Finished in time!

Well I will be the first one to admit, but I did manage to finish Jared's wife's quilt a day early! It came together really fast and even though quilting it was a bugger, it went faster because it was a smaller quilt! 

I had Trav help me take pictures right before Jared came to get the quilt, so unfortunately the lighting is bad.

 The "special" spot that was needed.

 The back is fleece, which made it very hard to quilt.

 I didn't quilt on the jean stars because I thought it would be too thick.

I am told that Jared's wife loved it! Another job well done.

Doll Quilt Swap 12 (DQS12)

Well I was able to make it this time around! I am apart of the Doll Quilt Swap 12 over on flicker! I am so excited! I haven't been apart of one since DQS9! I loved it so much so I am thrilled to be apart of it again! 

So for my swap partner, I have created this little mosaic to show my interests and thinks that I LOVE! One thing, I LOVE the map mini quilt! I have been admiring it on pinterest and fell in love! So just a hint! 

1. DQS11 Package Received, 2. DQS11 received!, 3. "Love to Sew", 4. My DQS 11 Treasure!, 5. The matching angel pillows, 6. dream doll quilt, 7. fabric map in progress, 8. "Love the Beach", 9. You can call me Owl., 10. Charisma Quilt, 11. Hushabye Stars, 12. DQS9 Angel Quilt #2, 13. Sparklers 2, 14. Persian Garden, 15. X Rated Schnibbles Quilt, 16. Renaissance Garden 2, 17. IMG_548317, 18. Prairie Paisley quilst, 19. Basket Case Quilt, 20. DQS7 Finished 1, 21. Quilted, 22. Rainbow Half Square Triangles, 23. Pretty Little Wonky House WIP, 24. All Around the Town Quilt, 25. Tanner's Treeline

I can't wait to share my quilt that I will make for my future swap partner, I haven't found out who it is yet, but I can't wait to find out who it is and discover her/his likes and dislikes! 

Another Top Done

Well I was able to finish another quilt top! Remember when I was making some i spy 9 patch blocks? Well I had a 5 left over, so I decided to make another 7 so I could make a twin size quilt for the craft show in May. I ended up adding a strip for a border and I 'm rather pleased with the look.

 Now my stash of i spy blocks have been reduced severely, so I will be needing to host another i spy swap so I can gather more! So far Nathan and Kimball have an ispy quilt, so now I need to make one for Brandon and Nathan!

 After looking at the blocks, I decided it is kinda hard to see the different colored 9 patch blocks, so I labeled a few.

This shows the different blocks better, although I think in the future I will add some sort of border/sashing to the blocks in the future so you can tell a lot more. That is if I decided to make this type again, although I rather like it. Now I need to quilt and bind it!

Honey Do Lists

I know us wives always have honey do lists for our husbands and pray and nag to make sure they all get done. Well does any of your husbands give you honey do lists? Mine does! I guess it's fair game but still....
Trav was so kind to offer my serves to his friend and make him a quilt for his wife's birthday. Little did I know he needed it done within a week! And he wanted me to use some jeans that he had that his wife loved! So I performed magic (well okay maybe not magic but started working).

 The one good thing about this quilt is that it's not too big. Just a smaller lap quilt. so the blocks came together rather quickly. I was able to find some jean impression fabric that works great with it.

 It's also a rather heavy quilt too, I used fleece for the back of the quilt. But here it is laid out on the living room floor (excuse the toys) while I sprayed it. (I started using a spray basting can now instead of pins! I LOVE IT!)

What was so important about the jeans was this hole. She LOVED this little hole that grew as time went on. So it needed to be in the quilt. I put another layer of jean behind it so that if it continued to grow, it wouldn't tear a hole in the quilt.

Nathan's Finger Update **Gross Pictures Warning**

Well we went to the doctor for Nathan the other day to check out Nathan's poor little finger.....yeah it looks TERRIBLE! I was able to squeeze in a few shots because everyone has been asking me what it looks like! So BEWARE!!!

 His poor finger is so swollen! Then when we were unwrapping the bandage, it got stuck and we had to soak it off for awhile.

 This is the closet that I could get....the doctor couldn't even find the 2 stitches that were put in, so we will go back in another week to see if he can't find them again and to see if the swelling has gone down more and to make sure it's healing properly.

Nathan cried a little bit, but later when I asked him if it hurt he said it didn't. So I asked if he was just afraid and he said yes. So he was afraid of it hurting bad again. But since he was so brave and did well we got an ice cream cone afterwards!
I have prepared him to loose the entire finger nail, so last night when I was changing his bandage he asked if it had fallen off yet! My poor guy!

Family Picnic Quilt Progress

So most know of my different I Spy Swaps that I have hosted, well with those and other swaps that I have participate in, I decided that I needed to make an I Spy quilt. So I came up with a 9-patch block idea.

I took my 4" squares and sorted them by color and then sewed them into a 4 block set. Then took them and made a 9-patch with 2 of the different colored 4 block set.

When I asked Trav if he could see the pattern in the blocks, he said no,but then I pointed them out and then he got it.

Some blocks are more noticeable, but I am hoping that it will be fine.

 

Each block measures 21"x21"

Here is a stack of 30 blocks! I am planning on only using 25 blocks for the quilt, and I decided to use it as a picnic quilt! Something we can take with us all over to parks, camping, etc. 

So after the quilt is all put together, it should be approximately 103"x103". I think that will be big enough for a family of 5! 

With the left over blocks I am going to make either a twin or full size quilt with them. My Mom and Sister in Law are doing craft shows this year and has asked me if I want to sell any quilts there, so I am in the process of making some quilts. So I will be making another quilt like this for the craft show! Now the tricky thing, what do you sell quilts for? After you calculate what it cost for the materials, how much do you charge for the labor and then just in general? Any suggestions?

Worst Mother of the Year Award...

and it goes to.....ME!

So yesterday we were getting home from church and I am shutting the van sliding door behind the kids, I start shutting it to only slam the door on Nathan's poor hand! At first we just thought it was smashed a little but then after looking at it again, we noticed it bleeding....

So off runs Travis with Nate to the ER. Come to find out, Nathan chipped his bone, lost his finger nail, got 2 stitches and has a plastic thing between his skin and nail bed to allow his new nail to grow! Poor kid! He was screaming as they went to the ER, and I guess he was VERY brave when they gave him a shot to numb his finger, but when they were removing the nail he started to freak out again. The doctor was very nice and paticent with Nathan.

Two hours later, Trav gets Nathan a Happy Meal and he is much happier! He was happy for the rest of the day with only a little pain. The best part of it all is that he is 1)no longer in much pain and can EASILY handle the 6 hours between medicine and 2)he still loves his Mommy to death!

We have no pictures of him in the ER, Trav didn't think of it until later, but I think it is for the best, it was gross and bloody! But I do have a picture of his little cast finger.

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