Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy: The Online Diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother

Welcome to the online diary of a Central Oregon Grandmother (me) who is busy celebrating the positive portions of her everyday life ... along with her best friend husband (Cary). It is quite an eclectic diary and I try to do my best to incorporate a little bit of history into many of my posts. Your visit to our piece of American Pie is greatly appreciated. This chatty Kathy posts frequently, so coming back to visit often is highly encouraged.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Felt Fish:

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Yesterday, I made fish.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

I improved my system as I went along. This was the first one. I sewed around the edges on the machine and then stuffed it and hand embroidered the edges.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Then I remembered the whole bunch of eyes that I had bought at Bunny's garage sale last year. So, I put in the eyes and machine sewed and then hand embroidered. I used variegated thread for these two fish. I do not find them very professional looking, so these three will not be for sale.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

THEN, I decided to skip the machine sewing and just hand embroidered the edges before stuffing the fish. Plus, I changed to solid colors of thread instead of variegated. The rest of my fish turned out so much nicer. I am in the process of giving each fish a tail bracelet like the purple one has.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Aren't they cute?

Hope that you have a wonderful week!

Kathy M.


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Kim, USA said...: Oh wow these fish are so cute love it Kathy!; September 26, 2011 8:13 AM
Lynn said...: Those fish are adorable!; September 30, 2011 6:18 PM

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During the week of July 5-9, 2011, Cary and I were privileged to attend "The Opening", watching quarterback grandson Tyler Matthews (#43 the first day, and #15 on game days) play with 150 of the best high school football players in the United States. The event was held at Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. I hope that you enjoy the pictures ... some are better photos than others, but I tried to capture as many kids as I could.

There are approximately 500 photos in these slide shows. They are of the players, the fans, our family and everybody/everything that caught my eye. They are in chronological order. No names are on the pictures, even if I do know who people were.

As time permits, I will also be writing blog posts about my experience as a spectator. Since I still have a lot to learn about football and this is not a sports blog, I'll write some human interest stories as seen through my eyes. That said, Tyler Matthews, YOU ROCK!!!!

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK: http://oregongiftsofcomfortandjoy.blogspot.com/2011/07/photos-of-nikes-opening-july-5-9-2011.html