Flower Collage

See the bug?

Gerber Daisy

I love the color of this Gerber Daisy. Just beautiful!

Squirrel

Some people think Squirrel's are just pests but they are one of God's creatures and I think they are so cute. We got a close up of this one. He/she took the peanut right out of our hand at the Yellow River Game Ranch.

crazy quilt

Country Wall Hanging

Little Quilt of Cats

Hunter and Brayden as Punks

This is so funny...

Ashley, Hunter and Brayden

Hunter and Brayden at Christmas

Hunter and Brayden at Christmas time. They have such big smiles on their face.

Rescue a dog today

Copyright Sherry Dawn Wade 2008

Green and Pink Lap Quilt Blocks

These are the finished green and pink blocks for a lap quilt that I'm making.

Tiny purse

I saw the dress on the form in a magazine and decided to make them as little motifs, put one on this little purse and I think it's really cute. I have made a few and put them on a lap quilt that I've made.

New member of our family

This is Marley... a long haired Chihuahua. He is 2 1/2 months old and is a wild thing, but he is very smart. I can't get over how quickly he learns and how smart he really is. He's a sweetie!

Diaper Shirt Jacket

Diaper Shirt Jacket that I made. I used all cotton fabrics and added a lining.

Humming bird found

My daughter was playing with my grandsons in the yard yesterday afternoon and found this female humming bird trying to fly. We think she may have a broken wing. We took her to the Wildlife Center. I hope she made it. She looked like she was in good condition other than her wing. I just love birds, but the Humming bird and Bluebirds are my favorite. Humming birds are the only birds that can fly backwards. Their so beautiful and so tiny!

Victorian Collage

This is a victorian collage that I did useing Photo Impact which I just love! I did this one with birds.

Pink blocks for a quilt

These are the pink and green blocks that I have finished piecing so far. I still have a few more to piece. The first one has a butterfly on it. I saw someone do one on her block so I thought I'd give it try. My daughter loves it. Now for embellishing all these pretty in pink blocks.

Finished Block

I'm not sure what I'll do with this block but I'll think of something....

Grandson

Such a cutie!

Newest Baby blues

You can only see 3 but there is 4 baby eastern bluebirds in this nest box. They will fly in the next day or two.

Photo of a dragonfly

This is the first time I ever got a shot of a dragonfly. My what big eyes they have.

Drawing of youngest grandson I did

Drawing of my grandsons I did

CD Pin Keeper

This is a CD Pin Keeper I made for a swap that I'm in. Fun and easy to make.

Mosaic Breakfast Tray

I made this with card stock and then put dimensional magic on top of each piece.

Comfort Doll and Iris Folding Vase

This is doll number 16. I need a LOT of practice beading, that's for sure. This little doll will be going to Pat when I'm done with 2 more. I made the Iris Folding Vase today and added some flowers using silk ribbon. It will go on a block for our bedspread. It's going to take me a long time to make the bedspread but at least I have started on it. I have 3 blocks pieced and will start embellishing them tonight.

Happy Mothers Day

For all the mothers.... Happy Mothers Day!

Doll #15

This is doll number 15. I'll be working on more to send to Pat, but this one I'm keeping. I need to buy more beads!

Peach and Green block

This is another Peach and Green block that I made. The colors are not as dark as in the picture.

Close up of the tree

Baby birds!

The first two pictures are baby tufted tit mice. The last two pictures are Easter blue bird babies. You can still see one egg in there so they are very new to this world.

Gerber Daisies

I love going out every day and seeing how much the Gerber Daisies have grown. On most of these you can see the rain drops still on them..... such a beautiful flower!

Lizzy the Lizard

I found this cute little Lizard outside while I was walking around the house today. He/she is on the rain gauge.

CQ Book I made

I bought a kit from Paper wishes to make a little book but I didn't like the way it looked when I was half way finished so I tore the paper off and did a little sanding because I had already painted it, twice! I decided to make a little cq book. I wanted something besides a plain composition notebook to record my blood glucose and carbs. It has paper with the month, time and day. There is a pocket, envelope and divider. This was my first time making something like this. It was a lot of fun make. I think I could do better with my next one.

