What to do with a Waverly Valance

AGAIN - I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
MY NEW FOLLOWERS. IT IS A PLEASURE
FOR YOU TO JOIN ME.

I am not a stranger to buying curtains, valances or

shades at a Charity Store. In fact I love these

types of stores. And in todays economy you

need to get a bargain for your money.

And I will also buy it even if it has holes.

In fact  where there are holes in them then

I am more apt to cut it up! And I have been

cutting these things up ever since the first

day that I was married. It was my calling!

Nothing was safe around me except for

the 1970's polyester. I despised that rough

cold material. Anyway if you need or want

large amounts of cloth at a good price then

this is the way to go.

All you have to do is wash the stuff up and use it.

Sometime ago I came across a very long panel of some

beautiful Waverly valances. So sorry that I forgot

to take pics of the pretty thing.  Anyway Pep had

some sofa pillows that needed recovering and

so the valance fitted right in with her color scheme.

Did I forget to mention that the Valance was lined!

And also that the pretty red buttons were attached.

That sure was a nice bonus!

Hardly any work here!

The same design is on both sides of each pillow.

Anyway my grandaughter Elise has been

spending a lot of time with me in my sewing

room and she helped me tremendously with the

making of these pillows. (I love teaching her).

 Can you see the lining?

I wanted a different kind of a pillow so at the top

all we did was attach cotton strips and tie them up.

Nothing frilly - no bows just knots.

Each pillow is encased in a zippered

cotton pillow cover that we cut down from

some extra bed pillow covers that I owned.

Thank you Elise for your help!

Thanks for visiting me.

Many hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger



A Crochet Hook Organizer

Hello Everybody. I hope

that you all have been well.

I would like to welcome my

new followers. I hope that you

enjoy my blog.

I made a Crochet Hook Organizer

for my daughter Peps friends mother.

Linda makes baby blankets and donates them

to her church. They either sell them or give

them away to needy babies. I am not sure which.

Crochet Organizers can be elaborate or simple.

I choose to make it simple and fast. I could

not cut off the threads because I was concerned

about cutting the material so Linda will have

to cut them off herself.

I also decided to make

the little organizer out of recycled clothes.

The light yellow color is made from a baby

blanket and the outside is from an

embroidered shirt. The inside floral pattern

with the rickrack

is from a childs dress. I also bought some

new hooks in case she needs them.

Pep and I were playing Rummy. She was

beating me! Lol's

The front of the Organizer.

 The baqck of the Organizer.

 The inside of the Organizer with the flap

down to cover the hooks.

 There is a little pincushion that is just a piece

of simple material. Beneath the crochet hooks is a

wide section where Linda can store a pair of

scissors or anything else that she wants.

 The back of the organizer.

Thanks for visiting me!

Many hugs and kisses sent your way,

Hopblogger



This years side Garden

I had to escape from all of this pollen. It just

about killed me. I am up now because today

I came back from the camper. All rested and

I enjoyed the haunts of the thrift stores while

I was there. Surely if I were here I would be

down in the bed. But low and behold my

eyes are burning even as I type this. So I

do not know if I will be going to bed or

not. That is the question! I dislike showing

you my trash cans but what else can I do.

Be sure to look at all of

that yellow green pollen that is

on the lid of the green trash can. The pollen

was horrible this year! It is all over my

front porch and chairs. At the beginning

of Spring it was all over the cars.

My hubby took these pics of my back

side yard. Did you

get the pollen bad this year?

Enjoy the pics!

 A better close-up of my Baby Banks. It is huge and

I just love looking at it through my windows.  I love

how it grows wild and covers my hydrangea bushes.

Just double click and look at the pollen on the trash

can. My hubby cleaned off the blue one because

she was just emptied.

 Do you see some of the purple Wisteria starting

to bloom. The purple and yellow are so pretty

when they bloom almost together. There is always

something blooming in my yard. It is a joy to

watch it from the windows in the Spring.

 The Wisteria is growing in another spot along the

fence as well. I hope in a few years that this area is

full of purple, yellow and blue among the other colors

of the lillies. And just maybe all of that will help

with the growing of that scrawny rose bush that

is located in the corner. I have not

had much luck growing that one.

