Good Evening All!

What a beautiful day it was today. I really wanted to go out and play instead of being cooped up inside working... Today was sit at the front desk day. Most of the time it is okay, but there are moments when I don't think I can sign in another person and do everything else that needs to be done. 

It is really nice when I get a few extra things done before I head out the door in the morning, but that didn't happen today. Tomorrow I have the morning to get things done then I will go visiting my church 'sisters'. It will be nice to get to know some of the ladies in my church. I really want to get another purse done and get all my stuff on Artfire. That should take care of the rest of the day and keep me out of trouble.

Until next time, 

Happy Quilting, Sharon 

"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 

Certified Instructor since 2009

Happy May 7, 2012

How is everyone tonight? 
I am just sitting around posting on my blog. LOL! 


Today was a work day and then I visited my friend Estelle. She recently had surgery and is finally on the mend. I keep telling her she needs to be up and running so we can go have fun at the quilt shops. Before we know it, September will be here and the shop hop will be going on. If she plans on keeping up with me she needs to get some wheels on her shoes! I look forward to that every year. Not that I ever win anything, but it is fun seeing the new gadgets and quilt fashions that are in style. 


I was a good girl this morning and got up a few minutes early. Just enough time to straighten up my sewing room a little and have time left over for playing on the computer. I have to check in on my quilt forums each day, you know :)...


Well, it is the witching hour for me, so I shall say, goodnight...


Happy Quilting, Sharon 
"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 
Certified Instructor since 2009

Good evening bloggers!

How has your day been? Mine has gone by way to fast. Other than church we didn't do much. Just spending time together is great.

Tomorrow is a work day and I really should get my beauty sleep. Lots of changes going on and I am sure that I shall be needing my roller blades (not that I have any, just need them) to get through the day.... LOL!

Then, tomorrow night I need to clean up the mess in my sewing room. I really trashed it while doing my photo shoot yesterday.

I have all of my pics cropped, sized and watermarked so they are ready to go on Artfire. Now I need to dig out the postal scales (yippee, I know where they are!) and get the shipping costs calculated. Then I shall sit at the computer for a couple hours getting stuff online. 

Tonight I signed up for wanelo.com (http://wanelo.com/store/coyotequilts) 

You need to go on over and check it out. It is similar to Pinterest, but all of these links are products for sale. I am hopeful that it will increase traffic to my Artfire shop. Only time will tell....

Well, it is the witching hour, so shall say good night!

Goodnight, David

Goodnight, Chet

Happy Quilting, Sharon 

"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2009

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Lots of celebrating going on around here on this day every year. Carl & I celebrated by watching Star Wars movies.... Yesterday was Star Wars day, but we were busy getting other things done and didn't have time to watch them .

Today I managed to get one of my 'to do's' done, or at least tried out. I've wanted a light box to photograph my stuff I sell on Artfire for some time and I didn't want to spend a lot of money on one. I really hate the glare and want to get better photos of my 'stuff'. Well, I found a link to make one the cheap way and I tried it. Works ok, but I think I need better light bulbs for it to work right. I shall try some of the other bulbs I have hanging around here before I go out and buy new ones. I have 1/2 of the pics cropped and watermarked so I need to finish that and then I can figure out the weight and price for each item, then the final step is to get them uploaded on Artfire.  I do fine with making lots of 'stuff' to put on Artfire, but it is the rest of the process that is a pain....

Did you all see the moon tonight? Boy, was that bright and beautiful! Tonight the moon was suppose to be the closest to the earth. 

Here it is last night. The sky was very clear. Check out the detail.

 Here it is tonight with cloud cover. 

 Here is just the moon without the house. 

I am so thankful for all of the beauty that surrounds me. I try and capture these moments as they come. Like the saying goes, 'Stop and smell the roses' because you never know when you will get the another chance.  

Until next time, 

Happy Quilting, Sharon 

"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 

Certified Instructor since 2009

Happy Friday everyone! 
What a busy day! Got up and cleaned the floors.... yep, they were DIRTY... then jumped in the car to go have new tires put on. 


Oh my, what an ordeal that was! Can you believe that it can take someone a little over 2 hours to change four tires? Well, if you go to Pep Boys on 75th Ave and Peoria out here you will certainly find out, just like I did! I couldn't believe it... 


Then we high tailed it to Wickenburg so that I could have my Aunt's quilt appraised.... Will get the written appraisal next week... can't wait. Then we stopped at Habitat for Humanity, a second hand store up there. Nice store! Lots of nice things too. They even had a Singer Featherweight sewing machine in a case, no extra feet though.... They wanted way to much for it, but when we checked out the gals at the counter said I needed to talk to Wade about it if I wanted it.... Nope, I'm happy with the one I have. We have a Habitat for Humanity store down here, too. We visit this one frequently and find lots of deals....


Then out to supper with friends. Peoria Cafe is the best fish fry in town and we always manage to take someone new there every so often. So tonight was the night. Then we came back here and I had to show off my favorite room. I know, what's new, right? 


Now it is the end of the day and I am going to put this tired body to bed. 
Have a great one and I'll see you all later!


Happy Quilting, Sharon 
"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 
Certified Instructor since 2009

Slacker on duty!

Good Evening everybody!
I forgot to post this at the end of March, so here it is now....

Boy, have I been a slacker lately. Here it is the end of March and my last post was the end of February.... this year is just marching right along.

Here is the latest quilt I made for a co-worker baby shower.

The pattern is one of Kaye's of course! With a different twist from me. I fussy cut each center and of course I just had to run out of some of my fabrics.... math just wasn't working for me that day.

This past month I have managed to get all of the star points done for my star quilt. I have not posted a picture yet because I want it to be a surprise when I do. I think it is very dramatic looking. 

Another thing that I have started doing is going through our video tapes. What a hoot that is! We did a video with the kids on a trip to Gettysburg some years ago. Bratty kids anyways! 

Tonight I re-arranged my closet in my room. I need to go through some of my fabrics and get rid of some yardage. I just need to get it all in one place before I start the sorting. I have lots of clothing fabric and grand plans on things I always wanted to make. My daughter can attest to that because there were things that I started for her many years ago that never got finished and some patterns were never used. 

I have started swapping with my quilt friends online again. We did some embroidery blocks and this last swap was of 30's fabric and blocks. I have gotten some really nice blocks so far and I have a couple yet to get to me. I have yet to decide what I am going to make with mine, but I think these will be made into a quilt or throw just for me. I will put them all on my design wall and get a pic after I receive all of them.

Happy Quilting, Sharon 

 "Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" Certified Instructor since 2009

 I forgot to stop at Jo-Anns on my way home from work so needed an emergency trip to Wal-Mart. I needed the nylon strapping for the purse I made last night. Already have it on the purse! Yippee! Now just to get another one done, but not tonight.

Next 3 days off from work! Tomorrow is planned out with several errands and some fun. I will be getting Aunt Jenny's quilt appraised tomorrow and I can't wait to see what is said about her fantastic work. Not sure what is going to happen on Saturday, but hope to get into my sewing room for awhile.... 

Nothing else exciting on this home front, so shall call it a night!

Happy Quilting, Sharon 
"Quilting the Kaye Wood Way" 
Certified Instructor since 2009