Jayne's Win

Hello, I want to say I finally finished the little coin wallet that Jayne won from GYB give away. I am hoping to get to the post office tomorrow to get this off to her.
I hope you all had great wins and great fun.

 I actually won five fat quarters  from Jan at http://sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com and I am looking forward to those arriving soon. Thank you Jan.

coin wallet can be special ordered from my etsy shop.

Jayne's win

So for now, keep enjoying this great day, which is better than yesterday. My sister n law passed away yesterday morning from a battle with cancer, to heart failure. Praying for strength for my brother. Okay, I need to go. Take care.

Grew My Blog

I am just in awe of how many blogs I visited in the last few weeks and I could not get to them all. I wanted to but time got away from me. I was blessed with 42 more  unique people to follow my blog. THANK YOU ALL.
I didn't know so many people doing so many different thing, are blogging about them.
I have met so many people around the world as so many have said in the grow your blog write ups. I had no idea. I wish I could have met more and I think I will go back and visit them again at my leisure.
But for the time being, I will just announce the winner.


As for the winner, which may seem random to some but not to me, I now have 54 follower and using the random.org  the # was 54. lol

Jayne from Jaynes stitching tales is the winner, who wrote...

You are a very talented lady thank-you for dropping by my blog I have joined yours.


I will wait to hear from you Jayne, and go from there, since this is my first time with a give away. 

Again Thank you all for popping in for a few and taking the time to introduce yourselves. It is my pleasure to meet you all. Enjoy the rest of the week end. 

Real Quick

I just have to share this before they wake up. This is my life with the grand children, after a good day of sewing.

custom ordered

new on etsy

What does your day look like?

This Week in February

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The weather out side is very cool and moist this week. But I am Thankful we are not in freezing temperatures. That is why we here deal with the warm summer days. Cold to the bone for me, is a killer.
But this week we have busy with little ones and business.
My grandson is bringing in more teeth and going thru all the struggles that come with them. Runny nose, slight fever, and not sleeping well. Someone told me about these wonderful Amber beads for just this thing. I found a site, http://www.amberartisans.com/,and purchased them. And I found that they are also helpful for many other aliments that we older folks tend to deal with. So I got a couple of them all at the same time and saved money on shipping. Yeah! I really believe they have helped me this winter and we see instant results with the wee one.


I was able to get my first Etsy custom order in and out this week. I am still waiting on items for another order to be completed.

And with Valentine's Day just around the corner, we will be on to the next season of the year. St. Patrick's Day. GREEN. I love green. Living Loving Harmony.


Well, I need to go teach some language arts to my prize student.








 Hope to hear you have had a great week.

What was your week like, and what are you doing today?

Get In Touch

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I can not believe how this week has just spun by. So many of you have stopped by to just say "Hi". How great that is. I am so happy that the party has gone so well. I need more hours in my week to get to all of them. But I am sure I would still need more time. Surely other things would crowd in and around the clock to just get a little of my attention.
I have been in touch with so many people this week my head in still in a whirl wind spin. I am amazed. But hey, the clock still is ticking and we still have time to get in touch with so many more.
Mean while I have been handling the home front, with a thread and a hum in my soul.
Last weekend we had the Local Quilt show in Ontario -Road to California. I was planning on taking my grand-daughter, but well she ended up staying home with her mommy and little brother. That gave me all the time in the day, and I took it.
When I arrived I ran into a friend I had not seen in about four years. It was great, we toured the whole show together, then went our separate ways again. I saw some real beautiful show pieces. Traditional quilts really I guess are my favorite. There is talent in all art , but the traditional quilts take me back to when they were done by templates and newspaper, and hand. Okay, hand is to much for me, I can't hold a needle for ten minutes, but I wish I could.
I found some fun pieces of fabric to make some beautiful items for my shop. I even picked up a different material. I can't wait to see if I can work with it. If so, I will show you when I get it done. Or heck I may have to ask you your opinion, when the time comes, I will try to get in touch with you.
And today I was able to alter one of my items when some one got in touch with me. It was the first time I took apart a wallet and added more credit card slots. I am glad when I can make someone HAPPY to where they are singing.
Hope you are having a wonderful day and glad you stopped by for a visit. Do come again.

GROW YOUR BLOG

Hi Bloggers.
I just want to say 'Thank you' for taking the time to come in and sit awhile to read my blog.
My name is Judith and I am a sewing quilter. I totally enjoy sewing, and I started out making clothes and then went into quilts. My fingers get itchy for pins and fabric. The hum of the machine makes my heart sing.
I am a self taught quilter and whatever else I do. Garden, blog, cook, and even do some home canning.
I am a grandmother of five, one girl, four boys. The oldest is ten, and the youngest is sixteen weeks.
I homeschool my grand daughter who is the oldest. We are into the fourth year of playing school.
I hope to get to know more of you as this year continues and I remember to keep the fire going under this pan. I have a lot of pans on the stove all the time, and some times I forget which one has fire under it.
I began blogging a couple of years ago, because a  friend gave me the idea, as well as my sister. So much to share with others when others have the time to sit awhile.
I am glad to be a part of this Grow Your Blog event.
I  started an Etsy shop so I can help at home and sew at the same time. If you want to see what is there click on the link, or on the button on the side.
 I hope to share with you what makes my heart sing, which is what I create when I get to SEW.
Again THANK YOU for taking the time to stop and read thru my blog.
To further thank you I’m giving away a coin purse made by me from a fabric I have on hand.  This giveaway is open to anyone. In order to win, leave me a comment and tell me what your favorite fabric is (floral, geometric, solid, novelty, etc (please be sure you are not a no-reply on Blogger).  For a second chance to win, you can become a follower and leave a comment telling me you have done so. Winner will be chosen on February 15th.  Good Luck! 

the oldest to the youngest~~~ joy!

Winter in SoCal With Chocolate and Carmel

Okay, today in SoCal it is about 74* outside, but in my house is 67*. Go figure. Plaster walls stay cool longer and takes awhile to warm up. But outside is wonderful. I used to call it mailman weather. lol That can say where I used to be.
But today I am sewing up a storm. No wind today, just calm mellow breezes blowin' thru the window panes.
I have been working at getting all the ins and outs of my newest adventure, ETSY.
It is a lot of work. Well for me it is. Between homeschooling and babysitting and working and.....well you get the picture. A woman's work is never done. I just keep adding pans on the fire.
So with this new adventure, I found a way to show more of what I am doing. More to be learned I am sure, a little at a time.
Today I found I can share my blog in my shop about page, yay!.So I am sharing what is new there.
This is what I added today.

I envision Chocolate and Carmel goodies.

See more in the shop by clicking on the ESTY link off to the side. Share with your friends and family and follow me and like my facebook page Everestranchcreations

I can use all the help I can get. 

Thank you reading my blog and take care. Visit again and see what else is new.

Judith

Not a Fan of Football

Okay, so I am not a fan of football, due to a date so many years ago, I can not remember. But the game events, I do. Not so good ending to a great game.
 Well so with that said, I just listen to the people talk about the GAME.
And on that note, I made 49er wallet's and a coin purse.
Then I needed something pretty again to make and so I did. What do you think?

Women's Checkbook Wallet

It has black on black batik for the lining. The body is corduroy with gold gilding in the design. The pockets are made from Thimbleberries fabric. So what do you think? Do you like it?

Coin Purse

I wish it wasn't so far back on the pages of etsy(66). ugh
Just wanted to keep you updated on the progress at my shop.
Thank you for stopping by. Please visit my shop if you want to see more items or views of these.

Men's Billfold

Checkbook Wallet