Happy Birthday, Katie and Jay!!!

Hope you guys have a terrific day! I'll be thinking of you all day!

plodding along

Well, I only got a little done on the quilt tonight .. here's a picture of the progress I've made.  tomorrow night I will do the rest ...

falling behind

I have only three more blocks to complete my "other" pinwheel sampler quilt.  I had intended to get to them tonight but it didn't happen.  Maybe tomorrow ... I'm still deciding on the sashing  -- whether I want blue or white.  I'm leaning toward white, but I don't have much white left which makes me think I should go with blue.

This is a picture Brieanna took of her boys! too cute!

Andrew - 1 week old!

clean up required

Remember how I had my 200th post a few weeks ago (or whenever).  It turns out that it wasn't really my 200th post.  I went through my posts and added tags (well a "quilting" tag on appropriate entries) and found there were a bunch of posts that I had never posted.  So this is actually my 195th post.  This means I get to celebrate 200 again!! ha!

Two pictures.

Andrew Robert, just a few minutes old, with his great grandma.

Mikey, playing in the pool!

another quilt completed

here's a picture of the quilt I just completed.  I wrapped it and gave it away today, too.  I hope the recipient likes it and uses it.


I need to get back to work on my other pinwheel sampler.  I have kind of left it for a while.  I think I only have about 10 more blocks to make and they are fairly easy ones .. I'm just procrastinating.

Had a good weekend, quiet and relaxing (though I didn't get my laundry done).

old friends

I got a friend request on facebook from someone I hadn't seen for at least 20 years.  I had been thinking about her but wasn't able to find her myself on fb.  It is really great the way you can reconnect!  I'm also glad I have a distinct/different name because it makes it easier for people to find me.  Yay!

Pirate Party

A few pictures from Kelly's graduation party.

AARGH! or as Mark would say .. you can take me arm, but you'll never get me lucky charms!

Group hug!!

Baby Quilt

Attached is a quilt top that I made this weekend as a baby gift for one of Paul Jr.'s friends who is having a baby.  I wanted to do it in green but only had yellow in my "stash".  

It's fun having a stash.  

Now I need to get back to work on my "other pinwheel sampler" and Robin's quilt. I'm going to rip out what I've already done on R's quilt and re-sew it.  I need a different pattern.

The 200th Post

Soooo, this is my 200th post. Hard to believe. I wanted to make this something special but decided to just upload pictures of my finished pinwheel sampler quilt.

It's hard to take a picture to see the whole thing, and even with seeing the whole quilt you can't see the quilting.  

This is the quilt on one of the beds.  I guess it is a lap-sized quilt - somewhere around 60 x 60.

This shows the backing as well.  I think it looks pretty good.

Anyway, happy posting!!