Manistique Labor Day plans

So what are your plans for the upcoming labor day weekend??

I am making plans to go to Upper Michigan to visit my sister. Well it will be more of a working weekend than a visit.
We need to finish up the last of the products for our first upcoming craft show on the 12th of September. The Crafty Apple in Chilton, WI. Actually my sister has been able to acomplish alot, and I need to get caught up with my part. Which is ironing, labeling, folding and packaging the products. So we do have our work cut out for us. This certainly will not be a sewing weekend.

But it is still a girls weekend, no matter how you look at it. So I am looking forward to it. It is so beautiful in Manistique, MI. She lives right on the lake and every morning is just beautiful and every evening when the sun sets is just picturesque. It is so quiet there, only the sounds of the loons and small animals during the day, and the appearance of the deer in the evening.

And Bill is looking forward to a no women Labor Day weekend himself. He is planning on some lazy day events for himself while he stays home.

Beautiful fall weekend

What a beautiful weekend. That wonderful crisp cool air that only can mean autumm is on it's way. I was able to run a few errands on sunday, but essentially spent most of the weekend inside sewing. Yes, that's right, I was inside. But I had windows open, doesn't that count?
This is a quilt top I was able to finish this weekend. This will be a christmas present for one of my DH's hunting buddies. It is a twin size or a very big lap quilt. It was very easy to put together, the pattern is called four plus one. It alternates in each row with a four patch block. It is made with flannel material so it is very soft. Hopefully soon I will get a chance to sandwich it and quilt and bind.

I was able to put together this fall table runner. It just adds to that fall feeling around here.

A very good weekend, very relaxing and quiet, even if I only saw the beginnings of fall from my sewing room window.

Ok, ok...... I will get out for a walk later today, really I will!

My Sunday, my day

My day to sleep in, my day to lounge around in jammies, and my day to sew.
What a relaxing day when you can do whatever it is you choose to do.

This little delicious cupcakes are little pin cushions I made for my sisters trade show comng up next month. I whip a couple dozen together just for something simple to have in our booth. No I didn't do them all today, just finished them up.

Then I got a chance to work on my thimbleberries project due for early September. Here is my fat quarters block, actually two, I can usually get two big blocks for every fat quarter.

And here is my BOM for the month. One 12" and three 6" blocks. Each month each block takes me through a different type of design. I kinda like that, gives me practice on alot of different types of piecing.

Well then I deceided to work on the 3rd sweet treat bag for one of my daughter's for christmas. Notice the pink. Yup, and I said I was so sick of it didn't I.
Unfortunetly I ran out of fusible fleece, and since it is my sunday and a jammie day, I wasn't about to go out to the store for the fusible fleece. It will have to wait.

So I deceided to finish up my day doing the hand work on the binding for my sister in law's quilt. I just love the coffee theme going on in this quilt. This should take me up to bed time and the end of my day.

Oh yeah, I did pull this panel piece out of my stash. I was planning on doing a table runner with it. But when I found some green material to go with it for the backing, I thought, wait a minute, this would look neat as a lap quilt. A nice masculine quilt. Hmmmmmmmmm. What do you think? Another project sitting on the side till I make a decision.

Thoughts of sewing

The thought of sewing is running thru my head all day today. I can't even concentrate, because all I think of is the pile of UFO's and material waiting for me in my sewing room. That's what I get for taking time off. I need to get back to sewing. I am going thru withdrawals! So much to do. Not sure where to start.

Although, it was a lovely wedding and a wonderful break from housework and sewing. I still find myself thinking back to this past weekend...................hmmmmmmmmmm it was so beautiful.

Ok, reality check here. Come on Jean, back to the real world and all the backed up laudry and ironing, dusting, vaccuming etc.... Not to mention the next big day on my agenda is the Crafty Apple in Chilton on September 12th.
I and my sister have a booth and we will be introducing that little town to the accomplishments of "We Stitch" My sister's embroidery business. It has really grown and she is becoming quite successful. I have agreed to do some trade shows for her. There is this one in September, and two more holiday shows in November. We will see how it goes.
I will post some pics on my site to give you an idea of the different items she makes that we will be selling.

Wedding

The Wedding day was here and over before you know it. Of course I suspected such would be the case.
All the jitters and nerves, not to mention the organizational skills of my daughter are here and gone.
But what a wonderful day. The bride was beautiful, and yes Mom cried. But there were alot of other tears flowing from others as well.

It was a very long day for all of us, but once the wedding and pictures were done the rest of the afternoon and evening seemed to have flown by. A good time was had by all. The dinner, the dance and all of their guests were great.
And the biggest news of all is........................this is my last one to marry!!! So much for wedding plans in the future. LOL

And now, that makes three son in laws...................

Moose quilt

Here is the quilt that I finished for my brother in law's birthday. His birthday isn't until September 12th, but it kept me busy the last couple of evenings hand sewing the binding. It is so cute with cabins and moose on it. I am not sure if you can see them from this photo, but they are there.

This was a simple pattern, "Take 5 on Point". Very easy to put together.

I believe I should be doing things that are more of a challege, but when things are tough, I tend to pack it away and forget to get back to it. Case in point is my Bethelem star quilt that I am making for one of my daughters. It is a tough puzzle to do for me so right now it has been in a drawer for quite awile now. I started it last year before christmas.

Anyways, now my attention needs to be focus on the wedding. It will be here and gone before you know it. Tomorrow we leave for Green Bay for the weekend, saturday is the wedding, and sunday opening of gifts and then home again. A very fast fast weekend I am sure.

Babysitting Sunday

My goodness, it was a hot one today! 90 degrees out, so the best thing to do to beat the heat is to cool off with water. So that is exactly what we did today.
But that didn't really last that long. It was even too hot for that after awhile. It also is so much fun having the girls for the day, but I am so exausted by the end of the day too. These two wear you out.

Saturday it rained just about all day, and it made for a perfect day to stay in and get some sewing done. Here is a fleece pillow I made for my youngest grand daughter. She adores it.

And then I was able to get this cell phone pouch done for my girlfriend.

I had cut it out some weekends back and finally had the time to finish it up. Saturday certainly was the day for finishing up projects since I had the day to myself.

I was able to add another row on my scrap star quilt I am making for my oldest daughter. This quilt is put together with the fat quarters I receive once a month from the thimbleberries quilt club. Each fat quarter is used to make two star blocks and slowly I am using them for this quilt. I imagine I will be able to make two.

Then I worked on these four aprons for my grandchildren. Each year before christnas, we have a cookie making day, and I wanted to suprise them with these aprons on that day. My little bakers!

They went together very easily. Not too much to them at all......

Today was a baking day too. After we were done outside, the girls helped grandma in the kitchen. Since it was too hot to bake, I picked up a few cupcakes from the local store bakery for us to decorate.
These are monkey cupcakes. The picture in the magazine is what there were to look like. I think they did a excellent job. Don't you agree???????? The girls had a great time and as always grandma enjoys the time spent with them.