Baby Quilts

Cookie Monster Sesame Street 
Baby Quilt 
Quilt features Cookie Monster blocks alternated with solid teal blocks with a ¾ inch bright blue border and bound with a bright narrow multi-stripe fabric.

The backing is a bright multi-color fabric featuring buttons, stars, hearts and moons. Batting is low loft for a less bulky quilt.

A pillow with the pillowcase patchwork matching the quilt fabrics is included. The 
pillow is 7 1/2 X 12 inches. 
The quilt measures 31 ½ inches by 43 inches.

Cow Jumped Over The Moon Baby Quilt

This quilt would be perfect for any new bundle of joy. It has green, blue, gold and pink colors in it. The design is the cow jumped over the moon nursery rhyme with the coordinating backing fabric.

The binding is a medium blue using a Grandma's Garden fancy stitch for greater binding security. It is machine quilted around the outer edge with stitch in the ditch and diagonal stitch quilting all through the middle of the quilt. The quilt measures 34 inches by 43 inches.

"God's Gift to You" baby quilt

This brightly colored quilt features rainbows, clouds and stars with little people. The sayings written on it are wonderful . . . “Each day is God's gift to you, make it blossom and grow”, “Love makes the world go around” and “God is the light that fills you with love”.

I use low loft batting in my quilts. It has a beautiful blue background and is machine quilted with a scallop stitch. The binding is golden yellow fabric using briar design for a sturdier stitch.The backing is a blended blue with yellow and white stars. The quilt measures 31 inches by 44 inches.

She's not spoiled . . .

"The Pinup Girl"

“Crazy Daisy” (as DD calls her) is such a sweet lovable puppy. It is not possible not to spoil her. She loves everyone and they like her. She is very playful and EMPTYS her toybox on a regular basis.

We found this green doggie bag for when we travel and Daisy loves it. She will run fetch a toy and dive into the bag. She is getting used to it so she won't mind it when we travel with her. She rides really well, short and longer distances. We took her to Cross Plains shortly after we got her

She sleeps in her kennel at night and for now stays in it when we are out running errands. She is doing great with the house breaking but we want to wait before giving her free reign of the house.

She is cutting teeth and chewing on EVERYTHING! I found one of her baby teeth on the floor. She fetches while we are watching TV at night. She grabs the toy we threw, runs at top speed back to the couch, jumps up from the foot stool to the couch and bounces off the back, like it is home base and she has to touch it. Sure is funny to watch.

DD and I found this cute shirt for her. Actually we found two - can't remember what the other said. DD said this was the one she needs since HD is always saying that. Sure enough, he called me to let me know I forgot my meds and when I told him to get off my case, - he said "Bite Me" !

Also found a cute one for Christmas. It's a bit hard to read the text but says: "Naughty or Nice" !

She loves to snuggle with everyone.

. . . and it's all HER fault !

She did it - she got me started on cilantro. Now I've got  to have it - in my salads, on my sandwiches, casseroles, quesadillas, - everything!

Thanks, Rosario, I didn't know what I was missing before you introduced me to it.

My dear daughter-in-law for the last 22 years (as of last Saturday). I know this was a hard anniversary for you with Jay in Afghanistan but I know you will have many more wonderful years together. And you ARE an AWESOME Grandma!!

Love you.

Baby Shower for Brianna

My DD and I attended a baby shower for our 3rd great grandchild, due mid October. Jessica and Russ chose the beautiful name, Brianna, for her.

My daughter-in-law, Rosario, (the AWESOME Grandma) helped host the shower, along with Rosie (Jessica's Mom) and her sister, as well as family and friends.

I am very grateful that my DD drove us the 3 hours to Abilene in the rain. She is a very good driver and did well with the standard transmission after not driving anything but automatic for years. Hopefully I will be driving again soon - have not driven since knee surgery a month ago.

Of course we had to take a break from the rain on the way so we shopped for toy's for Daisy, our new chipin puppy.

The room where the shower was held, was beautifully decorated and many guests came with gifts and well wishes for this happy occasion.

We played games and winner in each received a prize. We guessed the count of cotton balls in two colors, jelly beans and bubble gum inside of large baby bottles.

We pulled clothes pins off a hanger using only one hand to see who could hold the most without dropping them -winner held 17 clothes pins in one hand !

We pulled off yarn to guess how much it would take to go around Jessica's tummy.

For people with weak stomachs, skip over the diaper picture!!

We guessed the kind of baby food in four jars but the worst were the diapers. Four diapers with candy bars smushed into them (gross looking), and we had to guess the kind of candy bars.

It was a lot of fun and looked like Jessica received a lot of nice baby gifts. We had to leave before she opened most of them so we would not be driving late into the night.

We wish the very best for Jessica, Russ and the new bundle of joy!

Weak or no signal

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I am so sick of seeing that on my TV screen. What was wrong with the OLD TV system that actually WORKED ? ?

You could get reception from 100 miles away but now you can't get it within 20 miles and heaven forbid if you have trees in the way or the weather changes.

Why can't the powers that be make sure it will work for everyone BEFORE they FORCE it down our throats. Not EVERYONE can afford cable!

Do I feel better now? NO, I don't - so much for the new season TV shows !

It's A GARAGE ! !

Finally, we got the garage cleaned out and my HD got his truck in there. It just barely does fit with the bumper into the front alcove but it does fit.

I love quilt shows - Trinity Valley

I really like seeing what other quilters do with the patterns, fabrics and designs for their quilts.  These pictures are just a very small portion of those displayed at the show. Very nice workmanship!

This one was colored using crayons.

This one is made with with selveges. Amazing. Waste not, want not.

Another using selvedge.