Coming soon to an online handmade venue near you!

Hello there! Yes! You read that right! Etsy! I've been quietly {excited, scared, giddy, nervous, freaking out} working away at opening my little shop on Etsy! Right now, it's a lot of paperwork and organization. But, there will be more info to come... :)

Eileen ~ xo

Happy New Year

Hello, Everyone! Happy New Year!

I thought I'd start my New Year in the kitchen. :)

This is one of my favorite recipes from cooks.com.

Enjoy! Here's to a fabulous New Years!

Cheers!

Eileen ~ xo

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to You!

I wish you a very merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays!

Eileen ~ xo

Happy Thanksgiving!

{9556: Pumpkin Pie by David Sifry}

Hello! :) Happy Thanksgiving to you All! I wish you a wonderful, peaceful, delicious holiday day! Wherever you may be, I hope it's absolutely fantastic and surrounded by those you love! I have plenty to be thankful for in my life {family and friends, health, food, and roof} and I'm especially thankful right here right now for all of you who have stopped by to visit! I'm thankful for all of you who keep me inspired and bring joy and beauty into my day everyday! Thank you! {It's been way too long since I've posted. Has it really been three days short of 5 months?! ...ohhhh...yikes.. yes, indeed, it has...!} :)

Eileen ~ xo

My new banner photo by the wonderful Melissa of Clothwork! :) Thank you, Melissa!

Finish It Up! Challenge

Meg from Fashioned by Meg is giving me and others who have a stack of w.i.p.s a challenge! Finish It Up! You're probably thinking what I'm thinking {you're not finished yet?} Oh, how fabulous is that?! :) A summer project. Short term. June 15 - August 15th. Hit the w.i.p.s. Make room for more fun projects. I'll spare you the unfinished projects photo again, and just let you know that I'm taking it on.I got busy on some other sewing projects and I tackled nothing on that photo from a month ago, until now! My Single Girl test block now has a border, batting, and thread for hand stitching. I'll be using a light coral perle cotton. I was thinking ecru or pistachio, but coral won! The green polka dot fabric is for the piping around the pillow. How's that for progress?! A new pillow will finally emerge!

It looks like everyone has a list over a Meg's. :) Here's mine ~ in no particular order

• Single Girl test block, make it a pillow {fabric: Dream On by Moda}
• Half hexagon quilt top. I don't know what my final size will be {fabric: Rose Parade by Moda}
• Two grocery bags by Keyka Lou {Fabric: Farmdale by Alexander Henry, DS Quilts}
• Kitchen floor mat {so close...} {Fabric: California Dreamin' by Jenean Morrison}
• Sewing machine cover {that I originally was going to give to Corrin at my quilt guild, but it turned out sooo unbelievably wonky {seriously, you'll see} that I could not give it to her! But, I'm going to finish it and use it. :) {fabric: Nest by Valori Wells}
• Shower curtain {fabric: ? something pretty from JoAnn's, I only need a 5/8" grommet tool} 
• Single Girl Quilt {fabric: Soul Blossoms by Amy Butler}  This will not get done by August 15th. Not even going to try. I'm hand stitching and I don't want to rush. This is a longer term project. So, I will commit to stitching at least two blocks by the deadline. :)
• A long over due pouch/mini messenger bag for embroidery/cross stitch gift! :)

I need to Finish It Up! because this is waiting in the wings:

• Farmer's Wife Quilt-a-long {fabric: reproduction prints} More about this later.
• I really really really want to join the Kaleidoscope Quilt Along! 

I'm exhausted just writing all that. If you've made it this far into the post ~ {sigh} thank you! :)

Do you have any projects you need to finish? Join me...

Eileen ~ xo