I always need inspiration.. to keep me going in a forward direction :)

I found my inspiration for the day.. this young lady is so amazing she is in the 7th grade and is 12 years old and she quilts.. I have to tell you she is fantastic. If you want to see some of her fantastic work.. I invite you to visit her blog :) The Scrap Box .... there you will find a whole lot of inspiration for such a short time blogger. From pieced quilts to hand quilting of her quilt tops. She has a goal to stitch 30 mins a day. Wow that is dedication.

Excerpt from her blog :)

The last thing I want to show all of you is a special work in progress that I have been working on for quite a while. It is a hexagon charm quilt where every piece is different. If any of you would like to help me out by sending scraps through the mail that would be very nice.


Well my sweet friends if you have any scraps you want to let go of for a sweet inspiring young quilter.. please drop by and send her a post.. I know I'm going to :)

OK OK!!!!

I awoke Friday morning and I was thirsty... so I trekked into the kitchen opened up the refrigerator door and grabbed my life blood Pepsi. I took a couple of swags and went on up and and took a shower. Dressed, drug a rake through my hair and polished my toofies. As most of you know our toofies start getting stained as we get older from the different foods that we eat. No amount of toofie polish or cleaning will get them back to the luster they were when we were younger, other than doing that expensive bleaching process. No matter how much I polish...I can not get a shiny bright smile any more. I am sure it has to do with the Pepsi staining them :)

Ok on with this what I think is a strange but funny story ;)
So I got ready for work and got to the front door and thought hey I should grab a Pepsi to take to work with me. I thought naw I will get one on the way to work at the local stop and rob because sometimes I like ice. I left the house and headed that way. I got to the corner where I either turn to go to work or go forward to the stop and rob. Which is past the bridge, and just on the other side of the stop light. Well I took the turn not thinking.... so I headed on into work. I could not just go around the block as I was now on the Highway, on the way to Ta Town. I don't know about you but I thought about that Pepsi all the way to work and as soon as I got in the door. I stopped put my two one dollar bills into the machine.. and LOw and BEHOld it was sold out!!!!! The machine popped back one dollar bill and gave back 6 quarters. Now I don't know if that was someone Else's change from 2 one dollar bills or not. Of course I called the receptionist for the vending company .. she asked who it was a I told her this is your Cranky local and not so friendly clerk at the Wichita Police Dept..... I don't have my hello good morning Pepsi... she started laughing and said .. I will have the boss out right away. LOL she knows its only me that calls when the machine is empty. She laughed and said I don't want you to be cranky.. we need you to be nice and friendly... So I think Wed when I go to work I will call and just say hello and say thank you :) Sure enough to her word.. he was out within an hour.. in the mean time I begged one of the Po PO guys and they went and got me an iced Pepsi :) But here is where the strange and funny part comes in.. I wondered to myself.. I says self... do you think God was tapping you on the shoulder and trying to tell me to get the Pepsi here and here .. or do you think he was trying to say.. you don't need that Pepsi????
Well I told several people of my story of the morning they just laughed and laughed... and everyone of them did believe the good lord was trying to tell me something and I just wasn't listening. What do you think???? What ever it was I sure was not listening!!!

I think I found the Ultimate Brownie

The Chocolatiest Brownies

More Photos and directions here: Chewonthatblog

Semi-sweet and Ghirardelli baking chocolate both go into this super-rich brownie.

Ingredients

1 1/2 C. flour
1 C. margarine
1 tsp. butternut vanilla or vanilla
2 C. sugar
3 oz. Ghirardelli 60% cacao chocolate
3 oz. semi-sweet baking chocolate
4 extra-large or jumbo eggs
1 C. chocolate chunks (or chips)

Directions

Melt margarine and chocolates. Remove from heat and mix in sugar. Always mix by hand when making brownies. Add eggs one at a time, stirring after each addition. Stir in flour, vanilla, and chocolate chunks. Pour into a greased 13×9-inch pan. Sprinkle chocolate chunks on top if desired. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes. Test for doneness with a toothpick; don’t over bake.

