Stressing

My local quilt guild (Austin Area Quilt Guild) will be having their show in September (details here – Sept. 17-19), and I fully intend on entering some quilts, but totally stressed out about which ones! I would like to enter 3 simply because I can, but I don’t think I have 3 to enter. boo. [...]

Father’s Day dresses

Back when I had just one little girl, I styled Elena in one of her Daddy’s shirts and ties and his shoes and went to get her picture taken for Father’s Day.  To this day, it is one of my all-time-fave pics of Elena: Yes, Elena had straight hair until she was 2! Since that [...]

My Personal Challenge

NOTE: I started this blog post 2 weeks ago and wasn’t going to put it up until I had pictures of my waiting-to-be-done projects.  BUT, I haven’t gotten around to taking & uploading pictures, AND I’ve already finished 2 items off the list, so thought I better post it now! I really did well for [...]

A Bad Copy

That’s what my husband calls this quilt.  A bad bad copy. He doesn’t like it because he thinks it is too much like his Woogie, but not as good!  It is, after all, made with his woogie’s leftovers.  But it isn’t a ragged-edge quilt like his. Instead of a ragged edge quilt, I made a [...]

Just what is a Woogie anyway?

I have had forever written on this blog that “woogies” are quilts. And they are! At least in this household! But more specifically, we have The Woogie: It is my husband’s woogie. He so named it the woogie after the kid’s blanket in the movie Mr. Mom, although upon watching we determined that the blanket [...]

HisssssssssSNAKES!!!

This weekend, we had some slithery invaders into our yard… into our house… and into my daughters’ arms! On a slow Sunday afternoon, I decided to pull up this tutorial and have the girls help me out with making themselves some snakes.  They had a blast choosing the fabrics and sitting on my lap while [...]

Of Memorial Day and Cemeteries

We went to the Memorial Day ceremony at the Texas State Cemetery on Monday.  I have to admit that I think it is the first time *I* have ever been to a Memorial Day ceremony of any sort.  I think the girls now understand a bit about what the day is about, and know that [...]

Elena’s Ariel Nightdress

During a particularly boring-to-her trip to Joann’s, Elena spotted some Ariel fabric.  Feeling bad for her, I bought all that remained on the bolt – one whole yard.  (I know, I’m *so* generous!)  Ariel has always been Elena’s favorite princess.  For a good six months as a toddler she named herself Ariel and would often [...]

Spring to Finish 2010: My Final Wrap-Up

I was going to do several posts yesterday on the remainder of my projects from my Spring to Finish challenge, but decided not to waste *all* my posts on one day!  I don’t blog enough to do 4 posts in one day!  So you can expect blog posts in the near future on these remaining [...]