Another Doll Quilt

I know most of the time little doll quilts are just made to hang on the wall, but these little ones are actually for my grand babies to use.  I hope they get completely worn out!

I can't believe I finally completed two of them.  I'm thinking they might be addictive.  I only have one more to make for each of the girls to have one, then maybe I'll try making one to hang.  I hope this one and the next one get as much love as the previous one I made.  The baby has almost given up her blankie and has taken to carrying it with her everywhere.  

 It seems like this one fits the dolly nicely.

Handmade Gifts for Christmas Could be a Possibility

There is only one drawback to having a large family, at least in my book, and that is the fact that it is almost impossible to finish a handmade gift for everyone by Christmas, especially if you are a procrastinator!   Here is a peek at the beginning of what may be Christmas gifts, but could very well end up being birthday gifts instead. 

If that ends up being the case I probably should have started in order of birth months, which, of course, I did not.  (sigh)

I guess that's all the more incentive to get on the ball....ummm....yeah, right after I decorate and clean the house, make goodies for all the Christmas parties, and do the rest of my shopping.   Oh, yeah!  I got this,  really I do.

Girl's Getaway and Quilts

I had a wonderful girl's getaway with at my sister-in-law's this past weekend. Our plan was to cut out and sew a quilt top. She, and our friend, who I call Jae in blogland, and I all used the same pattern and different fabrics and each made a quilt top. Our niece was supposed to get to come too, but work kept her away, and we missed her greatly.

Our tops all looked so different. Fabric choices really make a difference. Looking at my top now I wish I had used some white or solid to break up the design a little and give more weight to the fabrics individually. However, I still love it, maybe because it's my first quilt from a pattern, but also because of the vintage looking fabrics. It so reminds me of the quilts I grew up sleeping under at home, and the ones I slept under at both of my grandparent's houses.

We took some little side trips to break up our sewing time. We first attempted to tour the Georgia governor's mansion, but very important guest prevented any tours from being given that day. We were a little disappointed, but went on to our next scheduled stop, lunch. We ate lunch at the Swan House on Thursday. It was a lovely place with great food, and they brought us the most wonderful mousse like dessert shaped like a swan. I probably shouldn't confess to this, but in lieu of the governor's mansion we headed to the Salvation Army store. Maybe not as tastefully decorated, but still a whole lot of fun.

We went into wild quilting mode on Friday, and it was really exciting to me seeing all of the different quilts come together.

Saturday we took a break from sewing and went to lunch at Cloie's. A darling gift shop where the most wonderful lunch was catered for us. Us consisting of Lucy, Jae, one of Lucy's daughter-in-laws and myself. Our plates were piled with fresh fruit, chicken salad, pimento and cheese, pasta salad, potato salad, ham and cheese croissants, homemade pickles

and pickled asparagus, some of us also had potato soup. The punch was excellent, and dessert was... well, the lemon cake was one of the best I've ever tasted, and the homemade banana split ice cream was over the top! We had to go somewhere and

walk it all off.

So, I finagled a trip to IKEA, because you could spend all day in that store every day for a week and still not see everything, and I was looking for some chairs to go with a kid's table recently purchased at an auction. No luck on the chairs, but I didn't leave empty handed.

It was a great trip, except for the car trouble coming home. I won't wast time describing that little scene. I enjoyed lots of Poor Mindy

goodies, which I would show, but they are mostly in hiding because some certain

male in this house thinks I have too much stuff (never mind the fact that he might be right.) I just don't want to advertise the fact that I smuggled more stuff in by placing pictures that he might see. I don't think he would take time to read this whole post so if you don't tell I think my secret is safe.