A Great Project to use up Scrap Yarn!!

First I decided what size square I wanted to end up with.

I decided to make a 8 x 8 square, so I made 8 strips

each 2 x 8 inches.

Then I wove the strips together and pinned them to hold strips in place.

Then I crocheted around the edge with a single crochet stitch,

connecting the strips together.

Then I crocheted around the square with a double crochet stitch.

Then sewed the squares together and added another row of

double crochet around the outer edge of completed afghan.

Easy Peasy Fun!!!!!

Purple Pansy Afghan

Got another cute idea from pinterest!

SUN  CATCHER

Easy as 123 . . .

a bag of plastic beads and tin pan

(clearer looking beads work best)

place in pan

bake in 400'  oven for 20 mins

let cool and then pop out of pan!

add some string and

PRESTO

a sun catcher!!

Listened to a great talk . . .

John Bytheway is great!!  You have to check it out!

I downloaded it from  www.deseretbook.com

Another GREAT book read !!

Just finished it !   It was such a good book!  She is an incredible woman!

What a beautiful Family!

YOU MUST READ !!!!

I can't wait to check out her blog:

nieniedialogues.com

Had a great Holiday weekend!  

It was HOT  and MUGGY, but we managed to have some fun anyway!

We visited Manassas Battlefield

Then we went to Great Falls National Park!

It was so fun to have my Brother and his family here from Minnesota for the Holiday weekend!!

Have a seat!!

Aren't they adorable!!

They are so fun and easy to make!

I found the pattern on :                                                               http://www.simplesimonandco.com/2011/06/summer-camp-chair-tutorial-that-you-can.html

But here are a few adjustments I made.

the 7" pieces I cut at 71/2" to hold in place better.

Then I made the smaller chair by cutting the 15" pieces at

12" instead and cut the 10" pieces at 9" and the 

7" pieces  at 6 1/2".

So Cute!!!

I got all me supplies at  Home Depot and they even cut the pieces right there for me!!

Could not have been any easier!

** Make sure and get a locking washer for the bolts!  Mine kept coming loose whenever 

I opened and closed the chairs!

(I couldn't stop playing with them, hahaha)

I can't wait till my nieces and nephews come and try them out!