Beaded Purse Necklace

I made this last night. I bought the kit last year from Hobby Lobby. It's a beaded purse necklace. I have a lot of fun making these. I wish I could find the wide ribbon so I wouldn't have to purchase the kits.

More totes plus a cq one

This is the rest of the totes that I made. The peach paisley is my daughters. I had a lot of fun making the crazy quilt tote. The handles are lace and I dyed them a light pink to match.

More Totes

This is what I've been doing the past couple of days, making tote bags. I'm keeping the brown and pink one. My daughter wants it but I gave her a paisley peach colored one.

Heart Pillows

I made these heart shaped pillows and forgot to put the lavender in them. I can't believe I did that! I do have some lavender oil that I will spray them with.

Quilted Tote

I made this quilted tote bag yesterday. I had cut 4 different ones out and I used the wrong straps on this one, but it turned out very pretty. The green in the straps is also in the quilted part of tote. I made a peach colored tote day before yesterday and my daughter got that one. She's good like that. :-)

I was looking at all my blocks that I've done and found this. This was the first and only ocean block that I've ever done. I hope to do another one and make it a little different. When I was about 10 or 11 years old I had to sing on stage and I was a nervous wreck to say the least. I even told my mother that I wasn't going to do it because I was so scared. She and my dancing teacher talked to me about it and I decided to go ahead and sing. I said part of a song about a mermaid in the sea. To this day I'm so glad that I did. It was the last time my mother ever got to see me on stage.

Lovely Lilacs

These are the lovely lilacs growing in my yard. I just love them and they smell so good!

Beautiful Girl Re-done

I did this picture of my daughter over and like it much better. She was sleeping in bed one day and, now my, little dog Piper was laying right next to her. All I had to do for this picture was to put some make up on her face.

This is the original picture that I did it from. She was really asleep and the dog was too when I peeked in on her that early morning.

More Comfort Dolls

Here are the other two Comfort Dolls I made for Pat. I couldn't get a good picture of them so she took these pictures for me. I hope they enjoy their new home. I made the body's and embellished them but I didn't make the faces.

Iris Folding Cat

I found this Iris Folding Pattern over the Internet. It's a lot of fun and to me works much better with fabric than paper.

Drawing of my daughter

I've been working on this for about 2 weeks. It's a sketch of my daughter. I used crayons and chalk.

Comfort Doll #12

This comfort doll will be on the way to Pat's tomorrow. I have 2 others, but couldn't get a good picture of them.

Altered Cigar Box

When my brother died just over 10 years ago he had several cigar boxes that were all empty. I gave them all away but one. Finally after 10 years, I decided to alter it and this is what I came up with. I think it turned out OK.... it looks better than it did, all plain.

Comfort Doll for a Friend

I made this little Comfort Doll for a friend. I also made the box. The boxes are punch outs and very easy to make. Then you add the embellishments. The little Comfort Doll fits perfectly inside the box.

Sock Monkey

I've had this kit to make this tiny little sock monkey for years now. I finally decided to put him together for my 2 year old grandson. He was so funny.... he kissed the monkey about 10 times then gave him back to me and said he didn't want it! He rather have a stuffed dog.

Happy Birthday Brayden

Today is my youngest grandsons birthday. He is 2 years old. Such a cutie pie!

Happy Spring

Happy Spring everyone!

Quilted Post Cards

These are 2 kits that I made from the book Positively Postcards by Bonnie Sable. They are really easy and fun to make. I'll be making more soon. I love the frog!

Beautiful Girl Tag

This is my favorite tag that I've made since I learned about PhotoImpact. The beautiful girl is my daughter, Ashley.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

This is a tag I made for St. Patrick's Day.

St Patricks Day

St Patricks Day is Monday... in case I forget on Monday, have a Happy St. Patricks Day!

Color Blocks

I've been working on some color blocks. I still have some more colors to do. So far I have finished purple, blue and pink. They do look much better in hand. You can see more than in the picture.

