In The Boon Docks

This morning I woke up and decided I would make myself a new knit top! Sewing with knits is not my regular thing to do, so I went to Sew a One Hour Top by Fancy Tiger - Creativebug what a treat! The pattern is included and the video tutorial is excellent! The ladies know how to sew anything I think. If you have a serger (I don't know how to use mine) or a sewing machine the class shows you both ways!   You do need stretch or ball point needles to sew knits. I was advised to use polyester thread and it does help the thread from breaking! A twin needle is needed to get a nice hem! I need more work on twin needles but it is working. Here is my top with no hems yet!     Whenever I make a new pattern the first time I use knits that are not expensive. If the pattern is to small or hard, I don't have to feel the pain of tossing $30 or more in the give away pile. Lets talk about strips on my 2x plus size body. When they go horizontal they make me look fatter! Vertical...

Photo brought to you by Spencer Platt/Getty Images! My heart is with the families of the victims of the vicious attacks on September 11, 2001. I don't want my family, my friends, or any one to forget how the victims died. They have to know this was an attack on Americian way of life. No one was excluded from this tragedy these men meant to kill as many people as possible. They did not care who was murdered! Take a few minutes today to pray or send good thoughts to the victim's families! The victim's who survived are still suffering 15 years later! The 75,000 rescue workers who today are ill with conditions associated with the cleanup. I wish I could say something that would give them strength and peace and I pray God will grant them that. Thank you for reading - Lisa   Create and be unique - Lisa

  Welcome followers of the Farmer's Wife 1930's Sampler Quilt Sew-along , I am Lisa the Official Blogger for this weeks block #89 Ruby! I am so glad that I joined this group that has grown to over 7000 people in less than a year with Fat Quarter Shop , GnomeAngel , Marti Michell , and the other FQS Bloggers. I have met so many wonderful people and been inspired so many times by the participants in the facebook group. The beauty of the group is you can start anytime and go through the tutorials and posting! If you are not in the group, you can join all you need is the book to get started. There is a link under the book on this post to get it for $13.99! Todays block and letter are on page 91! The letter title "We Took A Work Cure", tells of an older couple who left the farm and moved to town. They realize that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Returning to farm living. Life is harder in the country but it is rewarding work. Ruby block #89 is...

      Starry Night Mini Quilt 19" x 19" Fabrics: Blueberry Park, Lula Magnolia, Threads: Aurifil 50 wt. Reduction of a Foundation Pieced Pattern! To make this mini quilt I reduced Jeli Quilts pattern "Wonky Star Quilt Top" pattern by 50%. Then adding the 1/4 seam allowance back to each piece. The Jeli Quilts pattern is available for free from Craftsy. Wonky star quilt top - Free pattern by Jeliquilts - Craftsy   Sew on a folded square piece of fabric on the top two corners will make it easy to hang with a dowl rod! Do this before sewing on your binding at 1/8"! Then sew on your binding and it re-enforces it for hangingn the wall! Make sure whenever you shrink a FPP pattern that you add the 1/4" back on to the pieces and print them off again. This was made for the Instagram swap #starblockquiltswap! My favorite Aurifil 50 wt. thread and bobbini! They work great together! Until next time! Lisa   Create and be unique - Lisa

Lucy's Mini Quilt for the blog hop can be seen at Charm About You: I left my heart in Colorado ❤️ Marti Michell Mini Quilt   ✦ Make your own Marti Michell Mini Quilt and win! Create your fabulous mini quilt using any of the bloggers patterns and Marti Michell Perfect Patchwork Template Sets A, B, N, D and S. On Friday 18 November all the bloggers will post a linky on our blogs. You can submit your photo via this linky. Alternatively you can submit your photo to the specific album in the Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt Facebook Group or you can post it on Instagram with the hashtag #MartiMichellMiniQuiltmania and tag ( @gnomeangel ) and Marti Michell ( @MartiMichell ) in the photo. Entries will be open from Friday 18 November 2016 @ 7am AEST (Sydney Time) and close Friday 25 November 2016 @ Midnight AEST. It’s open internationally and winners will be announced on Wednesday 30 November at 7:30am AEST. Click here to read the full Gnome Angel post, to get more details and ask...

Last night I was thinking about everything going on in the world! It made me sad. I thought to myself I need to think of something to make myself laugh. Laughing cures a lot of things that makes me sad.     Hope I made you laugh! Look on the bright side of life! Smiles, Lisa   Create and be unique - Lisa

What's inside the July Sew Sampler Box from the Sew Sampler Subscription Quilting Box | Fat Quarter Shop     Take a look inside https://youtu.be/nfy1N_daC20 Have a great week! Lisa   Create and be unique - Lisa