer skirt.

The finished result.

(Someday I will attempt a tutorial.)

This pic is under the blooming dogwood trees. I think everyone was pretty pleased with the

Two Skirts.

Thank You Aunt Maybelle!!

My Aunt Maybelle dropped by to pick up a 'special family nite' coupon from Rachel. Little did I know she'd be bearing gifts for me :) This is the stash of quilt patterns/books she dropped in my arms.

This is the stuff quilter's dreams are made of!!!

Did I mention she goes to lots of auctions?

This little gem was on top of the stack.

Notice it's all from the fine state of Missouri??

This page was someone's favorite as it's marked with a rusted paperclip. I can see my scrap stash dwindling.

Someone once told me they wanted a tree quilt.......I haven't forgotten ;)

Fabric Binge & Tree Trimmin'

I had coupons for JoAnn's for this weekend. But wouldn't ya know, everything was already on sale. In the photo all but the tan fabric was on sale. Now what to do with it?? I have several ideas. Placemats for my table come to mind first.

I think I got a pretty good deal on the muslin. There are 12 yards here at a little under $2.50 per yard. I definitely have plans for that! Can you say Quilt??

(And for the record, my daughters didn't go wrong at JoAnn's either. Kirsten got jewelry stuff & Rachel got scrapbooking stuff.)

Tree Trimmer will now be on Rachel's resume. We've been trying to get these trees from shading my corn. Was a risky ordeal since we didn't want any of those limbs landing in the garden or flattening the fence. All went well though. Grandma Nancy is supervising. Dad was at the store looking for parts for his pole saw. He returned in time to finish the trimming for Rachel.

Kirsten taking a break. Her job was to remove the limbs to the brush pile. I was very grateful for all their help since I had been sick on Friday. It's not pretty when mom gets sick.