Leta's bits and pieces

Can't comment

2011-10-01T09:23:00.000-07:00

I can't comment on anyones blog. It seems to disappear,LOL! So I thought if I posted here maybe it would help. I know that's silly but I've tried everything else.

Long time gone

2011-04-09T12:21:00.000-07:00

I have not been here for months... but I want to quilt along with Grey Cat Quilts so I need to try to figure out how to add her button? Thought I would add one of the purses I made from fatique pants.

winnings and a new baby

2010-06-23T17:09:00.000-07:00

The picture on the right is to replace the one on it's side on the bottom of this post. I haven't been able to delete the other one yet,LOL!

I won a prize last month on orcsmom's blog

http://3bump.blogspot.com/2010/05/envelope-please.html

HERE IS WHAT i WON. Oik,it posted twice,LOL! It is some nice material,some labels in a panel..I didn't know these existed! A Peggy Martin paper piece book and an angel book. A wavy rotary cutter blade and some goats milk soap! I was so lucky.

Last saturday my girls gave a surprize birthday party for me. It is actually tomorrow but ac week-end works so much better for everyone. There were a ton of family and extended family through love here and only 2 pictures were taken. One of my cake and one of our newest family members (she is 1 day old in the picture. Her name is Jada. Holding her is my granddaughter Amanda and her mom is the tired one on the right. I need to post more often. I have so much trouble with pictures. Yes,one is sideways!

Ok. Do I win the prize for most messed up blog post? Yikes@!

Baby shower presents

2010-06-06T12:26:00.000-07:00

My daughter gave a baby shower for her best friend yesterday,with the help of BF's sister. I don't have many pictures of the shower yet,they were on another camera. But I have a few. They are in my best (what does blogger want?) order,LOL!

The first is the burp cloths I made. Next is the chewy with ribbon. They are both laying on the blanket I made. I tried to match them up. I love to use minky on the back of baby blankets. I followed a tute for the burp cloths but can't add the link without fear of losing my page so will come back and add it. http://thequiltingdiaries.blogspot.com/2010/01/perhaps-easiest-burp-cloth-tutorial.html

The next is a picture of Melissa opening one of her gifts. Her sister is to the left and husband behind her.

These pictures are of the community center where the shower was located

This is the head table when it was almost decorated. It was a really fun shower.

Fast quilt project

2010-05-26T09:29:00.001-07:00

A call was put out that a craft friend was very sick. She has cancer and was having a rough time. A lady I didn't know at the time was taking on the large undertaking of gathering a few special blocks and forming some sort of comfort quilt for them. Time was of the essence. She wanted her to know how much we love her as soon as possible. We had less than a week to get blocks to her.

I pulled out a couple of strip blocks and personalized them. My only contribution to this quilt was 2 blocks. The rest were other crafters and quilters. And Peggy ,who pulled it all together.

The latest news is that our friend is on chemo with a good prognosis and should recieve her quilt soon. I was honored to contribute to this effort.

More pictures can be seen at Peggy's blog

http://craftinglife.blogspot.com/

My Downy quilts for kids

2010-05-02T19:25:00.000-07:00

I finally got the pictures uploaded of my quilts I made. The first one is the kit they sent me. It is so bright! The fabric is called nuts and bolts. The second one I fussy cut from some kitten material that I have had for several years. All the fabric in the second picture is at least 5 years old and probably closer to 10 years. Now I just have to mail them back to them tomorrow!

Look what I found!

2010-02-19T11:19:00.000-08:00

My sister brought a crate from storage in because it had some batting in it and I needed some. It also had these quilt tops. I didn't make any of them. They were picked up at yard sales or estate sales probably in the 90's.

I am going to find backings for them and quilt them sometime this year. Except for the pink and flowered one. I may make some changes to it. They are all bedsized. I have them folded in the picture.

This is what happens to some of our unfinished tops when family members that don't quilt,inherit them!

2010-02-17T14:41:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I won a prize from

http://milliesquilting.blogspot.com/

It was a wonderful prize and I love it. (picture borrowed from Millies blog.)

