A Man And His Dog

 Last day of March....I truly believed it was going to go out like a lion....a couple of days ago we had unbelievable winds and blowing snow.....but it's to be a beautiful sunny day for the next few days which can melt ALL the snow!!!!  

This dog....she really does smile....and when she is looking into her daddy's eyes, she is in love!  (ignore Hubby's chins....it's a family thing! 😆😆)

And two of my babies.....staring out the window at the birds:

FaceTimed this goof last night!  😍:

This little man is three months old already!!!!!!!!!  Oh he is so squishable!!!!  :

More projects getting done:

An oldie

This is a new one....Kim sent me a pattern I had to try:

Another oldie!:

An ancient one!  Kim worked her magic on the quilting....the binding got done a couple of days ago:

Made these for the grandkids to fill for Easter...the extra one is for Son2 girlfriends little girl.....did that make sense?  They are super easy to do!!:

I did my first Zoom class last Friday and this was the project.  A Cheri pattern of course!  I am doing another the end of April:

Busy weekend coming up!!!!!!  I have lots to do today and am sitting in my pjs!  Must get moving.....Happy Easter to all!  I hope you are having some sort of celebration!!

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Wonderful Visitors!

Good Morning!!!!!  The sun is coming around the trees and it's to be a gorgeous day and even nicer weekend!!!!  Melt snow, melt!!!!  We are sheltered in here so we still have a bit in the yard/trees.  I know I am rushing it but I am very much ready for Spring to arrive!!!!!  

I finished this top last week!!!!!!  A ton of work but I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!  I'm off to the quilt shop today to look for backing so I can ship it off to my BFF Kim to work her magic!!!!!!! 

This little dude turned one on Wednesday!  Gosh, time flies as I remember vividly the night he was born.....he's such a happy boy!  He and his sister are coming tomorrow for the night and I can't wait!!!!

It's been a busy week for company.  Son2 and his girlfriend Courtney (whom we met for the first time) came last weekend so too did Daughters1 & 2, Lyla, Brody and Ryan.  Full house but wonderful!!!!!  The Calgary peeps left Saturday and Son2 and gf left Sunday. 

Son2s hair was so long Daughter2 was braiding it!  😆

We had our own birthday celebration for Brody....do you think he likes chocolate cake?  😋

 Then on Monday Jenna decided her and the boys needed a break from the house so they came down from the north and spent a couple of days!!!  Here's my Captain America!!!:

This is only the second time I've seen and cuddled this guy and he had changed so much!!!!  💗

Jude gets here and immediately sets up his "arcade".  He turns that lamp on if the arcade is open....what a kid!!!!

I can now post pics of this pincushion I made for Kim for her birthday.  I really enjoyed making it for her and she loved it!!  I make it so it's attached with Velcro and it can be changed out if necessary.

I'm heading to BeaverCreek soon for backings and ?????  😁  I made a baby quilt with tumbler blocks and need a nice fuzzy backing for it so I can get it done.  I will quilt that one myself.  I also have another project or two I'd like to find fabric for...........I am going against my "no buy" rule for the year!!!!!!!!! I just feel the "need"!!!!!!  hahahaha!

I joined a swap in one of my Facebook groups and I showed the project I sent to my swap partner a couple of posts ago.  Well, this is the one I received from her and I LOVE it!!!!!!!!  It is hanging in our livingroom so I can admire it every day and as usual, the picture does not do it justice.  I am always nervous about joining these things....I feel pressure to have to make something but then when it's done and sent I worry about whether or not the recipient will like it!!!  

Well off I go to prepare for the day.....quilt shop and groceries!  

Enjoy this Fri-yay!!!!!  👍😃😎

 

March Came In Like A Lamb

Happy March!  Can you believe it????  To think our world was almost normal last year at this time.....now it's gone to H-E-double hockey sticks in a hand basket!  Will we ever see normal again?????  I'm not holding my breath.

Anyway, let's focus on the good in life!  My Dad finally got to meet his newest great grandson a couple of weeks ago.  Son2 also got to meet his new nephew and his oldest nephew was soooooo excited to see him (and the dog was happy too....Son2 was her first dad.😁)  Son2 lived with them since before Jude was born....they were best buddies but now Son2 moved north and they don't see each other often.  

Here Master Joey is at 2 months old the end of February:

Squeezable!!!!  😍😘

I've been spending time in my sewing area......I had finished these houses awhile ago.....an OLD UFO (BOM from Fat Quarter Shop when we lived in High River!)  LOVE anything Kim Diehl so it was great finishing the blocks.....but there aren't just plain borders on this thing.

These are the pieces that make up the borders.  There are 72 pieced strips in each stack!

Stars go in the corners.

This is what I have left to do!  I hope to get at it today and tomorrow.

I have company coming for the weekend so it will cut into my sewing time 😆 and alot of stuff to get done before then so we will see how far I get in the next couple of days.

You know how one thing leads to another??????  We got a double bed for the "kids" room and I had a three drawer chest of drawers in there but it was too big once the bed was set up.....it's a small room!  

In my sewing area I had my fat quarters in two, three drawer plastic units that were hard to pull out and get to everything with the weight of the fabric so I thought this other piece would be sturdier.......but three (bigger) drawers to fit 6 drawers worth of stuff!  Sooooooooo after purging ALOT I got it all in!

General fat quarters:

Batiks on the left, homespuns on the right (homespun yardage in the middle):

Collections/bundles:

I am not a fan of batiks but I have half a drawer full of fat quarters and this yardage!!!!!  (there was more added after this pic was taken!) What was I thinking???? That pastel piece was bought when Daughter1 was small (she is now almost 28!).

That re-organization took me a LONG time!!! But it always feels good to get things more functional and downsized.  

The sun is shining this morning and it's to be quite warm for a bit.  Melt snow melt!!  March came in like a lamb for sure...........I hope it forgets the lion at the end of the month!!!  

Off to get my cleaning done then to town for some groceries!