Lucy!

Peanuts Find

So a bunch of folks from the Peanuts Collectors Club have been posting comments about a new Peanuts Gang shoe being put out by Vans. Everyone is excited and a lot of them have been ordering them online from various stores.

Luckily the shoes have a set price but they are going fast. I went to several websites and couldn't find a pair in my size. I tried ordering some online but the form never worked and some orders wouldn't go through.

Wanting to give it one more try, I searched and found a company here in Calgary who sold the shoes. I emailed the company as it was late Friday night. I was glad to see a response Saturday and that they did in fact have them in stock.

So I rushed out and got my pair. They fit perfectly, even for my feet (I have problems finding any footwear that fits and/or doesn't give me blisters/rubs).

Here are my pictures. I'm soooo happy to finally be able to own a pair of shoes that I've only seen in Asia AND to be able to purchase them locally.

Peanuts Quilts - first batch

So a fellow Peanuts Collectors Club member had a whole bunch of peanuts material he wanted quilts made out of. After a few emails back and forth I agreed to make some quilts for him. He sent me the material in February 2014. It was a LOT of material.

At first I thought I'd use my own creativity to make the quilts. This worked well for my "Peanuts Baseball" quilt.

And was easy to put the panels together to make 2 pillowcases.

But I needed a pattern or something for the next batch of material I picked out. I finally found something and took the material home to cut up. It took me quite a while to cut all the pieces and then sew them together. Working only on this at night, time seemed to drag on.

Then life happened. I didn't have an opportunity to work on the quilts for a while.

Finally getting the tops put together at home, I had to go to mom's to make the backing. She has the bigger table which makes working so much easier.

I was going to quilt the two projects on mom's machine but she got sick and it just didn't happen. I took them into My Sewing Room at the beginning of June and had them quilted. It was coming up July and I hadn't heard anything so I stopped by. I was able to convince them to quilt them right away.

Getting them home, it took another week to sew on the binding and finish them off.

Peanuts Popsicle Stick

Peanuts Baseball

The Peanuts Baseball is an original design.

Mom helped teach me how to create pillowcases for the quilts to be stored in...or used. Thanks Mom!

Finally a shout out & thank you goes to my lovely assistant - Jacki - who held up my creations for me to take pictures of.