Badge for art group

I have been trying to work on a badge for our local art group that I am in.  I will have to re-do the name part because i had to do that with my left hand and it is too big for the over all size of the badge but here is what it mainly looks like.  There was dyed fabric with alcohol inks, threads, foil, toile, beads and charms used on it...all in all I think it will look better once I can do my name right but here is a glimpse anyway...have a wonderful weekend all..

Oh Marianne come out

come out wherever you are...Please let me know soon if you have gotten my email or would rather I pick someone else.....

"Its for the Birds" winner

Wow this was such a fun hop...There were birds everywhere and flying in all different directions.  I had my DH just pull our winning name from the basket so here is the winner of the fabric and the bird stencil..

MarianneMay 7, 2013 at 9:49 AM

lovely birds and a sweet idea. You have been busy with this one. like the bench too.

Marianne I sent you an email so if you could send me all the info to mail out your prize i will get it out to you.  If for some reason Marianne does not get in touch with me in 48 hours I will pull another name.

I also want to thank everyone for leaving comments and for those who have joined my blog.  You are all very much appreciated, so "Thank You very much"..I wish everyone a wonderful summer filled with fun times with family and friends...

Free class from craftsy

If you have never taken a class from craftsy here is a chance to take a free class..just click here and enjoy one of these classes.

Wishes to all

who have in one way or another been given the gift of being a Mom....

Something I call a sewing machine Sit-upon

I made this little pattern up to give as a gift to one of our guild ladies and since it is this morning I don't think anyone will be looking on the computer this early so I am showing it now.  I thought it would be useful to have a station right in front of your sewing machine to hold all kinds of stuff and then I added the measuring tape because we always need one of those..so whomever gets it I hope they like it.  I had to add the binding by machine because I never got to it before the hand surgery and it is kind of wonky but it was the best I could do at this time.  Enjoy your day!

It is my day to share in "It's for the Birds Blog Hop

Thanks to Mary for being our head cheerleader and of course to Madame Samm for helping us stretch our creativity!!!  And also to our wonderful sponsors that make it just a little bit more fun.  I love making anything with birds on it....They are to me what stars or hearts are to other people.  So here are a few of my birds and what I decided to do with them...I hope you enjoy:

Mr. Yellow is stuffed and the wings are hand  stitched

Mr. Rooster has   cotton with added felt very colorful with beads for the eyes

Ms Pinky is stuffed felt with added beads and cotton made buttons for her wings

Ms Pretty Yelllow has lots.  She is dressed with felt, cotton, beads, buttons and her wings are decoupaged cotton then folded and sewn in place...such a cutie..

Mr Orange is done in all cotton with beads and tulle for his wings.

Mr Lite Yellow i could not get a good pic of no matter what I did but he is stuffed and embellished with beads and ribbons..

And in the end I connected them with wire, beads and crystals and made into a window chime so when the sun sits on the crystals they just shine as they should

Here is one of my most prized pincushions made from wool....she has added beads, lace ,silk ribbon embroidery and crazy quilt stitching.  She was worth all the time it took to make her.

I also decided that my little wooden  seat needed to have a black silhouette painted on it and this was done with outdoor  patio paint, a stencil then sealed.  With all the rain we have been getting in TN lately I think this took the longest to do....lol

I hope you enjoyed my little bird show and here  are the others that are joining me so please visit and leave a comment to let them know they are appreciated..

Tuesday, May 7~

http://www.fiberbabble.com

http://Sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com

www.SquawkThat.com

http://Scrapatches.blogspot.com

http://Kwiltypleasures.blogspot.com

www.sowingstitches.blogspot.com

www.justquiltit.blogspot.com

http://krislovesfabric.blogspot.com

http://apassionforapplique.blogspot.com

http://dancingmoon-carla.blogspot.com

http://bumbleberrystitchn.wordpress.com

http://Sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com

http://Ipiece2-Mary.blogspot.com

http://sharon-dancingthruthreads.blogspot.com

http://www.iliketoquiltblog.blogspot.com/

http://catsnqlts2.blogspot.com

And if you happen to get this far I have a little give away:  oh how about a half of yard of some tweet fabric to make your own birds with a new bird stencil.   The pic is with the stencil I used because the one I bought for the give away is in my car which my DH took to work this morning but I assure you it is a new one.  Enjoy your day!