Some wedding pictures!

Rob and Ali got married two whole weeks ago!  Time is already passing so quickly.  Their wedding was lovely in every way and the Lord provided us with a picture perfect day and night for the celebration.  They were so happy and still have that happy glow about them when we see them.  Here are the pictures Ali sent me from the photographer (he and his assistant are really artists!)

This is my favorite!  It's the old barn in my driveway!

Tap the one above to see how cute my Evelyn is with her big brother.

Don't they look camouflaged?  I love this one!

This is one that a friend took.  I think Ali was looking at us during this one.

Well, that's all we have for now!  I am so excited to see the rest.  I will see some of you tomorrow at Simple Sampler.  Hopefully I will have my block done. I did the cutting tonight, so will sew it after school tomorrow.   Only one week until summer vacation! What a great year it's been!

New sewing center and a new quilting project!

After my mom died in March, my dad and I talked about what to keep and what to donate. I wanted the sewing center my dad made for her a few years back, so now it is at my house.  The cabinet opens and there are nice drawers in there.  Very neat!

It has an extended table top which is nice and roomy.  I also have Mom's Bernina to use at classes which I am looking forward to this week.

Last month Kenny got me some new embroidery packs from the quilt store!  Today I started the quilt and it is really nice so far.  This will be a good summer quilting project.  Only a few weeks to go and I am off.  The year went by so fast.  Next time I hope to post some pictures from my son's wedding on June 6!  What a gorgeous wedding day they had.  It was a lovely wedding for two wonderful young people.  I love my daughter in law so much.  I hear from so many people that they don't get along with their in laws, so we are lucky.

Embroidered napkins for a wedding.

This week I embroidered 96 napkins for a wedding.  The couple wants to use them as place settings and favors, so each guest's name is on them!  How fun is that?  I might just steal that idea one day!

They are using three different fabrics which is very nice!  They are wrinkled because I boxed them before I did this post but you get the gist.  Love this idea!

Basket lattice quilt

I took a class last JUNE to make this quilt and left it in a box for almost a year!  It was very time consuming due to multiple pieces and unfinished seams throughout, so I just lost interest.  Then a few friends finished theirs and they were beautiful, so I took mine out last Friday and finished it just a few minutes ago.

The fabric is Dancin' in the Rain and I loved it from the first moment I saw it, even though I am generally not a batik person.  It's just so pretty.  I was going to give this as a wedding gift to a cute couple but my friends all said no!  I have to keep it! :) so I might.  I was thinking about a border with appliquéd umbrellas  and raindrops which I think would be pretty.  Or I might leave it alone and just quilt it.  Now that the hard part is done, borders will be easy.

Rob and Ali's wedding quilt (border blast by Thimbleberries) is quilted. Bridal shower favors almost done!

Here is the quilted product for Rob and Ali!  I am happy to have it back now.  I will bind it this week so I can give it to Ali at her shower this weekend.  Deb at Divine Quilting did a beautiful job on a very, very imperfect quilt top.  Must I remind you what a nightmare this top gave me?  Seams pulled apart, fabric frayed, sides became elongated, yada, yada, yada.  However, it looks gorgeous and not too many people will see the problems now that it's done.  I have to fix a few things with hand sewing and fray- check but I still do love it.

I made homemade trail mix for shower favors.  Rob saw them the other day and stole one!  He said he needs it for when he is between classes in college.  I have exactly the right amount now, so no one better show up if they didn't RSVP!  Hey, btw what's up with people not RSVPing anyway?  The girls doing the shower had so much trouble getting people to let them know if they were coming or not, but most of them were planning on coming!  Why not let people know right away?  Funny, right? I have been guilty of that too, but won't do it again.  

I also made homemade soap and put them in these bags with a scrubby.  What fun I had making the bags and the tags!  The top of the bag is a folded cupcake paper!  When I saw that on Pinterest, I knew I had to use that idea.

My dining room table is a hot mess right now, but it's all worth it to make Ali's day special for her.

Easter quilt using a fringe foot

This week I am finally getting started on this Easter quilt I got the patterns for a few years ago.  I am in a Stitchers Garden quilt BOM now and we used a fringe foot this month.  Of course I have to practice a lot so added a little poufy tail to my bunny before I use the foot on the Stitchers Garden block.

Then I added a little feathery tail to my little sassy chicken.  She's showing it off.

It's fun to add texture to the blocks and this is fun.  Can you believe that we are expecting more snow tonight?  Not too much but still!  I do enjoy a real winter though so I am not complaining.

More Valentines Pillows

Well, today was ANOTHER day off due to snow and ice!  We will have no spring break left at this rate.  On the other hand, I do enjoy being home and doing things that make me happy, like sewing and cooking.  OMG!  I just got a call saying that we are already on a two hour delay for tomorrow!  We are never going to get our units done before state testing!  Sorry...I digress!  Last week I was talking to Colleen at the quilt shop and she was talking about trapunto on the embroidery machine and how much she likes it.  I had been wanting to try it too, so here are some pillows with trapunto pictures.  See how puffy they look?  There is batting under the fabric and all that stitching makes it puff.

Kenny and the dogs spent a few minutes chilling out on the couch.  Kenny was noticing a spider on the ceiling, but we let him live.

This pillow reminds me of my puppy.  I had done the stitching in pink, but it was hard to see so I just stitched over it with tan.  I have two more ready to work on tomorrow night at sit and sew at PQ!

This was another piece of a chenille cutter I got years ago.  I used to go on ebay and buy pieces of chenille bedspreads (cutters because they are not in good shape as a whole, so the seller cuts the good pieces up and sells them) to make pillows, curtains and laundry bags.  I am out of these kinds of pieces now.