I'm using my daughters camera, mine broke. For some reason it says 'card locked.' I've tried to move the little button on the card to unlock it but it still won't work. I'm not sure if I should get another camera or a card because I have another card and it does the same thing.

Hand made flowers

These are just a few of some hand made flowers that I made. They are made out of fabric, wire and some fake leaves. They look really nice in a vase. I have a few more to make.

Happy Valentines Day

I couldn't sleep so I came in and made this tag with Photo Impact 8. Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Happy Valentines Day

This is one of my dogs, Abby. I took the photo and made the graphics. I still have a lot to learn about computer graphics but it's a lot of fun.

The lighting isn't well in these pictures, but this is a little book that I made with some pictures of birds that I've taken over the past few years.

Orange box

I'm getting into making all these paper thingys. This is a little orange box that I made. It's so cute and a lot of fun to make. You could put a little gift in it and give it away.

Bookmark

Just a little bookmark that I made. I made 4 of them with some left over scrap fabric that I had when I made Ashley's quilt for her last birthday.

Valentine Card

I had fun making this Valentine card for a swap I was in.

Door knob heart sachets

I made these to hang on the door knobs. Stuffed them and added some Lavender.

My Grand boys

Grand children are so precious! My daughter took this picture yesterday while they were in the hall playing with the truck that Brayden is holding. This is one of our most favorite pictures!

Another ATC

I like making the ATC's. This is one of my four dogs, Biscuit. I'll be making one of all of them.

Tiny purse

This is small and was a little difficult to make, but fun. I don't think I'll be making any more this small. I'm going to have to go to a much larger size! lol

ATC's I made

I made these ATC's yesterday. They look better in hand. I had fun making them.

Valentine Swap

I made this Valentine for a swap. I put the frame around so you couldn't tell what it is. We don't know who we're mailing to until the first and I'd like for it to be a surprise.

Rescue a dog today

More Snow in Georgia

More snow here in Atlanta Georgia! The first picture I'm standing on my front porch. The last two pictures I'm standing at the french doors from my bedroom. We love living here in the woods, but I do wish it would snow more often. I remember spending two weeks once in New Jersey during Christmas. The snow was just beautiful!

cq block close up

I finished a small wall hanging yesterday. This is a close up of one of the blocks.

Stop Animal Abuse

Snow Pictures

I love the snow and we just don't get near enough, but it was beautiful coming down. I'm standing at the French doors out my bedroom and took the first picture. The second one I was standing on the front porch and took a picture of the driveway. Every now and then we'll get a few inches or more, but not this time. This is the first time I've seen it snow in 2 years. My grand boys are young and it was their first time seeing snow. The oldest boy is 4 but too young to remember his very first snow.

Corset number 2

I just got finished with the second corset. This one is also a Barbara Willis design. I love her kits!

Upclose pic of Corset

Corset I made

This is what kept me busy today. I made this Corset. It's from a Barbara Willis kit. The tiny buttons I used were not from the kit and are antique buttons.

What I've been up to

Around the first week in November our PC tower literally blew up inside. It smelled like an electrical fire and the room had smoke in it. My husband unplugged everything. We put it in the shop and lost everything on our hard drive. All my pictures are gone! I was just sick over losing my pictures, still am. My in laws have been sick and I was sick for a good 2-3 weeks. We didn't get our computer back until sometime towards the 3rd week in December. I've started some small cq projects, a small wall hanging that I'm almost done with and I have some more small coin purses to make, kits to put together and a couple of quilts for my grandsons. That should keep me busy for a while.

This past Christmas was rather sad for my husband and I because of his father being sick. This was our 26th Christmas together and it was the saddest one we've ever had together, but I have faith in God and know that time will heal and things will get better.

One of my favorite magazines is Quiting Arts. Several issues ago was a pattern for a little cup holder. Here's a picture of the one I made this weekend.

In loving memory of my brother, David Michael Winchester

It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years. I miss him so much and wish that he was still here with us. The pain he bared was pain that I knew all too well myself. He always said I was the stronger one, but somehow I never saw it that way because he was 3 1/2 years older than me. He will live in my heart forever and is loved and missed by many. The last two pictures are of both of us when his life was happy.