My back pack is done ;)

Here it is ladies... I really really love this one.. I like it better than my Nieces.. but I know my niece will love hers too :) Yes I quilted almost the entire bag. NOW....Don't look too close it was my first attempt to quilt such a large piece of material at one time. The inside lining has the same fabric used as the outside accent. I wanted to use red polka dots.. but I didn't have enough material. So instead of purchasing more. I used what I had on hand. I even put a pen slot on the pocket and dropped in a note pad. I am always taking notes when I am out ;) I just wish now that I had put in an inside pocket. Oh well live and learn :) All in all it turned out pretty good.

LoL...... you all know me .. I am always redesigning things that I make and that includes this back pack ;) I have a few ideas that would make it more wonderful :) I might even get those ideas worked out after the vacation and make a few and put them on my blog and in my Etsy shop for sale.
Mostly I think this back pack needs a cell phone pocket on the side :)
And maybe a place to put a drink bottle ;)
A girl can always use more pockets :)

Correction to the Annie pattern :)

For all of you that are getting a head start on your Annie's or Andy's :)

You know as a writer or an artist there are times.... no matter how hard you try you will make a mistake. I know I can write a blog post, read it and read it.. then a couple of days later I see the mistake. .but for the life of me at the time I wrote it I didn't find the mistake.....Well ......... on our Annie patterns if you are going to make the dress for your Annie. I have been advised there is a slight mistake.. here is the excerpt from my convo:
Well, you said we'd be just using the doll and not the dress. But, I did use her dress pattern and I had a question about the neck opening. In the pattern Brenda said cut away for the neck opening but, I couldn't really tell how or where so I emailed her. Brenda said that was a mistake. The new pattern doesn't say cut away.
So ladies no cutting away from the neck to make the dress :) I hope this has helped all of you :) If your dressing your doll with Themed fabrics :)
If you have other questions.. please email Brenda.. I am sure she will help you ;)

I am honored with another award

Ms S... AwtemNymf has given me this awesome award. I know there are a lot of award free blogs out there.. but I feel very honored and want to post when some one gives me an award. I am always happy to get an award that shows that I am doing what I am setting out to do in the blog world. Caring, sharing and being creative for others to enjoy ;)
Now I'm supposed to pass this Bella Sinclair Award to 5 other wonderful Bloggers. It's so hard to choose only 5. :0)
I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, as that's not my intent.
There's so many out there!
So I will pass it on to: (in no order of favoritism)
1. Jane
2. Naomi
3. Ruth
4. Mary Grace
5. Jennifer

Psychedelic :)

I don't know about you but I love how this little back pack turned out. I am of course giving it to my teen-age niece. She will love it!! I always thought it would be sooooooo cool to have something of my very own that was different than everyone Else's when I was in school. Well this little baby is truly different than anyone Else's back pack :)
I wasn't going to show anything that I am making on the blog until I returned home.. but I don't think the Niece will be reading my blog. I don't think she even knows I have one :) I was so excited about how this back pack turned out I just had to share it with you!!

I used pre-quilted Bastik materials then I used hand dyed materials for the accents. Then I topped it off with an awesome vintage pink button :)

Oh My Goodness I just noticed I did the pocket flap wrong!!!
Can you tell????
The flap should match the bottom material?
Does it look like I should go back and change it???
I sort of like it like it is :0)

So Ladies what do you think??? Me***** I am going to go back into the sewing room and make one for me today.. I will have to quilt some fun material I have on hand. I am going to make one to use when I go shopping with Ms Nadine on my vacation :) LOL In fact the material has those fun ladies on them and it says GONE SHOPPING :) I think the back pack will be a riot made out of this fun material;)

I still have to make my apron like the one I made Nadine..
We said we were going to wear them out one day when we were out shopping.
I think that will be a ton of fun also.. so its off to sew again :)

