Springtime

It's springtime and things are blooming over here.

I've always wanted a little fairy garden...

and this year it FINALLY happened. :)

 

It's little.

The plants are just clippings I found around the yard.

I plopped them in and they've been growing.

YEAH!

 

I enjoyed sitting out on the patio today

Knitting and

watching my granddaughter play

in the little GARDEN for fairies!

 

 

 

Cat

Hi.

Fabric and a little bit of stitching.

 

This little kitty cat is ready to play....

or....

lounge around with friends!

;)

 

The little Tutu is my favorite part!

This is what I copied.

A knit softie seen at a baby shower.

Yes.

I'm a copy CAT.

 

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Family news:

 

Daughter graduated from master's program in

Occupational Therapy along with her fiance.

 

They met the FIRST week of class 2 1/2 years ago.

The wedding is in August.

There's a Happy Mom over here.

:)

Pillow Power

One almost finished crewel embroidery piece.

One piece of old ACID green fabric.

One bag of pillow stuffing.

 

One DYNAMIC pillow.

 

I added some quilting stitches around the border

after layering it with batting.

I think it gives this pillow a great finished look.

 

This is a big week.

Lots of family happenings.

So...

why am I goofing around with old embroidery pieces

and making unnecessary pillows??

Because.

That's what I do when life gets busy!

LOL!

 

Another Rescue

A trip to the Thrift store led to

another RESCUE this week!

 

Oh.... those UFO's.....

They speak to me.

They KNOW my NAME!

Their voices drown out my common sense.

 

I take them home with me EVERY time.

 

I can't leave them there on the shelf.

Such a lonely life THAT would be!

 

We usually get to be GOOD friends.

:)

All this one needs are a few brown stitches here and there.

We may not have TOO much time together!

 

I imagine this floral basket will make a LOVELY pillow

someday soon!

 

 

 

Progress report and thanks

Thank you friends.

It was so nice of you to stop by

and leave such SWEET comments

and encouragement yesterday!!!

Blogland is a very nice place to be.

;)

 

This is where I decided to go with my son's quilt.

I cut the 1/2 yard pieces of the dreaded sports fabric

into 18"x18" squares.

I'm surrounding them with my free style log cabin blocks

that I had already pieced into columns.

 

Only two more sides to GO!!!

 

Of sports and quilts

Every year I make quilts for graduating high school seniors at my church.

This year....my son is one of them!

He has developmental delays so it is a REAL occassion in our lives.

When I asked him what color he'd like his quilt to be....

he surprised me.

"Can I have a sports themed quilt?"

My spirits SUNK.

What do you imagine when someone says sports theme??

Cheesy fabrics?

Well.....

That's where my mind went.

 

SO.

How am I going to do the GOOD mom thing

and still make a quilt that I'll be happy making???

I began by making some blocks.

stripes, shirts, plaids, greens, blues...little bit of red....

Great BOY fabrics!

I have quite a collection of shirts and stripes.

;)

Here's the DREADED fabric requested.

 

(He plays these three sports

in a league called "challenger".

It's the BEST thing for kids with disabilities!!)

 

Will I add this fabric around the outside???

 

Sorry friends.

I bet lots of you LIKE this fabric

and then there's the REST of you

who think I'm a terrible mother.

LOL!

 

I'd love to know where YOU would put it.

 

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p.s.

 

The minute I hit publish I started feeling bad.

I think writing this post was VERY GOOD medicine for me.

Feeling like I need to get my priorities straight.

I will HIGHLIGHT the fabric he wants

and think about how HAPPY he will be.

 

Thanks for the kick in the pants blog.

When we write...we bleed sometimes.

 

 

 

Christmas Quilt Along - Progress

 

There are a couple of BRAVE SOULS out there

who decided to come with me on a quilt along.

Sort of a mystery quilt along....

since I didn't know QUITE where I was going when

I announced it!!!

 

This is where we're at

SO FAR.

 

Today we get to SHARE.

What have you made so far?

What fabric are you using?

Just one tree?

That's o.k.

 

All the quilts will be a bit different.

This is a quilt along WITHOUT a pattern.

Just a PROCESS.

 

See?

That's why these participants are BRAVE!

 

If you are interested in making

some or ALL of this Christmas quilt....

the instructions are listed in the page above.

 

Let's see what you've been up to.....

Here's your chance to link up.

You have all week.

;)