Dr. Seuss for TJ

Still lovin the mug rugs!

I recently took part in my first swap (mug rug swap) and received a very beautiful mug rug I'm currently using on my desk at work.  Above is a picture of  one of the rugs I made -I sent my buddy two very similar to this one.

I had fun making these Easter rugs (below).  One of my co-workers gave me a napkin she had just sitting around and asked if I could use it in something somehow.  If you are/were big in Longaberger, you might recognize the jelly bean center of these mug rugs.  After seeing what I had done with that napkin, she has brought me two placemats of the same pattern.  My mind is already churning on that....

TJ's curtains

We have a new grandson and my daughter asked if I would make valances and curtains for the two wide windows in the nursery.  I used this how to article for the valances (below) http://www.warehousefabricsinc.com/blog/quick-and-easy-pleated-window-valance/

From the scrap bag!

Still loving the mug rugs!

Valentine mug rug!

On of the wonderful ladies from work give me an article ( blog post) about making a heart patch work mug rug. That inspired this one.

Playing on a Sunday Afternoon!

I think my husband is wondering why it takes me all afternoon to produce just one or two little mug rugs.  I could finish them a little faster if I went into it with a clear plan of attack, but these a pretty much designed as I went and that includes at least one time of pulling our stitches I didn't like.

New room - new pillows

The granddaughter has a new room - her father built a loft bed, there's bright new curtains, a bed spread, etc..... So, I made these two pillows that match the room real well!  I think she likes them.  She threw them on the floor (they are floor pillows) and lounge on them to do her home work the first night she had them...