It's a Party!!! Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday dear Wilbur, happy birthday to you!!! Today, Wilbur is 2 years old!! So, we had him a birthday party.













Charlotte checked out the table....















everyone wore hats.......





















































and ate cake and ice cream....























and a party isn't a party without presents....



















Charlotte even helped check out the gifts too....

















Wilbur made sure he cleaned up the floor too....


















of course he left his plate in the hallway



















Wilbur wasn't overly thrilled with the balloon on his back so we got rid of it.....












The puppies also ate doggie cookies that were in their goody bags.....



















All full of cake and cookies and ice cream and completely exhausted....I think Wilbur had a good birthday!!

Quilt Supervisor

Well, there is nothing quite like trying to take pictures of quilts and having your official supervisor/inspector insisting on being in the picture too....














Guess Spunky wanted to make sure that the quilt was worthy to be photographed...probably not...he's just nosey and wanted to check out what I had in the floor...















this is the smallest of the 3 santa panel quilts I've done...my brother received the largest one for Christmas...because he's the biggest...lol...

Digging through the stash

There comes a time in every quilters life where you can no longer justify spending anymore money on new fabrics...

this comes right about the time that you can no longer find a place to put any new fabrics if you bought them anyway...

when you can no longer add any new furniture to hide your fabric stash in and all of your hiding places have started to burst out the seams....











sooooooooooooo.......

you decide to make quilts for someone else....
anyone else...

lots of people and lots of quilts....

I decided to cull my brights and cut 5-1/2" blocks to make quilts for Project Linus...

so far I have ironed fabric and cut 5-1/2" strips for the quilts...







the gratification comes when some of the fabrics are finally used up...WOOHOO!!!!

once I get these done and finish quilting the stack that is in the chair....

then I can start on some other new quilts....la la la la la la....stay tuned.....

More Pins

I've really enjoyed making the little pins. The clay is always fun to play with and being able to incorporate it with fabric and beads (have I said how much I love beads???) is just too cool...




I think this coffee mug one might just be my favorite....














these are the last of the pictures retrieved off of the dead camera....I used ribbon which already had the beads on it for the gold swirl....



















the coffee mugs are just too cool...
















I love the face and included a frosted clear bead in each eye for light....she might need more beads though???



















Diva will definetely need to have more beads added but I'm not sure which ones yet....




















this is the mug one I wore at Christmas...the bow is making me crazy with going flat so I think I'm going to BEAD it into submission...




















the face is a really cool clay piece and I love how fun it looks with the bright and colorful beads...I was also able to incorporate some of my flower beads into it....

Battle for the Socks

After Christmas and before the kids went back to school and Doug went back to work was spent going through clothes that the boys (and Doug) had outgrown or worn out. The clothes were easy to distribute and pack up for the oldest grandson to grow into.

But what to do with the socks that had been stretched out or had holes in them????? Well they make wonderful pup toys if you stuff them into one another and tie knots in them for the pups to grab and pull on.

Wilbur and Charlotte got into a tug-of-war.....

















Charlotte's persistance won her the sock prize....

















which she quickly devoured and shredded into pieces.....well at least she was entertained for awhile!!!

Joyce's House

Joyce came and stole Judy, Margaret & I away to look at her new house...okay, it's the property where her new house is going to be built








....can you say waterfront property, and might I add gorgeous view....and huge lot and just plain wonderful?!?!?!? I know she is anxious to get started and who can blame her






...it's a devine piece of property and the view is well...you look for yourself and see it....it sure wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to live there!!

Here's a picture of Judy, Margaret and Joyce....see Joyce beam!!

Maybe Joyce will put in a huge rec room where we can have retreat there

....hhmmmm how to make her see how fun that would be

....and make it her idea

...chuckle chuckle.....

Busy Bees at Hickory Knob

Hickory Knob is definetely a place to socialize, help one another and manage to get our own stuff done too...and eat...we like to eat....a lot...you'll have to take my word for that I will not show pictures of any of us eating...These are some of the last of the pictures I was able to take before the camera went completely psycho on me

....Betsy and her two sided quilt













...Connie and Rachel being very cooperative for the camera lady












....Connie, Rachel, Linda & Bonnie in quilting frenzy mode









...Margaret, Patty & Bettyann cheezing it up for me...thanks ladies for all the fun we had!!!

Quilt Guild goes to Hickory Knob State Park

I could not believe how long it has been since I last blogged!! Believe me it wasn't because I was at a loss for words...as my family (and most friends) will attest to.

No it was a much simpler reason...my camera broke and I was too depressed to blog the pictures I did have...actually the truth is that I have been too stinkin busy to really have time.....and the camera broke (really).

Our quilt guild made their annual trek to Hickory Knob State Park in McCormick, SC. It's not too far from home but far enough that the cellphones are sporadic at best (except for those Verizon members...gotta love them in an emergency).

Thankfully some of us haven't upgraded to them (like me)....lots o more peace and quiet that way...heehee!!


Doug and the boys are not crazy about HK...they say it is a 'girly girl' camp...if that means that there are cabins with real beds, kitchens, dining room table, living room with tv and huge window view, indoor bathroom with shower and tub....DARN RIGHT it is!!! AND we are grateful for it thank you very much!!!

Is it not enough we clean up after their messes, etc. we should have a girly girl camp to go to....it's a break from the normal stuff we have to do....we share dish & kitchen clean-up, food prep, everyone cleans up after themselves....you know, all the stuff you DON'T get at home....yep, a 'girly girl' camp is the ticket for me and for my cohorts.


I've even included a picture here of one of the cats at camp...just like home..... Here are some pictures of the wonderful view from the rooms we were sewing in...2 big rooms lined with tables, sewing machines, cutting mats and a butt ton of fabrics. Women in complete frenzy of sewing, cutting and ironing and trying on for those who were making sweatshirt jackets.

All in all I managed to finish binding 2 of the Christmas quilts for next year (yeah, I'm just so on top of things here...heehee), a wall hanging that I just finished handsewing the binding on at bee tonight, Punky Doodle Corners - a Primitive Pieces by Lynda design and the pieced back from leftovers to match.

I was so excited that I managed to finish the punky doodles that I spent this past weekend whipping out the quilt made from Christmas fabrics I got at Jeff's Sewing & Vacuum for 1/2 price...I just love a deal!! The best part is that they don't really look like Christmas fabrics either except for the back which is holly leaves to match. This is going to be my official Hickory Knob quilt (all the girls have one that they take and put on their beds).

I hope this will be a trend to start and finish as many quilts as possible (preferably from my stash) this year....my mom has reminded me that she doesn't have a quilt of her own...Actually the little wall hanging is a quilt mom! And she has other things I've made for her...but for some reason, even at my age, mom guilt works....will it never end?!?!?....lol...

The pictures of the quilts are compliments of Margaret, she has loaned me her old camera to take the pics with....I am officially saved....thought I would just curl up and die without my digital....thank you Scalett for saving me!!!!