And Then Comes the Favorite Part

Just a couple posts ago, I mentioned my least favorite part of quilting.  And I DO hate squaring up quilts. But, really, I LOVE so much about quilting.  The excitement of choosing fabrics and patterns, the satisfaction in cutting and piecing together the colorful bits of fabric, the  joy in seeing the first block completed [...]

Didn’t I promise a picture of a finished quilt?

Well, how about pictures of 2 newly-finished quilts instead? And an oldie but goodie — and what’s that I see?? YES, an Honorable Mention award!!!  YAY!  SO excited to win a ribbon at the Austin Area Quilt Guild Show & Sale.  I’ll admit that I was also disappointed with Julia’s flower quilt *not* getting a [...]

Reminder: Austin Quilt Show this weekend!

I know I’ve mentioned it a couple times in passing, but just wanted to make sure my local readers COME to the Austin Area Quilt Guild Show & Sale!  It is going on now, and I truly enjoyed going to it today, and I’m sure I’ll be back this weekend before it closes! “Changing Gears” [...]

A Plea for Help

There is a little girl I know of who is Julia’s age.  We hang with the same Mom’s group.   Her name is Reagan: Isn’t she just adorable? She was born a happy and healthy little girl and then slowly started missing developmental milestones.  Her parents took her from doctor to doctor searching for answers, [...]

My Least Favorite Part

All quilters have one part of quilting that they really just don’t like.  At least, that’s what I keep telling myself!  (I doubt that it is ever the fabric shopping though…) My least favorite part of the whole process is squaring up the quilt. Just look at how scary it is!  There you have an [...]

Kindergarten

2 weeks ago, Elena started Kindergarten.  ON her 5th birthday. I actually teared up more when I heard she’d be starting Kindergarten on her birthday than I did on the First Day of School.  Dropping her off was so…anticlimatic! Little girls in a big world. Elena chose her outfit for the first school day, just [...]

More Teasers

I have a TON of things that I need to blog, but let me just announce here to anyone that hasn’t been within earshot of me in the last two weeks: Kindergarten is kicking my butt! I am SO tired!  It would seem that I would have *more* time on my hands what with one [...]