Sewing in the cold weather

 First I will start with some quilting stuff.  I've cut out tons of bowtie sets for my leaders/enders. 

 I have a few more bowties finished to add to my pile.  This should take me up to right around 300 of them. 

 I'm also still plugging along on my mystery quilt.  I do love the quilt but I'm wanting to get it finished so that I can get to working on something else.  :) 

 It has been soooo cold here in KY.  I'm ready for SPRING!  We've had historical low temps, high winds, power outages and NO WATER!  We have a drilled well, and at first we just thought it was frozen, but nope.....the pump stopped working.  So now we are trying to deal with that in the cold weather.  

Speaking of the high winds....look what happened to Mammy and Leo's kennel.  :(  No fixing that!  :( 

 

 I guess all of this is just adding up and messing with my BP.  This was yesterday!  It has gone down a little but still running pretty high. 

 

 Now on to a more relaxing note....here is Mammy and Hunter relaxing in the recliner.  She thinks she is a 55lb lap dog.  :)

 She is so crazy!  I love her so much but she can be a handful most of the time. 

 It's time to get back to sewing and trying to stay warm!  Thank God for the wood stove and propane heat!  :)  With it being so cold it still has a chill in the air.  
Kristie

Sewing and my boy...

  More sewing today!!!  First off, I cut more bowties as I was out of sets to sew.  I didn't cut many but maybe that will do me for a day or two. 

 I finished cutting out the last step of my mystery quilt.  I was a little behind but I'm working on it.  I'm anxious to get this put together as Hunter loves it so far.  I also worked on piecing a few more of the blocks. 

 Earlier I had been downstairs for a bit and when I decided to go back upstairs to do more sewing I found Hunter and Mammy asleep on my couch in my sewing room.  Snapped this as I was getting Mammy off the couch as she is not allowed on the furniture except for Richard's old recliner.  :)  She is growing so fast....55lbs. 

 I also wanted to show you one of my favorite scrap quilts that I made several years ago.  I changed all the bedding on Andrew's bed today and decided to put this one on.

You can also see part of Andrew's guitar case in the photo, he is playing a show tonight.  They are having a benefit concert for Hank Williams Jr's keyboard player as he is dealing with cancer.  I think tonight he was going to play with the Kentucky Headhunters.  So proud of my boy as he so enjoys playing guitar and is very good at it!  :)  I'm sure when he gets home late tonight he will have some stories to tell me!  LOL!  

Oh before I close!!!  I talked to my SIL on the phone today, this is my brother's wife, Kellie.  She told me that she went and bought a rotary cutter, mat and a good pair of scissors!  She wants to make a bluejean quilt!!!  YAY!!!  I hope she enjoys it and wants to make more quilts!  I'm excited about this for her, I can't wait to see it and to beat it all....she is piecing it on her grandmothers sewing machine!  :) 

Preparing for more bad weather!  :(  Saw on the forecast earlier that come Monday the windchill will be -30!!!  That's crazy!  
Kristie

Sewing Time...

 I got some sewing time in today!  :)  I assembled one block today and I am well pleased with how it turned out.  I'm anxious to get the rest of it done.  I'll be honest, I don't have all of the steps finished but I will work my butt off now getting them done.  When this one is finished it will belong to Hunter as he loves the colors. 

 I even appliqued one of my little baskets! 

 I also got a few bow ties done.  :)  This makes me 274 of them. 

 Now I'm taking a break with the family as we watch the snow fall!  It is supposed to get pretty nasty out there and extremely cold....windchill -11.
Kristie