A Good Little Party

My mother and step-dad celebrated their birthdays last week. Jim on the 19th and my mother on the 23rd. To honor them, my sister cooked a lovely spaghetti dinner. We gathered together and enjoyed each other's company and had a good time.

There were decorations. (Windows colors, perhaps? HA!)

We ate declicious food.

Danielle lit the candles on the birthday cake.

Mom and Jim made a wish and blew out the candles.

We presented gifts.

They liked them.

My gramma used to always say after we'd have a little gathering like this, "That was a good little party!"

And it was.

Postage Stamp Quilt Update

Well, I have to say: This has been a much bigger project than I thought it would be before I started. I knew I wanted a postage stamp quilt....and I knew that I wanted lots of different fabrics for that perfectly scrappy look I love....there are 76 different fabrics used...so far. It took me two days of cutting with my rotary cutter and straight edge.

I decided on how big I needed my quilt. Then did the math to figure out how many squares I needed. I came up with 1,444 squares. I went ahead and cut 1500 to make sure that if I needed to, I could change them out. And with the squares leftover, I plan to make a toss pillow to co-ordinate. As I cut out the fabrics, I diligently marked them on this sheet of paper. I was soooo happy to finally reach ZERO! The stacks of fabrics reminded me of poker chips!

I laid out all the stacks of different fabrics and started sewing them together in random fashion in groups of two. Then put them into a basket. Once all the squares were paired, I put them into 38 stacks of nineteen groups of twos. WOW! My neck and back were really starting to feel tense by this point.

38 stacks of nineteen two's......and a whole lotta coffee!

There's my Q-Man....hiding behind the strips that hung in the window. Do you see him?

I really kinda liked this shot. It shows all the fun, bright, cheerful colors. I think I'll really be happy with this quilt!

Comforts Handmade

I love this quilt! It was one of my first "big quilt projects." It's a lap quilt or a snuggle quilt, but I love that it is a star quilt and I love that it is so bright and colorful. It was made to become a Halloween "decoration" of sorts. I wash it and fold it up and tuck it away at the end of each Halloween...to make it all that more special. I think this is one of the things I can't wait to see when we pull out all that black and orange stuff.

My KaitieBug is happy to have it. :) She is never far from her cellular device...see it there in her hand? It almost looks like she'd just received a new text message as I snapped this picture of her with MY cellular device!

1, 2, 5!

This is Quincy's favorite game! I think he likes the sound of the "gems" falling into the wooden cups of the board. Or maybe it's the feel of the "gems" in his little hands? Those are the things I like when playing this game with him.

Saturday's Five

I live in a beuatiful place
Sonic ice is THE BEST ice!
United States Postal Service...delivering treasures to my friends
Got my first rating and it was a FIVE ... WITH a heart, thankyouverymuch!
Quilting. I really do love it! It is extremely gratifying.

Fiesta Quilt

I started the Fiesta Quilt yesterday. It is intended to be a gift for my aunt for her 60th birthday this month.

Fabric selection for the quilt top. I love the bright, happy colors.

The plans called for a sunflower batik...i saw this paisley and couldn't pass it up!

I picked this out, but it won't go into the quilt.

Quilt room helper?

I LOVE old stuff! These were my last purchase at an antiques sale and shop. The one jar is filled with Rob's late grandmother's button collection.

Moses plays Peek-a-boo!