Thursday, July 18, 2013

Boys will be boys…

I had to share this. I literally was laughing hysterically when I watched this. This would be my two oldest boys if they were taking a picture for me!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Cute table topper…

table topper quilt

The Crafty Quilter has this darling table topper tutorial (say that 10 times fast!) over at her blog. I love it! I’m seeing it in spring time colors. Of course, being the overachiever that I am, I will do needle turn applique instead of just stitching the “seeds” down!

Just click the picture to go directly to the tutorial!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Last day for the Tammy bags…

This has been a really fun hop! I really have enjoyed seeing all the different Tammy bags. Thanks again to Madame Samm for this great blog hop. I am looking forward to participating in lot more!

Here are my top two favorites for the day:

Tammy 1

The Slow Quilter

Gracie Oliver Arts

Here are the participants for the last day:

Felicia

Dawn

Carol

Britt-Inger

Kiera

Sharon

Jeanie

Mandy

Theresa

Mdm Samm

Make sure you go give them some bloggy love!

Monday, June 17, 2013

Wild Roses & More Tammies!

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These are the wild roses I have growing on the edge of my driveway. I look forward every year to see when they bloom. I have actually transplanted some successfully to my Mom & Dad’s house and they are doing well!

These are my two favorite Tammy bags for today:

Scrapbook-Chickadoodle

Stekje

Now go visit these other wonderful Tammy bags!

  Rosemary

Pauline

Kris

Karen

Pauline

Roxanne

Vickie

Cherry
Martina
Jane

Friday, June 14, 2013

My favorites today…

Well, today I actually have three favorites! I have to include my own…of course!!!

All of the Tammy bags are gorgeous, but these are the two that caught my eye today:

 

Jan’s Art Friendzy

 

Secretly Stitching

 

Don’t forget to visit all the ladies!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

It’s My Turn!!!

First, I want to say a big thank you to Madame Samm for allowing me to participate in this blog hop. Even though I am crazy busy right now, I just couldn’t resist the pull of the Tammy bag’s influence!

I started out with some Lecien fabric that I have been saving for a long time. I didn’t know what I was going to use it for. You know that fabric. You love it, don’t want to cut it, so it sits on the shelf gathering dust waiting for that “perfect” project. I didn’t have a lot of it, so I figured the Tammy bag really was perfect project for it!

I added a spiral crochet rope that I made from some variegated crochet cotton to be a scissors keeper, since I am always misplacing my scissors. I decided to make a little heart out of the same thread and I sewed it on just the one side. I also added some crochet trim that I purchased at JoAnn’s to the pockets on both the outside and the inside.

Now on to the pictures:

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I added a Swarovski crystal dangle that I made along with my initial charm and some crochet markers that I made a while ago.

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Here you can see my current embroidery project goodies all tucked inside safe and sound.5

Here are all the goodies that I had tucked in there. Lots of floss colors, my embroidery piece, a needle book, a ruler, a pencil, a notebook (just in case I become inspired), my drawn pattern and some bits, bobs and beads that I am embellishing my needlework project with. I also have some sewing thread and gold accent thread in the outside pockets. Even with all this stuff in the bag, I still had plenty of room for lots more!4

This was a fun project and I really enjoyed making it. I will definitely be making more Tammy bags in the future!

Thanks for stopping by!

Now go check out the other ladies that are offering their lovely bags for your viewing pleasure today!

Bente

Jane

Wendy

Geta

Julia

Jan

Loralynn (Me!)

Selina

Joan

Mara

Jan