Glo Sews Life

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Halloween.  I probably won't have many trick or treaters as no one in my neighborhood seems to celebrate Halloween.  Most do not  have a jack-o-lantern or even turn on their porch lights! All my grands live in a different city so I won't get to see them either, but I will get lots of photos of them from my kids!  Some of those photos have already started and I am going to share those with you, I come from a very... talented family! This is my little Granddaughter Hanne. She is a really cute and scary witch! This is my wonderful daughter-in-law Christa, dressed up as Marie Antoinette. She is rather beautiful all bloody and what not! Love her! This is my niece Brandy dressed in my sister's prom dress from 1964! She is a Prom Queen Zombie! I told you my family was..uhh..talented! LOL Hope you all have enjoyed the photos and hope everyone has a terrific Halloween! Happy Halloween! Meet Me On Monday I a

I am so happy to report that my quilt for the  Quilts For Kids Organization  is finished and after washing will be ready to ship back to them!  I am quite pleased with the results and I am ready to try a quilt that is a little more difficult! I recently purchased an embroidery design from  The Itch To Stitch .  It is a Christmas Tree and has Merry Christmas written under it.  It was the first time I had purchased from this site and I was a little leery because I wasn't sure if I could figure out how to download it to my computer and then load it into my sewing machine.  But it really was a breeze!  I am really happy with the design and the way it stitiched.  Even on my less expensive Brother, it turned out great!  If you love  machine embroidery, I suggest you visit  The Itch to Stitch .  She has some darling designs! I Hope Everyone has a great weekend. Fall is in the air here in East Tennessee and life is grand! Happy Sewing!

I have had a dental problem this week and not felt up to snuff, even with Fall Break being this week, I have had to push myself to accomplish anything.  Well after checking my comments, I feel tons better! Thanks to Cecelia at  App Savvy Mama  I am happier and even this problem I am having cannot get me down!  Cecelia awarded me the Liebster Blog Award.  It is an award that recognizes new blogs and bloggers with less then 200 followers.    If you are not familiar with Cecelia at  App Savvy Mama  please check out her blog.  She has so much information about free apps, games and wallpapers for Iphone, Ipod Touch and Ipad. In accepting this award you agree to :          Copy and paste the award to your blog.           Thank the person that gave the award and link back to their blog.            Pass the Award on to 5 blogs and let them know by commenting on                    their blog.             Hope they pass on the love by accepting and passing it on to others. The fiv

I started on my quilt for the Quilts for Kids  organization this weekend. I have never made a quilt before, I have made quilted bags, vest and some smaller items but a quilt is a little larger! I received my kit from Quilts For Kids  about ten days ago and I have been so excited and anxious to get started.   So far it is going well.  I have the quilt top finished ( well except for adding the border) and it looks pretty good!   I am actually proud of it, there are a couple of places that are not exactly right, but on the whole it is good. First I sewed the strips together.  I then cut them into 3 1/2 X 6 1/2 inch rectangles( really 2 squares), then I paired them into blocks of 2 rectangles (or 4 squares) I then alternated a 4 square block with a solid block..  6 rows of 5 blocks across.  After making all the rows across I sewed them all together.  Making sure all the points line up is a bit tricky, but I really had no trouble with that.  It really was pretty easy, if you can sew

Well this week was an exciting week for me. I requested a quilt kit from  Quilts for Kids  a couple of weeks ago and I received it this week.  I wanted to share it with you.  I am impressed with the fabrics, both the quality of the fabric and the choices. In the above picture the pieces for the quilt top are lying on the solid blue fabric for the back.  The colors are  bright and cheerful and they even sent the tag, how cool is that?  All I need to get is the thread and the batting.    This is going to be a darling quilt!  I do not have a lot of experience quilting and may be calling on some of you for help!  I am going to use a very basic pattern and  sure hope I can do it  justice!  I will post pictures along the way. If you haven't already done so, please visit  Quilts For Kids  today and order your free kit! Also this week I received a couple of things I  ordered from the  ASG  ( kinda felt like Christmas around here!).  I ordered the cutest Breast Cancer Awaren

I have only been blogging for a few months, I have tried in every way I know to increase my followers.    It is a very slow and time consuming process. Imagine my surprise when I was awarded the Versatile blogger Award!  It sure makes me feel good to know I am at least reaching a few people that think my blog is interesting!! I would like to thank  Two Boys On the Run  for finding my blog interesting and Versatile!  Please visit her blog for all the adventures of a busy mom loving life with her two sons. By accepting this award I agree to do the following:  Thank the blogger who awarded me with a link back to him/her.  Share seven things about myself.  Pass the award on to fifteen other newly discovered blogs.

Quilts For Kids : I was watching Sewing With Nancy last week and she featured this charity,  Quilts For Kids . It is a charity that seeks volunteers to make and donate quilts to children with a serious illness or that suffer from abuse.   I think this is such a wonderful idea, and can't wait to get started on a quilt to donate.  I can't think of a better thing to do this holiday season then to donate a hand made quilt that will give comfort over and over again to a child in need.  I hope everyone will check out this website and think about donating a quilt.  They will even send you a free kit!  How can anyone say no to that!