Finally Back !

I have finally gotten my groove back ! So much has happened since the beginning of this year, my husbands heart attack, my new job, our kids our new dog and as always the little things in life . I made two baby quilts , one for Jaxsen my friend Sabinas first grandchild !
The other one for a very sad occasion :
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/3-Month-Old-Critically-Injured-Ft-Riley-Soldier-Accused-Of-Abuse-305273611.html

this little boy is still fighting for his life!

 This is for Jaxsen

and this is for little Cale , this quilt was blessed this morning by Father Peter from St. Xavier and I appliqued a image of  St .Jude onto the back

Since my last post.....

Yes it has been a while but now I am getting a few things updated.

  I crochet this little basket and added some lace on the outside and a liner on the inside

 Streusel Kuchen made with a lot of heavy cream poured over the  baked cake

 Christmas cookies

 The loop  I knitted  for my friend Doris

 My 2014 Weather blanked finished !

 and our new Foster baby Lana hope hubby lets me keep her !

 totally in love with this sweet girl !

almost forgot, Ofenberliner and Mon Cheri

I almost forgot to show you my Berliner and

 these are so good used dark chocolate for myself and milkchocolate for my hubby , soaked my can of tart cherries after  it was drained in Rum and Sugar overnight, melted the chocolate and put one teaspoon in the plastic mold from the Toffefee container , one cherry placed and covered with more chocolate ! yup It is awesome !

  home made Mon Cheri!

New shawl finished

Since I still have not found a new job , thanks to the Old Fu... I have worked for , I had time to knit a Sixtysstyle shawl out of yarn from my basket . Some is 25 years old and I love the combination of knit and crochet ! It is another design by Birgit Freyer :http://www.die-wolllust.de/shop/Instructions-patterns/Tuecher/Tuch-SixtyStyle::14448.html 

 I would like to try the socks , loop and fingerless gloves to ! looks like more fun and since I will be using what I have at home it will be colorful !

I used Sock yarn and needle size 6

Tow more shawls finished

I have finished two more shawls since I have joined another knitting and crochet group on FB . 

 I used varigated yarn from turkey , orange wool from the US and green bamboo from China a gift for my friend Doris , pattern is from here:http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sonnentau

 This is called LLtuch and I just googled it here:http://www.handarbeitsfrau.de/lace-co-t%C3%BCchern-accessoires/33966-landlust-tuch-incl-link-zur-anleitung




I used yarn from Germany not sure how old it is but decided to knit till all the yarn was gone and so I did . it is 260 cm on the top .added tassels and thats it .

My entries for the PNQE Show

I was finally able to get the O.K. to post pictures of my two quilts for the SAT 16 Challenge from the Stretching Art and Traditions. This year was Illuminated Letters and mine are my initials RC. I painted the R and added 3-D roses made out of satin ribbon and embroidered silk ribbon roses , my inspiration was my Tattoo ! The letter C was a challenge because it is raw edge applique and that is totally against my love for perfection, I added the tree which was a hankie or doily I found in the thrift shop and placed a little bracelet charm from my home town on the branch.  Now it was time to design  a family crest . My maiden name is Wolf and my husbands last name is Cruz .

Working in the yard

 As I was working in the yard , moving 15 Mums to different flower beds I actually got stung by a bee ! First time this year , it was burning till late into the night and this morning it was hot and swelling was started , stupid bee sting allergies, tried the sugar and spit as always and it helped a lot no ER this time ! But I enjoyed my flowers still in bloom and a few little guests !

 I planted my strawberries and bell peppers in my flower beds this year and they are doing so great !

 not sure what this is I did not plant it !

 my first Hungarian bell pepper still waiting for it to turn a real yellow !

 this rose has turned from a wonderful lilac to this pink color after I took it out of the pot !