We are on the way to Albuquerque to spend Christmas Eve and day with my youngest daughter's family and my youngest son.
We are just north of Santa Fe. Aren't the mountains beautiful?
Showing posts with label son. Show all posts
Showing posts with label son. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Quilting Away on a Baby Quilt Gift
Here you can see a close up of the hand quilting that I am doing. I am almost done with it. I will post a picture of it when it is finished.
I have to work on this to get it done before my daughter comes on the 9th so I can fold it up and put it away. Don't want my little granddaughter getting into it. But, I also still have to make that little mattress and pillow for the Baby Doll Cradle for my granddaughter. Hope it all gets done in time.
Meanwhile any other projects or UFO's that I have, including the string basket weave quilt, is on the sideline until after my daughter leaves.
I just heard from my youngest son and he said he will be here when the oldest daughter comes from California! YAY! Now, if we could only get the youngest daughter to bring her little family also, then we could almost have a complete family reunion. What fun!
My youngest son wants to rework the roof on the new storage shed we are building. We had a severe hailstorm and it ripped up the roofing paper that had just been laid the week before. That has to be replaced before we can put the propanel aluminum shingles. Maybe my son-in-law will help a little while they are here. My husband is not physically able to help anymore since his stroke.
Meanwhile, Keep on Quilting!
Aveli
Saturday, July 13, 2013
A visit from our Youngest
This past week our youngest son has been visiting us while he was on vacation from work. What a treat!
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Taking a Break
My youngest son came to visit for three days! YAY!
He got here yesterday. Even though we live in the same state, we don't get to see each other very often. So, a visit from him is so very special; as is all visits from my children and grandchildren.
Since he is here and won't leave until Tuesday afternoon, I will be taking a break from quilting. I will add another post on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning when I will get back to quilting. At that time, I hope to take a break from my string basket weave quilt and finish the baby quilt that I am making for the neighbor's granddaughter.
He got here yesterday. Even though we live in the same state, we don't get to see each other very often. So, a visit from him is so very special; as is all visits from my children and grandchildren.
Since he is here and won't leave until Tuesday afternoon, I will be taking a break from quilting. I will add another post on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning when I will get back to quilting. At that time, I hope to take a break from my string basket weave quilt and finish the baby quilt that I am making for the neighbor's granddaughter.
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