Crazy Wool Pin Cushions Round Robin

I am so excited to show you the crazy wool pin cushion Round Robin that my students and I have just finished. I am so proud of these ladies who dived right and were so creative! I provided each student with a template and background wool to make their base.  Each month we chose a pin cushion and decorated it.

Gayle's Pin Cushion

Karen's Pin Cushion

Julie's Pin Cushion

Mine!

Connie's Pin Cushion

Joan's Pin Cushion

September Lambs

I had to post these photos of our neighbor's new lambs.  Momma Ewe gave birth to two cute little Suffolk lambs last Saturday.  I was so excited I could hardly stand it. I am totally in love with them.  So far, they don't seem to be too afraid of me.  I always approach momma with a handful of alfalfa.  She doesn't seem to mind me in the pen too much.  The lambs make the sweetie baa.  Their are 3 other Ewes that are due any day now, so we will have more to play with!

I remember....

Cashmere, Merino Felted Sweaters?....Mmmmmm

I was interested in felting some old sweaters that were made of Cashmere and Merino (not in the same sweater that is).  I got on the net and had a look around.  People have posted that it does felt, so I gave it a try.  I bought a bunch of sweaters at the Good Will.  I was very choosy regarding which items I wanted to experiment with.  (no blends) I always try to buy the largest size possible.  I found several men's XL 100% Merino sweaters. Well, I'm not all that jazzed about the result.  It took several washings and drying to get any reasonable result. I think they were just a little too fine of a sweater.  Although they did felt, I think they need to be a looser knitted variety.  I am sure I will be able to make some cool stuff out of these pieces. Just some thoughts on the subject.

Housing Update

It's been a month since I've written any news on our housing situation.  As you know, we've sold our house in anticipation of buying another (short sale).  The purchase didn't work out, and we decided to get off that roller coaster.  This caused some panic because we didn't have a place to go and we are currently living at a friends house.  By some miracle, if you believe in that sort of thing, we came across a house that is just perfect for our family.  I am so excited that we finally will be able to sleep in our own beds this weekend.  I hate being without my "stuff."  We officially close on Thursday and true-to-form, I will be painting the girls rooms before the moving begins.  It's about a week before school starts and I want them settled in our new place.  I will post some photos of our new mini-farm after the closing...I don't want to jinx it!

Excuse the Mess

I am trying to update the look of my blog...hense the mess.  So, be patient, I'll get it back to normal...if not, I'll have to call Eli!

And Life Goes On....

A lot has been happening over the last month or so.  We sold our house (We lived there for 10 years.) with the anticipation of buying another one.  We thought if all goes well, we would need temporary housing for about a month to 6 weeks.
Our "guardian angel" friend saved us in so many ways by offering her house to rent for the summer.  We are so grateful for her! The movers came, moved everything (except my sewing machines of course!) into two storage units and we moved ourselves down the street.  I couldn't get over how much cleaning supplies I had collected.  Does that tell you something about me?
We settled in long enough to go on vacation.  Jeremy and I went to St. John USVI for a week of snorkeling and no kids, the kids went to my sisters to have a visit with their cousins. St. John is absolutely gorgeous and the people are extremely friendly.

Salt Pond Bay- notice no people?

St John has wild Donkeys roaming around - here is momma and baby.  They came right up to the car for some petting too.

Not sure which bay this was, notice no people?  There were very few crowds.

Another shot of Salt Pond