Thimbleanna

Month: January 2012

Five for Friday

54 Comments / June 22, 2013 / Chat, Embroidery

One.
I’m a day late with some Very exciting news!  Several weeks ago Pat Sloan contacted me and asked if I’d join her and eleven fabulous ladies in creating the Aurifil 2012 Block of the Month.  Of course, I said yes, and I’m so looking forward to the 5th of the every month to see what the new block will be.  (I’m Miss May!)  We’ll each be doing an embroidered block and you’re invited to join the fun.  LOOK at this fantastic block that Miss January, Roseann from Rosebud’s Cottage has created:

Roseann's Block

Isn’t it ADORABLE? She’s certainly set a high standard for the rest of us to follow. You can read all about the block of the month HERE.  Be sure and join in, add your blocks to the flickr page, and be entered to win free Aurifil thread every month. It’s going to be a fun project — especially if you love embroidery!

Two:
I’m hoping to celebrate the end of my lovely winter break by having a little Netflix Downton Abbey marathon tomorrow (today?) while doing some applique. Not sure it’s going to work out though — we’re VERY fortunate to have TheFirstChild home for six weeks as he does a surgery rotation here in our fair city, and he’s just coming off of a 24 hour shift so he’ll need some sleep. The telly (see, getting in the Downton Abbey mood) acoustics in our house are NOT conducive to sleep almost anywhere in the house. Either way, I’ll find a way to sew somehow. My winter break consisted of … not enough sewing!

Three:
TheManoftheHouse and I went to visit SweetiePie this week. While we were there, we found this little blue and white vase at Anthropologie. I had to have it for the kitchen. The kitchen was going to have red as the accent color, but it just never felt right. I’m a blue girl, so blue it is and now I finally feel settled about that decision.

Blue Vase

Four:
It was love at first sight when I saw Amy Butler’s new corduroy fabric at spring market. I finally got my mitts on some — there will be a snuggly shirt in my future.

Amy Butler Fabric

Five:
Do you love reading blogs like I do? I love how everyone has their own personality. Some are funny. Calm. Thoughtful. Inspiring. I love how sometimes I’ll be scrolling through my reader and I’ll miss which blog I’m reading, but I just know where I am by the style of the writing or the photos. Gosh, I love the internet!

Happy Weekend!
XOXO,
Anna

2012

42 Comments / June 22, 2013 / Around the House, Chat

And just like that, it’s all over. What a blur! Did you all have a wonderful holiday season? Or how ’bout year? The weeks just fly by, don’t they?

We had a fun New Year’s and now I’ve been hard at work to get the house back to normal. I’m off of work this week and I had this grand vision to clean at least one closet each day, pick things up a little and then sew. Here we are at Tuesday, and so far, all that’s happened has been cleaning — and there’s still more. I’m going to look the other way and run to the sewing machine — the week is flying by!

I’m pretty sure you don’t want to see pictures of my dust rag, so I thought I’d show you a few gifts I received. SweetiePie and TheFirstChild gave me these bicycle drinking glasses. Look! There’s a banana bike! Aren’t they the cutest? Thanks SweetiePie — you’re always so thoughtful and I just love them!

Bicycle Glasses

Last year, when we visited TheManoftheHouse’s parents, my MIL gave me a sewing box that had been her mother’s. It’s such a pretty box, and I’m just thrilled that she has entrusted it to me. I asked BigDaddy if he’d make a stand so that the sewing box could sit at my end of the couch, where I sit and sew. I just love it!

Sewing Box

Now, I’m off to the dungeon to see if I can’t scare up a project. (As if I don’t have any to work on — ha!) I was very excited this week when Amber from A Little Bit Biased asked me if I’d provide some Tips for Tuesday. If you click over there, you’ll get to see a few peeks of my sewing room — but just a few, ’cause my room is much more functional than it is pretty. ( If you’re a long time reader, some of it will be familiar to you.)

Sewing Room

Thanks for inviting me to guest post Amber — it was lots of fun.

Happy New Year! A new year … a new start … I hope it’s a happy and healthy year for everyone.
XOXO,
Anna