Ryan's quilt

It is my Great Nephew's first Birthday in April, and I am pretty pleased with myself to have started on his gift already! We had this great fabric in the store that came with a panel of aphabet letters for applique. I thought that I could kill two birds with one stone and make this quilt for little Ryan, and then lend it to my sister so that she can use it as a sample in her store. I love to piece quilts, however I usually stop when it comes time to do the machine quilting. I have to start somewhere so I figured that I would give it a try on this quilt.

White Christmas!

How beautiful is that! What a wonderful Christmas gift to wake up to. So calm, and quiet, and so nice to look at through our livingroom window as we were opening gifts, in the morning. We had even MORE snow after that photo was taken.

An anniversary of sorts

Today Darren and I start our 18th year together. I was 17 when I met him, so I have officially been with him longer than I haven't been with him.... If that makes any sense.

Decorate.....and Destroy!

Just one of our silly holiday traditions. We call it "Decorate... and Destroy" As the name describes we decorate the the annual gingerbread house, take a token picture for the scrapbook..... then start digging in. What can I say...."I live with boys"

Cheese and Crackers

I finally finished this quilt top. It is a triple irish chain pattern, but with a great pieced border that I absolutely love. I really should have written down the amount of time that I spent working on it. At 83" x 83" ..... it was ALOT of time.

She can knit in the round!

I took a two part class this past week to learn knitting in the round and here is the result! A very simple design, but I like how the variegation in the yarn gives it stripes. Now all I want to do is knit hats! This one will be a Christmas gift for me mom.

Rememberance Day

The eleventh hour of the eleveth day of the eleventh month. This marks the signing of the armastice on November 11, 1918, to signal the end of World War One. It is at this time of the year that we wear a red poppy in memory of those who sacrificed thier lives for us during times of war

Lest We Forget