Summertime!

Cam and Jax 9 1/2 months old

They are so happy the sun is shining! So am I!

Kelly

Brrrrrrr and a Giveaway!

Jaxon and Cameron 5 months old

It's finally freezing here and we might be getting a big snowstorm this weekend! This picture warms my heart. Look how much they have grown! They are the sweetest little boys. Cameron looks very much like my son and Jaxon looks like his mom's side of the family.

They are big boys now, sitting in their highchairs and eating food. It was fun to watch their faces as they tasted the food. I tried to get some more pictures but they are at the age where they don't hold still so they were all blurry! Colin and Jenny are doing a great job as parents of twins. The boys have been sleeping.through.the.night.for.2months.now! Lots of high 5's for them!

While everyone else is hitting the store for milk, bread and eggs, I am at my local quilt shop making sure I have projects to get me through the next couple of days. This adorable fabric was at The Quilt Block and even though I don't have a little girl in mind, I just could not resist!

It is a panel and has a sorts of fun things to make. Lil Red also has a hood (red of course).

A doll quilt! I love this, complete with a backing fabric. So if you are local, go to the Quilt Block and get yours now before it is gone (610-363-0404). I think they would send it to you to if you live far away.

They have some pretty cute companion fabric too!

I also spied this that will work great with my giant hexagon project.

The Legend of Zelda quilt is coming along. All the blocks are complete and now I have to add the surrounding fabric.

I want to finish it up so I can get back to some other projects. I very seldom just work on one project from start to finish (oh what a surprise!)

Next up is our annual Penn Oaks Getaway. I need to get some projects ready for that too.

I will giveaway one panel of this adorable fabric. Tell me what is your favorite thing to do during a snowstorm. Do you also hit up the quilt store? I will pick a name next Wednesday, January 27th. Please be sure I have your email or you will not be eligible to win. Good Luck!

Giveaway is now closed!

Kelly

Miscellaneous Day Tutorial

Jaxon and Cameron

I just love this picture! The are 2 months old already! Thanks to everyone who asks about them and wants to see pictures! I am happy to oblige!

While I was perusing the blogs I read, I saw this grocery tote on the blog Occasional Piece.
It recommends to use a heavy weight canvas for durability and french seams to keep the fraying in check. I love how it turned out but am not sure I will use it for groceries....

I used one of my labels to make it mine!

I came across this Judy Martin's Ultimate Point Trimmer in a drawer the other day and thought this could be a good tool to use. Now I consider myself a pretty experienced sewer but I can not figure out (even with the directions and the Youtube video) how to work it. Any tips? I just know this could help my piecing....

I got a bunch of emails asking me how to make the blocks for the runner I showed the other day. They are super simple so I will do a quick tutorial. First cut a square from the light fabric. The size is up to you and you do not need to make it a perfect square.  In this example it is on the small side, maybe 6". The runner I made used 10" squares just to give you a reference. The larger your square the more the light fabric will show. Gather 4 strips of various widths. As you can see above they are not even totally straight, not a problem.

Sew a strip on the right side and trim even with the block.

Continue sewing on a strip moving to the right and trimming the ends.

It should look like this. Notice nothing is perfect or even.

Cut it down the center....be brave and skip the ruler.

Cut it again horizontally.

Next turn each block so the the greens are in the center and the light fabric is on the outside corners.

Like this.

Move them around.....

until you find a layout that you like. Sew them together without worrying about anything matching!
I really do not like that light green dot...

So here is a completed block. After you sew it together you will have to square it up. It helps if you start with all the lights being about the same size, 10", 12" etc. When you cut them up they will be different but the squaring up will make them pretty close to the same size. I waited until all the blocks were made and squared up the smallest block first and used that measurement to determine the rest.

As you can see mine are all different.

This quilt is the same pattern but made with about 6" light squares to start.
This is a fun "No Rules" pattern but does take some time to get it to fit together. Have fun and give it a try. Send me a picture if you make something with the pattern I would love to see it!

Kelly

Indulge Me?

Finnegan, Jaxon and Cameron

I have gotten many emails from people who have wanted to see some pictures of the babies. So here are all 3 of the babies! Finn is almost 5 1/2 months, Jaxon and Cameron are almost 2 weeks old.
I am so happy the 3 of them will be little buddies!
I love their little chicken legs next to Finn's little chunky legs!

Kelly

Jaxon and Cameron

Jaxon and Cameron

Congratulations, Colin and Jenny!
Here are the newest member of our family, born yesterday afternoon. Jaxon John is the oldest and he weighed in at 6 lbs 11 oz, and Cameron Robert weighed in also at 6 lbs 11 oz. That's a lot of baby!
I love how it looks like they are holding hands and whispering to each other. A grandmother can have her daydreams!

Cameron being a good little boy while his brother gets a bath.

Jenny's mom Bonnie holding Cameron, one of her first two grandchildren. She is going to be a wonderful grandma!

Jaxon after his bath in the warming bassinet to get his temperature up.
So far they look very much alike except for the hair. Jaxon has a lot of it!

Cameron, Colin and Bob

Three generations! Cameron's middle name is Robert after my husband. Jaxon's is John after Jenny's dad, I just love that idea.

I only got to hold Cameron yesterday, so today I am going back to hold both at the same time!

Kelly