Beautiful Birthday Butterfly is FINISHED!

I about gave myself away early when I posted this:

Do you see it in the corner?



I deliberately left this photo out because I had forgotten
to hide the butterfly before the photo shoot:

And here's a close-up:

For details see:  Beautiful Birthday Butterfly-WIP

MY MOMMY IS COMING

TO SEE ME THIS MORNING!!!!

Our Cat, Callie

This is our cat:

While I am the Queen ;), she is the Princess

(who thinks she's the Queen).

She takes over all territory and makes it her own

personal sleeping space.  No place is safe or too 

difficult to squeeze into.

She especially likes to be wherever I want to be working

and to thwart my progress by laying right on top 

of the things I need to work on.

What can I say?  She's a cat.

Sewing Projects are well underway:

Last night, I promised you pictures of the sewing progress.  I have completed 1 black vest and have another vest 1/2 done.  I need to have it done by SATURDAY (yikes!); because it is a birthday gift, and Saturday is THE day!  So I stayed up until 11:00pm working on it (said son doesn't go to bed until 9:00pm which doesn't leave much private working time).  Now that may not seem late to some, but for me, uggghhh!  Five o'clock am comes REALLY early when you don't hit the sack by 10:00pm.  Why does 1 extra hour make such a difference???  I want to know!

Here's the 1st success!

 Here's a close-up of the front fabric texture:

The glossy black of the back was hard to capture.

Maybe I'll be able to get a better picture later.

I was SO excited at how well it turned out.

Maybe I'll get better pictures later when I don't

have to hide in the bathroom while taking them.

(No prying eyes in there!  Finally!

When they were younger, I wasn't

even safe in there!)

Now before I show you progress on the 2nd vest,

here's proof that I did actually do this myself!  :)

I have this one together.  I just need to clip the curves

 and turn it.  Sew the side seams together and

sew a finishing edge all the way around

the perimeter of the vest.

I hope to have it done by Wednesday

so I will have time to clean the house

before Saturday for the birthday guests!

In case you forgot what the front looks like:

Stay tuned for this one.

The Cowboy will LOVE it!

(Yes, that is his nickname, given him by his friends.)

Mystery Project Explanation

As my readers have seen, I am occasionally posting a picture and not saying what it is for or what I am making.  For those of you just tuning in, I thought I'd better explain what I am doing.  I keep getting questions in the comments, so I decided to write up my idea clearly.  It seemed like it would be fun to do a "Mystery Project".  I think it is interesting to see just the pieces and try to guess what they might develop into.

I will only be posting these pictures occasionally.  I'm quite busy sewing right now and, of course, taking care of the home front and the home school.  I hope to get a picture up of one completed sewing project tomorrow!  I finished it tonight, and I think it turned out BEAUTIFULLY!

Any way, stay tuned for more mystery project pics and eventually the grand finale revelation moment.

Remember:  Jesus loves you!

For God so loved the world that He gave His only

begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him

shall not perish but have everlasting life!

John 3:16

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, 

that we should be called the children of God!

For that is what we are!  1John 3:1

Kindness by Chris Tomlin

Have a blessed Lord's Day!

Bootie/Sweater Set

My nephew, Titus, turned a year old in July.

When he was born, I made him a sweater and

bootie set out of frosty green and black.

It was SO CUTE!!!

I wish these pictures could do it justice,

but the lighting was bad the day I took them.

Better bad pictures than no pictures, I guess.

The booties are the "All Star" pattern from

Booties By the Dozen (Leisure Arts #3243)

by Kay Meadors

The sweater is the Victorian Rose Sweater pattern from

Heirloom Thread Crochet For Baby - #1310 - American School of Needlework

designed by Kelly Robinson.

My color choices were

Aunt Lydia's Frosty Green,

Black, and White.
Hook size 7 (1.65mm)

I found the cute little tennis shoe buttons at Wal-Mart.

If I make the pattern for a boy again,

I will edge it in a plainer stitch, like 

single crochet (American).

The scallops were a bit much
for a boy, in my opinion.

But CUTE nevertheless!!!