YOU ARE THE CREAM IN MY COFFEE

WHAT CAN I SAY ?

My sister Sarah Beth will be the recipient of this little bag.  I have been taking the cheap shopping bags from the various stores and "dressing them up" so to speak.  It's amazing what a little applique, ribbon, etc.. can do for something so cheap  economical.  I made a few with ruffles that were a big hit with some little girls I know.  I challenge you to get creative and see what you can make from a .99 cent bag.

These are zig zagged with red thread.  Next time, I think I will use Black for more contrast.

And last but not least...

I'm leaving tomorrow for a camping trip to a Bluegrass Festival Wedding!!  3 Bands, Food Trucks, hayrides for the children, and Bon-Fire at Night!!

My Nephew Daniel is throwing a party and relatives from all over the country are meeting at a beautiful Virginia campground to celebrate the wedding of Daniel and Stephanie!!

Daniel is an aerospace engineer that loves to play the Blues!!

This should be one fun wedding!!

Please join these other coffee lovers for a peak at their creativity

I'll be back with the schedule for today.

I'll be a Pickin' and a Grinin'

QUILTER, CROSS STITCHER, EMBROIDERER BUT NO BIRDS (SEE EXPLANATION AT BOTTOM OF BLOG)

GMAMA JANE

QUILTER

CROSS STITCHER 

EMBROIDER

Below is a quick compilation of some of my Stitching over the past 5 years.

I HAVE MUCH TO LEARN

Watercolor of my childhood home

Traced onto Kona Cotton

for Embroidery

QUILTS WITH EMBROIDERY

EMBROIDERY

FOR

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP

NILMDTS

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION PROVIDING FREE 

BEREAVEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR INFANT LOSS

CROSS STITCHING

FROM

1980'S

EMBROIDERY FOR KITCHEN LINENS

TEA TOWEL EMBROIDERY

TREE BIRD HOP

APOLOGY

PICTURES WOULD NOT

UPLOAD FROM CAMERA

I ATTEMPTED UP TILL 2:00 A.M.

I AM SO VERY SORRY AND EMBARRASSED

I KEEP MY COMMITMENTS

I WILL SEEK INTERVENTION

AND

GET PICTURES UP TOMORROW

CROSS YOUR FINGERS

BUSY STITCHING FRIDAY...SEW WE STITCH AROUND THE WORLD AND TREE BIRDS HOP

   

TWO STITCHING EVENTS

ON THE

SAME DAY

FRIDAY...MARCH 20TH

COME CHECK IT OUT

AND

 I'LL BE HERE TOMORROW

GMAMA JANE

TREE BIRDS BLOG HOP CONTINUES

TWEET TWEET

I am posting March 20th

A BIG TWEET TO MADAME SAMM AND LANA 

FOR

MAKING THE TREE BIRD HOP HAPPEN !!

Here are the ladies posting their creative projects March 16-23 as well as a few sneak peeks.  I can't wait to show you what I have made, nothing spectacular mind you, but a little project I'm quite proud of and shhhhhhh.......don't tell, but I'm still stitching on it!!!

Suebee's World made this adorable pin cushion from Tree Bird Fabric

There's more to see

Another WOW PROJECT

Seams To Be Sew 

Go Visit the blogs listed below each day of the Blog Hop.

Come back and let me know what was your favorite 

project !

TWEET TWEET

Monday, March 16
 Sew Peace To Peace
Moose Stash Quilting
Buzzing and Bumbling
I Piece 2 
MaryQuilt Doodles
Just Let Me Quilt
Les Quilts
A Stitch In Time

Tuesday, March 17
Tomorrow's Treasures Today
Childlike Facination
Pig Tales and Quilts
Quiltsmiles
Ella and Nesta's Little Room
Thimblemouse and Spouse
Gracie Oliver Arts

Wednesday, March 18
Red Eye Crafts
Marjorie's Busy Corner
Ridge Top Quilts
Stitching By The Beach
Seams To Be Sew
Living My Dream
With Work In Hand
In The Boon Docks

Thursday, March 19
The Raspberry Rabbits
More Stars In Comanche
Sew Many Yarns
Super Mom - No Cape!
Stitchin By The Lake
Jane's Quilting
Quilting Through Rose Colored-Trifocals
Quiltscapes

Friday, March 20
Freemotion By The River
Sew Incredibly Crazy
Tea Time Creations
Baa's Amazing Adventures!
Selina Quilts
Ramblings of a Quilter
Busy Bee Quilts
Grandmamas Stories

Monday, March 23
Debbie Kratovil Quilts
how arT you?
Hill Valley Quilting
Pink Doxies. Blogspot.com
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Fabric Bias
Lovelli Quilts
Bacon Then Eggs
Sew We Quilt

GMAMA JANE

SASSY SEWERS...NICU AND NILMDTS QUILTS

UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE...