*************up date**************
I have been upstairs sewing away.. It got way too hot and I had to come down stairs and turn the fan on and point it up the stair well. I am hoping it will cool it off a bit up there. I was so warm the fabric was sticking to my hands and arms. YUCK!!!
At least I got the fabric quilted cut out.. straps cut and sewn, pockets cut and sewn, and the accent fabric is cut and ready to sew. After that its put on the pocket, measure and sew the casing where the straps go and then sew down the sides and I am done!!! Yeah and another project done for the day. I figure its about another hours worth of work :)
Then I am going to start on the men's neck coolers.. those are way easy. I make a ton of those each year, and give them to family and friends. I love them they turn out nice and are very useful in the hot summer sun. Then I am going to look in all of my numerous patterns and see if I can find my pattern for those do rags that the guys wear. I want to make my boys a few of those too. :)
Awe sew sew sew!!!!!!
Ps Don't forget to run by and vote for me .. only two voting days left :)
I'm #5 :)
http://downhiddenfarmlane.blogspot.com/

A Lazy Sunday :)

Wow its been a busy morning here in Ta Town. I'm doing laundry, I've done the dishes and then~~ The Pitty got a pedicure, and the Mommy got a pedicure. We both got a bath and Mommy sprayed fro fro all over us :) I don't know about the Pitty
but I love it when my toe nails are all short and filed and all comfy in my socks and shoes ;)

We are going into town to see Grandpa and then we are going over to Momma Bears. I haven't spent much time with them lately as I am working on Holiday presents for the family out in CA :) I know they miss me!!! because dad says when you coming to town to see me??? Aweeeeeee I feel so wanted and special :)
Monday and Tuesday will be my two sewing days ;) Now that I found the Back Pack pattern there is no excuses not to get to work on that gift. Then I found this awesome tutorial... on how to make an arm chair organizer.. I might try my hand at one of those too during my up coming sewing spree. My Aunt loves to read and sometimes falls asleep in her recliner chair. I think one of those arm chair thing a ma jaggies would be just the ticket for her. She could put her glasses and paperback in it when she wants to take a little old snooze a rooni :) When she wakes she doesn't have to have us help her search for those pesky glasses :)
OK ladies.. keep the cards and letters coming for sign ups.. its so fun to see what patterns everyone likes. Don't forget to run by and thank Ms. Brenda, for the wonderful pattern she is sharing with us. For what I hope to be a fun and exciting Annie Halloween Swap :)

***************Up Date****************
Well I must have been the most popular girl in the world this week!!! My Bubba was even looking for me yesterday. He was trying to take me to the hamburger place, he attempted to take to me to last weekend. We arrived at our destination and they were close.
So he thought of me yesterday.... he said self!!! " I'll call sis and ask her if she wants to go and get a burger!!!"
Wow didn't I tell you I felt special!!!! This just proves it....
Then to add on to what I was just talking about...
There is a girl that comes into my work all the time to get a drink
and use the restroom as our building is a public building..
well anyway on Friday she came in and handed me a sack.
She says " I just thought you could use something sweet.
Your always smiling and waving to me.
I always look forward to seeing you
when I drop in" ( Inside was Chocolate!!!!)
Now I was blown away by this RAOK, because
I don't really know her, but I always try
and at least smile and wave to her. I guess she noticed :)
I am setting here grinning from ear to ear right now!!!!

Revised Post :)

Guess what today is???????? Yes..... you guessed it!!!
Annie Sign ups begin :) ... don't forget to follow the rules..
I will be checking up on you ;)

Speaking of Annies: Run over here and vote for my Annie
Please
Please :)
Or the Annie that you like the best :)
http://downhiddenfarmlane.blogspot.com/

****** UP DATE :) Fons and Porter are aces :)

Thank you everyone that helped me look for this pattern.. you will never guess where I found it!! I use to put all my projects together in one place. That is so I would know where the patterns, threads, and fabrics were. Guess what???? This is one of those that I did this with.. when I started looking at my quilted fabric selections to try and wing it.... there it was!!! The pattern right in the middle of the material. Boy was I sure surprised that I found it there... LOL it really is getting bad when your so old you forget what you use to do :) Anyway thank you for all the help and links to try and find a replacement :) By the way I looked on Ebay for the buy now mag and someone else must have purchased it before me or.. I just over looked it with these ole eyes of mine. Speaking of which after Vac is an appointment to get them checked again. I might have to have new lenses.. I am have trouble seeing the small stuff... ugh bi-focals X3 :) Everyone have a great day :)
Thank you again for all your help!! You guys are the greatest :)