It's a giveaway!

2010-02-16T19:13:00.000-08:00

I wish I knew how to do these links like everyone else does. This is a great giveaway so I thought I would try.

http://picklesandbacon.blogspot.com/

hexagon quilt and ufo's

2010-02-14T16:11:00.000-08:00

I made 2 quilt tops in 2002 and put them away. They were the ones that I worked on in Doctors offices,cancer treatment centers etc when my husband was being treated for the cancer that took his life later that year. I pulled the flower pot one out a year or so ago and quilted it for my youngest daughter. I just realized that I posted about the flower pot one last yearalso!

I have the other one out now and as soon as I go get some more batting I am going to finish it. I think it has to be handquilted.

It is a hexagon made with freezer paper. I am showing part of the front and part of the back. It is going to my oldest daughter. Any suggestions on quilting it?

A post before the year runs out

2009-12-31T12:41:00.001-08:00

I havent posted in quite awhile. But I wanted to do one last one for the year and try to do better in 2010.
Here are some pillowcases and oven door dish towels that I made for Christmas.

baby quilt and capes

2009-09-30T13:36:00.000-07:00

I realized I hadn't posted a couple of things I made this summer? If I did I don't see them. These capes were made for the grandkids. I got the tute here.

http://pukingpastilles.com/?p=57

This quilt I made for a neighbors baby.

A contest!

2009-09-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

At A Crafty Moment.

http://acraftymoment.blogspot.com/2009/09/birthday-giveaway.html?showComment=1253465464788#c5078689411065303936

Where have I been?

2009-09-19T14:41:00.000-07:00

I don't know! I had so much going on this summer and so much company I was overwhelmed. I am hoping to get back in the groove now though.

My sister that was staying in my sewing room is on her feet now and just got her own place so I have my room back!

I went to a local festival today and it was sure different than last year! A lot less venders and not nearly as crowded. I was very disappointed in the amount of crafts and wasn't tempted to buy anything.

I just finished a t-shirt quilt for my niece. It is made from my late mom's t-shirts. It is kind of crinkly but I think she will like it. Now maybe I can resume my normal life!

Only 3 more days

2009-07-16T08:06:00.000-07:00

to enter this contest. She is giving away lots of goodies!

http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/2009/07/cat-lovers-unite-free-giveaway.html

My win and where I have been

2009-07-10T17:48:00.000-07:00

It has been busy here with grandkids and puppies and just plain craziness! But vthings are getting back to normal and it looks like it is just going to be me and the dogs for most of the week-end.

This is a prize I won in late june from here

http://messykaren.blogspot.com/ It's a wonderful prize! I have never knitted but used to crochet and know how much time it takes to make pretty things! And the lotion,Honey and Black Seed, is a new fragrance to me and I love it.

I guess I will have no excuse but to finish this now will I?

Big Brother is back!! Any more fans out there?

Covering burn marks

2009-07-08T07:50:00.000-07:00

My daughter and grandson are visiting me this week. She had lyposcopy for endometriosis and they removed a cyst so she is recuperating here. I take them home tomorrow.

She has a Christopher Lowell bedspread that had some burn marks on it. I used applique to cover them in one corner. It turned out pretty cute!

Giveaway

2009-07-03T07:26:00.001-07:00

There's a great give away going on here.

http://sewfunquilts-sewmeow.blogspot.com/

puppy love

2009-06-29T20:16:00.001-07:00

I really do love her. But she is so destructive! She chews cords! Last week she messed up my granddaughters phone charger cord and her laptop cord.

Tonight I was sewing and stopped to answer the phone. I heard my machine sewing like crazy but by the time I got there she had chewed the cord in two. Which for some reason caused it to rev up. Really wanted to cry over that one! The shop is over an hour away in each direction and who knows how much it costs to replace?

The first picture I loaded by mistake,LOL! My daughters friend brought her new baby by to visit. It is the little boy I recently made a blanket for.

