Scraps and Trade

My last post was about the scrap bin. Well I'm happy to say it's on it's way to Vesuviusmama of My Patchwork Life.


I did make a trade though with V from Bumble Beans. She sent me a box and I sent her a box. It's fun to see how different people's tastes are. There was some fabric in the box that was exactly the same as what's in my stash. There were others that weren't even close. I vow to make a scrap quilt out of my new stash. I've been seeing a lot of spider web quilts, so my first thought is that's what I'm doing.

Grace was at the table when I was opening my box. When she saw it was fabric, the first thing out of her mouth was, Mom I know you are going to share that with me. Sorry kiddo, this stash is MINE. Great way to teach a child about sharing, huh?

Tonight Grace brought a little girl home with her to spend the night. I have been listening to whispers and giggles the entire night. The girls made their own pizza for dinner. Right now they are in the tub because for some reason they thought they needed to take a bath. The tent is up in the bedroom and loaded with blankets and pillows for sleeping. I'm truly amazed at how well they are getting along. I probably just jinxed myself saying that.

I'm hoping to get some sewing done this weekend. I vow to finish the black and red quilt top, embroider some Christmas towels and work on another Christmas quilt top. My goal is to be ready for some serious machine quilting over Thanksgiving weekend.

Until later...

Scraps

I did some serious sewing today. I also did some serious cleaning and weeding. Much to my amazement, I have a HUGE box of scraps (20+ pounds) that I'm willing to part with. If anyone is interested, PLEASE contact me. I would be happy to share with anyone interested in taking the whole lot since my container is overflowing. The fabric runs the gambit, from kids to reproduction.

If you would like me to mail the scraps, I only ask for shipping money. If you live in the KC area, I would be happy to meet you somewhere.

Let me know.

Kindergarten Friends

This is Grace's new friend from Kindergarten. She came over Saturday to play. The minute she was in the door the girls changed into their princess / cowgirl outfits. I LOVE this picture. It screams I haven't a care in the world but to have fun and drive around in a Barbie Jeep.

This picture cracks me up. The girls went out to help the neighbor rake his leaves. Who wouldn't love help from a Princess and Cowgirl????

Do you ever wonder what happened to your friends from Kindergarten? I do. I had one that parents nicely referred to as Chatty Cathy. Her name was Cathy Shuffert. She moved to Twinsburg, Ohio when we were in 3rd or 4th grade. Twinsburg wasn't that far from where we lived, but I never saw her again. With the advent of Facebook, I've tried to look her up, but without any luck.

Have a great day!

Design Wall Monday

Oops, it's Tuesday. Oh well. Good intentions were to get this posted yesterday. No such luck though. The first picture is from fabric and a pattern I picked up in Ohio when visiting my dad. The second picture is some fabric that is printed so that it's 2 1/2 inch strips. I didn't piece other than sewing the sides of the triangles together. Again I have discovered that I'm truly triangle challenged. There is another pile of blocks off to the side of the picture that I cut the wrong direction, so they won't play nice with the ones in the picture. Guess I will be making 2 quilts. :-)

Have a great day.

Bad Blogger ... Sick Blogger

What the heck happened to September? For that matter, what happened to October? How did it get to be the last week of the month already? I haven't even put my Halloween decorations out. I guess there isn't much point now.

I've been one sick blogger. I feel like we should have this sign on our front door.
I have been down with swine flu for 7 days now. Today is the first day that I put real clothes on. Was so stir crazy this morning that I took the munchkin out for breakfast and then for a walk to get some fresh air. Yeah, not sure what I was thinking. Took a 4 hour nap after getting home. UGH. I'm going to work this week hopefully, but from home. I don't want people freaking out with me and my horrible cough. The husband and small child seem to have bypassed the horrible flu this time. Hubby and I spent the week on Tamiflu fighting the viral symptoms. The small one doesn't even seem to be phased by it even though she spent the entire weekend with 2 kids that came down with a good does of swine flu on Tuesday. Guess maybe she is our Typhoid Mary.

We are already seeing shortages on the regular flu shots here in Kansas. The H1N1 isn't even available. It's going to be a rough winter. I need to call the doctor and find out if I need to get vaccinated. My guess would be no, but I couldn't even formulate sane thoughts when I was in her office last week. Before the flu overtook me, I snapped some pictures of the small one playing in the leaves in front of our house. Oh to be a kid again!
Had to share a quilt that I finished up for a friend. She asked me to make a quilt fit for a Princess. I used a panel for the middle of the quilt. Added some borders and then made sure to get some embroidery on it as well.


My last picture is of the dog. Buddy has a girl friend that lives next door. Her name is Madison. He gets so excited when he hears her outside. It's wrestle mania when they get together. Finally they settle down and just follow each other around the yard. I don't know why but it always makes me think of my friend from kindergarten, we were inseparable. When ever Cathy came out I had to be right there and vice versa. Oh well.

Well, I think I'm about ready for bed again. I'm hoping to get back into the swing of doing some quilts so I have something to share.

Have a great week.

Ladies Night Out

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, just been a little busy getting ready for another Ladies Night Out event. This one was sponsored by the Bank of Blue Valley. What a great turn out. It was so much fun to be able to visit with everyone.

I still have towels and can take orders for Christmas towels, since those went the quickest.

Here are a few pictures.


Have a great weekend.

RIP Grandma

Grammy passed away this morning. It's been a rough 2 months. I'm so happy she is at peace now and not in pain anymore. I'm going to really miss her. I know a little girl that is going to miss Grammy a whole lot.