Bad Picture Day

Happy Bad Picture/Valentine's Day! I finished hand-quilting my little quilt from Kathleen Tracy's Book "Prairie Children and Their Quilts" It is so dark here my pictures are all terrible. I promise my living room walls are not this color.A few of my Valentine gifts from my sweetheart. I gave him a break and told him what I would like:) I also got some fabric...and may be in for a few more surprises;)

I am loving having my little quilts out so I can see them. I hope everyone has a wonderful day full of lots of love..and some chocolate..and right now, a pink cupcake is calling my name:)

Summer Embroidery

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Ours seems to be going by so fast. I love having Cade home and I don't even want to think about Kelsey packing up to head back to college.

We have been staying up late and some of us have been sleeping in. It has been super hot here and we have been getting strong thunder-storms in the evenings.



As for my sewing, after I finished the green baby quilt, I decided to take a quilting break and make this little embroidered pillowcase for my niece Ansley. It was alot of fun to do. I stressed a little with the faces. I didnt want them to look creepy and scare the poor girl! If anyone has any hints on embroidered faces, please, share with me! Also, this pattern had some satin stitching on it. Not my best stitch! I do o.k. on the little parts, the mouths and noses, but I left it off on the basket and the bow. It still turned out o.k. I have started the matching one.



Some other news, my grandmother is 86 years old and lives by herself on her own little farm. It is right up the road from all of us. The other night she woke up in the middle of the night and heard somebody moving in one of her rooms. She got up, not turning on any lights and snuck around in the dark, she tried to open the door to the room, a set of folding doors. The doors wouldnt open, she thought someone was holding them shut. Finally, she turned on the light only to find that a 4 foot SNAKE was hung in the door!!! YIKES!! She got on the phone and called my uncle. He said that she said "You better come on over here cause I'm fixing to have a heart attack" He had no idea what was going on!! He did get rid of the snake though!!

Pinwheel Baby Quilt Finally Finished!

Sorry the pictures arent that good, I was so glad to be done that the minute it came out of the dryer, I took the pictures, sewed the label on and wrapped it up!! I think it turned out o.k. The pattern is from Moda Bake Shop! It is a fun easy pattern. I did add an extra row to my quilt because I had alot of charm squares. I measured it after it came out of the dryer and it came out 40.5 X 50..I did not prewash any of the fabric so it did shrink some and is nice and wrinkly!

I hope the Mom and baby like it and I really hope that it gets used!

Thanks for reading!

Libby

Hurry Hurry!

I have not posted since the Friday Night Sew in! I am still quilting the baby quilt!! I finished quilting the body of the quilt a few days ago. It went fast because I just did simple quilting on the blocks but then, because I need my head examined, I started doing a cross-hatch in the borders. Not that close, only 2 inches, but it is taking FOREVER!! It is taking me longer to quilt the borders than it did to make the whole quilt!! I really want to hurry and finish this quilt so that I can make Kelsey's pillow cases! I am ready to get it done and out of my sewing room! I am sure that when I'm done with it and it comes out of the dryer all wrinkly and sweet, I will like it again! I also need to get it out of here before Kelsey comes home and sees it because she is still ticked off that I'm making it, now she has decided that I should save it for her! HA! I'm sure that she is kidding around, believe me, she has plenty of quilts! She has 2 with her at school and 3 more in her room here at home!

I have been looking for a new iron for awhile. We used this kind at the quilt shop and I have wanted one but kept putting it off. The kids wanted to get me one for Christmas but I talked them into getting me a picture frame that I wanted instead. Well, my sweet husband had to go to Brandsmart USA for work stuff and bought me this iron while he was there! I love it!

Now, I have to go make a chicken lasagna for supper. I am making it early so that I can just pop it in the oven after karate.

Have a great day and thanks so much for reading!

Libby