Although I have no idea what I'm going to do with them, I have 6 large pinwheel blocks ready to sew together. They are so fun! My mama took my quilt top in to Material Rewards today to be machine quilted too - I can't wait to see it with the daisy pattern complete.
Quinn and I have spent the past few evenings putting together his "All About Me" poster for school. It is almost entirely pink. Oh how I love that he still sees things just for their beauty and is not yet aware that pink isn't "cool" for boys, or whatever other nonsense he might be "taught" by his friends. He also wants us to by a pink sectional for the living room. Ummm, no. We're not getting a pink couch. I guess the boy can dream.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
New project!
The trip to the fabric store was a HUGE success. Nonny came away with 10 beautiful coordinating fabrics to make a super neato strippy quilt. I can't wait to see how it goes together.
I ended up with enough fat quarters to get started on "The Friendship Bag" from Rachel at p.s. i quilt. I think it's going to be my next project for "Pay-It-Forward 2011".Click on the link to see it. Isn't it cute?!?!
I also got a whole scrappy bag of 3" strips of the Moda Verna fabrics and I'm going to make a lap quilt (for who? not sure yet!!) when the back and binding fabric I ordered online comes in. It's going to be a little bright and busy, but I think it'll look amazing when it's done.
Tomorrow we're on nursery duty at church and then I MUST grocery shop. My family is going to starve. Seriously. If all else fails, we always have goldfish crackers!
I ended up with enough fat quarters to get started on "The Friendship Bag" from Rachel at p.s. i quilt. I think it's going to be my next project for "Pay-It-Forward 2011".Click on the link to see it. Isn't it cute?!?!
I also got a whole scrappy bag of 3" strips of the Moda Verna fabrics and I'm going to make a lap quilt (for who? not sure yet!!) when the back and binding fabric I ordered online comes in. It's going to be a little bright and busy, but I think it'll look amazing when it's done.
Tomorrow we're on nursery duty at church and then I MUST grocery shop. My family is going to starve. Seriously. If all else fails, we always have goldfish crackers!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Super daddy!
For a "school night", I went to bed fairly late and was awakened at 1am by a whining 4 year old.
"Stop crying and come in here!", I yelled down the hall to the bathroom where the sound was coming from.
As Q entered our room I asked, "What's the prob, Bob?"
He replied, "I have to throw up!"
"Go, go, go!", I yelled.
Oh boy, I am NOT super mom. My sweet boy got it out of his system (or so I thought) and I tucked him in, and went back to bed.
Ummm, yeah. Not so much. Super daddy says he was up with the sweet boy 4 more times AND he stayed home with the cherubs today so I could go to work. I think I'll keep him. Well, all of them really.
I'm getting super-antsy to start a new project. A real project. Not a scarf, or a pillow, but a quilt or a wall-hanging or something fantastical. Nonny and I are taking off during naptime tomorrow for The Village Sampler in Big Flats. I am waaaaayyyyyyy excited (can you tell?)!!! And I need to start uploading pics on the new laptop so I can start posting them on here. Yep, very excited. Oh boy.
"Stop crying and come in here!", I yelled down the hall to the bathroom where the sound was coming from.
As Q entered our room I asked, "What's the prob, Bob?"
He replied, "I have to throw up!"
"Go, go, go!", I yelled.
Oh boy, I am NOT super mom. My sweet boy got it out of his system (or so I thought) and I tucked him in, and went back to bed.
Ummm, yeah. Not so much. Super daddy says he was up with the sweet boy 4 more times AND he stayed home with the cherubs today so I could go to work. I think I'll keep him. Well, all of them really.
I'm getting super-antsy to start a new project. A real project. Not a scarf, or a pillow, but a quilt or a wall-hanging or something fantastical. Nonny and I are taking off during naptime tomorrow for The Village Sampler in Big Flats. I am waaaaayyyyyyy excited (can you tell?)!!! And I need to start uploading pics on the new laptop so I can start posting them on here. Yep, very excited. Oh boy.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Sicko!
Poor BooBoo has been having a terrible weekend! Friday night he was making these horrid breathing noises (hee haw, hee haw) and by Saturday morning he had a lovely cough to go with it. I called my mama (nurse extraordinaire) and asked her to listen to him. "CALL THE DOCTOR", she said. So I did.
Croup. Poor kiddo. We've had a weekend of steroids, and Benjamin took Monday and Tuesday off from work. So tomorrow is back to the grind, and hopefully little Boo makes it through.
As I type I can hear him coughing through the wall between our bedrooms. Ugh.
Nonny (my amazing mama) and I have a weekend date to the fabric store in Big Flats (can't seem to remember the name). I'll be searching for the right combination of Fandango amazingness, and Nonny found something fabulous she wants to use to make a new quilt for her living room.
Sqqquuuueeeeeeee!!!! I love fabric shopping!
Croup. Poor kiddo. We've had a weekend of steroids, and Benjamin took Monday and Tuesday off from work. So tomorrow is back to the grind, and hopefully little Boo makes it through.
As I type I can hear him coughing through the wall between our bedrooms. Ugh.
Nonny (my amazing mama) and I have a weekend date to the fabric store in Big Flats (can't seem to remember the name). I'll be searching for the right combination of Fandango amazingness, and Nonny found something fabulous she wants to use to make a new quilt for her living room.
Sqqquuuueeeeeeee!!!! I love fabric shopping!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Fabric obsessed... not even kidding.
I have pretty much piddled away this entire evening looking at amazing fabrics! I've mentally planned out a wall hanging for the living room, a quilted throw for the sofa, and about nine other projects. Wowza.
