I love learning to quilt

When I saw this on my friends facebook page I just had to borrow it.

Last Christmas I was able to give two quilts, this year will probably not be as successful, moving got in the way of the quilting.

  I am not sure where the saying came from,  so I do not know how to give credit.

Hope that brings a smile to your face and many hours of Happy Quilting.

A notion I love

             We love our notions

If you love to sew, you know how much we love our notions.  when we find something new to us and it works better then expected then you know how happy I am.

            This is my almost new quilt and press.
I needed something since beginning to quilt and was not to sure if this would do as expected.

   it is wonderful.  My cutting is so much better when using it.  It also has a real plus

It aids in my smocking.

 
   I can block my piece using the padded side of the board.

 You can see a little burp in the pleating and by using the board I am able to steam that out.   Spray with starch and steam let dry on the board before starting the smocking process.

I purchased mine mail order from Jo-Ann Fabrics.  I am sure other places also carry it.   You will wonder how you lived without it.

Organizing paper (ugh)

I like things to be organized, I am just not good at getting them that way.

Paper, is a necessary product in my mind. Every time I am on the computer I am hitting the print button and that leads up to a lot of paper.   Sewing tips, decorating tips, recipes all need to be printed off and saved. 

           Or clipped from magazines

          Which adds up to even more paper.

I had followed the File--Don't pile method
and since moving all the papers in the file cabinet, was taken out and  'Piled' in boxes.  So it all had to be dealt with again.

              This is how I feel!

 so here is the cabinet that needs to be dealt with.

             Here is the book that
             will make it happen.

It is a different way of organizing paper. But it works for me.  It is not a leaf through book but offers a guide to a systematic approach  on how to organize paper.

              A good start

Check amazon if you are interested in this book.  some people are born organized, some of us need help. File don't pile
  

FINDING MY NICHE

I enjoy blogging.  I just didn't have a niche, a focal point to blog from.   Some of the bloggers I follow seem so focused, why could I not be focused?
Then it 'hit' me.  I have so many interest and love to do so much that I was all over the place with postings.
So, I made a list of what I really like to do, what really makes my life better.
I will even number those:

1. My biggest passion is sewing. Something about creating and encouraging others to create that really makes me happy.
2. Cooking, not the chef type stuff but the fun stuff. Including baking, even if mixes are involved.
3. Decorating, I really stumble here. I pretty much set myself when once I said I could make a comfortable home from a cardboard box. Now, I am having to live up to that statement, Okay so it's not real cardboard but close.
4. I am going to add gardening, where I live now, that will involve containers.
5.  Just being me--family, the beautiful valley I live in and oh yes, boating.

so how do you find your niche?  For me it came clear to combine all my loves. Sewing and decorating sure do go together. Cooking food for the picnic to take while we boat and explore the valley will work.

So there I go, I am all set.  Hope you enjoy following along with my venture.
  

I would love to meet the Queen of England

I have always been taken with royalty. I have no clue where that came from.  Maybe it all was refreshed when Downton Abby was such a hit show.  
I want to meet the Queen.

We would meet for tea in the palace.

   Do you ever wonder if they get lost in there?

                     Oh MY!

                Wow!  Just beautiful

 Another beautiful set of china. I would love to just be able to have a copy.

 Another tea set.  Now, I know why I collect tea sets.  It is as close to royalty as I will ever get.

I do not have anything as precious as this.  Wonder what the chances are of finding something similar at the thrift store.

So much for today's fantasy.  I would still love to meet the Queen, and have a real conversation.  Maybe I do have a bucket list after all.

Some changes are coming

Good ol summer time, when the liven is easy! 

I am still working on changing the blog. I want to share more family fun.  More heart stopping moment's like moving and down sizing.  More fun in the kitchen, now that I have a kitchen.  
The sewing and tutorials will still be done and still be posted.  They will be shared on
http://everythingsewing.net/   

The new name will be NONIE'S Nook.  I hope you continue to follow me or if you don't follow me now,  I hope you do in the future. I want to follow you back so let me know where you are on this wonderful thing called "the net".

NO NEED TO EXPLAIN

I had written out this huge explanation, as to why the owl is sitting next to the bird bath.

 Why the bird bath is on the table.  Why the table is full of projects.

Why even though it is 100, degrees  the birds chose not to bathe here.
No need to explain, we all know this was stupid!! 
I will fix the problem, have a good day.