"Happy Mail"

 Look what arrived in yesterday's mail . . .

this sweet garland from Carol

at

"ART & SAND"

 

http://artandsand.blogspot.com

If you have never visited Carol's blog, then you are truly missing out,

and if you don't follow her after visiting, well, you might want to see a shrink :)

Carol is amazing . . .

her adorable beach cottage home is decorated in bright and cheerful 

colors,and will put a smile on your face the moment you enter.

(in fact her porch is so pretty, that you will be smiling before you enter)

Carol's husband also uses bright beautiful colors in his

extraordinary paintings.

This couple is a power-house of talent.

If you have never visited her blog before, please mention that I sent you.

She is a dear blogging sister and you are going to love meeting her :)

 

Are you as excited about this as I am?

I'll be welcoming in SPRING with open arms :)

Keep smiling,

Your blogging sister,

Connie

Pot Holders

Now that I have new dishtowels made,

I thought I'd make some new pot holders to match :)

I sandwiched two layers of fabric, with a filling of four layers of batting.

I don't like getting burnt . . .so I like my pot holders thick :)

On my sewing machine I stitched the hexie flower through all the layers

and then I stitched the edges.

After that I applied my blinding with the machine and hemmed them by hand.

 

That's it :)

I have been having so much fun turning my little scraps into hexagons.

Someday I'll have enough for a entire quilt.

There's my other two pot holders . . .
I made three in all.

The backs.

The fronts :)

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Here's wishing you all a very happy week.

Keep Smiling.

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Your blogging sister,

Connie

Hexie Fever . . . Beware. . . You Could Catch It Too!

Hexies . . . they were taking over 

all the space on my end table.

 So this is what I did.

The sides of cereal boxes are the perfect size for storage.

Now they look like this,

and this.

They are all lined up and ready for any project that I might become inspired to create.

They look pretty, too . . .don't you think so?

Keep Smiling :)

Your blogging sister,

Connie