Quilt and Tote

Every swimmer needs their own personal quilt to wrap up in during a swim meet. It's especially warm with fleece on the back. Plus a large tote to carry all your goodies.

YES, our little brother has his own personal quilt from when he did winter swim.

Marshmellow Roast

Best way to top off a day ......... marshmellow roast

Happy 16th Birthday Andra Nichole

Happy 16th Birthday, Andra Nichole

Happy 16th Birthday, Andra Nichole

Happy 4th of July

Well it's raining raining raining here today. DH will need to wear a slicker to cook out later today.





The wall in my quilting studio was done with fabric and starch ... an old technique (15yrs or more) from HGTV by Carol Duvall on her show and Sherry from Room by Room. By the way that wall is actually a garage door ... my studio is a converted 2 car garage (thank you DH).

Not only that but my main computer (desktop) is sick, very sick, so no photos or anything else. I hope my computer guru will be able to fix it when he returns from his mini vacation. I hate this laptop .... I'm constantly hitting the wrong key.

I am working on a quilt for GD#2. She needs one with a fleece backing to wrap up in at swim meets .... oh it gets cold once the sun goes behind our mountains.

Well have a wonderful day whereever you are ...... Happy 4th of July.

Dog Sitter & Quilt

Hey while Pappy is dog sitting ....... I'm quilting.

I sewed up a storm on Saturday. Christmas coins strips are together and trimmed. Now to select sashing/borders.

Christmas Coin Strips

AND even finished a small wall hanging (30x30) I started 3-4yrs ago. I had to laugh at the wall hanging which was a kit from Joann's. It's called Serendipity. The pattern was a "string" block using templates. Man how dumb I was way back then.

Dog Sitting

Our GC are off to Cincinnati for a few days to visit Kings Island, The Bodies, The Zoo and whatever else they can find. They're also visiting their Auntie.

So we (Nanny&Pappy) are dog sitting. They are cute. Here's Tippy (left) and Oreo (right). Tippy is a ShizShiz/Terrier and Oreo is a Mountain Feist. Sorry it's hard to get a good photo through a glass door.

DH has volunteered to 'sit' and help clean house later so I'm going to quilt. I have several tops ready for Prince Charming and even more quilts to sew together ....... it's gloomy outside so my day is going to be almost perfect. We miss our GC already.

Free Quilt Patterns

I'm a fan of Google Alerts and Google Reader ........ so today while reading I came across Heart & Hand Blog and her year long list of FREE Quilt Patterns. Check it out .... you'll be busy for hours. No one can too many quilt patterns.

NQA Show in Columbus, Ohio

I know you guys are tired of seeing/reading about my GC ....... so here is some quilt news.

On Friday DH and I drove up to Columbus, Ohio to attend the NQA Show (National Quilting Association) .

I took a few photos of the quilts I liked.

The 1st two photos are of Sharon Schamber's, The Spirit of Mother Earth, which took her 2 years to quilt. The next quilt is of a Fireplace Scene which we loved. Towards the end of the photos are a few of the little quilts donated for auction.

Mark your calendars for next year ....... June 18-20, 2009

Enjoy

Birthday Fun

Celebrating Birthday #11 at the Pool with friends

I made all the girls bikini fabric eye glasscases .... the sunglasses were so cute. The glasses were purchased at Crafts 2000 and actually had flowers hot glued across the top .... I removed the flowers. The little beads and feathers on the side of the glasses were already attached.