Fat Quarters and Other Things

How was your 4th of July? Mine was grand! I went to Joann yesterday with my sister and my daughter. We had such a grand old time! We were there for three hours! I think we could have stayed longer, maybe stayed the night if they would have allowed it! We had so much fun just taking our time and looking at stuff. We spent the most time in the fat quarters area. They were on sale for 99 cents. Had to stock up! Here is some of what I bought:

I seem to have gotten lots of purple. That big piece is flannel. Don't know what I'm going to do with that yet, but I wanted it. Maybe I'll make another project bag. Haven't made one of those in a while. I've been working on this today:

Can you guess what it is?

I need to take my kitty back to the vet this week for a recheck. She is doing so well. You can see where her fur is growing back on her back. She's doing real well. Just a couple more days of getting the antibiotics in her. She's onto me. I've been getting very creative with stuffing her pill in a treat, or in tuna, any way I can get it into her. The other cats love it. They get treats at the same time, but no pill.

Hope you're having a wonderful 4th of July weekend. I am!

My little ornies!

Now that my sewing room is nice and organized, I'm inspired to sew. I've been in the mood to sew something fun. So I made some little ornies. I used this pattern I got from Attic Raggedys dot com. Such cute stuff there!

I just love snowmen and I have some I keep out year round. The special ones. Here is my snowman ornie coming to life. First I had to cut him out.

Then I got the body parts sewed and stuffed.

It was quite tedious stuffing those little arms and legs. After that it was time to sew the body parts together.

Then I made his little clothes. In honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday I made this one in red, white and blue colors. A very patriotic snowman!

Then I added the finishing touches, such as face, hat and trim, etc.

And before I knew it, I had him all put together and decorated and he was done! So cute! In the end I changed the little pompom nose for a carrot. Much more snowman-y.

This little snowman was so much fun to make, I decided to make another one. I made a snowgirl next. She turned out really cute too!

Next up is a snow angel. Can't wait to get started on her. So that's what I've been doing with all that calico I've been buying. I still want to make more and since I'm in the sewing mood again that's what I'll be doing. I've set the knitting aside for a little bit until I can decide what I want to knit next.