Tuesdays Treasures

Today's treasure consists of three things , the two little wooden horses pulling a sleigh on the right and a wagon on the left were hand carved by my Dad when he was about 80 ,I have lost track when he actually gave them to me but the first one I received was the little chocolate colored horse with the green and red sleigh , then a year or so later he made the second one with a wagon just like he used to haul coal as a very young man to help out his family . They both mean so very much to me as my Dad always had horses when we were young and these to me represent him and he is extra special to me , he is 90 now and still driving and doing just fine but his days of working and training horses are over although he still loves to attend the races . The picture above the horses was drawn by my brother , he is a talented artist and years ago when he was visiting us we gave him a crate of apples , this was early in the fall and for Christmas that year he gave them back to us in the form of this painting .We love it ! I hope you enjoy my treasures for today and if you care to see even more incredible treasures be sure to drop on over to visit Clare and she is sure to tell you who is taking part this week . Thanks for stopping by and hope your Tuesday is a real treasure .
Sheila

A New project

I have been a bad girl and started a new project instead of concentrating on the Row by Row quilt but I just couldn't help myself when I seen this pattern , I just had to make it , you know the feeling ;-) I love the fall colors so that is one reason this wall hanging appealed to me and it also meant using more of those scraps , ah now I feel better . I still have a couple of more borders to add so a little more to go yet but the stitching in the center block is completed and that is the bulk of the work done . So far I am pleased with the result and it was a fun project and will look great in my hall entry for the fall season .I neglected to tell you who the designer is of this great pattern ,it is a Bobbie G Design and is simply Fall Quilt #Q515  by Barbara Smith . Have a great day and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila 

Crazy Quilting Friday

I know I am a little early with this post as it is still Thursday here but I 'm going on a little day trip tomorrow so thought I best get this on tonight. I can see the light was not the best and has thrown off the colors a bit . I tried a curved seam in this one and it turned out not bad at all . Tomorrow should be fun as some friends and I are heading to a fabric shop , oh we will be touching and feeling lots of pretty fabrics and I am sure I will come home with a few treasures as well . I don't get to this shop very often so I'm really looking forward to the day out . Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by .
Sheila

Wednesdays Flowers

It would be nice to say I have made great progress on my flowers but the best I could do this week was two , again these are my aunts fabrics and I decided to display them in my new fall Mum plant . I have all my indoor plants outside for the summer so you can see my plant rack next to the Mum .The plants really thrive outside and I usually have the Christmas Cactus blooming but I was late getting them out this year so no blooms :-(
I just never seem to be home long enough to get much stitching of any kind done these days but the weather has cooled down some now so I am sure that will all change shortly. Hope you are all having a great gardening day . To see more blooms head on over to visit Karen ,she will have a list of those with their flowers for this week .
Sheila

Tuesdays Treasure

I'd like to introduce you to Mammie's Dolls , well two of them are made by my Aunt Mammie the one in the green dress was made by an elderly lady who also made dolls for her church and special gifts .My cousin came to my house last year to give me the dolls , I was so excited as I always wanted to have at least one of my aunts dolls and she kindly brought me two and they are my treasures for this week along with the lady in green who is just adorable and has so much detail and I rescued her from a charity sale for just $2 , she just had to come home with me ;-) If you would like to see more Tuesdays Treasures head on over to visit Clare and she will tell you who else is joining in this week .Have Fun .
Sheila