Wednesdays Flowers and a Finish

It has been a long time since I posted any flowers for Wednesday and I only have two to show but it is a start in the right direction . Also this Row by Row wallhanging that is the result of a round robin with some friends is now complete . The top row was made by myself and the Theme for this round robin for me was "Some of my Favorite Things" ,well one thing I love to do is hang out clothes , I absolutely love the smell of clothes that have dried by the sun and wind , the aprons were done by Toni , no blog, the sewing room was done by my very good friend Dianne and she just started a new blog so please go on over and welcome her to blogland .Dianne has lots of talent to share with us so give her a little time and she will be up and running with lots of beautiful things to show us , to find her head on over here .The spools were done by my friend Lynda , no blog which is too bad as she is also extremely talented so come on Lynda time to start that blog and share with everyone . The beautiful redwork embroidery was done by my friend Jeanette who can make the smallest neatest stitches of anyone I know ,to visit with Jeanette head on over here . Then the final row was made by Annette who I don't believe has a blog either but these ladies have done an amazing job of my favorite things , the aprons for the cooking and baking , the sewing room my favorite room in the house , the spools of thread that I need to do that sewing , the redwork of a cat(I love cats) , a teapot and cup (everyone knows I love my tea , a plant I love gardening and flowers and of course my home , always my favorite place to be and the books well I also love to read so this little hanging says it all and I love it and it will hang in my sewing room to enjoy and be a reminder of my wonderful friends .
Thanks for stopping by and to see more of Wednesdays flowers stop by to visit Karen here .

Winter Wonderland

This is what it looks like outside my kitchen window right now , lots of snow and lots of birds trying to get some seeds to keep their little bodies warm .The snow on the top of this bird feeder fell yesterday and today , and it is still snowing . The little feeder to the left with the odd shaped pole has several holes drilled in it so we can fill it each morning with a mixture of sunflower seeds , nuts and peanut butter and the frequent visits we have from woodpeckers tells us it is a diners delight .We do have to keep an eye open for the larger birds like the starlings as they will clean this out in no time ,I know they have to eat too BUT I like to help out the little ones as much as possible during these winter months . I love watching the birds , a real delight!

Here is what I am working on .

My New Years resolution is to finish some UFO's that still linger in my sewing space . I believe the year was 2009 when I took part in a Row by Row round robin with some friends ,yesterday I was making a list of what needs to be completed and this one jumped out at me to please finish me . My friend Lynda had made the two rows of spools with a narrow brown strip of fabric between them and I really like that look so I  went into my stash to find some fabric as close to that fabric as possible and started to cut the narrow strips needed to sew between each row .I also felt I should make a narrow strip around the whole unit to make it complete and then came the real dilema , what was I going to use for a border , I put the new wall hanging on my design wall and tried different fabrics and finally decided on this floral print but now that it is sewn on I am not so sure , what do you think?? It does have all the same colors that are in the different rows but is it too busy?
 I have joined up with the Sew Its Finished blog so I will be accountable for my UFO's .I must make the list and publish it on this blog so I will have something to look at and remind me of things that need to be completed BEFORE I start something new , Now I am not saying I won't do anything new this year but I will try my best to stay focused on my list . Thanks for stopping by . Sheila

Crazy Quilting Friday

This weeks block uses one of the stitcheries I had done for the Christmas Wishes BOM by Gail Pan . Great to be back to these blocks , thanks to Betsy of Quilting Fiesta for hosting this weekly event .
It is snowing today , rather pretty outside , looks like a snowglobe;-) Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Sheila

My first finish for 2011

In 2007 I took part in the One Day Mystery with Planet Patchwork , it was my first time ever doing this type of thing so choosing fabrics was a real challenge for me and following the list of fabrics they suggested this is what I came up with . Now I will tell you when I finished this quilt I was really disappointed as I just didn't like how certain fabrics were together so ...... I decided I had to do something to jazz it up and take the focus off of what was bothering me so I commenced to add the basket and flower applique , let me tell you  that it took much longer to do the applique than it did to put the whole quilt top together but when I finished which was not exactly in a hurry I was pleased with the results , at least now I could live with my choices and finish the quilt .The quilt top has been in my UFO pile since that time and recently I took it out to our little church group the Holy Name Quilters and we hand quilted it and I love how the quilting looks .It sure does feel good to have this completed , I came home yesterday and cut the binding and sewed it on last evening so other than a label it is done !! Thanks for stopping by and I hope the sun is shining where ever you are .
Sheila