BACK TO RAIN--

 We did have a few days of sunshine and a bit warmer temps here in mid Florida on the east coast--but we are now back to chillier temps and rain--so no racing today, as it is in Daytona race track!!!!

It does seem though that I did get some projects worked on and finished this past week--

I did get to JoAnn's on Monday-- and--that lead to a change in one project--well--actually two projects--

First up-- I changed the borders on a quilt--this is the new border--

(by the way--for some reason these 2 pinks around the block in photos looks wrong--the one looks too peachy--they really do look better in person!!!)

I found this new border at Joann's'--and here is the before photo--

These blocks are small and I decided this borderwith the flowers were too big and over powered the blocks--I am still going to use this print for the backing--now to press and baste it for hand quilting!!

And here is a project I worked on for 3-4 days--

a new tote bag--it is wider on the bottom to fit my covered food dish and it has a pocket on the outside and the inside--

Once I got the tote done and stitching on it to hold the batting and the outside piece together --I had an 'eye sore' as I used white thread--so the white thread really stood out on the bottom part of the dark purple--

I happened to have a purple pen and it colored it in good--it won't wash out--!!!

This months Chookshed challenge it #2  and that is my library book one--

it looked like this at the first of the month--

And this week after working on them I have 4 rows--

This project is far from being finished--but does look much better---

And yesterday I got this kids quilt top to this point--

I still need a small outside border and then to layer it--

this one started by this piece--from JoAnn's--

The bright dogs--I got a quarter yard of this thinking it might make a cute quilt--when I got home I discovered it went perfect with the other prints in this quilt that I though I was putting into a different quilt--surprise!!!

And here is where we are on the Crabapple embroidery hearts piece--

I still need to do todays heart!! and yes--I know you are asking-I did change a couple--you know me!!!

And I got a Valentine Counted Cross stitching piece finished--

My newest Cross stitch is a rabbit I am working on for Spring/Easter!!

And in the Wools--

 Two cute mittens--

And a baby sweater is finished in the knitting front---

And another one in this Hobbii yarn has been started--

I also finished a second baby sweater last night in my Hobby Lobby yarns and started another one!!

So I am still in the 'baby business"!!!!

And all the hand quilting is done on Frosty--am working at sewing down the binding now then all those tiny buttons need to be sewn on--ouch!!!!

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HELP-- I have decided I need to purchase a bread making machine (I did not know all you had to do was dump the ingredients in it and it make bread--wow!!!)  I can not find an organic bread that doesn't have seeds in it--so need to make my own I guess--this last loaf of bread did not look like it had seeds but it does and I paid $7.00 for the loaf--soooo!! 

My question is do you use a bread machine and which one--I need something under a $100--can you help me by sharing--thanks!!

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Our food price increase continues here--but it is just a wait now to see what HUD has to say and does--it it all up to them--Though the 2 higher ups in Poah the management company here is coming here on Thursday to talk to us--My question to the office downstairs was---Why is Poah coming if it is a Metz problem--Metz is the catering company that is providing the food service--she said that what ever is disgusted at the meeting will be transfered to Metz--what??????  I still say Metz should be here, too!!!  (Metz does not get all the food money that us tenants pay for--Poah takes a good chunk--though they are not suppose too--

So we wait--

My big frustration this week has been Tracphone--I have spent 9 calls to them to get my service working--we are still working on it--I bought a new cell phone from QVC in Oct and it came with a year's worth of unlimited time--but??????  So I will also be looking for another phone service --sometime before I my year is up--it always seemto be something to research and that cuts into my quilt time--boo!!!!!!

Oh and either this week or next week I have to have a major repair done on a wall in my apartment--I will have lots of work to do to get ready for them--am thinking it will be next week (last week of Feb as this week the weather is going to be too cool for them to it--?????????????

So see my life is not constant sewing--!!!!

RAIN OR SHINE --HOT OR COLD--WE SEEM TO FIND TIME AND ENERGY TO STITCH--

AND TO ENJOY OUR HAND CRAFTS--

SMILING, DI WITH HUGS FOR ALL