New bibs

When Lacy was a baby bibs were not so cute. They were merely usable, but not today.

Mr. Aiden John-Davis modeling the first bib I made him. When he steps out on the town, he will be styling! Below are three more I made. Poor little guy is drooling like crazy, he is trying so hard to get another tooth. Lacy thinks wants enough bibs for 5 a day.

Happy stitching!

Squeal

While Barb was in TX she told me to remind her that she had some fabric she would send me to use in my crazy quilt. Well, I forgot but Barb didn't. There was a package in my mailbox Friday. If I had been able to run I would have run to my apt.

Yummy yummy yummy! All feel silky but the tan piece which feels like cotton. When you visit Barb's blog you will notice it is the same fabric her little octopus is made from. Squeal!!!! Of course, Grabby McGrab aka my daughter tried to claim the tan piece for Aiden. Now granted I love the little guy but he isn't getting my fabric.

Thanks so much, Barb!

Shopping

Lacy and I took off this morning to go shopping for certain items. Trim for the crazy quilt blocks, backing for Greg's quilt and minkee for the back of bibs. This is what I came home with.

Isn't that pitiful?? One little piece of trim. I was whining on the way home and Jon said "Could you use strands of lace, beads and pearls in the bridal section?" Now why didn't he show me that but it sounds perfect.

The yellow is the backing for Greg's quilt, brown minkee for backing on the bibs and red, white & blue for bibs.

What? You didn't know I had made Greg a quilt? That's because I didn't want to show it until I found the backing. I can't wait to get started quilting it.

OK, I'm off to play with my tiny bit of lace.

Aiden John-Davis

Aiden is growing like a little weed. At his 4 month checkup he was 26 1/2" long and weighed 16 lbs. I think he is trying to catch with Greg who is a little shorty.

He was sure checking out his shoes. lol

Here he is with his best friend. Can you see his little eye is red and puffy? Aiden and the puppy had a fight, I think the puppy got the best of him.

This is one of my favorite pictures of him. He has the brightest blue eyes. Note the drool. Tooth number 1 is in.

Have a great day!

One Flower Wednesday

Lookie what I got to help my garden grow. 150 of those little hexes and I love them everyone. I will be buying more shapes and sizes from Paper Pieces.

Three little flowers bloomed brightly in my garden this week.

This is the layout I thought I wanted, I'm in the process of taking it apart. I don't want that much green.

Happy stitching!

Thread

See this thread?

Well, last week I decorated one of my crazy quilt blocks using this thread. The thread broke a bazillion times. I just thought I had the tension set wrong. I tried to use the thread when I embroidered on a bath towel and once again the thread broke a bazillion times. Had to use my favorite cuss word a bazillion times but it wasn't my fault.

Where is that thread now?

In the trash!

Edit: The name of this thread is Hilo Seda. I have about 10 more spools of this thread and they are fine. I think they particular spool was bad. The thread is manufactored in England, if I am remembering correctly.

Happy stitching!

How Cindy embroiders on a towel

I had several people ask me how I did my towels. I hope I haven't left out any steps. None of these ideas are original. I read them somewhere else and I took worked for me and put it to use.

I didn't put thread, scissors, etc because I knew you knew you would have to have those items.

Hoop the sticky stabilizer.

Do Not Hoop the Towel. I can not stress to you enough not to hoop the towel.

Fold towel in half

Center towel on hoop Press towel to stabilizer. Open towel and re-press to stabilizer.

At this point I take my finger and run around the hoop. I want to make sure every thing is stuck real good.

Tear off a piece of Press & Seal and place on top of towel.

You will be stitching on top of the Press & Seal. Stitch your design

All finished stitching the design?

You will need a few more supplies for this next step.
tweezers, patience, favorite cuss word and very good lighting.
I remove the stabilizer from the back first. Be careful not to catch the loops. Sometimes it is hard to see the Press & Seal and that is where you use your favorite cuss word. Mine is d***.

When you have removed all the stabilizer and the Press & Seal, then you are done.

If anyone finds a better way to remove the stabilizer and Press & Seal off, please share with me.

Happy stitching!

Small Talk Six on Saturday

Over at momdot she has Small Talk Six on Saturday. Here is the list of topics for the year. I tried grabbing her button but I can't get any of them to work. You don't have to use pictures but I thought it would be more interesting. This week is 6 of my favorite cold beverages.