Lovely Floral Rag Basket

My latest craft obsession is making rag baskets, quilts, rugs, etc. This is the first rag basket made by crocheting fabric strips together for sale in my Artfire Shop. Lovely slate blue and mauve flowers decorate this lovely floral basket. This basket measures 7 inches across the base, 8 inches across the top, and stands 2.5 inches high. Click HERE to visit my Artfire Shop.

No Sew Tied Quilted Crib Rail Guard Tutorial TM

Now available for sale in my Etsy shop: No Sew Tied Quilted Crib Rail Guard Tutorial. This PDF file tutorial includes 28 color photos and step by step instructions to make your own padded quilted crib rail guard. Once you have bought the fabric to go with your nursery, it should take less than 2 hours to make a guard. Click HERE to visit my Etsy shop for more details. Or to visit my Artfire Studio, click HERE.

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Ice Storm In New England

After the freezing rain stopped this morning, I went out and snapped a few photos in our back yard. We were very fortunate, we only lost power for about an hour. My twin sister a couple of towns over hasn't had power since last night, along with about 300,000 other Granite Staters. She was told that she wouldn't be back on the grid for 3 days to 3 weeks! Thankfully they have a generator!

My Poor Holly Bushes

My flower garden

The grass

First Snowfall

Last weekend was our first real snowfall here in Central NH. We took the little guy out back to play wiffle ball in the snow. It is a lot tougher to find white wiffle balls in the snow than on the grass.It was about dusk, but the little guy had just gotten up from his nap and LOVES to be outside! We were lucky enough to get some more snow this weekend - here's hoping for a white Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas Ornament Set

Our little guy is 18 months old and on the move and checking out everything. I know that this year when we put up our Christmas tree, some of the fragile family ornaments passed down from generation to generation will not make it on the tree. Instead, I will be adding non-breakable fabric ornaments to our tree. This is a set of 12 ornaments celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas. I will also be making a few for my etsy shop as well. They also would make great favors for a holiday party If you would like to visit my shop, click HERE. Each set of ornaments will arrive in a starry drawstring bag.

Snoopy Quilt for the Babe

I stumbled across some Snoopy fabric that I fell in love with instantly. I decided to make a quilted blanket for my little guy. I thought that it would be nice to have a photo of him and the quilt together. I tried to get David to pose with the quilt, but once he saw the camera, he made a bee line in my direction! So, I decided to take a photo of just the quilt :) He LOVES the camera! To make the quilt, I took cotton snoopy fabric and blue minky and then quilted them together with a soft batting in the middle. I used a speckled turquoise fabric for the binding. The quilt's dimensions are 26"x30" I love it and it is just the right size to take outside in the stroller. I will be making one more like this for My Etsy Shop in the upcoming weeks.

Twas the Week Before Christmas

Christmas is in one week. My little guy is now 7.5 months old. He's not quite crawling, but spins around in a circle and he is finally sitting up on his own.