June 16, 1956 - January 1, 1998

Happy New Year

Merry Christmas

Mary, Did you know

Rainbow Bridge

These are all our sweet pets that have gone to Rainbow Bridge. We loved them and we miss them dearly.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge. When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart. Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

A Gift from a Friend-Vintage Pop-Up Cards Book

I'm in an ongoing private swap with an online friend of mine and below are pictures of this wonderful book she sent me! Vintage Pop-up Cards! The book is filled with pictures from the original cards. You just copy them and print them onto card stock from your printer. Then make them by following the directions. You can add beads, buttons and other things. I love this book! It's now one of my most favorite ones I have in my library. Thanks so much Toni!!!!!

Tussie Mussie

Tussie Mussie's are normally used in weddings and filled with flowers. Mine are crazy quilted and will be filled with small gifts. There is a close up of a spider and a bird that I did. The spiders web didn't show up in the pictures. My husband and I made the cone pattern then I pieced the fabric and embellished it. It was a lot of fun and I have a few more to make.

Butterfly collage

I enjoy making these collages of the pictures I've taken. There are easy and a lot of fun.

Piper

I took this picture of Piper yesterday out on the front porch.... the sun hitting her just right. She's so cute and so tiny!

In Memory of Peppy

We lost our only little boy one year ago today. He was so young when we lost him.....only 4 1/2 years old. He had some major rare heart problems. I've never seen a dog just drop dead in front of me before....this was a first and I hope it's the last. I was devastated to say the least when I saw him die. But one good thing I can say is that I had just given him his medicine, kissed him on his head and patted his back. Then I sat him down and he followed me in my sewing room. Just a few seconds later, he died

Hussif-Almost done

I finished the inside of the Hussif. All I have to do is crochet a little thimble holder and attach it to the inside. As you can see I still have one more thing to add tot he outside. I'm also going to add a few little things and then it will be complete.

My youngest grandson

This is my youngest grandson in part of his Halloween outfit that I made him. He's going to be a little scarcrow. We tried the hat on him and he grinned ear to ear... so cute!

My daughters CQ

My daughter wanted a small wall hanging with not much embellishments, so this is what I made for her. She has it hanging in her kitchen. It really shows good in there because she gets so much light.

Spider

This little creepy crawler has been hanging under my front porch for 2 weeks now....they give me the creeps!

New Peach & Green Block

I just pieced this block together. It will go over my piano with the other Peach & Green block I did. Will be embellishing this soon and post a picture when I'm done.

Hussif, still in progress

I've been working on this at night and am almost done with it. I love the colors pink and brown. They were popular colors when I was in high school and now they're back.

Eastern Blue Birds

These really aren't very good pictures of this beautiful couple, but I had to take them. I walked in my bedroom and glanced out the french doors, through the lace curtains and saw them....got my digital and took some shots through the doors. If I had of opened the doors it would have scared them away.

Then this little bird flew up on the rail. I'm not sure what kind it is, but very pretty.

Happy Fall

This was done in 2005...we are working on one for this year.

Purse with roses and a butterfly

I like this little purse.... great for a little girl for Christmas.

Beautiful Gerber Daisy's

I took these pictures yesterday while out on the back deck.... just beautiful!

Shabby Chic Stockings

I made these two little stockings. I have 23 more to put ribbons on and then add a fresh water pearl to each one. Some will be stuffed with poly fill and lavender and some, like these two, will be left open to put little goodies in at Christmas time.

Red and Black Purse

I made this little purse with some left over fabrics, lace and buttons. The fabric is Mary Englebreit. If your interested in purchasing any of the purses please leave me a note here on my blog.

Busy bees

Hungry little thing...

My grandkids

The little one follows his big brother everywhere he goes....

Purse/floral

This would make a nice little Christmas gift or birthday gift for any lady or little girl.

Green Purse

I woke up around 1:30 this morning and finally got up around 2:30. I decided to make something after searching on the Internet for over an hour for pictures of different things.

