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| Three very-soon-to-be first graders. ~~~ Last night, Em and I headed out to the country to see friends and attend Mom's book club. It was such a beautiful summer evening in the country! |
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| I'd LOVE to have this view every evening. As we stood outside, chatting and waiting for the girls to finish their goodbyes, we enjoyed watching the sky change from a stormy afternoon to a gorgeous sunset. |
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| Em~Em |
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| Sweet little Aisy |
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| I've finally finished the tutorial for the card holder. Go here to take a look! |
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| Aren't they cute? They work for pretty cheap! |
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| These two pics cracked me up... My poor, forlorn daughter... |
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| ...but, wait! There's a butterfly! :) |
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| Did I mention in my last post how much I love the Bliss line from Moda? The colors are so bright...I love red and turquoise together. {These pictures really don't show the true colors since I'm taking them downstairs...I'll take some on natural light once the quilt is done.} So here's what the quilt looks like after just a couple of hours of work. Picture it with red binding...I can't wait! The top is done...it's time to sandwich it together and quilt it. But I have a problem! The only quilting my machine allows me to do it straight lines...like the quilting I've done on all of the rest of my quilts. This one would look SO good with stipling...but my machine just won't do it! I'd run over to her house and Hmmmmmm..... ideas?! {And, sadly no, Bob is not open to the idea of my buying my own $10k+ machine.} |
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| Last night, as I pulled out my graph paper and ruler to design a quilt, I thought about how much I {love} to create things. Beyond spending time with those I love, there's little I enjoy more than taking a piece of fabric or a piece of paper and watching it become something else. As most of you know, I hope to have a business up and running by the end of the year doing this very thing. Each time I think of this, I think of my dear husband. He understands the importance of one of us being home for the kids, the importance of volunteering weekly in their classrooms. He doesn't |
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| So, back to last night. I drew my design out on graph paper and then pulled out a Moda "Bliss" jelly roll I purchased earlier this year. The jelly roll is what I used to make the strip quilt earlier this year. This is going to be a baby quilt, so I cut each of the 40 44" strips in half and then in half again. I set 2/3 of it aside. I'm thinking that I might be able to get three projects out of one jelly roll! Anyway, so I cut my pieces for my blocks and sewed them all together last night (after cleaning my poor neglected machine!). |
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| Here are a few of my favorite blocks. I'm off to add the sashing. I can't wait to see how it turns out ~ hopefully somewhat similar to what I'm picturing in my head! ~~~ |
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| Before I go though, I wanted to share the fat quarters the kids and I picked up at Craft Warehouse this morning. LOVE these colors! |
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| {This one is Emma's!} |
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| I think that they are somewhere in here...their "biggest fort ever!" |
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| For the next couple of days, I'll be playing a bit of catch up here on the blog. Too much fun and not enough time to post! ~~ Two weekends ago, we headed over to Mom and Dad's to attend Thunderegg Days. I remember going as a kid, and my kids love it, too! |
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| Afterwards, we went back to Mom and Dad's for a BBQ, to spend the night, to learn how to can raspberry jam, and to enjoy their beautiful yard! |
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| You've seen this stump on here before...it's Ryan's jumping stump and Emma's dancing stump. We've never seen it like this before, though. The Lilys were SO tall! |
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| Did I mention hand-cranked icecream with the same recipe we had as kids? yum! |
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| Ryan has so much fun going down the dirt roads that surround Mom and Dad's property. Emma hopped on for a quick photo before he headed out again. |
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| {Photo by Emma...that's what we can see of the convention grounds now that the corn as finally started to grow} |
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| Thanks, Mom and Dad, for an awesome weekend! |
