Happy Mother's Day~

Here's a sneek peak at a project I'm working on....
Have a Great day!

Just Books...

A few weeks ago while in Amish country I found a couple of books new to me. Let the Good Times Roll by Heather Mulder Peterson...I LOVE Heather's patterns...she's certainly got talent.

























Piece of Pie by Pie Plate Patterns.




I am really 'in' to layer cake patterns. I pushed some buttons last night and I have a new layer cake coming from Fat Quarter Shop! I love that they have all the newest pre-cuts before everyone else....just LOVE.IT.

I picked up Small Blocks, Stunning Quilts at Jo-Ann's....I want a small tumbler template now so I can cut 6578 tumblers for a quilt I'm making...no really that's how many pieces there are.

p.s. I won't be loading my pics to the left anymore..I'm not suave enough to figure out how to get my text to show up in the correct area...stickin' to the middle from now on!

terrific tuesday!

Recently, my wedding ring made a trip to my local jeweler. Originally, my ring was the engagement/diamond part and then the back band was the 'wedding' band. My husband always said that I could have my other half of my ring customized at our 10 year anniversary. This July is 10 years for us. The 'front' band was added and small diamonds on the side. There are purple amethysts in the original engagement band. My husband designed this himself. The amethysts are because my favorite color was purple. It need to be wearable while I work too. Thus far in 10 years I have only torn a couple of latex gloves with it. In addition to having my ring back, when I arrived home and grabbed the mail....I had a BIG surprise....Heather's new book Stop, Drop and Roll. Can I say awesome? I mean awesome...thanks Heather!!!!

the dragon

One of my great purchases at IKEA last weekend was this gorgeous table. I simply love it. I decided to put it at the top of our stairs in an area that had nothing before. A couple of night ago my 2 year was getting to bed and she started to cry. That's normal, she doesn't like to go to bed. But then she said "Dragon". Huh? "Dragon" as she's pointing to her door. I looked and could see nothing. I told her there is no dragon, go to sleep. She sat up, 'Dragon", I layed her down, and this continued for a few minutes. Up and down. Finally, I looked over in the dark and realized she could see my new table in the hall way....I thought "there is no way that is the dragon". But I got up...moved it to the middle of the hallway to see what would happen. Sure enough, she layed her head down and went to sleep. It WAS the dragon....needless to say, I've moved the dragon for 3 nights now...so basically I need to find a different place for the "dragon"

Friday..

I spent my Friday relaxing..... mostly. I feel lucky today. I was able to get a manicure and pedicure and come home and sew for 2 hours. It's a luxury for one of those and today I was able to do both! whoa...
I pushed some buttons again at Hancock's of Paducah. I couldn't resist the pre-cut sale and Sultry by Basic Grey. I bought a layer cake. The fabrics arrived yesterday afternoon. I cut out the blocks late last night and pieced them all today. A bit more assembly is needed but I am really digging these fabrics. I like this pattern for these type of fabric lines with a mix of large florals and smaller prints. I think it showcases the large prints well. Update *** the pattern is called Lady Fingers by Cozy Quilt Designs.This little blue one is one of the last from the Baby Fats book. It has the most pieces...I kept procrastinating. Now it can be quilted.

And look what I found tonight? I little vandal.

Here she is digging through my thread and look she's even used one spool as a vase for an IKEA artificial flower.

I can barely keep up with her.