Sew Fun Blog

When I was at Bryce Canyon I learned about “Texture Magic”, a new product from Superior Threads.  I got very excited about it and was thinking of ways to incorporate it into my website. Then, Nedra Sorenson said they were looking for Reps for this product and needed one for Northern Utah. Bingo!  I knew I had found my job! I am so excited to get started. It is a really great product and it is so hot right now!

I will be over the Northern Utah and Southern Idaho territories.  I get to visit quilt shops and guilds and talk about quilting!  Tough job!

Here is my first project using Texture Magic!

Last weekend I went to winter retreat at Bryce Canyon. My heart wasn’t in it 100% but I had fun anyway.  I realized on the way home that I hadn’t taken a single picture the whole time I was there. So I took a picture of Kim working on her doll in the car and a couple of pictures of the projects I had worked on while I was there.  I took one class, a Halloween quilt and got one block done.  The rest of the time I worked on a quilt using the incredibly beautiful line of fabric called “Blush” by Basic Grey. I’m using fancy stitches around the appliqued hearts.

Can I throw a party, or WHAT!  Sunday was my birthday and I threw a Harry Potter party for my kids and grandkids.  We had a rolicking bingo game with prizes worth up to dollars!!!!! The prizes were compliments of the hugh DI pile of stuff we were getting rid of. Coooooool stuff!

Brandon and Sharon built me a jewelry rack that is sooo coooool! Brandon and Sharon also laid a new floor in my entryway. I Love IT!!!!!!!! I worked Brandon pretty hard this past couple of weeks as I have been cleaning out the junk in my house.  He has been coming over everyday and hefting and toting for me. Ben, Angel and Guinness gave me the movie “Australia”. Brian, Liz and kids gave me Harry Potter “Clue”.  Can’t wait to play it.

Liz outdid herself on my cake.  She tried out a new technique and created a real work of art.  I didn’t want to cut into it, but it was worth it!  Yum!

January started out terribly!!!! We came into the new year with Steve in so much back pain that he could barely move. On Jan 8 he had back surgery and it turned out to be even more serious than we thought.  He had stenosis and a leak in his spinal fluid.  It required 4 nights in the hospital.

So I’m sitting in the hospital with Steve about 2:30 p.m. (in Provo, mind you) on Jan 11 and I send a text message to Kim giving her an update on Steve. She called me and informed me that she was getting married at 6:30!  WHAT!!!!!!! Mind you, 3 days before I got the word that they were dating A LITTLE!!!! So I had to make the ride home (about an hour) and get ready for a wedding!  The wedding was so wonderful.  Kim and Alan are such good, righteous people and are already best friends.  Alans little kids are “over the moon” to have Kim as a mom. She loves them as if they were her own. It struck me during the wedding that they were standing on the very spot in the Relief Society Room where each of their spouses had lain in caskets 9 months previously.

So the next January item of business was the notification that Barnes Bank, after 120 years, was going to be closed down by the FDIC. It has been like a funeral, like losing a member of the community. Kaysville people are very sad about it and it is indeed a sad thing.  So now I am unemployed!

The first day that we were closing accounts was totally crazy. I was under so much stress and I started having chest pains and pain and numbness down my left arm. I KNEW I was having a heart attack!  I had Brandon take me to the ER and it turned out that my heart was fine. It was probably just anxiety.

So January started out with a BANG! But by the end of January Steve was doing tons better, Kim is so happy she is ready to burst, I didn’t have a heart attack, my time off is allowing me to get my house organized, and Sharon and I have joined a really cool singing group called “Utah Voices”.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!

I learned how to make these cute bunnies from Annie Smith’s video workshop.  I made 24 of them and gave them all away but one.

I made my little guys sleeping bags for Christmas this year, and a pretty little quilt for my pretty little Annie.

Kim’s birthday was clear back in August and I finally got her birthday present done.  It is a sweater made from a sweatshirt and lined with batik fabric. Dear, sweet, wonderful Tiffany quilted it for me. I cut out some individual flowers from the lining fabric and sewed them to the front with raw edge applique. Since it is so close to Christmas I decided it had to be a Happy-Merry Birthmas present.

Karson turned 6 this week.  I can’t believe how time goes by.

Thanksgiving school activities reminded Brian of a teepee that I made when the kids were little.  I actually made it as a birthday present for Brandon when he was about 3.  We scouted out the basement and found it buried in a corner.  The boys all remember it being a lot bigger!  It was fun to see the grandkids playing in it with their daddys.

Perfect weather! Wonderful feast! My whole family together! An absolutely IDEAL Halloween Party!