Blue block finished

I finally finished my blue block. Some are the stitches are hard to see in the picture. This is my last block to make for a while. I have so many that need to be in a quilt or something.

My grand boys

These are collages of my grand boys that I made. The first one is my oldest grandson, Hunter. The next one is my youngest grandson, Brayden. They bring such joy into our lives!

Finished my white block

I finally finished my white block. I'm not sure yet if I'll make a pillow or a wall hanging. The hummingbird is a first for me. I can't wait to do more.

Miniature Quilt

This quilt measures 6 3/8 X 6 3/4 inches. It has 84 squares.

Comfort Doll #6

This is Comfort doll #6 on it's way to Pat. The number 9 means it's the ninth doll I've made in all.

Blue Roses Block

I've been wanting to do a blue roses block for a while. Now I'll have to embellish this one and put it with the rest of my embellished blocks. I love roses, love the smell of them too.

Finished Green and Peach block

My peach and green block is finally finished. It will hang somewhere in my living room or kitchen. I saw the trim on the bottom of this block at th store the other day and thought it would be very pretty, so here it is.

The Snow Angels Collage

All my girls! Biscuit, Piper, Abby & Sugar

Comfort Doll Collage

These are all the tiny dolls that I've made. I've donated 4 and 2 more will be donated some time next week. I really enjoy making them. Thank you Pat for what your doing.

crazy quilt collage

I'm having a lot of fun making these collages. This is only a small portion of my work.

Peach and Green Block

I pieced this block last Friday while the painters were painting my kitchen and living room, which were done in peach and green. All I have to do now is put a back on it and then I'll hang it in the living room.

Another Art Doll

Another Art Doll to donate for a good cause!

Butterfly close up shots

I love nature and the beauty it brings....just a few close up pictures that I took of this butterfly Sunday afternoon.

Art Doll for donation

I finished another Art Doll that I'll be donating. These are addicting!

White and pink cq block

This is a work in progress... I'm working on my white and pink block and those little art dolls for Pat Winters project. The humming bird is a first for me. I hope I get better when I do more. I'm not sure yet if I'll make this into a small pillow or a wall hanging.

Pretty Butterfly

My cq kitty

I saw some of these made online but couldn't find a pattern so I just drew one out and made this cute little kitty. It's about 7 inches tall. This was a lot of fun to make.

4 Generations

My grandmother... mother... me & my daughter...

Duck and Geese at Lenora Park

My favorite cq purse

This purse is my most favorite of the few that I've made. I think I did a better job on this one than all the rest.

Crazy Quilted Dog Dress

I took a regular sewing pattern for a dog dress and made a crazy quilted dog dress. One is in jewel tone colors, the other in pastels. This dog isn't real. ;-)

Beaded and Embroidered Spiders

Butterflies

I love butterflies! I took these photos while outside one day. They just flock to the Lantana.

Crocheted Button Flower Tutorial

Crocheted Button Flower

Designed by Sherry Wade


3 yards of DMC floss
Number 9 crochet hook
One 4-hole shirt button

Insert hook through one hole in button. Yarn over and pull thread through doing a slipstitch. Chain 5.

Yarn over and pull thread through the same hole doing a slipstitch. Chain 5. Repeat this step approximately 5 times. You’ll have 5 little pedals in one buttonhole. Keep doing this until you have filled up all holes in the button. I usually go through the same hole 5 times.

Attach the end to the beginning top or bottom stitch with a slipstitch. Leave about 8-10 inches of thread hanging. Cut. The hanging thread is used to sew to your project.

You can add tiny glass beads to the center for a “real” flower affect.
Enjoy!

Art Dolls

I'm learning how to make art dolls....it's a lot of fun and very time consuming. The bottom 2 dolls were donated to Pat Winter for a wonderful project that she's doing.

The Snow Angels

These are The Snow Angels! Abby, Biscuit, Sugar and Piper.

CQ Purse

I bought a crazy quilted coin purse several months ago and just love making them. I'm still very new and have so much to learn about these. Here are a few that I've made. Making these purses is addicting!