 I do not know the name of this plant. It was planted

last year in the summer.But it is growing good. My

lillies are getting bigger. Lillies love my yard. I do

not know how it happens but my lilly's grow bigger

and bigger every year! They must love the soil.

Have a great day and thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger



My New Quilting Box

FIRST - I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
ALL OF MY NEW FOLLOWERS TO
MY BLOG. I HOPE THAT IT INSPIRES

YOU IN ALL OF YOUR CREATIVITY!

A couple of weeks ago I made over a

baby box. I could have decorated the box

with sewing supplies.

However I wanted something different.

My butterflies came

from the scrapbooking supplies at

the craft store. They were a thick

cardboard. And they stuck to the box

really well.

I also desired that the box be simple.

The box was just the right sizse to hold all of

my quilting supplies.

As you can see the first drawer holds my

rotary cutters with their blades.

 The second drawer holds needles, thimbles along

with other small stuff. I found out in Germany in the 1980's

that the best thimble was one with a magnet

on top. I want to buy a couple more of these

thimbles in case I loose this one. Have you

tried one of these type of thimbles? If you get

one of these - you will love it.

I was thinking about

placing cork on the inside of the box lid so I could

pin up some pics. As of yet I am not quilting

any quilts so that will be something that I

do later.

 The bottom drawer holds my large safety pins.

I put these safety pins in zip lock bags. Believe

me I have plenty more safety pins that are

currently being used. I am so glad that this

drawer will hold 3 or 4 more bags of safety pins.

The little black tin box holds my quilt pins. The

little brown egg that you see is a scented acorn.

It smells like vanilla.

I am so glad that this box holds everything. Maybe

you could use a box like this to hold your

cross stitch supplies. Ummm I think I need

another baby box!

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Take care & visit me again!

Many hugs and kisses to you all.

Hopblogger





LIEBSTER AWARD

I was very surprised when
Faith of 'Faithfully Stitching' told me
that she gave me the Liebster Award.

She was so kind.

Thank you very much Faith. Her link is here:

http://faithnchls.blogspot.com/

This award

is given to a blogger with less than 200 followers.

It is a german word that holds many

meanings such as favorite,

dearest or beloved.

There are 5 rules

1. Post the Award on your blog.

2. Link back to the blog that gave you

the award.

3. Reveal 5 things that no one knows about you.

4. Give the award to 5 other bloggers.

5. Leave them a comment telling them you

gave them the award.

The 5 things that noone knows about me are:

1. I am a celiac. I am highly allergic to wheat, corn.

along with trees and Kentucky Blue Grass which

is located all over North Carolina. This puts me down

in the bed for 2 seasons out of the year. Shots and

pills are useless to me. My name should be
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle!

2. This year I have been married for 38 years to the

same wonderful man whom I love dearly. In fact I

have lived longer with him than I ever lived with

my parents.

3. I was married, graduated from high school and

had my first child all in the same year.

4. My sewing room is totally, utterly, terribly, horribly disorganized.

I can never keep it clean or straight for long. And

if I put things away most likely it will be another

year when I clean - before I can find it again.

5. I was born around Atlantic Beach and I have

never been able to swim.

Now it is time to tell you the following blogs

whom I will give the Liebster Award to. I am

sure that you will like them all as well as I do.

1. Marlene of Poppy Patchwork.

http://poppypatchwork.blogspot.com/

2. Trixie of Fair city of Portland Oregon. I

find her blog amusing.

http://heardinmycab.blogspot.com/

3. Rita E of http://stitchdays.blogspot.com/

4. Vicky's blog of http://kiwicraftydoglover.blogspot.com/

5. Lastly Kat of Flopsy Kitten Stitchin. Her blog is

http://kat-gillespie.blogspot.com/

Now I am almost finished. All that is left is to leave

them a nice comment telling them that I have

nominated them for the Liebster Award.

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger

WELCOME

I would like to take a moment to welcome all of my

new followers. However some of your blogs

are not being shown. Send me an email

and let me know where I can find you!

Many stitching hugs and kisses to you all,

Hopblogger