WIP and some mail

I know it is only Tuesday but I am reporting my week in progress a day early as tomorrow is going to be a very busy day , hey this time of year is busy everyday :-)Before I get to my progress I want to share some mail I have recently received .
I have a birthday coming up real soon and my friend Annette of In Stitches and Seams  was so sweet to send me this hand crafted bracelet ,take a close look at what is engraved on this cute little bracelet.

Pretty special don't you think , thanks so much Annette I really love it !!
I also took part in a postcard exchange in November and maybe you will remember my boot , well I received two of the three postcards that I am expecting so I want to share them with you now.

This one traveled from Boise Idaho , isn't it cute , I just love all that glitter,I hear Cinderella is looking for this shoe  . The second one is really quite unique and at first I wasn't sure which way the shoes were suppose to be but once I read the note on the back it all made perfect sense.

Judy lives in Saskatchewan and she says " Dear Sheila, Is this where elves get there shoes ?" I suspect it is Judy , so cute.
 Okay do you really want to know what progress I have made , it has been a busy week and I will show you a couple of finishes first.

First off this little apron for my granddaughter who loves to help her mother bake and prepare meals and when we were visiting she was wearing a much too small for her apron I had made years ago for her older brother so time to fix that problem .

 Now I couldn't very well make one for Sophia without also making one for Isaac so this is my apron for him , he is not the splashy kind of guy so I left it very plain but nice and sturdy too as this is a light weight denim .

This one is a work in progress that I can't share just now .I do have other things in the works but no photos to show at the moment , lets just say my sewing room is a mess right now ;-) When I am creating I tend to mess things up but it will eventually get straightened out, those little elves that left their shoes are sure to clean up for me don't you think ;-)
 Now this has nothing to do with my sewing progress nor gifts received but I wanted to share the visitor I had early yesterday morning . I had taken our labradoodle Luke out the front door and then came back in to start preparing breakfast and there in my kitchen window was this beautiful creature looking back at me. I was really glad Luke had gone out the other door and not disturbed my visitor .

If you look very closely on the right hand side down in the grass area you will see the top of another set of ears .Isn't he a handsome fellow , I say he as he was standing there stomping on the ground with his feet watching me and moving closer to me then I could see him snort so Bill felt it was likely a young buck warning the others of my presence . Now if I was a hunter this would have been an easy target but I could never aim a gun at something this beautiful .

My pleasure is in just watching them and it is not like they are rare in these parts as there were five in our yard eating apples from under our trees the other evening but seeing them is always special for me ,I love those big brown eyes  and that majestic chest , oh and I can't forget that flag that goes up when they run from something they fear or startles them .
I am linking up today to the Needle and Thread Network , be sure to check it out and see what everyone has been working on this week and thanks so much for stopping by .
 Hugs Sheila

FNSI with Cheryll

 

I decided to join Cheryll and friends in the FNWF this week , I was pretty sure I would be sewing so signed up and if the truth were told I also sewed on Thursday night preparing for Friday night so I sewed with the Aussie's too ;-) Here is what I have been working on , Parson Brown, a sweet wall hanging that I have made a few of and decided to make one more for good measure as they say .

Snowman Brown still needs the binding sewn down and I was going to do that when I sat down to watch a movie last night but decided to do this instead.

Yes I started a new project , not just any project , one I fell in love with the moment I seen it on Ellie's Quilt Place ,  it is the most delightful stitchery wall hanging called Winter in Blogland ,if you are interested in checking it out go here ,you will see the icons on her sidebar , the patterns are shared with other designers so you will have to follow her guide to find those but it is well worth it .
We are off to a Christmas party this evening a lovely evening of dining out , can't complain about that now can I :-)
Thanks To Cheryll for hosting the Friday Night with Friends , I really enjoyed my sewing time and thanks to you for taking the time to stop by .
 Hugs Sheila

Experience the Creative Island

I want to share this video of the crafts people of Cape Breton , Nova Scotia , I grew up on this beautiful island and was so surprised to learn that the vocalist in this video is my niece Yvette , she was also instrumental in creating this video and wrote the song . I may be bias but I think it is tremendous and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did . Yvette is in the video in a few places , one being on the beach looking for beach glass , she is handed a piece of glass, just realized she is in the photo at the beginning on the left wearing glasses and a pink tee shirt. I hope you enjoy it and I hope this works as I am not very technical , ok not at all is more like it .
Enjoy your day.
 hugs Sheila

WIP Wednesday

Oh  dear it is Wednesday already and December too , yikes ! I have been keeping busy however , trying to get a few gifts made and now to get a few in the mail would be really great .
 First off I want to share this finish , it only took me ten years , I deserve a medal I think  ;-) In all seriousness it is great to see this finished and although the picture I am about to show is really rather poor it does look great on my little sofa.

 I found enough of the red that was used in the center to finish off the top and used a slightly different fabric for the back , I am pleased and now I have a new pillow for Christmas .
 Now I want you to meet Ollie, a friend of mine gave me this pattern and I just had to make him , I do love snowmen and this one was too cute to resist.

 He is quite tiny being only six inches in width and 19 inches in length , oops I forgot to give his scarf a fringe I will do that before I ship it off to its new owner .
 This next project has been on my to do list since last year and it didn't take long at all once I got started , I used some flannel I had from another project a few years back and when this is on display it will contain some greenery and look a little more festive than it does at the moment , another quick project , you have to love those.

 And my final little finish for the moment is another candle mat , yeah I am on a roll here but this pattern is a favorite of mine .

This candle mat was designed by my friend Annette of In Stitches and Seams and it is a lot of fun to make so I decided to see what Christmas fabrics I had  as the others I have made are not that Christmasey .It is a dark and rainy night so again my photos are not the best .
 I am linking up today to the Needle and Thread Network , be sure to check them out , there are so many talented gals , you will surely want to be inspired by their lovely work. Thanks for Stopping by and enjoy your day.
 hugs Sheila

Tuesdays Treasures

Tuesdays are special , I get to quilt with my friends and we enjoy a meal together so I always look forward to this day but my treasure for today are the birds that have been frequenting our feeders lately ,I love birds and it is always so nice to see a few different birds so when this flock of Evening Grosbeaks landed I just had to grab my camera and take a photo , they are so beautiful even if they are a bit of a hog at the feeder .

I also love my new feeder "Feed the Birds" made by our friends Sharon and  John , it looks great and the birds love it :-)So my treasure today are my feathered friends ,I am sure we will see quite a few now that the weather is getting colder but you will note there is no white stuff on the ground yet .I am linking up with the delightful Melody at The House on the Side of the Hill .
 I do have some sewing to share but I haven't had a moment to take photos but I will share this other project that I have been busy with , tomorrow our Wednesday sewing group is having a cookie exchange so here are my packages all set to go ,what is inside is a secret  :-)

 I wasn't quite sure how to package them and then came up with this simplistic country style of the brown paper bag which I stamped then used a hole punch and tied a ribbon through with a tag I printed from the internet . Fun to do. To get your own cute tags go here to the Noble Wife blog
 Thanks for stopping by and hope your day is going well.
 hugs Sheila