February snow boys

February snow boys
Originally uploaded by janellcl

Jeanne's family is visiting from Spain! Adam (her son), Tania (daughter-in-law) and Roco (grandson) are here for 2 weeks. Roco is not quite sure what he think about their dog-plus there is all this white stuff on the ground and falling from the sky!

I'll be continuing with some new postings to our Etsy shop. Hope you remember to take a peak over there!

Coaster designs 9

Coaster designs 9
Originally uploaded by janellcl

Jeanne found a bunch of charm packs trying to hide under her bed. Those funny charm packs! They are now spread all over my work table waiting for the weekend. My 11 year old grand-daughter (Bree) is coming over this weekend for a 2 day sleepover. She did such a great job of helping me over Christmas put together some coasters that we will try it again. It was so interesting to hear her talk about colors and what she thought coordinated together. Plus-her beginning sewing machine skills are coming along. I want to reinforce what we did and that may give her a completed project for her Life Sciences class in middle school.

what are some other good sewing projects for a middle schooler??? We did a beginning jewelry project New Year's Eve waiting for the ball to drop. That was fun but Grandma did most of the actual final touches with the crimping pliers. We'll try that again though. It was fun.

Coaster designs

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Originally uploaded by janellcl

Some of the fabrics that are currently available are so wonderful. Jeanne and I are having a kind of identity crisis as we fall in love with more and more of the brights. Used to be, barn red, dark country colors and more primitive styles were our favorites. We were both drawn to them.

But now there is an increasing crowd of glorious fabric designs in bright somewhat geometric styles that we keep looking at. You'll probably see more use of this kind of fabric in our designs. We are exploring colors in our choices-what a bright world it is suddenly!

Pincushion Log Cabin

2011-01-18 21:20:35 +0000
Originally uploaded by janellcl

Just finished this adorable log cabin pillow with a pin cushion stitchery in the center. Easy as pie to put together and the stitching was fast. I used some of my leftover 1930 reproduction prints and stuffed it as full as I could. Perfect quick gift for a sewing friend.

Christmas Cactus

2011-01-17 17:56:46 +0000
Originally uploaded by janellcl

4-6 inches of snow by the end of today. Sigh!!! Yes-we are used to winter but this is getting a tad bit old. So this collage of photos of my Christmas Cactus in my office is offered to brighten my day and yours. Time to pull out my embroidery and stitch for an hour.

What are you working on today?

Quick as a Wink Knit Pin Cushion

Coaster designs 7
Originally uploaded by janellcl

While all the fabric we have is being re-organized and straightened, I have been keeping my knitting fingers busy. This little multi-colored pin cushion is my new favorite thing to knit while watching football. (Did I mention that the Green Bay Packers won yesterday? Oh, guess I didn't!)

We are calling our Quick as a Wink Knit Pin Cushion. The pattern will be posted on our web site soon. Plus we are going to feature this on our Etsy Shop. Keep your eyes out!!! We'll let you know when everything's ready.

Jeanne is here!

I am now set up to use our blog. You will here from Janell and Me. I will try to keep you updated as I create new projects!