Happy 4th Birthday Logan John

Happy Birthday Logie Bear.

I can't believe you're 4 years old already.

One of your many favorite things to do when you visit is to paint.


....and make goofy faces for the camera. :-)

The other day you came to the carlot to visit. You and Grandpa

got to spend some special time together. Here you are looking

up car stuff on the computer.

Then you helped Grandpa wash your car. You love spraying the hose.

You had a great time and we were so happy you came to the carlot.

Helping your MOM

One time you put the hose down and it sprayed right in your face.

We laughed and laughed.

Helping Grandpa some more.

Grandpa and Logan

You are such a happy little boy. You love playing cars and

Geo Trax. You love going to Sunday School and Kings Kids.

We have so much fun playing with you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGIE BEAR.

September 9

We Love You.

Don't grow up too fast.

Good Morning

My New Favorite Morning Drink

1/2 cup 100% Orange Juice (no pulp)

3/4 cup Lite & Fit Vanilla Yogurt

2 ice cubes

Sometimes I add 2 fresh strawberries or a handfull of fresh blueberries.

But a warning with the blueberries. They don't blend really well and sometimes it looks like there's bugs in the glass. :-) The kids would love that. :-)

All blended together and put in a chilled glass.

MMMMMM

Delicious

The Fearless Foursome

Katie, Ty, Logan and Chloe all got to come a visit us one evening.

I bought 4 birdhouses and 2 paint sets at the dollar store and they had so much fun painting them. Katie loved the color red on this birdhouse.

Ty cheesing for the camera.

Logan choose blue.

Katie really concentrating.

Chloe painted hers mostly brown...lots of brown.

hmmm...what color should I use next.

I gotta paint inside the birdhouse too.

They all did a really good job. Love their artwork.

Loved how they concentrated on every inch of the birdhouse.

They came in and had a snack but for some reason they ended up in Grandpa's chair eating vanilla wafers with him.

We had a GREAT time together.

Quilt #7 with a story "How did that happen???" :-)

This is quilt #7. I've had the top finished for several months so it was time to sandwich it together, quilt and finish it. Here it is pinned and ready to quilt. I had already quilted a portion of it and was rolling it up to quilt the middle section when I felt something hard inside. I thought oh dear I rolled up the scissors but when I unrolled it there was nothing there. I starte feeling around and realized it was INSIDE the quilt and here are the pictures.

Hmmm......I wonder what it is????

I had to cut several stitches to get it out.

And there it is....an emory board.

HAHA just cracks me up....how did that get in there and how did I not notice it.

I did break a needle during quilting and thought....hmmm thats wierd cause I usually put in a new one when I start the quilting part. Now I know why. If you look closely you can tell that I stitched over it 4 times.

Love making my own binding and I love these colors.

Here's the back.

And here it is on the bed. This pattern (I forget what it's called.....I really should know stuff like that) you have 10 different fabrics , the square is the same fabric and the rectangle is different. and then put them in a bag and pick it out and sew as you go along so it doesn't have the same pattern. This is so hard for me cause I like things straight and matched so I sort of did it they way I was suppose to but them I switched some of the rectangles around so the same ones were'nt touching.

"Chocolate Dreams" all finished.

#4 Quilt for Baby Callie Grace

The original plan was that I would already be in Canada for the birth of the baby. But.....little Callie Grace had a different idea and decided to come early. I tried to change my ticket to get there to help out but it was going to be way to expensive so we decided to wait.

The best thing about waiting was that I got to go pick out the fabric for the baby quilt and this is what I got. I love it.

So girly.

Love this combination.

...the sandwiching...

...the binding...

I had enough fabric left over to make a diaper bag. I made the handles long enough to put it over your shoulder. This side has a large pocket to put other neccessary items.

This side looks like the quilt.

...and then I made a cute little bow for Callie's hair (when she gets more)

And her it is all packed and ready to go to Canada. I arrived when Callie was 9 days old. She was soooo cute and tiny too. (Look at first post on this blog) I will post photos of her with the quilt at a later post.

Love you Callie Grace

Quilt #6 "Mother's Flower Garden"

I love this fabric. It is so soft and pastely (if that's a word)


I almost didn't want to cut it because I loved it so much.

Some squares were nine patch squares and the bigger print flower was a single large square.

Sandwiching it together. I need more quilting pins. :-)

I did the free motion machine quilting. I love quilting like this and it's amazing how easy it is (once you get use to how to do it)

Sewing on the binding

opps...this is a little out of order. I made the binding out of all the scraps. I love this kind of binding and it doesn't waste fabric.

This is the back all quilted and finished. Love the crinkly look.

This one I made for my wonderful Mother. I was hesitant about making her one because she is such a talented quilter. But I really wanted to make her something special and she loved it.

I wanted to get a photo of it hanging out on the clothes line because she uses the clothes line. Mother lives in the farm house on a small farm. It's the house that I grew up in from 9 years old till I got married. Love this place....lot's of good memories.

Here it is on her bed. My Mother, my Mam-maw Bundon and my Mam-maw Walker are all fantastic quilters and I have quilts from all of them. I am so thankful for the women in my life and for the family God gave to me.

I love you Mother. Your quilt was made with lots of love.