Busy Busy Busy!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!

That is the best way to describe how things have been around here these past few weeks. I've been working on getting some quilts ready for the Crepe Myrtle festival next June. So far I have pieced a baby quilt and a twin sized quilt. They are both in the Around the World pattern. It is one of my all time favorite patterns. It is the one that Grandma Fletcher always made. I've managed to tweak it a bit to be able to piece multiple ones at the same time. I can usually do about three in one day.

I've also been working on getting Alyssa's birthday quilt finished. It is a quilt for her big girl bed. I'm making a full sized quilt out of her receiving blankets. I also made a small doll blankie as well. I've quilted the doll blankie, but I am having problems with the full sized quilt. I couldn't come up with any ideas for the piecing. I didn't have enough 'yardage' for anything but a scrappy quilt, but still had problems coming up with a pattern. I ended up just doing scrappy 5 inch squares. It is ok, but nothing special. I now realize I could have made a Sunbonnet Sue and it would have been spectacular!

Next time!

I'm also making some stockings for the entire family. We will use these at Amanda's house for our family Christmas Dinner. I want to be able to embroider everyone's names on them so we can use them as place cards...we'll see.

Sunday night, Shawn and Tasha helped Rex finish up the living room floor. I now have the entry way tiled, the hallway and living room finished in the beautiful hardwood floor. We only have the dining room to go in the hardwood and we have tile for the kitchen/breakfast room. But that will have to wait a while! I'm tired of living in a construction zone and I know the kids are tired of helping out!

Alyssa got her cast off on Tuesday! Her tendons are still really tight, and we have to work on stretching it out. Now if we can just convince her to walk! Oh well, I'm sure it will happen when she is ready! Of course she is climbing now. Yesterday she pushed the little yellow chair up to the sofa an climbed up to the seat area and then proceeded to try and climb on the table behind the sofa. She wasn't so happy with Grandma when I stopped her and moved the chair!

Last Thursday Damien decided to break his big toe instead of going to sleep. Hopefully it is not too serious, but we are going to a specialist next Monday just to make sure. It is a clean break, with virtually no swelling and only a little bruising. He has his two toes taped together 'buddy' style and so far hasn't slowed him down much at all.

Well, this is not all that has been going on, but I don't want to bore anyone too bad! Hopefully I can get some pictures of the quilt tops so I can add something of the 'picture-ly' nature soon. I'm getting tired of all this typing and not many pictures!

Nini