MID SUMMER

It has been an unusual summer here in St. Louis.  Not much heat and lots of rain, all in all rather pleasant.  I don't really like the middle of summer.  I love the change of seasons and am getting tired of summer by now, looking forward to the Fall.

Our daughter is back in the hospital again, got another infection after having Chemo.  Not as bad this time but still scary.  I will be so glad when all this Chemo is over.

Wanted to share a piece I have been working on.  It is one of my favorites.  Most of the fabrics I used are old, as well as the embellishments.

I am going to be listing some new things on Etsy.  Lots of Halloween.  Everyone have a wonderful Friday.

Hugs, Jackie

NEW PLACE

Hi everyone it's good to be back.  Life throws us some curves now and again and I've been on a pretty curvy road for a few months.  Bought a house closer to our family in February and moved in March.  During the move my husband had to have a pretty major surgery.  All turned our fine, thank goodness.  Shortly after that we found out our oldest daughter has Leukemia.  She was in the hospital for a month for chemo.   That went well, but after she went back for the second round of Chemo she developed a serious infection.  She is doing okay now but is going back for the third round of chemo Monday.  Then only one more after that hopefully. Prognosis is very good.  Things are getting back to normal finally.

Mike had to make one of the bedrooms into an art room and that is ready to go.  It is so nice to be creating again.  Want to share a piece I just got finished.

Sorry the photo is not better, but I don't have the hanger on it yet.   I am getting ready for two shows in October.  Oktoberfest in Maeystown, IL and Apple Butter Festival in Kimmswick, MO.  If any of you are close to the St. Louis area, hope to see you there.
Jackie

Hi All

It's that time of year...February, Yuk...that I really do not like.  The middle of Winter is not my favorite time of year, but what you gonna do..trudge ahead and soon Spring will be here.  I have been working on a wool applique table rug. Something a little different for me, the hand stitching is relaxing.  My stitches are not real great, hope they get better as it progresses.

I want to share a few pages of the book I finished recently.  Books are a lot of fun to make, this one is a gardening theme.

These are only a few of the pages.  The book has 2 signatures of  8 pages each.  I added a soldered piece at the bottom and it has ties for the closure.  I will be listing this on Etsy this week.

Got to end for now, time to watch PBR Bull Riding.  I love it, the bulls are so beautiful.  I have my favorite riders, but must confess I am usually rooting for the bulls.  I am an animal lover and the bulls are never mistreated.  They are actually pampered.  Have a happy Monday.

Jackie

It's Been Awhile......

I can't believe it has been this long since I have posted.  It has been a busy time here.  I can honestly say that I am glad the Holidays are over.  It is nice to get back to normal.  Finally starting to create some things I have been wanting to try.  I finished a book about gardening, would love to share it but left my camera at my Sis's house at Christmas.  Going to pick it up this weekend, so will be able to share it next week.

I did get this done just before Christmas.  Love using pieces of old clocks.

I have been wanting to do some embroidery so have spent a little time on that.  I love primitive things and  have a penny rug in mind that I would like to do. So  many things, hope to get some of them done.  Working on a canvas book for someone now, it is a surprise so won't mention who it is for. 

If you like stitching you might like to hop over to Stitching by A Cornish Sea Shore  She has a give away.

Hope you all had great holidays.

Hugs Jackie

Christmas Stockings

I am working on Christmas now and just finished these stockings.  Dawn at The Feathered Nest posted a pattern for a cute little stocking.  I used that and came up with these.  They are made from an old sweater.  

I am going to make a few more  out of burlap.  They are small enough to hang on the tree.  I love the holiday season.  I get to use lots of glitter and glitz, love to see things sparkle.  I am listing these in my Etsy shop later today.  Enjoy your day.
Hugs Jackie

Fall - Oktoberfest

Fall has finally shown off some of it 's beautiful colors.  I took these photos from our deck.  I think they are even prettier than last year.

 Sis and I did get set up at the Oktoberfest in Maeystown, IL on the correct weekend.  It turned out to be a pretty day, pretty windy but all in all nice.  It had rained a lot the night before and was cloudy early in the morning then the sun came out and all was well.  There was a lot straw to spread so it did not get muddy.  I took some hurried photos of our booth.  They aren't very good, people started shopping early.

We met a lovely lady there.  Her name is Linda Shields and she has a great blog Home For Good.  I have added her button to my sidebar.  She was there with her friend Becky.  I did not get a chance to take any pictures of the other booths but she did.  Her photos are wonderful, please hop over and take a look.

We here in the St. Louis area are big baseball fans and are pretty proud of our Cardinals.  Every where you look right now you see Cardinal red and as you can see even our furry friends are big fans.

We are hoping for another run at the World Series this year, so far so good.  Go Cards!
 Hugs Jackie

Grand daughter fun and BIG mistake

Had a great day with Maggie.  Her and her mom came down on Friday and spent the night.  We played all day in the art room.  She made this great witch hat.

She didn't want a skeleton on it because that was too..creepy.   Grandma kinda likes creepy but her hat turned our really well without it.  Then we had a small accident, spilled a bottle of green paint all over, as you can see on her skirt.  It was pretty easy to clean up off the floor especially since her mom was here and she cleaned it up.

Then she had movie night with Grandpa in his theater room and popcorn from the movie room popcorn popper.  It was a great day.  

Now I have to tell you about the Big mistake.  As you all know Sis and I have been getting ready for the Oktoberfest.  We got our stuff all ready and packed in her transit van today to set up for tomorrow.  Got to Maeystown and no one was there.  Streets empty no hustle or bustle.  Oops, wrong weekend.  I did not read my paperwork, thought it was always the 1st Sunday in October...nope always the 2nd weekend.  We laughed all the way home.  It was a little embarrassing when we stopped at the General Store in Maeystown and the lady who organizes it saw us and ask if we were a week early.  Thank goodness we know her well so she knows we haven't lost our minds...yet.  Oh well we are ready for next weekend.

The weather here has turned really cold.  Hope we still have some nice fall weather before winter.  The furnace came on last night and suppose to be even colder tonight.  Hope you all have a great Sunday.

Hugs Jackie