One more quilt finished.

I just finished my next quilt for my daughter's bedroom. She chose the flower material and the purple back. It was a little difficult to figure out what to do with all of the flowers and make it look half way reasonable. My quilter did a fantastic job in putting it all together!
I also belong to a stitching group consisting of ladies from work. Here is my latest stitching project. You embroider the pattern, tea dye it and then you chalk inside figures. The chalk we use is located by all of the scrapbooking supplies. You can add texture and highlights, shadows and anything else that you want to add. It certainly has been fun creating different pictures.

Starting third grade this week. Can't imagine that she is actually old enough to be going to third grade. She is so excited to be going back to school. She was getting extremely bored at home and loves being with everyone again. Tried to get pictures of the boys on their 1st day back to school, they hate their pictures taken and so that was a no go.

Starting of the alphabet challenge

I actually got put on call today for work and decided that I would start on my alphabet challenge. My daughter and I went downstairs and and chose a variety of fabrics and away we went. We even made a list of names that we wanted to name these cute little critters. It really didn't take any time at all to cut out 26 frogs. Some are wild, some are mild and some are just beautiful. Some are purple for my friend (and you know who you are) and I even tried to get one that looked halfway 70's looking for my 'far-out' friend. There's even one that reminds me of my fantastic knitting friend. World traveler friend, I tried to get one that looked European or Mediterranean but I am not very knowledgeable about that so you can choose one that looks right. Thanks Quilt Taffy for encouraging us to give to other's.

A new member of the family

Announcing another new member of our family. This is Abby. She belongs to my son and daughter in law. Isn't she adorable. She is a white boxer pup with striking blue eyes and an adorable black nose. This is like my first granddaughter. I was able to babysit her over the weekend and she was absolutely a joy. My new puppy Bella and Abby are really good friends. It is really cute because Abby is almost twice the size of Bella already and they just tumble and run around. It will be interesting what is going to happen when Abby is full grown and Bella is still the same 4 pounds. Isn't it nice to see that these two can be good friends despite the differences. We can surely learn something from these two. Have a great week and try to love everyone.

New Member of the Family

We just got a new member of our family. Some people say that I am crazy, but yes we now have three dogs. We have named her Chloe. I wanted to name her Bella after one of the characters in my favorite book, but the majority ruled and her name is Chloe. She flew in from Texas yesterday. She is 9 weeks old and absolutely tiny. She can jump like you wouldn't believe too. She only woke up once last night. Hope that continues. Have a wonderful day everyone!

My Giveaway This Week

I have decided to join in with the fun and giveaways. My giveaway will be a homemade apron like the one that is listed below. The only requirments that I request for you is to comment on one extreamely happy event that you can remember someone: either yourself, your mother, your sister, your grandmother etc wearinng an apron. Please leave any email address with your comment so that I may get shipping information to the winner.

Speedy and Stylish Apron

After a recent shopping trip with my friends, I was so inspired by this new fabric line, I wanted to make something that I would use all the time and could enjoy the colors. This is what I came up with. Using 4 fat quarters, a small amount of matching stripe for pockets and waistband and cute rick rack, presto: a cute apron.

This apron took me approximately 1 1/2 hours to create. It was fast and easy and fits my tall legs. How fun! I could make alot of these. I think this will be my gift for Christmas that I make for my sisters. Every year, we each make a handmade gift for each other. It is a real personal gift and we all like being creative. Last year, I chrocheted bath puffs and made homemade bath salts and placed it in an old glass bottle that I found at a craft store.

The fun thing about this apron is that it is a 'one size fits all' pattern. It is also reversable. That way, you can change your look every other day. My daughter really wants one and I think that I can downsize the pattern by using only 2 fat quarters instead of 4. She also really wants to learn how to cook. I don't know if it is because she really wants to wear an apron or what, but if it helps her learn how to cook, I am all for that.

The weather is taunting us with the hopes of Spring. I guess if it doesn't come, you can always make your little piece of the world like springtime. Enjoy!

Great day of fabric shopping

Today I have a fabulous day shopping with my quilting friends. There is a wonderful little quilt shop a few hours away from us that we like to get together and take a little trip to visit. It is almost like sensory overload. All the different colors, patterns and textures are thrilling to see. There are so many ideas there that you come home wishing you could spend the rest of your life just quilting. I purchased more material for a couple of handbags and some for an apron that I am designing. This will soon be on my etsy store. I also purchased some novelty prints for an I Spy book. The pattern is available on www.quilttaffy@blogspot.com. Cute, Cute! I want to make a few of these to put in my 'future grandma' box. I am hoping that they are not too moth ridden or musty smelling before they can be used. Ha Ha. I also purchased a pattern for a skirt from the Amy Butler line of patterns. These will be for my daughter. She loves skirts and loves to twirl around in them. I am wishing that there were more hours in the day for me to sew. I am totally rejuvinated. I would encourage anyone to take a few friends - even if they are not quilters - and spend a day just looking and 'petting' fabric. It has truly been a great time for all of us. We all definately have different taste in colors and style, but that is what makes it so fun. We have done this outing quite a few times now and we just love every minute of it. We stop for lunch and laugh and giggle. What more could you want. I am going to go and do some sewing. Have fantastic day!

New On Etsy

Just set up my new Etsy store with my first pattern for sale. It took alot of work, but it was a fun process. I really love the Etsy store. Homemade items galore! Check it out, especially Karebear Kwiltz. Happy quilting!