The last 3 pictures are Bella about a month ago. Before she got into cords. I ran to the store and when I came back she had destroyed a whole bag of fiberfill and taken a bunch of safety pins out of the pin cushion.

I am so mad at her but that face! It gets me! And her mama (my daughter) is going to replace my cord,that's for sure!

Giveaway

2009-06-21T18:26:00.000-07:00

Sherry is having a giveaway here. I wish I knew how to post it the cute way!

a giveaway here

fabric heaven

2009-06-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

A lot of these are at least a yard and some 4 or 5 yards. The blue is over 10 yards!

Two weeks ago I went to an estate sale and a couple of yard sales. I got a lot of material! Some Joan Kessler for Concord Mills, Susan Winget Fabric traditions, marcus Brothers flannels,a bunch of homespun! I was in fabric Heaven!

I am someday , going to learn a better way to line up my pictures... and learn first is last! But not tonight.

Another juice pouch purse

2009-06-16T09:53:00.000-07:00

I think I am a once a week blogger so far. I do hope to do better in the future. So when I posted my last juice tote, a board friend asked about purchasing one. So we arranged a trade instead! She is making me something in exchange for a tote. So I am sending her the one I made already and made my stepmom another one since she was out of town and I wanted to wait to mail her package. This is the new one I made. I played around with the pockets. I think all the wonky houses I have been seeing lately influenced me somewhat.

And my cute little grandson that was visiting over the week-end!

Todays sewing

2009-06-09T17:12:00.000-07:00

And I thought I would show a couple of my family members! This is Laila and Bella. Laila is a 3yo boxer/collie mix. The mom was a collie,I swear! Bella is a 3 mo boxer. They are good friends. I have 4 dogs all together but I took this picture of them last night under my cutting and sewing tables.

These are some oven door dish towels I sewed today. Forgot about the one already in place!

Ok. Don't know how to rotate. Should have done it before uploading. One is going to my step-mom. I haven't mailed her package yet. The rest will be put in the save for presents box! Now to prep juicec bags for another tote. I am trading for a wreath which is great cause I am not good at wreaths and my trader is!

Baby quilt finished

2009-06-07T19:49:00.000-07:00

I finished my latest baby quilt before the baby arrived. That's a good thing! This one is very colorful,but most of my baby quilts are. I don't usually use as many solids as I did this time though. I appliqued an elephant out of chennille on the front and the back is flannel.

This is for a boy.I'm almost out of the material that has the Children of the world on it. It has been in a few of my baby quilts.

It has been a very busy week-end here! I went to an estate sale yesterday and got lots of material at give-away prices! Maybe I can get it out and take pictures soon! I use mainly out of my 20 year stash but some things are hard to pass up,LOL!

Lots of totes!

2009-05-27T19:11:00.000-07:00

My stepmom sent me an article out of her newapaper about totes to replace plastic grocery bags. My sister told her that I had made several of the juice pouch purses a few years ago for all the girls that hang out at my house. My granddaughter and her friends...even the principals daughter after she saw them and saved me a bunch of empty pouches. The one she saw in the article was bigger. Over 30 pouches total!

The first picture is of the juice purse. The next is the lining of that purse, then Elvis,the juice tote ,a nurse purse I made last year that I am sending to my sister snd the green checked is from dish towels.

I decided to make that for her and a couple of unlined simple totes. One out of 2 dollar tree dishtowels and one from 2 Elvis fat quarters.

I think she will like and use them.

I am my own follower!

2009-05-21T20:47:00.000-07:00

Ok! Now I am following myself! This happened because I can't figure out why my link to my blog doesn't show up on other sites I follow. somehow I ended up following my own self. I will try to fix it tomorrow but in messin with this my blood sugar dropped too low and I am now eating something really fattening to get it back over 70! Oh boy!I have spent the last 2 hours on this,UGH!

Well,I guess I'll post a picture of a purse I made last year that I am useing again because it has flowers,LOL!

link to giveaway

2009-05-21T11:40:00.000-07:00

http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/ is trying to get 200 replies!

