Farmer's Wife QAL - I'm in!

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!

 

So I decided to jump in on the The Farmer's Wife Quilt-A-Long,

 it has been all over the blogs recently.
I got the book on Amazon and it arrived on Saturday.

I decided not to make my blocks in numerical order,

BUT I do have a little system.

I am choosing one block from each letter of the alphabet (from the index)

and will continue through as far as I decide to go.

These are my blocks so far.

Attic Windows

Big Dipper

Contrary Wife

 

My next block will be Duck and Ducklings.

They are challenging, but that is a good thing.
There are 111 total blocks in this book.
The flickr group has many, many more blocks to look at.

I have tons of Sunkissed fabric from my fat quarter bundle so I have chose those as my main fabrics.  I am adding some other fabrics from my stash to add some interest.

Anyone else out there that joined the Farmer's Wife QAL?



Kaleidoscope QAL 1st Block

Here is my first block for the quilt along.
I am really liking it!
This fabric is Denyse Schmidt's Picnics and Fairgrounds line.
I really like most of the prints,
 some I could do without but I am leaving those ones out of this quilt.

I am finding that the hardest part is bringing the fabrics together.

The flickr group has tons of great pictures.

More to come soon!



6

He is 6 now.

6!

How did that happen so quickly?!?

I stole an idea that I heard is from my uncle Duncan.

I heard he took a picture of his girls (my cousins)

on the morning of their birthday each year.

Is this true Auntie Sue?

So here are my 6 years of birthday morning pictures of my baby.

(1)

(2)

(3)

And yes, we still have that blankie.

(4)

(5)

(6)

And a big milestone of this year, the last day of kindergarten!

I think our next big one will be a missing tooth.

We are waiting!

Happy birthday, my sweet angel.

We love you to the sun and the moon and the stars and all the way back.



2 Years I have Been Blogging

It's been 2 years of blogging now.

I went back and read my first post. 

Wow has life changed in 2 years around here.

My oldest boy is turning 6 very soon and my little one is almost 4 1/2.

In my first post I talked about binkies, those days are long gone now.

My boys are now little fish jumping in the pool,

getting braver and braver by the day,

even venturing into the ocean to boogie board.

No training wheels,

running back and forth to friend's houses in the neighborhood.

A wiggly tooth and preschool will be behind us in less than a year.

They are my boys, my babies.

They drive me crazy but good crazy. 

They are friends, little one still calls his big brother "Bubbie".

I often wonder if he will call his big brother "Bub" when they are grown men.

I adore them, I truly do.

I am so grateful for this little spot on the internet to write all of this stuff down.

This bloggy year has also inspired me to read more.

I started seeing suggestions on other blogs about books to read.

I read on my iPhone, yes my iPhone.

People look at me like I am CRazY but I'm not, really I'm not.

I am reading my 30th book in the last year at the moment.

Previously I would only read magazines.

Now I am always reading on my phone.

I just finished Unbroken (link is on the left side) and it was an incredible book,

tough(emotionally) to read but absolutely amazing.

And of course I am still quilting, I love love love quilting.

I have joined many quilt along's this year.

Those are the best, especially seeing other bloggers' progress.

I just ordered The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt for the FWQAL and I need to start making the cuts for the Kaleidoscope QAL.

So much going on around here.

Happy Anniversary to my Blog!

More Embroidery

Another hoop for my wall!

Inspired by this image at The Purl Bee

And this pretty emboridery hoop I pinned on my pintrest.

I love it!

And Happy Father's Day to my Dad and The Husband!

A little embroidery

I have been loving embroidery again.

Especially since I have been on Pintrest.

Here are some of my recent ones.

I am hoping to make a big hoop art wall by my craft room.

I am sure my husband will be thrilled.

The tree on this one is from the Doodle Stitch Along

I added the fabric for the bunting and the circles.

This was my own drawing.

It is a patchwork quilt on a fence, one of my favorite things.

I cannot remember where I found the patterns for the last 2. 

I did these quite awhile ago.

These are in some vintage embroidery hoops from my Auntie Sue.

(If you find more I am happy to take them off your hands!!!)



This is a good summer project.

And there are some many more that I would love to make...

Like this one, and this one.



Spoonflower Swap

AnneMarie at Gen X Quilters is hosting a Spoonflower Swap.



What a great idea!
Click on the button to get all of the details and join in.


This is the perfect reason to order the kite fabric that
I designed for Project Selvage a couple of months ago.