[ twin quilts ]

I rarely say this, so take it for what it's worth, but I love this boy quilt. The blues, the greens, the stripes, the frogs ! After I took these photos (yes in my bathroom....) I realized that I had a blooper on the cupcake quilt. Not a real blooper, but in the top right corner I saw that the two green polka dot squares were too close for my liking. That's what happens when you hurry.

I was hurrying because I wanted the quilts to get there by Friday, as in today.

I mentioned that it was one of Ryan's old troops having twins, he and his wife. She is due any minute and the c-section is scheduled for February 7th. Daddy is leaving tomorrow for a deployment. He is going to miss the birth of his two babies and at least the first 6 months.

Now you see why I was in a hurry ? UPS is scheduled to deliver the quilts today. I hope the gift brings even the smallest of smiles during such a difficult time.

Each quilt was a 48" square. The frog one had a green polka dot backing, and the cupcake had a purple backing. Each was quilted with the meander pattern.

The Farmhouse Bed

I have never built a piece of furniture in my life. My experience in woodworking is/was limited to the one semester of shop class that I took in high school. I think I made a birdhouse, or a box. Obviously nothing that left a lasting impression.

Until now.

Once I get an idea in my head, I have to do it, or at least attempt to do it. The Farmhouse bed was no exception. I found the plans from Knock off Wood. awhile ago and it got mentally filed away for future use. Gavin had a second hand bed that we bought, but it wasn't holding up to my expectations and that's when the light bulb went off above me head.

Build a bed and he shall sleep in it. ( Sometimes )

So we bought the wood, rented the saw and got busy. I hammered. I glued. I sanded. I painted. I stained and then I sat back and enjoyed my determination.

You are looking at a 100% solid wood twin size bed, completely built by myself and my husband. I built a bed. A BED ! How about that Mr. Shop Class teacher ! Ha !

The plans from Knock off Wood were very easy to read and understand. The bed went together in just two days ( we got a late start on day one ) then it took me an additional day to paint and stain, and one more day to assemble and stain the bed rails.

I built a bed !

frogs and cupcakes

One of Ryan's former troops is getting ready to have twins. A boy and a girl.

Frogs and cupcakes.

4" square quilt

I forgot about this one. I must need to start taking some ginko or something. This is a complete copy of the quilt I made last Spring, only this one is going to be twin size.

Any idea how many little 4" squares will be used to make this quilt ?

I will give you a little hint, it's a lot. I should start a pool as to how many the final tally will be.

a to z

I am not all that sure that this post is interesting, but I've got nothing else.

I found these ceramic bookend letters at Goodwill. $6.00. Horrible brown color. So I gave them a spray of primer and then a coat of paint. The resulting color wasn't the one I had in mind, but it reminds me of a stick of Winterfresh gum. Minty.

[ purple ]

Look what I found last week.

It's a skirt and I found it at Goodwill. The fabric jumped out at me mashed in between all the clothes and I dug it out.

It's a size 18, which is a little large for me. No bother, I didn't plan on wearing it anyway.

I am just going to attack it with my scissors and rotary cutter.

Purple is not on my list of comfortable colors. I like it plenty, I just can't seem to use it to my liking (although, my friend Jessica did this FABULOUS string quilt using purples, can I post a picture of your quilt Jess ? )

Purple. I like saying the word.

I like that this fabric/skirt has a touch of green and robin egg blue to offset the purple. I keep looking at it. I want to cut into it, I just don't know what to do with it yet.

Purple, purple, purple...

[ Christmas placemats ] a posting for Jessica !

Okay. I had this Christmas fabric, and I really, really like it, but I didn't feel like making another quilt. My solution ?

Christmas place mats. We aren't really a place mat kind of family, but I decided to through caution to the wind and got busy on my machine.

Look at my naughty four year old. At lunch today he kept trying to wipe his face on his place mat. " That big napkin, momma !" No Gavin.

One picture at my attempt to decorate my fireplace mantle. This one is just for Jessica, so she has something to read and stops yelling at me all the way from Maine...