Nisbett Quilting Picture...

Thought I would share this with you. Jess and Matt got us a local peninsula artist, Don Nisbett, print of three crabs quilting. The original three crabs that are still in S & B would be April, Jan, and Mary. Since then, we have added Karen, Pinky, and Lyla. I thought this pic was appropriate for the 3 original S & Bers :>))

Joy to the World (to all my dog lover friends!)

Source: showmecrafting.blogspot.com via Tammy on Pinterest

Merry CHRISTmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Due to some sickness and just last minute Christmas tasks...we will see you in the New Year.

Happy 2012!

Pinky

Jan

April

Lyla

Karen

Mary...God bless you in the New Year!

Carrhart Apron

THE CARRHART BBQ APRON

I'm hoping to actually have what I'm writing match up to the photos I'm going to put on here. Here goes...our family decided to pick names for Christmas this year and chose to give handmade items only. I 'got' our son, Jonny's name, and thought...."Great, a guy gift!" Well, after much

thinking I decided to make him a BBQ Apron out of overalls, and a BBQ Recipe Book. I soon discovered that turning overalls into an apron is no easy feat. I looked online and then asked Jan to brainstorm with me, and also helped me make a practice apron with a pair of her old overalls. (They will become my own apron, although probably not much used 'cause I TRY to stay outta the kitchen). :oD

I cut up a pair Carrhart overalls by removing the legs. I then added a piece of leg horizontally below the crotch, which became the front of the apron. You realize all of this is AFTER I made several versions of the jeans overalls FIRST!!! I never really realized that the legs on your jeans aren't actually straight because the have to fit a pelvic area above them...therefore you can't just cut off the legs and add them. I wanted to put two legs together vertically, but they weren't wide enough. It took quite some time of cutting, stitching, tearing out, restitching, tearing out again, restitching and then tearing out AGAIN, before I realized that it was going to be much easier to just add a section horizontally!!!! Now I know how to make them (but hope I will never have to again!)

I took apart the hardware from the straps and added them to a section of Bob's old suspenders to become the neck strap. Only took me two tries!

My last step was to add the riveted buttons to the apron strings, so they would hang from the sides. Not all that hard, but sure took some time!

As I read back through this article it sounds like this was such an easy project, but I found it, in fact, to be quite challenging. But NOW that it's finished, I am pleased with it, and hope Jonny will be, as well.

Now, I'm starting on the recipe book. More later.....

S and B at April's

Lyla sent her calendar pages for Jan. Love them! Jan received a lot of dog related pages this year, to her delight. Her. I'm her;-)

Thanks Lyla! I put them into my calendar right away in October and November spaces.

April was creating an apron out of a pair of overalls. It was turning out very well and she will have fun embellishing and wearing it.

Here she is, busy stitching. Nice view, eh? She can look up and watch the emerald green field with the horses dozing, cows grazing, dogs playing, birds flying. It's a rough life but someone has to live it!

April recently hosted a table centerpiece workshop and here is what she made. The felted birds draped around were a gift from Pinky.

Here is her other centerpiece.

Jan (me) worked on these beaded spools. Karen was making Christmas cards. I missed getting a photo, sorry Karen. Mary was sick so she and Pinky stayed up on the peninsula this week. Get well soon! Hope to see you next week.

Jan's Batik quilt

Jan finished another quilt, this time made from all batiks. It is also constructed in the quilt as you go method.

Here is the back of it. It is about 60" X 80".

Fun with S&B's

Here are a couple of photos from last week at Mary's when Sharon came and guided us in a project that involved sea shells, glue and glitter.

I'm sure Mary showed photos of the finished work last week. These are "action" shots.

We all had fun but missed Pinky.

This week we met at Jan's and here are some calendar pages that Lyla made for Pinky's calendar. Very festive!

Since Lyla can't join us she has to mail all the pages to us after we send her the size requirements. You can tell she knows that Pinky likes kitties. Heck, we all like kitties!

Above shows a page Pinky made for Jan's calendar. So much detail!

Even I like kitties so Pinky made me (Jan) a calendar page with her own cats featured on it.

Our long lost member Gwen showed up for a surprise visit, it was fun to catch up with her a bit.

Pinky, April and Karen busy with their projects.

Mary worked on a calendar page.

Karen was making cards.

Pinky, stoically crocheting on her latest rug.

April continued to create her travel journal. It is coming along wonderfully.
Jan worked on her crochet rug too, rolling her strips into a ball. Not exciting enough to show a photo. Truth is I forgot to take one.

See you next week at Pinky's!

Pinky says---

Loved all your new calendar pages girls.Your shell ornaments are pretty. I like Kits wind thing too.

Trading Calendars Again...

On Tuesday, we met to trade calendars once again. It is always so much fun to see the new pages. I hope I get these right with the correct names of the artist...Here we go...

#1, 2, 3 Jan for Lyla

# 5 April's Cover For Lyla

#6, 8, 9 April's For Karen

#10, 11 Mary's For April

Pinky was not feeling well and unable to exchange with us today. Sorry for the duplicates!...Sheesh!!!!! We all can't wait to get our calendars back before January to start using them and really checking them out.

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE OUR GLITTER SHELL WORKSHOP...

Glittery Shells For Christmas...

Today, Sharon Esch joined us again and gave us a little workshop in glitzing up shells for Christmas tie ons or ornaments. It was fun to do. We found that the lighter glitter seems to work a little better so you could still see the shape of the shells and the details on them.

Sharon's husband, David, drilled holes in a bunch of shells for us to use...Thank you David! She brought ribbon, glitter, glue, beads, and supplies for us to use. Mary had shells here too and more ribbon, etc., so we had more than enough supplies to work with.

The pictures below show the finished projects for you to see...enjoy!

#1 Karen's, #2 Sharon's, #3 Mary's, #4 Jan's, #5 April's...

Pinky was not feeling well today and we missed her. Get well soon, Pink!