Proud day!

Last night we attended #2's high school graduation!

It wasn't easy finding a white dress and white shoes this time of year.




#3 sings in the high school chorus and participated in the ceremony.
I love the tux, and also even with her 3 inch heels he towers over her.
It was a beautiful spring-like day - 70 degrees!
A great day all in all

Another Pip done!

I'm in love with this one, I can't stop looking at it. I used Stephanie's tutorial www.loftcreations.blogspot.com , which I would recommend to anyone wanting to try their hand at dresden plates.

Odds and Ends

A couple of months ago Nanette www.fredashive.blogspot.com showed some calendar tea towels she purchased from Spoonflower www.spoonflower.com . Spoonflower is a local company that I love and when I saw Nanette's tea towels, I borrowed her idea. I'm really happy with these, I think I may need to do this every year, and who knows, maybe I'll even design my own one day





I've been busy making some hst's for Margaret's Hope Chest www.margaretshopechest.com
I used a new to me method for this and I love it. Jennifer shared it on her fantastic blog www.thatgirlthatquilt.com . (November 15, 2011 It's so simple just sew 2 squares together the same size, 1/4 inch all the way around and then cut on the diagonal in half, twice. There may be a lot more pinwheel quilts in my future!











It's been a very warm winter here, so much so in fact some of my summer flowers are still blooming. We've only had a couple of frosts and when we did I brought the flowers I had in pots in the garage. They are still going strong!




The weather has been so warm that my daffodils are confused

















I won a really neat giveaway from my of my long time blog friends, Amanda www.scrandasmusings.blogspot.com , a gift certificate from The Quilt Show. www.thequiltshow.com . I'm really excited about this. I can't wait to watch the videos, I know I'll get a lot of instruction and inspiration, thanks so much Amanda!


I won a giveaway from Jennifer who lives not too far away.
www.stitchanything.blogspot.com



She also sent this darling plaque, which I'm going to hang in my sewing room of course!



Thank you Jennifer!

Another pipster!

I'm finally getting around to quilting this. I put it aside for the holidays, and now I'm ready to work on something a little bright and springy!

Finished!

I'm excited because I finally finished this quilt. It took me 2 weeks start to finish. It's part of my goal to do one project at a time, instead of jumping around and ending up with ufo's.


Here is it on my son's bed, I used Connecting Threads fabrics http://www.connectingthreads.com/collections/Jubilee_Garden_Quilting_Fabrics__L128.html.com they go really well with his room.


The Backing and the binding! I got this backing for only $3.56 a yard!


It's a dreary rainy day and I was trying to find a good spot to take a picture, Jinx insisted on following me and getting in every one.

I'm joining in on Stephanie's Projects in Progress. Here's the first thing I'm working on.


This is a quilt for my son's bed, he's needed a new one for a long time. I had it put together a few months ago and then realized that he's grown so much I'd better add a border. I feel like it's a wrestling match getting this one quilted through my sewing machine. It's big and heavy! I'm hoping to finish it by the weekend.

I feel good starting out the New Year with 2 finishes!!
One is this ufo, it was supposed to be a baby gift a while back (code for more than 1 year) for someone who was due to be having a boy, but ended up having a girl. I put it on my ufo pile and thought it would be a good one to finish and donate.



My second finish is the from the Tis The Season stitch-a-long www.stitch-a-long.blogspot.com earlier this year.
When I had hurt my back, my stitching time was limited, but I finally finished it, I may leave my Christmas decorations up for a couple more days, just so I can enjoy this little quilt.