Summer is here and I have made a huge change...

 I am no longer a working woman.  I am a homemaker again and so excited!!!!

  I have so much to do:

Organize and clean a house that needs a lot of TLC- so many projects to work on...

Lots of quilting, reading, writing, crochet, walking, hiking, bike riding,

And...

Train and love my 10 month old baby...

and my almost 2 year old

My son will be moving out again soon and my daughter will be moving in.  He's planning on joining the National Guard.  She will be home after earning her master's degree and deciding where to go from there.  You can imagine the boxes everywhere with all that moving in and out and my moving things home from my office at work...

First home improvement project- my  husband's handywork not mine...

All doorknobs went from that cheap old brass to the nice levers and it makes a big difference!

And, despite an injured wrist, I was able to complete a gift for this weekend...

I also started on a kit that I purchased a few months ago.  Making changes as I usually do.  Mostly trying to decide which color combo I like for the strip blocks.  My husband likes the purple but not the yellow.  I like the yellow and pink of course...The pattern had black in the middle but I don't like it at all.  

happy stitching!

A recent finish for a graduate

 I completed a quilt for a graduate recently.  It was a challenge as I have been so busy and my house is a mess!

The graduate requested purple, red, and pink.  Oh, and by the way, it needs to be masculine...

I was afraid but I actually love how it turned out.  I didn't get to see him open it so I just have to hope that he loved it!  

My husband is behind there, standing on our outdoor coffee table so it is a long quilt.

Here is the back- I had no idea it would look like flowers...

Up close...

You can see it is tie dye circles.  A lovely and fun backing.  I was in a hurry so it got a simple label and a machine binding- most of my quilts do now-days.  

I took off work today because my wrist is killing me- a hold over from a tumble I took when my dog tripped me on our walk almost 2 weeks ago- combined with inventory of the library, it is not feeling good.  My lip, which I was sure was ruined forever, has healed nicely and is still only slightly numb.  I am lucky to have my two front teeth solidly in their regular place.  

Love this monster to death- and he might just be the death of me...

Happy Sewing!

Sewing time!

 

It has been pretty busy around here lately with no sign of slowing down any time soon.  This morning I did some cleaning and ironing and then decided to steal some sewing time.  This is a  Leaders & Enders project that I decided needed to become a top finally- just random squares of scraps- mostly from Harry Potter fabrics.  I have it mostly stitched into rows and now will just need to join them.  It will be a nice lap size quilt.  

This is a lovely pattern I found on the Free Spirit Fabrics website.  It is called "Woodland Dreaming".  

I love the fabrics!  However, I have sworn to use my stash so I am creating this pattern with a very different look...

Here is what I have so far- try to ignore my fabric and WIPs in the back ground!  Very little progress was made today, the rest is from a couple of weeks ago at least.  I still have 2 more sections to create and some applique to do before the top will be finished.  

I am very happy with how it is turning out.  I think it will be a beautiful use of all my batiks, which I rarely use because they actually aren't really my preferred look even though they make lovely quilts.  Some of these batiks also belonged to my mother and I think she would love to see them in this quilt.  

Happy Saturday Sewing!