Lynn Carson Harris

Lego Sewing Room

Look at this Lego diorama Miss P built of my sewing room. There I am standing at the longarm. Behind me is my desk with the (very large) computer on it. To the right of my desk is my cutting table. In the background you can see the fabric cabinet and a RED Bernina. It would be pretty cool if I really had a red sewing machine, wouldn't it? 

Lucky Girl Progress

I'm almost finished with my next Lucky Girl quilt forJennifer. I just completed the quilting and took it off the frame. I hope to get the binding on and share it with you soon.

For now, I'll share my progress successes with you.

Check it out!! I can stitch in the ditch now! I love learning new skills. I still need some practice on curves but look at that straight stitching there. I'm pretty thrilled with it.

And look how close I was to running out of thread on the last prewound bobbin. 

I am a LUCKY GIRL; the stars must be aligned in my favor this week! 

Pigs and a Party

Miss P and I started our morning with a quick trip to the fair to visit the baby pigs. I know you guys love the baby pigs, right? 

Now, we are baking a chocolate pound cake because my little girl is 3000 days old today and we are having a party!!!

 

First Day of the Fair

Miss P and I enjoyed the first day of the local fair yesterday.

It was all kicked off with a kids bike parade from downtown to the fairgrounds. The middle school band leads the way for all the kids and their decorated bikes. 

Many of the kids get dressed up in costumes. This year there was even someone riding a unicycle.

It is fun because so many of the kids in town participate and they get to see their friends. The parade goes at a walking speed and can be a bit challenging for new bike riders so miss P chose to scooter in the parade this year.

Some of the first events at the fair are a "trike pull" where the kids try to pull jugs of water in a milk crate tied to the back of a tricycle. There's a treasure hunt where you hunt for coins in a big pile of sawdust, and also the sack races.

After the fun and games in the kids arena we went to check on our entries. P was thrilled that she won a blue ribbon on her geranium top. I guess those french seams paid off!

We did well with our entries. Everything we entered won a ribbon and all but one was blue! The kids hobby section can be very competitive.

I love looking at all the entries.

Next, we headed off to see the animals and use our ride tickets that P won from the kids activities! She is a big fan of the carousel so she has to do that every year. Last year she tried the big slide but wasn't quite heavy enough to make it down without stopping. She was pleased to have a fun ride down the slide this time.
We always finish the evening with a ride on the Ferris wheel just as it is getting dark and the lights have come on.

The fair is a great event for our community and a wonderful way to start winding down our summer vacation.

Lucky Girl

In my summer of slow sewing I finally finished a quilt!!


This is a commission quilt for Jennifer Paganelli and uses her upcoming Lucky Girl line of fabrics. It was pretty fun to put together even if there are loads of partial seams. I love the herringbone effect.

I had fun quilting it with loopy loops on the longarm. 

Finished measurements 60 x 80 inches.

I should probably also mention that my oldest son designed this quilt for me. Yeah, he's helpful like that AND he's good with quilt math. 

I'm working on another more involved quilt from the same fabric line so stay tuned for that!

8000 Days

My oldest child is 8000 days old today!

We'll use any excuse for a party! 8000 days - that's certainly worth celebrating. Miss P is  baking her brother a cake!