Sew Incredibly Crazy

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Think Ruffles!!! Are you ready to RRRUUUUFFFFLLLLEE????

asked me to be the head cheerleader for
this hop of course I said, yes.
(she, of course, is the Queen of Ruffles)
I had really not added a ruffle to
much of anything, so I was a bit nervous.
But it wasn't as hard
as I had expected it to be.

So, what did I decide to make?

I gave you a bit of a teaser

last week with some pretty

little red ruffles

Cutie little napkins!

(Or at least I think so)

I had some pre-made Aunt Martha's napkins

hanging around the house,

so why not add a little ruffle on it.

I drew up a tea or coffee cup

(whichever your preference)

and appliqued it to the front,

added some Hand-stitching around the

cups using Aurifil 12 wt. thread.

And ended up having some pretty cute

little table accessories.
I LOVE THEM.

I usually like to make more than one project,

and if you all know me

I am a weeee bit of a procrastinator,

I did manage to finish just one more.
(Although, I know that it won't
be my last.)

A Ruffled and Ready Bike bag

of my own design.

What girlie wouldn't love this hanging on the

front of their bike?

I think that I might have to

work on one for myself.

(After I finish a few for the

other girlies on my list)

Ruffled and Ready

to hit the roads.

So are you ready to see the other great

rufflers? Be a great

CHEERLEADER

and go check them out!!

(Make sure to say Hello)

Here is the schedule for today.

Sew Incredibly Crazy - You are Here !!

On the Banks of Frog Creek

Sparrow In Flight

If you are following along
you can find the full schedule HERE.

P.S. It is my second blog anniversary, so stay turned for some great giveaways

after the hop, maybe a bit of thread and fabric!!!

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Think Ruffles Hop Schedule

Look who is all Ruffled with EXCITEMENT!!
We are a week away from seeing what these talent artists decided to
put a ruffle on.

March 5^th

On the Banks of Frog Creek

Sparrow In Flight

March 6^th

Lily Patch Quilts

Hill Valley Quilter

Missy's Homemaking Adventure

Quilt in a not-Shell

Debby Kratovil Quilts

Quilt Doodle Designs

QuiltnQueen

March 7^th

Ridge Top Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Just Let Me Quilt

MooseStashQuilting

Childlike Fascination

It Seams To Be Sew

Meadowbrook

March 10th

The Tilted Quilt

A Geeky Crafty Life

Constantly Quilting

Life in the Scrapatch

Pig Tales and Quilts

How arT you?

GrammieQs

March 11^th

Needle and Hook

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Blessings From Our Nest

Little House on the Dairy

Just One More Stitch

Creatin' in the Sticks

Just Sew Quilter

March 12th

Quilted Delights

Patchwork Breeze

Sheila's quilt world

vicky myers creations

Words & Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Sew and Sow Farm

March 13th

More Stars in Comanche

Stitchin' By The Lake

March 14^th

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Jane's Quilting

Bear Creek Quilting Company

Ipiece to Mary

The Quilting Queen Online

Miss Priss Quilts

Sew We Quilt

Are You Ready to Ruffle?

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

A Little Stitching and a Winner

Have you seen the cute little cross-stitch along over at

Little Miss Shabby?

I fell in love with the little

quilty blocks.

So, why not join in right?

Here is January's Block

And February's Block

You get to pick your own colors,

just like making your own mini quilt.

With this project,

I tested out my Q-Snap frame that

I picked up a month ago.

Let's just say,

I will not be using the round frames

anymore.

These Q-Snap frames are definitely worth the money.

They hold your work so perfectly.

This one is the 6x6.

Just perfect for this project.

So, I am a bit late to announce the

winner of the Grow Your Blog Party Surprise.

Thanks again to all my new and oldie (but goodie) followers.

The winner is

I will be sending you an email. What will

she be getting? Well, it just wouldn't be a surprise then

would it.

Don't forget the Ruffle hop is coming very soon,

(ohhh, what to sew)

and sign-up for the Wave You Flag Hop

Lots of fun things are going on!!

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Lace Floor

Every great project needs a supervisor, right?

Well, here was mine while I worked away.

Let's just say this little cutie had a hard

time staying out

while I was working in the room.

