Off the Frame…

…and on the frame!

I made this quilt a couple of years ago (yeah, yeah, old story!). I have decided to play a little and use different thread colors and quilting motifs.

Buddy enjoys consulting with me on the quilting.  His input is very important!

Below is a quilt I am making with my beginning quilting class.  It is a little retro but it teaches a lot of piecing fundamentals.  I think I will be quilting it on my Bernina and the walking foot. 

It is a little more red than I had planned but I really do like the simplicity. There is no big print to “pop” but oh well…

Diane

P.S. Don’t you love this font? It reminds me of my days in 3rd grade, teaching cursive!

And Another One Bites the Dust

Diane

Happy Birthday Buddy!

No cake pictures this year-just Buddy enjoying his day!

I Decided On…

…this one!

By the way, how do you plan quilts? Do you have one of those fancy notebooks? Do you keep a journal?  Or do you do this?

I have pieces of paper like this all over the place!

P.S. Buddy says hi!

I Have Had a Very Hard Day!

(By the way, Buddy brought the elephant with him-we did not put it there!)

Christmas is Coming….

Buddy does not like to get his picture taken.  It is that or I just take lousy pictures… But we love him so much we just keep trying!

We were holding cheese to get him to look up!

Busted!

The other night I could not sleep so I came downstairs at about 3:00 am.  Surprisingly, Buddy was not sleeping in his chair.  That is because he was in my spare bedroom!

(I left a couple things on the bed…he was able to adapt)

A Dog’s Life

He has the best life in the world! So why does he always look so sad? By the way, he is sitting in HIS chair!

A Dog’s Life

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Alternate Title:  We Are Officially Over the   Edge!

Tomorrow is Buddy’s 2nd birthday so we had a little party for him.  Lauren got him a cake.  He also got a new bone and squeak toy.

Of course, we couldn’t forget Rush!

How do YOU celebrate family birthdays?

Title, Please

I read so many wonderful blogs and the one question I have is, how do you come up with such interesting and provocative titles for your posts? I spend more time on that sometimes than the post itself.

I started work this week. Even though I see my grandson often, I had forgotten what a group of 4, 5, and 6 year-olds can be like. They are full of questions, insights, and concerns about the world around them. We have 11 children in the a.m. and 19 in the p.m. I have really enjoyed my time with them and I work with a wonderful group of adults. I can honestly say, I like my job!

I have had to adjust my schedule and I am trying to be productive. I get up, get my husband to work, shower and dress, take the dog for a walk (more on him later), pick up the house, figure out dinner, maybe some time to sew and then off to work. Coming home at 6 p.m. is tough, so far I have been exhausted. This can be my time for hand work-my second block from Leanne's house arrived 2 weeks ago and I haven't even touched it. I am almost finished with a sewing bag that I have been working on.

And then there is Buddy. Last week was tough on him. My husband worked 6 days in a row (we are talking about 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. each day) and Lauren and I were both out of the house ALOT. He had a couple accidents this weekend and was very hyper. His misses us all terribly when we are gone-especially my husband. Hopefully this week he will be better- my DH won't be gone so many hours. Don't worry- Buddy got extra loving this weekend. By the way, check out his paws- Do you think he is going to be big??






And, here is a picture of a purse I completed. Not one of my favorites but it is done.


Next time, I will share some of my latest purchases. Come back and visit!

Another Sunday

No pictures today. Just an update. Adrienne was home this weekend and she kindly "volunteered" (read 'was talked into') helping me sort and clean up my fabric closet. This is actually good for her because I sent her home with some fabric, a few knitting UFO's for her to turn into something new, pattern and fabrics to make aprons and my serger. When I was sewing for my daughters it was constantly in use. I have not used it in the last 5 or 6 years. So now I know that it will be used again.

I cleaned out 2 LARGE garbage bags of fabric and about 50 various sewing magazines and gave it all to my good friend Betty. She loves to make scrap quilts and does wonders with orphan blocks. As it happens we were all invited to her daughter's house for lunch today so was happy and I was happy because
a: I did not have to cook today
b: I had a good time with good friends
c: All that fabric went to a good home
d: My closet is much cleaner
I have to resist the urge to go out and replace all the missing fabric. I am trying very hard to use fabric I already have and to only buy fabric for specific projects. I am going to try very hard to stop buying for a while because the closet is really not that empty.

As for other news around the homestead, Buddy the new puppy is growing by leaps and bounds. I have taught him to sit but if anyone has hints on how to control his chewing, PLEASE let me know.

Puppy Love

We love our Buddy. he is lovable, playful, and sleeps without complaining in his crate. He is growing every day! However...It has been a very long time since we have had a puppy in our home. The cat is close to a nervous breakdown(although he has shown great restraint!) He really has had no accidents because WE are trained to get him outside to do his business. He loves to chew-I think he has more toys than my daughters did growing up! And he has learned to use his crate to climb onto the kitchen table if we are not in the kitchen (and sometimes when we are). But just like every baby, he is just adorable when he is sleeping.