Thought I'd add a small wall-hanging I made a couple of years ago. I made it from a page in a coloring book. It was for a contest on a board I belong to. You needed a stamp somewhere on your entry so I used a nesting bird stamp!

OP Challenge baby quilt

2009-05-18T19:15:00.000-07:00

I took on Pat Sloan's challenge awhile back and the top came in very handy as I needed a baby quilt for the new little girl across the street. I really had fun with her challenge.
I have found in the last few days that I am going to have to really play with my new camera. My old one was so easy and took nice pictures. Plus I have moved and don't have my clothesline to hang quilts on for really good pictures. My sister will be here in a couple of weeks though and she is going to help me learn the settings. It's something she is good at. Well,now it is not letting me post a picture!

I won!

2009-05-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

And today I got my package! Jona at Stop staring and start sewing! Had a giveaway and I was the lucky winner.

http://jonag.typepad.com/stop_staring_and_start_se/

May 04, 2009
Monday funday
Yay! We have a winner! The winner of the nice little Sugar Snap stack is "lesthook" who left a comment at 2:04 on 5/3. Congratulations Leta!! You're going to love it (plus I found a couple more scraps to add to it)!

It is super lovely and I am very lucky. Here is a picture after I opened it and spread it out! My picture is a little blurry. I really need to read the manual!

New lap quilt

2009-05-08T15:13:00.000-07:00

The Grapes Of Mardi Gras to be exact. It started out with a Mardi Gras challenge which is where the scrap blocks came into play. The colors had orange,green and purple. Then I started pulling other material from my stash and decided to make a lap quilt for my son in law for his birthday. I just did a sort of squared off meandering pattern to quilt it freestyle. Which I hope to be really good at someday,LOL! It is fun though. I have had both grape materials for at least four years. It is totally a stash quilt.

I obviously need to practice with my camera more as the colors are not as clear in the one taken outside. Maybe the flash? Took another one inside(granddaughters legs,LOL!) and it must be a flash thing cause the two inside are much truer color. I need camera classes!

flower pot quilt

2009-05-03T07:32:00.000-07:00

In 2002 I was spending most of my time in waiting rooms of various clinics and hospitals. My husband was sick. I always had a bag of hand work with me. Hexagons sometimes. And other times these baskets. He lost his battle with throat cancer at the end of june of that year. I finished the tops and put them away.

A couple of years ago I pulled the baskets back out and hand quilted it. I am going to tackle the hexagons (Grandmother's Flower Garden) this fall. I am waiting for my sister to get back here from Ft. Sill so she can help me pin it,LOL! Her hubby is army and they have just been transferred back to Ft. Bragg.

I am still trying to learn to insert the picture properly. I'll try on the side this time.Antway here is my Flower Pot Quilt. I got the pattern from a magazine but it was before I kept up with such things as whose pattern it was! I gave the quilt to my daughter.

swap things I made

2009-05-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

These are some things I made for a sawp last month. The fabric basket was made frrom a tute on this site http://ayumills.blogspot.com/

The heart was made from a tute on http://fatquartershop.com/

And the coasters from here http://sometimescrafter.blogspot.com/2009/03/tutorial-coasters.html

I have so much to learn about doing layouts and such on this blog,LOL!

Art Nest Pincushion RingGIVEAWAY!!!!

2009-04-28T08:26:00.000-07:00

These are so cute! I would love to win one! Art Nest Pincushion RingGIVEAWAY!!!!

2009-04-27T08:12:00.000-07:00

I just lost that post,LOL! I am trying to post a picture. I have a new,rebuilt computer because mine died on the 15th and my pictures are in there somewhere but I haven't found them yet. Waiting for SIL to visit and help me out.This is a 15 " by 15" wall hanging I made for my niece a few months ago. I put lots of beads in the center of the flowers. The cpicture insists on being on top so there it stays!

My new blog!

2009-04-26T12:23:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking of starting a blog for a couple of months now. Then my computer died. New computer,new blog!
I love to sew ,especially quilting.
I will have to play around here and find out what all I can do. Like how to post pictures and well, everything!
So here goes! My first post!