watch those sewing machine needles, ladies!

John 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.


and pins!
ha! yep... if you step on one, it might break off in your foot so deep and near a bone that you have to have same day foot surgery to get it out!  true story... one that happened to me, just a couple weeks ago!

very painful and quite nauseating even when I still think of it! ewwwwwww

Here is Zach, who helped me the whole day!  the needle happened about 6am ish and surgery didn't happen until 530 pm, Zach is a great son,  helped and stayed with me the whole day, we played words with friends back and forth in the surgery center for over 2 hours waiting for the surgery :)

yes it was my right foot, the one I push the sewing machine pedal with but I did learn to control it quite well with the left foot ;)

slowing down sewing for others a bit and the break has been nice, just working on the home and some quilts for me  :)

my friend Di has enabled me once again doing English paper piecing (yikes!)  started a few! love this line "Little Miss Sunshine"

She also shared a quilt she did and of course,  needing to start another quilt before I have the other 9 finished, I feel compelled to copy hers so now I am compiling fabric for it ;)

This week coming up I have goals of sewing...

- a couple blocks of my Marmalade flower girl quilt

 - do a bit more on the Vintage Picnic Irish chain

 - do a couple farm girl blocks

I will close with a picture of  Ellie Mae. ya know.. I have owned so many dogs in my lifetime and she is the most talkative and most weird dog ever :)

Right Now...

                      Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you  1 Peter 5:7

Joining in with Chrissie, over at In HIS grace, have you been to her blog or shop? if not...go check both out! she sure is inspiring, not just with her art and her cute family but her love for Jesus too.
She started a sort of slam book knock off idea :) Love it! anyways I meant to join in last week but got too busy with Jim being home but here is mine for this week :)

I have a bunch of sewing projects I need to share but will show you those early next week, but I forgot to show you what great deal I got around black friday, I do not leave my house on black friday! ha! I had not planned to do any shopping online but then got an email from Burgandy Buttons about their black Friday specials, I went and told Jim about it and he handed me 2 checks that he had been hiding from me lol, I couldn't be upset that he was hiding them from me since he then gave them to me for fabric shopping, well lookie what I got...

a whole fat quarter bundle! I have had charm packs, jelly rolls and layer cakes but never a fat quarter bundle! lucky me huh?!!  have a nice weekend!

oh, and a few people have asked about my running, well....I was doing sooo good running before Thanksgiving and right after Thanksgiving, now it's been 2 weeks since I haven't ran! yikes, I promised my friend Bobbi that I would go today though :) wish me luck!

Added this verse to the top of my blog because it has really helped me deal with my panic attacks and a friend just confided in me that she is starting to have them :( anyone who has had panic/anxiety attacks knows what I am talking about.