NICU AND NILMDTS QUILTS

FEB. 12, 2015 SASSY SEWERS MADE 

25 BLANKETS/QUILTS

NILMDTS

NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP

I'VE PROVIDED A LINK TO THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION'S HOME PAGE.

Precious Blue crocheted blanket and cap for NILMDTS

May I challenge you and your group to consider supporting this wonderful organization.

Call your local Hospital to see if the NILMDTS service is available in your area.

Small crocheted animal used in photography and keepsake for the Family

My daughter is a volunteer Photography Area Coordinator for North Alabama.

She uses these small animals as a prop and along with the gown, hat, blanket/quilt, are given to the grieving families as a keepsake.

My Quilting/Stitching group loves using our skills for the sweet babies in the Regional NICU as well.  The NICU blankets can be colorful, cutesy prints and wild.  The NILMDTS must be solid or "low volume" with no cutesy prints, etc... Understated would be a good word to describe our NILMDTS blankets.

Hope your group will look into sharing your Quilting/Crocheting/Knitting skills for a worthy purpose.  Check with your local hospital, quilt shop, or

 Project Linus Area Coordinator.

Blessings

CURRENTLY, I'M QUILTING ON THIS...... AND ANOTHER BLOG HOP

BABY QUILT

with

ALABAMA THEME

Baby Hank

The blocks are 8 1/2" square

Sashing is 3" wide

How did I decide on those measurements?  

Trial and Error and what looked good to my eye.

That's how I roll.  I RARELY follow a pattern.  Choosing the Fabric, Colors, Measurements, thread color, reminds me of coloring with crayons only I'm using Fabric.  Making my own patterns is much more fun for me.  Do you make your own patterns, buy quilt kits, or use a pattern?

It doesn't show up in the picture, but each FAMILY MEMBER  HAND PRINT and Elephant is zigzagged around the edges.

Why Houndstooth?  

The FAMOUS COACH "BEAR" BRYANT, wore a houndstooth hat at every game.  Therefore, houndstooth is a MUST have with any Alabama University themed item.

 
                                                                     And  NOW...
                                      In The Ditch Quilting

Gotta go do some Quilting...

Reminder of a Great Blog Hop beginning Thursday!

I am not personally participating but Many of my creative quilting friends have made some stunning quilts and More.  Please come back and check the schedule or go to SEW WE QUILT

                                                                  BLESSINGS

TAMMY BAG OR STREP??? WHO WON???

I POSTPONE THIS BLOG HOP FOR MY RECENT BOUT

WITH

STREP...

I've been off the Grid most of last week.

AS of this morning at 10:00, this is what my Tammy Bag looked like...

Plum Pitiful as we say here in the South.

But I AROSE from the Ashes of the sorest throat in recent memory and NOW.....

As of 12:00 a.m my Tammy Bag 

looks like This

 Where is the Cross Stitching, you ask?

 What little is completed....Here it is...pitiful isn't it?

(See my little red erasable dot for the center?  That was made 3 weeks ago)

I was getting back in the cross stitching Groove when...BAM...it HIT.

Baby Girl was with me Monday and she came down with Strep on Tuesday.  I got slammed on Wed.

I know what all you Go-Getters are thinking....Yes, I can read your minds...and You are Right.

If I hadn't waited so late to get started and planned for the unforseen emergencies that frequently occur at the last minute, I would have finished and been able to post my COMPLETED PROJECT.

JUST FYI:  My Dear Mother...God Rest Her Soul...used to give me that advice almost every day of my life.  Well, she's Gone to the Church Triumphant...I didn't heed her advice back then and more than likely will die of the affliction called PROCRASTINATION.

It's just the way the Gmama Rolls!

However, I am going to complete my project, make another Tammy Bag....probably 3 more since I have 3 more handles and show you my progress. 

In the meantime, I want to Thank, Madame Samm, Brooke,  Cori, and ALL our Terrific sponsors for making the magic happen One More Time.

FYI:  I'm so Freakin' proud of myself for making that Tammy Bag I could Shout!!!  I have been scared to death to tackle the DARN THING even though the directions were excellent.  I tend to avoid hard things and I think this was the underlying issue of my procrastination.  Anyway, That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

I HOPE YOU HAVE VISITED MY COHORTS TODAY AND GIVEN THEM LOTS OF HUGS FOR ACTUALLY FINISHING THEIR PROJECTS.  I'M THE "BlACK SHEEP" OF THE GROUP.  BUT THEN, I MADE ALL THE OTHER LADIES LOOK SO FANTASTIC!

January 19, 2015

KrisLovesFabric

Ga's House

Secretly Stitching

Creatin' in the Sticks

Grandmama's Stories

WHY-KNOT-KWILT
CeLynn's Sunflower Patch

Blessings