Baseball So Far

You know how much I like to take sports pictures. But Henry's in the "Major Leagues" now and they play on a field with a long, tall chain link fence. Its not good for pictures. At all. Every once in awhile I sneak into the gate and snap a few.

He's on two teams: The red uniforms are the Phillies, which are part of the local Rec league and they only play teams within Teaneck. The blue uniforms are the 12 year old Travel Team and they only play teams outside of Teaneck.

Pre Spring Denim Photos

Storm Trench: Collar and lapels were softly tied before baking.


All jackets were scrunched like this on the mannequin.



Hand dryers were used to pre-set the resin on the mannequin.

Monza Black after baking.

Tamarack Brown after baking.

Before the oven. Lining was clipped to hold waist up and sleeves were clipped to the hanger to hold elbows in bent position.

Heart Bubbles

I intended to make a simple stacked coins pattern, using scrappy pink & mint fabrics with white strapping & border. I thought I would like the way the color fabric strips kind of pop up from the white background. But after I finished the piecing, I thought it looked a little boring. So I appliqued hearts on it, using a light pink voile, wonder-under and a decorative heart machine stitch. Now I love it! I think the hearts look like bubbles or balloons floating in the sky.

Lily Cat

Lily is one year old now. Since her first day in our house, she's loved to sit in the windows. She has a little bed on top of one of the radiator covers, which was her favorite nap place all winter long. I wish I had such a warm cozy spot for napping!
Her coloring has changed a lot. She's become much more grey than when she was a baby, especially her ears, face and tail. She has a funny little white lightening bolt between her eyes and white paws, but other than that, she's mostly grey.

Quilts For Kids

A few weeks ago, I volunteered to sew a child's quilt for an organization called Quilts for Kids. They sent me some fabric that would otherwise be headed to landfills. Enclosed in the kit is a note encouraging quilters to make one or two extra quilts for each kit that is sent out. So, now I have two quilts to send back... to them. They will be given to children who are in pediatric hospitals, orphanages, etc. I like knowing that these hand-made blankets will warm a child and hopefully, help to lift their little spirits.

Quilting

I haven't been blogging much lately. That's because I've been in the basement...sewing! This is the quilt that I made for our neighbor's new baby...Heruy. The name of the quilt is Hip Hop Heruy.

Home for Christmas