Quick Sewing Project

After finishing the quilt for our bed I thought I'd make 

pillowcases to go with it.

 Love the zigzag border

 Since I bought the fabric for the quilt three years ago I had

to go online and see if I could find the same pieces I used

 Found the tan leaves online, had the big fern print,

 and got the dark green her in town

Done with that one part of the bedroom

Rosary Making

I started making rosaries at the church a while back

Rope Rosary

 Takes about 15 feet of cording to make one

The Hail Mary's and Our Father's are made with 3 loop barrel knots

The Cross is made with 4 and 8 loop barrel knots

 These are oval beads with 5 feet of white cord

 Supplies

Centerpiece with a six loop barrel knot attached

 Ten Hail Mary beads with another six loop barrel knot 

Six loop barrel knot

  The Our Father bead with the barrel knots on either side

 After I get all 5 decades of Hail Mary bead with 

4 Our Father beads the cord is attached

to the other side of the Centerpiece and the Pendant is started

The Crucifix is attached to the Pendant  

"voila" all done with all the cord ends tucked into the closest bead

I get two of these rosaries done at the meeting, with all the other ladies,

after I collect all the supplies I'll need to make some at home.

Our priest gives the blue rope rosaries away at the men's retreat.

 He needs 150 of them

The bead rosaries are given away at the Rosary before funerals,

RCIA classes, to our sister parish in Uganda, etc.

First Communion teachers buy supplies for their 

second graders to get nice chain rosaries.  Each one takes about 

8 hours to make.  I haven't learned that skill yet.

Ellie & Pete visit Gram & Pa

Brooke and the kids came over for Brooke's 20 year class reunion

so we got to watch the kids for the evening

 I decided it was a good time to paint their feet :o)

 We'll make the feet into airplanes when they dry

 Pete sits on the trike for a minute or two then says, "stuck"

 The go cart is still popular

 Good place for cows and goats

 They wanted spaghetti for dinner

 Yummmmmm

 Great Gramma Hoem's doll buggy got its exercise

 back and forth down the hall

 bringing out all the stuffed animals

 Pete plays with whatever Ellie has out

 and somethings that are just there

Fun time.  

Thanks for the visit!!

A Day with Ellie & Pete

Chris turned 40 so we went over to help celebrate

Instead of wrapping the big box that was his present 

I decided to see if I could find some super heroes to help

me decorate it 

 They were super for sure

 Pete had to get the hang of those dobbers

 Looking Good!!

 A few helpful hints from a big sister

 and then he took off

 Painting done, now off to the sandbox, but shoes first

 Looks like fun

 Swinging thru the bubbles was a must

 A few trail walks was in the mix too

or should I say trail runs?

 Ellie talks the whole way

 and off they go again

 Ellie's the neatnik, sits on the seat and Pete is right IN the sand

 She likes it up on the platform

 Nice yard

 Snack time

 Chris got home so he opened presents before dinner

Pete read a book

 while Ellie helped Daddy

 Pete played on the pillows

 while Ellie helped Daddy

 When it was all opened Pete shows up

 and more fun began

Happy Birthday, Daddy!