MANDY'S BABY QUILT...PART TWO

PART TWO OF BABY QUILT....















AM MAKING SOME PROGRESS ON MANDY'S BABY QUILT. FIRST I HAD TO WASH ALL THE FABRICS, BECAUSE IT'S A BABY QUILT AND IT PROBABLY WILL BE WASHED ALOT, SO DIDN'T WANT THE COLORS TO BLEED. THEN IRONING!!! I DON'T WHAT MY WASHING MACHINE DOES WHEN I WASH FABRICS, BUT I SWEAR IT SORT OF EATS THEM! HONESTLY, AFTER I PUT THEM IN THE DRYER, WELL THEY COME OUT ALL SHRIVELED! NOW I KNOW I SHOULD HAVE USED THE TRICK OF SAFETY PINNING THE ENDS (ONE END OF ONE PIECE OF FABRIC TO IT'S END), BUT I WANTED THIS PROCESS TO GO FAST....SO SPENT LOTS OF TIME IRONING!!!!

NOW THAT THAT'S DONE, ON TO CUTTING. FIRST MADE THE CIRCLES, THEN STARTED CUTTING OUT THE TRIANGLES FOR PINWHEELS.

NEXT ATTEMPT THE OFF WHITE FABRICS INTO TRIANGLES AND RECTANGLES - THAT WILL BE TODAY. MY GOAL IS TO START PIECING BY TONIGHT... SO HERE IS WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR....


ALSO, SOME PICS OF COOPER WITH SOME OF HIS "NEW" TOYS, SINCE HE HAS DESTROYED ALL TOYS GIVEN TO HIM AT CHRISTMAS. SO WHILE I HAD MY CAMERA OUT HAD TO TAKE PICS OF OUR LOVELY FRIGID SNOW COVERED STREET AND THE VIEW FROM MY KITCHEN WINDOW.... C O L D!!!! RIGHT NOW WE ARE 10 BELOW ZERO, THE TEMP AND WINDCHILL IS 20 SOMETHING BELOW...VERY, VERY, C O L D!!!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, KATE HOME FROM WORK PLAYING WITH COOPER (ONCE THE CAMERA IS OUT, EVERYTHING IS GAME)!!!

ENJOY,

STAY WARM AND SAFE,

MARY

MANDY'S BABY QUILT...PART ONE

YESTERDAY WENT TO THIMBLES, MY LOCAL QUILT STORE AND BOUGHT FABRIC FOR THE PATTERN I AM USING FOR NIECE'S QUILT. THE PATTERN IS BY FIG TREE (I JUST LOVE FIG TREE PATTERNS AND FABRICS)! MY NIECE TOLD ME SHE WANTED BROWNS AND CREAMS, BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT SHE IS HAVING AND THE PATTERN IN THE ROOM ARE CIRCLES. SO...I FOUND THIS PATTERN BY FIG TREE. I HOPE SHE WILL LIKE IT. THE THREE CREAM WAY IN THE BACKGROUND ARE FOR THE BLOCK SETTINGS. I DIDN'T WANT TO ADD BLUE/PINK SO I WENT WITH A RICH RUST AND AQUA, A LITTLE GREEN TOO! EVERYONE AT THE QUILT STORE THOUGHT THE COMBO WAS GOOD, SO AM GOING WITH IT.

SO TODAY, SATURDAY, I AM WASHING ALL THE BROWN LIKE FABRIC, SO IT WON'T RUN WHEN SHE WASHES IT AND THEN WILL START THE PROCESS OF CUTTING!! THIS QUILT HAS TO BE DONE BY JAN 29TH, SO WILL POST PROBABLY DAILY ON IT'S PROGRESSION!

WISH ME LUCK AND SAY A PRAYER!!

HUGS,

MARY

MANDY IS A VERY SPECIAL NIECE...SHE WAS MY FLOWER GIRL 29 YRS AGO FOR OUR WEDDING!!! NOW SHE IS MARRIED AND HAVING A BABY...WOW, WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

BLACKHAWS VS. FLAMES, JAN 09

OKAY, I KNOW, I KNOW I SHOULD BE SEWING AND ADDING PICTURES OF WHAT I AM WORKING ON....BUT CAN'T HELP THIS, WENT TO THE BLACKHAWK GAME LAST NIGHT (DID I MENTION WE ARE "HUGE" FANS), WELL, WE ARE, AND GUESS WHAT, I TOOK SOME PICTURES...THE GAME WAS AT THE UNITED CENTER IN CHICAGO. I TOOK SOME PICTURES OF THE STANDS BECAUSE THERE WERE OVER 21,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. WE JUST HAD THE TWO GIRLS WITH US, AS SON WAS WORKING. OLDEST BROUGHT HER BOYFRIEND (WHO IS LIKE ANOTHER SON TO US - THEY HAVE BEEN DATING FOR 6 YEARS), HOT DOGS WERE GREAT (NO KETCHUP ON MINE!!) AND FRIES ARE TO DIE FOR! THEN IT IS ON TO PHASE TWO WHICH ARE ICE CREAM CONES! NICE WAY TO END THE HOLIDAY SEASON AROUND HERE...EVERYONE IS OFF TO SCHOOL AND WORK TODAY. IT'S JUST COOPER AND I!!

ON THE SEWING MATTERS...BY JAN 29TH I HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER BABY QUILT! HUBBY'S NIECE IS HAVING A BABY AND DUE DATE WAS MOVED UP, SOOOOOO SHOWER IS JAN 29TH AND I HAVEN'T EVEN BEGUN...OH MY!!! WILL HAVE TO GET OFF COMPUTER AND START SEWING, WISH ME LUCK! JUST FOUND A PATTERN YESTERDAY,

LOTS OF HUGS,

MARY

GIVE AWAY...

PAT AT http://alittleofthisandalittleofpat.blogspot.com is having a give away...hurry up to join, she will be picking a name Jan 15th!! You still have time, Hugs, Mary

CHRISTMAS EVE, 2008

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! SANTA CAME CHRISTMAS EVE TO MY HOUSE...HERE ARE SOME PICTURES! EVERYONE LOVED THEIR PRESENTS, SOME MADE SOME BOUGHT...COOPER WORE HIS JINGLE BELL COLLAR AND LOVED TO VISIT WITH HIS COUSIN "IZZY" WHO AS YOU SEE IN THE PICTURES MUST BE HELD AT ALL TIMES OTHRWISE COOPER THINKS SHE IS A TOY AND TRIES TO POUNCE ON HER...SISTERS, MOM, HUBBY'S, NEICES, NEPHEWS, GIRLFRIEND, BOYFRIEND, EVERYONE CAME AND STAYED LATE....WAS REALLY A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS! I AM REALLY, REALLY, BLESSED! ENJOY!!

HUGS,

MARY

DECEMBER 25, 2008

JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY BLESSED & MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!!!!

LOT OF CHRISTMASY HUGS,

MARY