Dancing shoes

Tell me you dont love a good shoe show. Di changed her shoes for different music she was playing. Brooks and Dunne for the leopard boots and Ruby slippers for Jim Morrison. We had a great time. The only problem is the time goes by to fast.

This weekend

Went to visit Sonny and Di this weekend and had a great time. Sonny had made turkey and dressing and all the fixins for Friday night. Saturday morning he fixed his famous fried taters, bacon, and gravy. Yummy. After breakfast on Sat. we had Bloody Marys made with homemade V8 juice that Sonny and Di make. OMG. How did we get so lucky. Really a fun time.

Abby dabby doo

Since Daddy and Uncle Jerry are big Illini fans I made Abby a sweater for next year. I think she is going to be soooo cute in the hat with her curly blonde hair. She is Aunt Candy's big girl.

Spring rosebud quilt

This is a quilt I quilted for Lisa's mom. It is called spring rosebuds and I think it is a very pretty pattern. I did hearts and feathers for the quilting and just went crazy.

Tif's quilt is done

I finished hand sewing the binding last night. We left the middle unquilted so when the baby comes I can put her name and birth date in the middle. I loved doodling the quilting.

Tif and I put the baby quilt in the frame

Sunday I called Tiffany to see if she wanted to come over and help me put the baby quilt in the frame. We had it done in half the time that it takes me by myself. I dont know why I was so surprised at what good help she was. I mean really, the girl can hunt and butcher her own deer she is amazing. After we were done putting the quilt in the frame we picked out what quilt thread to use and I showed her how to quilt. She was not aware that I controlled the quilting. I guess she thought I pushed a button and the machine did it all for me. Anyone who knows me should know something that fun I want to do myself. LOL

Last Saturday Tif and I went shopping.

About a week ago Tif and I took off the Anna shopping. We were on the hunt for material to make her nursery set. We had good luck finding the right colors and she especially likes the butterfly fabric cause it sparkles.

Fun stuff

Also in the package I sent off on Saturday was some smaller projects I had been making. Some of these were really fun to try. Like the checkbook cover, card case and the petal purses. All in all it was fun projects and hopefully money will be coming back my way.

bunny hanging

I just sent this quilt hanging off saturday. It had quite a bit of detail work with making the tails out of pompoms and adding ribbon to the neck. You cant see it in the photo but there is a lot of added features to the bunnies themselves. I thought it turned out pretty good. The colors were not what I would have chosen, but the customer is always right.LOL

Let it snow

On Monday morning we woke up to lots of snow. It was so pretty and I got to enjoy it from the comfort of my living room all day.

Lisa's visit

Levi had an interview and SIU on Saturday so Lisa and I made plans for them to come visit us Saturday night. We had a great time and RedDog did an amazing job cooking as usual. I couldnt believe how much we all had in common and how easily the conversations flowed. Way fun weekend

Hanging out on the back porch with Koda

The winter weather missed us so we had the opportunity to sit on the porch to grill out steaks and play with Koda and his new ball he got for Christmas

Pretty sky

Sitting on the back porch the sky is beautiful.

Busy quilting

I finally got my Bernina sewing machine back after 3 months at the repair shop. While I was up north Lisa's mom sent this wall hanging to be quilted. So I got busy quilting. I think it turned out really good and I am proud of my quilting.