I'm not being mean --- my son borrowed the camera to go camping for a week . ( Of all the times !) Oh God - I hope he doesn't call & tell me he dropped it in the lake ! UGH ! LOL

I wasn't posting last year, but my resolutions were to: 1. Spend more time in the garden, not just to work out there, but enjoying it (COMPLETE) 2. Design a pretty spot to help hide the utility trailer that we have (COMPLETE) 3. Redo the front fence so the utility trailer isn't sitting on the driveway and in the pretty spot (INCOMPLETE) 4. Fill out back bed with plant materials (COMPLETE) 5. Create a veggie garden (COMPLETE) 6. Gate off around the back of the shed so the dog doesn't run at the garden at full tilt from behind (INCOMPLETE) Overally, my garden got a lot of use last year. I had tea parties with girlfriends, birthday parties for my hubbie and stargazing parties with friends. I was able to build a veggie garden and with the remaining soil (I way over estimated) was able to build a mimicking flower bed (with no plants yet) on the other side of the patio. I bought over 100 plants to fill in my garden over the year (we have a local grower that sells any plant, all plants for $5 in a 1-gallon pot so I didn't manage to break the bank too badly either). My husband got into the veggie gardening and has told me that it's off limits to me now...LOL For this year, I want to finish all the things I didn't get done from last year as well as filling in the new patio bed and rearranging my front deck and putting new gardens around it (whether or not I fill them this year is yet to be determined). I have some expansion plans in mind for the back, but again, I'd like to have them dug over in the fall ready to be filled for the next year....excited to see all that 2011 has to offer.

That's OK, Tami. I'll look for the craft wire next time I go to Wal-Mart. Thanks for the idea for the gloves. For the dress, I'll make a solid piece first then crochet a black netting like piece to go over it for the effect. Maybe I can do her hair like the tentacles? Just crochet over pre-cut and shaped pieces of the wire. Is there a multicolor yarn that's purple, blue and green? I thought I saw Red Heart make a color like it? Anybody know? Here's the colors I'm planning on using for my project. Hair: White or cream Body (head, arms and torso): White or cream Dress: Light green covered over with black Gloves and tentacles: Multicolor mentioned above Brad AKA Moonwolf

Dody, all I've done is practice samples, but it IS fun! Carol, thanks for the website. Those samples are where you sew 3 layers of fabric into 3/8" bias strips, then cut the top layers. In Re-Inventing Chenille, you cut bias strips in 3/8 or 5/8" strips & sew on as many strips as you want; 1 - 3 layers. You can make designs with them--criss-cross, crossed over, straight strips on something, curve them into designs such as hearts or flowers, etc., & lots of other things. It really looks like the old chenille bedspreads when done. Our library had the book. Yours may too. It's worth a peak. I'm the only one that sews in our family, so I have GOBS of baby items yet to sew. I'm saving the quilt for last, but will post a pic "somehow" when it's done. Gram Here is a link that might be useful: Book at Amazon