Cotton Spice Blog

Did you read the comment by Larissa? Well, I did and checked out her blog. WOW!!!!! I’m borrowing her picture, I’m sure she won’t mind :)Click on the picture to go to her blog.

Here’s a picture of the pattern, designed by Leanne - Is that the cutest basket cover you’ve ever seen? Click on the picture to go to Leannes blog.

One of the things I’ve wanted to do for some time now, is to make new liners for my baskets which had been lined with muslin. They came this way from the store. It was cheap fabric, and poorly made. So, I finally did it!

I used some Free Spirit fabric. All I did was remove the muslin liner and measure the bottom, 1 long side, the solid end and the end which has the opening for the ties to go through the casings. It was SO easy. I made a bunch of them, and they look so nice. My pictures are kind of fuzzy… someday soon I’ll try to have time to take more. Have you replaced the liners in any of your baskets?

If you’re interested in Missouri History, check this out - Ray County Historical Society.The museum there is run by my friend Karen Bush. IF you’ve been a quilter for awhile, you’ll recognize her name as having done hand quilting for Red Wagon Designs and others. She’s a great history buff, and not only runs the museum…she makes Victorian costumes which you can rent at the museum in Ray County. She’s one of those busy, get things done people that irritate me so much. But you know, she’s my friend and what can I say? (you all know I’m just kidding… she’s the best)

Have you checked out Hugs ‘n Kisses today? A new project goes up every Monday for the next 6 weeks or so. You’ve got to see the little tote on there today… Too Cute for Words!!!! look at this -

Head on over there and get the free PDF file to make this fabulous tote!

My project will be up the week of Sept 8…

have you seen these on Animal Planet? This is the cutest show - and one of the funniest we’ve seen in a while. Last night we just happened upon it - we laughed so much it hurt!

It’s loosely based on the Olympics. They put a bunch of puppies in a room, made up to look like a soccer field, or a boxing ring, or a swimming pool, and then just watch them! Such a simple concept. They have a camera mounted under the Water Bowl and you get to see the puppies from the underside of the bowl. I’ve included a link to the page and can’t recommend it more highly.

NOTE: 8-25-08

I’m happy to know I’m not alone in my enjoyment of that program! It was so simple, it was refreshing. so, I looked at the schedule and am SO disappointed to see they ran the programs once and that was it. Why is it they run other programs ad nausem and the really fun ones…once? Maybe they will have something similar again - that was so much fun.

Brenda and Mom2fur… my two puppy friends

The city is finally tearing down the house next door! It burned last winter and has just been sitting there with a basement full of water and breeding mosquito’s, providing a place for would-be punks to hang out and smoke or whatever would-be punks do nowadays.

I think they must have run into a bee’s nest, as they quit before noon and when I looked over there, there were many, many bee’s flying around looking mad as heck. Well, truthfully I can’t tell what their mood was, but I know I would have been mad as heck if a big dinosauer mouth had come and destroyed my only home! Watching the work yesterday, that big tractor-type thang just reminded me of a big ole dinosauer, taking bites out of that house. I took those pictures thru my kitchen window and I think they came out great!

There was so much dust, insulation, carpet fibers and burned stuff floating around in the air we didn’t dare go outside. Even so my throat was scratchy all day and my voice was getting hoarser and hoarser… is that a word?… and Riley’s eyes were itchy. We were both drippy and blowing our nose all day - ugh.

I wonder when they’re going to haul away the pile of house next door?

I like to make bags, but I hardly ever do. Why? No answer, just one of many contradictions we all have in us.

So, there is a tutorial on a blog I like to visit for a Vintage Handbag this link will take you direct to the tutorial. She also points you to a great tutorial for putting in a zipper Easy peasy!

Here’s mine - and of course, I couldn’t follow the directions *exactly*… I didn’t put interfacing in the body of the bag like she recommended, but I should have put it in the top band. Next time.

I did put a pocket in and since the wool and the lining were so sedate, I had some fun with the pocket.

She has a very fun blog, very colorful and some funky patterns for tops, aprons… the peasant blouse pattern is something I would buy for myself. And even wait for it to arrive in the mail. (I’ve gotten addicted to ePatterns with instand downloads)

What a lovely thing to receive in the mail…

My new favorite website for ordering ribbon-ey things is jcaroline I ordered the ribbons ‘ends’ package (2 of them) and the swatch’s package (2 of them) and got all this for…. about ten bucks. I can’t wait to play with it all.

Emails on the way!!!