Fabulous Friday!

Thank you all for your wonderful comments about adopting Elsa. It's been a busy week, but every day gets a little better and easier. I made it to my sewing room for a short while!

 The stripe on the sides make this look very wonky, but it isn't. This is the start of a little quilt for our upcoming doll quilt swap.

 Three more blocks on the 1857 sampler. I adore the carpenter tools, but really don't know what the pieces are around the hearts. A square, an iron,  and a feather? I still need to sew these down with my machine.

I got the binding attached to another little quilt. Yay!

If you missed my Instagram this week. Lots of Elsa and sunny days!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Elsa, But no Quilting

I took this photo of Elsa yesterday. Elsa has not had a good start to her life and we are hoping to change that. 

 What we do know is she was brought to our veterinarian on February 9 with a massive wound on her back that was abscessed. The people that brought her in said she was a stray.  According to the vet's wife and our friend, Betty, she probably managed to live on her own for a time. She was underweight and afraid of everything. I got a call from the Vet's office and they left a message saying they had a German Shepherd pup and they thought we may be interested in adopting. I met her on Wednesday the 17th and returned on the 20th with our dog to meet her, who is part shepherd. I took the photo above on that day.

My husband picked her up on Saturday (while I was at sew expo) Porter and Elsa are finally on decent terms. Because her wound is still open we are only allowing supervised play. 

A rare quiet moment with both of them.

Playing with my new brother is very tiring!

I'm awake and ready to play!

After her rough start we are having a few issues but will  build her trust first before too much official training. 

The third day and she finally walked through our kitchen that has wood floors. She hasn't quite figured out the stairs yet either..... puppy steps......

Thanks for indulging me today.

Have a wonderful day!!

Sewing Expo

I had a fun weekend meeting my great nephew and seeing the other relatives. My SIL, my daughter and myself made it to the Expo. It's been years since I've been and it didn't disappoint!

 These were displayed in one of the vendor's booth. I look forward to checking out their online store- www.sewcherished.com

 I would never do a quilt like this but I can sure appreciate it. 

 I picked up a few things. I've been wanting to try out some of this thread from Superior for machine quilting and picked up some great scissors made by Kai.  (no reason to not have two good fabric scissors!)

Here's a great older fabric by Pilgrim and Roy. 1 yd for $5!

 Quiltmania was there and I snagged this heavy duty bag with Bill Volkening's quilt on it. It was last year's model and they were practically giving them away!

 I also saw a great display of Liz's Sunflower Fields Quilt Patterns. I love seeing my blogging friends succeed! 

 Isn't that adorable?

 I saw Mary Fons promoting her Small Wonders fabric.  I just did a giveaway of the little quilt I made to help spread the word about her adorable fabrics. It was fun to introduce myself and meet her.

And look who came to live with us this weekend! Please meet 4 month old Elsa. She was brought in to our Vet's office with an injury on her back, saying she was a stray. Because we have Porter (part shepherd) they called us to see if we may be interested in adopting her. We are taking it slow getting the two dogs together. My husband is glad I'm home tonight! LOL

Oh gee, I thought work was cutting into my sewing time! HAHAHA

Happy Monday!

Short and Sweet for Friday

I'm heading North today and will be attending the Sewing Expo in Puyallup tomorrow. If you should see me there, please say hi!
I'm also going to meet my new grand-nephew. (who is a couple of months old now!)

I got this quilted and was hoping to get the binding on yesterday, but ran out of day....

Remember this applique block I got from Mary Koval in France? I did a little repair job and I think it is perfectly usable now!

In a humble sort of way.......

Some fabric pulled for the doll swap quilt. 

My instagram feed this week.

Have a wonderful weekend!