Summer Projects

Just a few of the projects I have been working on this summer

This is a pattern I got from Moda Bake Shop

A great place to get ideas and free patterns for quilts and many other projects

The top is done and I will send this one out to be machine quilted

I would like to have some different designs done on it

probably use this one for Kennedy

It was fun to do and went together pretty quick

you do have to pay attention to your points when you put your blocks together

These little triangles around the edge are called Prairie Points

VERY time consuming!!!

but I think they make the quilt

This one took more time to cut out than it did to sew together

I love the Mayfly Bug ABC fabric - I had to "fussy" cut each letter out

tricky since they were not lined up in rows

I just need to get the backing and put it together - bind it in the red print

I will tie this one - it is for Kennedy

aren't these little guys just adorable?

 This one is for my mother-in-law, Sherrie

She celebrated her 70th birthday this weekend

we were trying to decide something from grandkids

I came up with this idea for a quilt/wall hanging

The kids each picked out their own material for their hand

we traced them and then I used heat bond and appliqued to the quilt

I also did a row of stitching around each hand called "echoing"

I have never done needle point but thought their names turned out pretty well

It was a really fun project to do

This is some new fabric I got in the mail last week

It is my new project for London

she has been asking for a new blanket

I have a great pattern that I have been wanting to do for her

This is the new Bohemian Festival line from Lila Tueller

The yellow and pink on the far left is something for me

not sure what I am going to do with it but I will find something

Busy sewing - something I do enjoy

what else can you do in Kansas 

when you leave for work at 7:20 and it 82 degrees out and you come home it is 100+

you go to bed at 10 PM and it is still 95 degrees - this is how it is for days on end

Keep Cool

Sew On

Two Things

 I love the remote

 I love french fries

Window

This is a common scene each morning while I am getting ready

I often wonder what these two are thinking

what is so intriguing outside in the neighbors yard

 I think they are talking about the girl next door

Phoebe - she is the new girl that moved in last summer

she is awfully cute and friendly

are they hoping to get a glimpse of her each morning

what is this?

it was a strange thing

last Saturday I was out picking a few things for Kennedy's birthday

bright sunny hot Kansas day with a few white fluffy clouds 

I was home a few minutes and heard ?? a loud clap of thunder??

could it be - or was it just a train

then showers - what?

it was raining - real rain - for about 30 minutes

London and I went out to find a rainbow since the sun was still shinning

what a beautiful summer shower

it felt so good to stand out in the rain

refreshing (even though it was still in the high 90's)

we had to play in it and enjoy it 

one

I can't believe our little baby is ONE!

time for a party

we kept it fairly simple and just had family over for dinner and cake

polk-a-dots was the theme

found these balloons at Party City

we also hung pink/green/blue paper lanterns from the ceiling

and I made a table cloth to match

I found her shirt on Etsy and made the skirt (same material as the table cloth)

I've got enough left over to make something for London

I didn't take many First Birthday photos

she has been teething and had a runny nose - I don't want a red nose in pictures

I thought I would take some later this week when she is feeling better

very intrigued with the balloons

I hear people coming

after some instruction from London

she got the hang of opening gifts

a lot of activity going on while getting the cake ready

I realized afterwards  -  all the pictures I took I had the cake in focus but not Kennedy

I guess my ADD was kicking in and I wasn't paying enough attention

(so much for learning about depth of field)

two helpers to blow out the candle

Russ wanted to let her dig into part of the cake

she really wasn't sure what to do at first

when she licked her fingers - she wasn't too impressed with the frosting

I think she had more fun just playing with it

It has been a great year with this little one

so glad God knew what our family needed to make it more complete

you have been such a blessing to us

thank you for all the joy you bring us each day

We love you more each day!

Happy First Birthday Kennedy

Dead? or Alive?

We have been having some very hot weather in Kansas

100 + for days at a time

it is really hard to keep flower pots and beds looking nice

watering twice a day is very common

a few of those who have not made it thus far . . .

those who have made it - my front flower beds are actually looking really good

it has been a learning process taking pictures of flowers

right time of day to get the best color and to take on a day it isn't windy

 for Amy J who loves daisies and is moving away this week

 our first official cucumber - who else has a cucumber plant in their front flower bed?

 my window boxes look great this year

I don't think they have ever looked so nice

Can't tell you what I did different this year compared to others

this probably my sweetest little flower

How are your flowers doing?

We will have to check back in one month to see how they are doing

not sure if there will be more on the dead or alive list