Whirlwind

A whirlwind of activity, that was my weekend.  This was the weekend we were going to start tearing down our rotting back deck.  Before you can build, you must demolish.  So a plan was made.  My part was to get as much sewing done as possible before Sunday so I could be available for whatever was needed.  Gonna be a lot of pictures here folks, so bear with me if you will.

Remember this from last summer?  Crazy Mom Quilts 36 patch quilt along?  Well I finally got a back pieced for it.  It was slow going with so many other projects to be done.  But this summer I am as poor as a church mouse with regard to funding my quilting, so I have been reinspired to finish old projects and use my stash for everything else.

 I had pieced the left section from leftover strips from the quilt top.  Then I stopped because I ran out.

So I just grabbed a big chunk of fabric (2 yards) that I had used a little on the front and put it together.  And you know, I kind of like it.  That amazes me.

 Then I had to make some more of these cutie things.  My daughter's response when I sent her a picture?  "I think I just had a cuteness stroke!" LOL!

                                                  They are for this little cutie pie!

Now, onto the real work of the weekend.  It was so humid and hot.  I was a water girl for the guys.

 Here they are just getting started with pry bars, hammers and sledges.  The sun is high!

 After a bit, they decided it would be quicker to use a circle saw and cut the decking boards and then remove them.  This really sped up the process.

                          Middle of the afternoon and almost done with the decking boards.

 A few nails still to remove, and a couple of boards.  The joists are going to have to wait until next weekend.  We needed to clean up.

 Just a few of the nails they pulled.  After everyone showered, we lit the grill and made some burgers and corn and hotdogs.  We ate outside at the picnic table and even had brownies and mini ice cream sandwiches for dessert.

Just before the party broke up, I got this picture of my three guys, all together for the first time.
Dirty, and tired, but happy.  Have a great day!

Baby Sewing

Lots of sewing going on here these days.  My latest is pants for baby B.  I have been wanting to make some for awhile now.  My first choice was the Quick Change pants from Anna Maria Horner.  But I don't have the book and after looking at it on Amazon, I decided that to buy it for that one pattern was not cost effective.  I didn't see anything else in the book that I thought I could use.

But I did have my daughter's copy of Amy Butler's Little Stitches for Little Ones and in it there is a pattern for kimono jammies.  So I used the pants pattern from that as my base.  They came out real cute and they were quick and easy to make.

 I usually crop my pictures a bit more, but I wanted you to see how small these are.  This is the 3-6 month size of the pattern.  It's so hot here, he won't need pants until the fall.  These will be perfect for October here in North Carolina.  It doesn't cool off that much until then.

 I used Michael Millers Bicycles and coordinating Dumb Dots for these.  They require a 1" elastic for the waist.  I highly recommend an easy pattern like this to start.  I am going to see if I can come up with some other cute combos from my stash.  Gotta find some boy prints.

The other thing I have been working on is the Fushion Blanket Crochet Along that Corey at Little Miss Shabby is hosting.  I love the idea and the finished blanket is so cute.  I am using a couple of charm packs of Hulabaloo by Urban Chicks for Moda that I had on hand and some Peaches and Cream cotton yarn that I won at a Stitch and Pitch giveaway at our ball park a few years back.  The crochet part is pretty easy and one square goes quickly.  We'll see if I keep up with this one.  I'd like to, but you know how that is.
Have a great Monday.