I'm featuring all my RED goodies in our basement family room. It's a HUGE room, like 17' x 36' and it serves as the "rough housing" room in the winter. The kids and hubby would play football, wrestle....whatever. So, I always had to keep in mind, it was all fair game to be broken. Luckily, nothing ever happened and now the kids are 15 and 12. Their "rough housing" days seem to be behind them....for the most part!There is no question this is a RED room with my RED walls!
This TV cabinet hubby and I built when we couldn't find one I liked, at a price I wanted to pay. We are NOT carpenters, but the only real drawback, it's HEAVY!
I love this corner. The ladder that came from my great uncle was taller, I cut three rungs off and used that smaller section in another room. The quilts from top to bottom are "Braided" Quilt As You Go, "Yellow Brick Road" by Terry Atkinson and Spiderwebs by Fons & Porter. The window was painted by a local artist and bought at craft show. The chair was a garage sale find.
This rocker came from the Goodwill before my Goodwill began pricing me out of the market! I painted it RED, of course! The quilt behind I call Amish Basket Weave, I'm not sure if it has another name, but the black says "Amish" to me, even though there are prints in it.
The cornices are another one of my projects. I used insulation Styrofoam sheets and hot glue to make my box and covered it with the pieced "quilt" I designed. It's all Civil War Reproduction fabric. I love the Prairie Points detail. It was my first time trying them.
Do you remember last week when I said I didn't have that many vintage Valentine's? Well, two days later I went to the antique shops with my friend, Cathy. We both collect vintage Valentine's but our tastes are totally different. She collects Whitney Mades. Well, we both did well that day! I came home with about a dozen and I think she did about the same! Maybe now would be a good time to mention I've never won a darn thing in the lottery!
I love the anthropomorphic veggies! I added a couple more baseball cuties! Plus, a few birds. My favorite among the birds is this flicker. Kind of unusual I think. My daughter loved it, too. So, I feel I am cultivating that love of vintage things with her.
While we are on the subject of my daughter. This Valentine reminds me of her. She loves her noodles....and plain just like the girl here! Of course she pointed out to me, she's not blonde! She is very much a stickler for details! Wonder where she gets that from?
So, I have this quilt..... you had to know I had another to share! This is my Raggy Heart quilt. It's one of those easy ones, just a matter of sewing the hearts on top, cutting them into quarters, then sewing them back together. 
The quilting is always the challenge! My machine quilting is fair....at best!
So, what will become of me next Rednesday when Valentine's Day is over and the reds aren't as obvious? I actually have a REALLY good red to share if I can ever finish the little details it needs! One of these days.....
The next one is my absolute FAVORITE! I bought it last year off Etsy. When my husband played baseball the scout that signed him used to call him G-man. A spin-off of our name. Now that my son is playing baseball his nickname has become G-man. It's a pretty good nickname for a baseball, "Get a hit G-man!" So, I about flipped when I saw this one for sale.
I love how his jacket pulls back to reveal his heart! So cute!
The last thing I'll share is the quilt I have on my front door. Like the pillow I shared last week, I change this out with the seasons. A girls has to have many places to display her quilts! I even have them in the bathrooms! I have one more Red Heart quilt to share, but I'll save that for next week!
Have a great Rednesday!
Tne unexpected turn in my day was taking our metal detector to my friend, Deb. A lady she works with dropped her wedding ring in the parking lot at work and it's snowing today! They heard it hit the pavement but no sign of it. So, they were hoping the metal detector would help. So far, no luck! I sure hope she finds it, what a bummer!
So, the only picture I have to share today is a pillow I've made. It's my artwork. Nothing difficult to be sure, but I love it. I used a few decorative stitches on my sewing machine on the heart. I make pillows for almost every holiday. It's simply a tea towel folded in half and sewed into a tube. Then, I add buttons and button holes to the sides for easy removal of the travel pillow form inside. I'll get around to posting them all someday!
The red and black piece is 4 yards.
The blue piece is 10 1/2 yards!!!
And since not much in my house is blue I will be selling it. Just not sure how or when I will do that. Not too many crafters out there want 10 1/2 yards of one fabric! So maybe I'll do an dutch auction or something.
My canisters from an auction last January (I don't think they are very old.) Notice my red scoops inside!
My cookbook rack, I bought at a thrift store probably 12 years ago. I immediately painted it RED!
These pictures accentuate the fact that I need new counters and a backsplash! I still have the "builder's beige" going on! We keep pushing this project back, but I am hoping to finally tackle this come Fall!
A prime example is today's offering for Carol's Rednesday, I am sharing another quilt. This is one of my favorites because I do love my snowmen. They are so appropriate this time of year, after Christmas but long before we see any signs of spring here in Iowa.
One thing I love about this quilt are all the hearts. Since Valentine's Day is our next decorating holiday, it seems a good way to transition. So, here's where my other love comes in. If you look closely most of the buttons I've used to embellish the quilt are vintage, some bakelite.