The Moda Fandango line by Kate Spain is AMAZING and I want to use it to make the Love Emblem pattern by Anna Maria Horner. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. It would look amazing on the blank wall in the living room that just stares at me every time I sit on the couch. That space is begging to be covered in beautiful fabrics stitched together by ME!
Must. Buy. Fabric. Now.
Or go to sleep and buy fabric tomorrow. Pretty sure that would work too.
The Moda Fandango line by Kate Spain is AMAZING and I want to use it to make the Love Emblem pattern by Anna Maria Horner. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. It would look amazing on the blank wall in the living room that just stares at me every time I sit on the couch. That space is begging to be covered in beautiful fabrics stitched together by ME!
Must. Buy. Fabric. Now.
Or go to sleep and buy fabric tomorrow. Pretty sure that would work too.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Pay-It-Forward 2011
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! I'm a facebook addict (admitting is the first step, right?) and last night I had 2 dear ones post that they were going to "pay it forward". The deal was that you would make something handmade for 5 people, but they in turn had to find their own 5 peeps to make something for.
I'm pretty excited to figure out what I'm going to make, but mostly it's making me want to go fabric shopping. And... I'm easily distracted so I'm just now realizing that I've spent about an hour on the Anna Maria Horner website drooling over her gorgeous works of art. I want to buy everything she's ever designed, and I'm pretty sure that's not going to fit into the budget. Oh well.
Guess I'd better get cracking. I know EXACTLY what I'm making for Betsy so I think she'll be first. Yay!
I'm pretty excited to figure out what I'm going to make, but mostly it's making me want to go fabric shopping. And... I'm easily distracted so I'm just now realizing that I've spent about an hour on the Anna Maria Horner website drooling over her gorgeous works of art. I want to buy everything she's ever designed, and I'm pretty sure that's not going to fit into the budget. Oh well.
Guess I'd better get cracking. I know EXACTLY what I'm making for Betsy so I think she'll be first. Yay!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Back to reality (AKA THE CHILDREN ARE CUCKOO!!!)
Apparently yesterday was just a fluke. The children got up on time, they were delightful while we got ready in the morning, and bedtime was smooth sailing.
Today... not so much. Everyone was up by 6:30am (okay, fine, no big deal), breakfast went great and we were all out the door on time. After school? Ummm, mayhem.
Whining. Crying. Misery. (The misery part was mostly me.)
Soooo, it's early bedtime. Lights out and everyone is fast asleep. Hopefully tomorrow is a new day. A much perkier, happier, smilier day. PLEASE!!!
And there's still a lot I need to learn about this whole blogging business. Thankful for friends who are willing to help a girl out. :)
Today... not so much. Everyone was up by 6:30am (okay, fine, no big deal), breakfast went great and we were all out the door on time. After school? Ummm, mayhem.
Whining. Crying. Misery. (The misery part was mostly me.)
Soooo, it's early bedtime. Lights out and everyone is fast asleep. Hopefully tomorrow is a new day. A much perkier, happier, smilier day. PLEASE!!!
And there's still a lot I need to learn about this whole blogging business. Thankful for friends who are willing to help a girl out. :)
Monday, January 3, 2011
Boys, boys, boys...
So the men in my life are all sitting at the kitchen table practicing their maniacal laughs. It's hysterical. BooBoo's might be the best of all, and really, how awesome is it that my one year old has an evil laugh?! He rocks.
So BooBoo's "rubby", AKA pacifier is his constant companion and he needed some new clips. My mama gave me the most awesome red snaps to use. She said she's pretty sure they're nearly as old as I am, but they worked great. I'm excited for him to wake up tomorrow and check out his new "rubby".
So BooBoo's "rubby", AKA pacifier is his constant companion and he needed some new clips. My mama gave me the most awesome red snaps to use. She said she's pretty sure they're nearly as old as I am, but they worked great. I'm excited for him to wake up tomorrow and check out his new "rubby".
BooBoo's new rubby clip! I'm loving the red snap soooo much!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A New Year...
How can it already be 2011? We rang in the New Year at G & L's wedding. Benjamin was the best man, and wow, he was amazing. How do you give a best man speech for the brother who has been your best friend and confidant throughout your entire life?
Apparently, with humor. I know my hubby is funny, I live with him. I smile, laugh, and roll my eyes at him on a daily basis. But man, he could do stand up for a living. One of the wedding guests said she was pretty sure he'd gotten his father's goofiness and his mother's amazing ability to write. While I'd never thought of it that way, it's a decent description.
So congrats to G & L, and congrats to my Bean for his touching, humorous, and meaningful best man speech.
For me, it's back to the grind tomorrow. After 11 days off, it's back to work tomorrow and back to "school" for the kiddoes. Q's been put to bed in his PJ's and BooBoo's probably taking his breakfast with him in the morning. Eek. We'll see how it goes.
Hopping along,
Bunny
Apparently, with humor. I know my hubby is funny, I live with him. I smile, laugh, and roll my eyes at him on a daily basis. But man, he could do stand up for a living. One of the wedding guests said she was pretty sure he'd gotten his father's goofiness and his mother's amazing ability to write. While I'd never thought of it that way, it's a decent description.
So congrats to G & L, and congrats to my Bean for his touching, humorous, and meaningful best man speech.
For me, it's back to the grind tomorrow. After 11 days off, it's back to work tomorrow and back to "school" for the kiddoes. Q's been put to bed in his PJ's and BooBoo's probably taking his breakfast with him in the morning. Eek. We'll see how it goes.
Hopping along,
Bunny
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