Here are the blocks I made for my Mom and Dad for Christmas. I had forgotten to take pictures of them before I wrapped them up, and I FINALLY remembered to ask her to take them for me yesterday. One day, I'll get pictures of the set I made Sara and Jeff, too. I meant to take them last week when we were at their house, but alas....I forgot again! lol

Angel's Blanket

I never promised to blog every day, but I am trying to keep track of all my projects on here. This one was a very quick one, but as you can see, Angel likes it! Well, you CAN'T see her head, as that's the part she likes under cover! Sometimes, she gets her whole body under cover, but more often than not, this is what we see when she's all covered up. Outside the cage, you see the fragments of her rawhide bones. She loves those things. We have to take them away from her eventually, because she will chew on them til they are so small she chokes on them.

Now that all the gifts have been distributed, I can post pictures of the projects I've been working on the last week or 2. Shannon had brought me a couple of "taggies" she had started for baby Eli, but when their sewing machine quit, she asked me if I'd finish them for her. I had hers done before I came up with the idea to embroider a name on one of the tags, but I made this one for Hadley, who belongs to one of Sara's friends who has become my friend, too.






Of course, any good grandma/mom knows you cannot take something to a new baby and not give a gift to the older children if they are still small, so I made these 2 aprons for Anna and Emma so they wouldn't feel left out when I took Baby Eli the things I had done for him.







Just before Christmas, David mentioned to me it would be nice to have a pair of flannel pj pants to wear around the house. They are much warmer than the shorts he was wearing. Joann's had flannel on sale last week, so I picked up a piece of this and made these for him. I think he likes them! That store didn't have a very big selection of flannel(or anything else, since they are moving and the store was pretty bare!).




Shannon had also picked up this quilt kit, but decided it was a bit more than she felt comfortable trying to do herself(not to mention the fact they no longer had a sewing machine!). It turned out really cute. It is flannel, cotton and minkie(I think that's what they call the green fuzzy border with the dots). The backing is flannel and the directions didn't call for any batting, therefore, it went together super fast for me.





And here are the 2 taggies Shannon started and I finished. She bought the patchwork fabric at Joann's, and added the ribbon tags and had the backing already pinned on. All I really had to do was the sewing. They are adorable. I just wish I'd have thought to do his name on one like I did Hadleys....Oh well, his diaper stacker has his name!




Some one mentioned to me that the diaper stacker didn't look very "baby"....but believe me, she picked perfect fabrics to match the bedding she has for him! It has fawns in that dark brown, and grass in a couple of shades of green. I was going to try to do a fawn, but decided his name would be easier!

A very close friend of the family had a baby on January 4th. When she had her first baby over 6 years ago, I had made her a diaper stacker and curtains. Well, she brought me the diaper stacker and some fabric and asked me to make another one for the new baby.

Well, 2011 went by without a single blog post! I had just about decided to give it up, but since my 2012 New Years Resolution is to spend LESS time online and MORE time in the sewing room, I've been urged to journal my accomplishments here! Not sure my internet connection is good enough to post pictures today(I'm not at home), but will try. So far this year, I've completed 8 projects, and that's AFTER I cleaned and organized my work area. Still have a bit to do in that department, but I was itching to sew, so I have been BUSY! First, here's my workspace.


I bought myself a 19" tv for the room. I'm loving having it. I do not have satellite in there for a couple of reasons. 1) I don't want the cost of another receiver because I feel that even with the hundreds of channels we get, sometimes, there's still NOTHING worth watching, but even more, 2) I don't want the box in there taking up space! I have local channels from the antennae and stream Netflix thru my Roku box. That's plenty of channels and things to watch.

Here is a view taken with my wide angle/fisheye lens.

WOW!! I can't believe I've ignored my blog for almost 3 months. Gee, I've been really really bad. But also, really really busy. Today, I finally finished Grace's birthday gifts. I had most of them done, but finished the last 2 today. Well, maybe. If I can find some fringe between now and Saturday, I'm going to add fringe to the bottom of the pink top. I just think it needs it. I tried to buy some today, but the store I went to didn't have any. Hoping I can find some at TMD tomorrow, or else I may make a quick trip to Marshfield tomorrow evening when I get off work. Their WM still has a fabric dept. The pictures are of the 5 dress up outfits I'm giving Grace for her birthday. The pink and cream colored tops and the skirt and pants are interchangeable.

A Week at Grandma and Papa's
Part 1

Our week started off with my parents, niece and nephew stopping at Washington State park, up by Sara's where we joined them when I got off work on Saturday. Caleb and Grace really enjoyed Jimmy's toys....especially the masks.....

Here is Ironman Grace!

Red Power Ranger Caleb

Ironman Caleb, whose face is about to big for the mask!

They also loved the Incredible Hulk fists. They were almost as big as Grace!

They really liked it when Cousin Dani pushed them on the swings.

Sunday Morning, Caleb offered to change Grace's diaper for us.....But Grace said NO... He pulled her pj bottoms off and she tried to put them right back on!

She loved it when Papa rubbed her head.

And as soon as the camera came out, so did the ham!

Jeff looks like his head is about to pop. I think we figured the weight of the 4 kids to be about 150+ lbs, then add Jeff's weight.....he actually did this a couple of times! As you can tell, the kids were loving it

She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini!

"Why are you interrupting our work?"

We wrapped up the day with a call from Mommy and Daddy.

As soon as she was done talking to her mommy and daddy, she raised her shirt up, laid on this pillow and told Papa, "back", meaning to resume the back rub. She had to throw in a "cheese" when she saw the camera!

And we had one extremely tired little boy.

Tuesday, they stayed with Papa while I went to my quilt guild meeting. Since Papa had to be at work early the next morning, I went to see if they wanted to go with me to take Grandma Bonnie back to the campsite. Of course, they both said yes, so I told them to get their shoes on. Gracie says, "Ok", and these are the shoes she put on and told me she was ready to go!

So far, we are having a great time together! Wednesday nights plans include a slumber party with all 4 kids and me! Mark is going to stay in Lebanon. We are going to make pallets on the living room floor and play wii, watch movies and eat popcorn.

Grandbabies.... some one recently pointed out to me that I hadn't posted any pictures of the kids on here lately. So, ML, these are for you!!(and anyone else who wants to look at them)
The first part of May, we took Caleb and Grace to Eureka Springs, Arkansas for a weekend. We all 4 had a great time. On Saturday morning, we went to the Old Time Photo place and had a group picture taken. We had copies made for Sara and Helen for Mothers Day. The bottom 2 pictures were taken at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge It is a wonderful place that does a lot of good for big cats that need a good home.