I am surprised that we didn't have

painted little kitten tracks
throughout the room.

This is what I started with.

I had some great helpers
that assisted in the carpet rolling and removal.
After, I cleaned up all the tools
my hubby rented a box sander and sanded the whole
floor. It was quite messy and I stuck a towel under the door to prevent
any dust from entering the rest of the house.

After the sanding, I did a lot of dust clean up.
Then, I used TSP and followed the directions
and cleaned all of the floor.
Which, then brings us to painting.
We had a pine floor.
I know a lot of you would scream
to here that we are going to
paint the floor.

Yes, I said paint.

I used Valspar bare wood primer.
During all this, I also painted the walls a lovely
grey and fluorescent lime.

I did two coats of the primer on the floor.
Next, bring on the color.
Once again, Valspar.
This time it was the floor and porch paint.
Don't you just love a fresh can of paint.

I put on two coats of the floor paint.

After that was completely dry,

I picked up these pretty

little stencils at my

local craft store.

http://www.michaels.com/Cathedral-Lace-Laser-Cut-Stencils/cp0551,default,pd.html

I saw that you can pick them

up at several retailers.

And then got busy stenciling

I decided to use grey floor paint

for the stenciling color.

I measured around the room

and found the exact center.

I used chalk to mark the floor.

(Works great and you don't have to worry about marks)

I started in the middle of one side.

And then I worked to corner

Laying blue painters tape made it
perfect. I could set my stencil against it
and I didn't have to worry about making the
pretty lace edge crooked.
You can also use the floor boards as
a guide, if they are relatively straight.

I then added the pretty lace doilies
scattered throughout
the floor.
No, measuring here.
Just fun laying them down.

I could not have been happier with how it turned out.
It is now my favorite room in the
house.
So, bright and cheery.
No, polyurethane to add to it either.
Just sit back and
enjoy!!
It was quite cost effect too, we
spent a little under $100 for a
brand new floor. Way cheaper than carpet
and so much prettier!!

And I had to add a little
quiltiness. The room actually
matches my Hexie quilt I did a few months back.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Chicken Enchilada Soup

On a cold winter day

nothing is better than

a little soup. (At least, that is what I think.)

I generally don't share many recipes,

but I tried this super yummy soup

that was easy, delicious

and the kids loved it

5 (5 oz) chicken breasts– cooked, shredded

1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, mashed

1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce

1 medium onion, chopped

1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chili peppers

2 cloves garlic, minced

4 cups water

1 (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 bay leaf

1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn

1. Place all the ingredients into a crock pot.

(I put mine in a oven safe pot and cooked it for about 5 hours at 350 degrees.)

2. Cover, and cook on low setting for 6-8 hours or on high setting for 3 to 4 hours.

3. Remove and discard the bay leaf from the pot.

4. Serve and add a little shredded cheese, sour cream
and maybe a couple tortilla chips

It was delicious.

The recipe is adapted from the Tervis blog,
which I changed up a bit to our own tastes.
You can check out their version.
Plus, I LOVE
their products that are made in the USA
and have a lifetime guarantee.
Let's just say I have several.

P.S. Don't forget to check out the Don't Let the Door Hit You and
the Sew She Sews hop that continues through this week.
You can find the schedule Here!

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

For the Sewing Room

Thanks to Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks who did

an absolutely amazing job as cheerleader

and to Madame Samm of Sew We Quilt

for all of her hard work as the head cheerleader.

I don't have a "Sewing Room." I would
say it is more of a sewing wall.
I don't have very much room to keep a lot
of extra things in this area, but
the kids do join me quite often at my space.
They do some ironing or visit so
I made them a quilt to sit
on the bench and warm up if need be
while they visit.

I decided to practice my Ruffles

since we have a little

Ruffle hop coming up.

I heard someone say that

everything looks better with a Ruffle.

Hmmm... I wonder who that was?

Let's

just say after all the practice I had on this

I should be good to go. Right?

I did a little thread painting on the center
corset. I have never been more nervous doing
it on a project before. If I messed it up it would
have been a little disastrous.
I also used Aurifil 12wt. #1147 in that coordinating

color in my sewing machine again for the thread

coming out of the giant needle.

I love how it turns out and will continue to

play with it a lot more.