Famous in a small town...Yep, thats me!

Finding myself in a super duper small town in the middle of nowhere!

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Ummmm......Yeah....

So I got this wild idea to refinish a old ugly chair that I had. I have never redone furniture before. I wanted something really crazy...like a hot pink with zebra print, or lime green with blue...I picked out this fabric. Its not what I wanted...but it will do! I sanded it all by hand, whew that was tough. Then I put some primer on it. Finally I got to the fun part of painting it red. I had the cushions done before I even got home with the fabric...lol! Now what am I gonna do with that ugly round table next to it??? hmmmm.....maybe black with red bubbles???

Friday, March 19, 2010

Spring Fever





I have finished Millie's Jelly Roll Quilt. I named it Spring Fever! It was made out of one jelly roll and one hunny bun. I had no idea that one jelly roll would produce such a large quilt! It fits her full size bed. I made the jelly roll out of some fabric that I had in my stash as well as the hunny bun. The backing is a super soft fuzzy fleece. I tied this quilt with light pink yarn. Although sewing strip after strip got boring I love the way this quilt turned out! I only had six different fabrics! The recipe called for 40 different fabrics. I had extra strips that I sewed all together for the binding. I also made a matching pillow! Jelly Rolls are fun!!! Not that I want to start another one right way, but someday! MUAH!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Its Raining....Its Pouring...The Old Man....




Oh my! I had to take Lola to the vet today in the next town over (since my little town doesn't have a vet or even a hospital) and the road was closed due to flooding! Well I decided to go down the road as far as it would let me to get some pictures of this flood. I got about a mile away from the river and took these pics. I can't believe how much water is in the river. I had to go back to town and then down the north highway and through another town, to get to the vet, an 8 mile trip ended up taking all morning. When I got to the bridge the river is almost crested onto that highway as well. I figure by night fall it will be closed too. I can go get Lola this afternoon after 3:00 ugg I gotta make it over to get her! She hates being in cages and I don't want her to think that I left her! She is getting spayed and an eye tuck. Her eyes are badly infected due to the wrinkles pushing her lashes in and under her eyelid. I had no idea that it was that bad. I knew that her eyes were red a lot, but just figured that it was the way she was. The vet said that she is in pain due to the infection....so...The weather here in South Dakota is just amazing. It was raining the other day, then snowing, then an hour later raining, then snowing...I had no idea that the river would flood over the roadways...Its so crazy! We moved here from Colorado where there are water restrictions and drought! Blowing dirt, dry as hell, and you had to fight to just have green grass! I love the seasons and the weather here! I got to go to a fabric shop yesterday in the next town over, its an outlet shop, I got a couple of really good deals...I will post pics of them later. The jelly roll quilt is almost done its in the process of being tied! I got a fuzzy furry fleece type stuff to go on the back of it! What a mess that stuff makes!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

La La La La LOLA....




This is my buddy, Lola! She is such a sweetie pie! I rescued her from a puppy mill! She is by far the most interesting dog I have ever known. I just love her wrinkles especially the big one above her nose! She likes it when you pet her face. She is so funny! Lola's day consist of sleeping, eating, and snoring! She snores very loud! She has a giant heart and radiates love. I love you Lolie dog!