A pic of Brady

This is my new Grandson Brady, who was born on 6/8/09 weighing 8 lbs 6 oz and 20" long. He is sleeping on daddy, my oldest son Roger. This is his and Amanda's first child. We are going to Florida July 8th and coming home on the 12th. We are so excited about seeing everyone..going to Florida in July..not so much. LOL

I got my quilt back today from Susan Crane at From Tops..To Quilts. What a beautiful job she did. This is the front of the quilt..

this is the back of the quilt..

I tried to get a close up of some of the items she quilted on there. All baby items..a hand, a foot, a rattle, bottle, bibs, spoons and other things I don't remember off hand. All I have to do now is to put the binding on and I'm done. :o) I am hoping to take it with me when we go down instead of mailing it. I'll have to see about what we'll have for carry-ons. I am just so happy with how this turned out.

Until next time...

Bunny

Gone a while

Well...All I have to hear is that a hospital is in need of baby blankets, and hats and such and I'm on it. All of my crochet and knitting goes to charities. There is such a great need out there for a lot of things. I do not consider myself a quilter, just someone who likes to dabble with easy patterns on occasion. I still visit blogs now and again and next time I do I'll be sure to say hi. I really admire what you do.

Until next time...
Bunny

Square Chase quilt

I have finally started on one of the quilt patterns from Judi over at Green Fairy Quilts. This is the Square Chase pattern. So far so good, although, I have not gotten very far yet. To keep things straight I have all of the different squares and rectangles in baggies with the size in it. The directions are easy to follow. Judi said I could email her any time if I had questions but, none at this point.

That's about it for now.

Until next time...

Bunny

Happy Mother's Day

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day! Have a wonderful day and do something special for yourself. You deserve it!

Until next time...
Bunny

Fabric for new grandson's quilt

After 2 false starts on the quilt, the one that fell apart and the 2nd one I just didn't like, I was looking through my Jan 2008 Quilter Magazine and found the perfect pattern. It would work wonderful in pink for a girl also. The name of the pattern is Baby, Baby by Michele Crawford. The top was done this weekend and I called a lady on Monday to see if she would quilt it for me. She is picking it up tomorrow. I just have to iron the backing and it will be ready for her. I will post a pic of it when it is down Florida and Amanda and Roger have a chance to open it. Her due date is June 4th. This is their 1st and everyone is so excited.
The baby shower was this past Sunday. I bought a bunch of things online from Babies-R-Us, had them gift wrap it and sent it down in time for the shower. The quilt will be just something special for him.
Hope your week is going well.

Until next time...
Bunny

Boggers Quilt Festival 2009

Park City Girl is having the First Online Quilt Festival. It runs from April 17 - 24th. I was not going to enter anything because I don't think my work compares to those that have been doing this for a long time. I then thought, if there is someone even remotely thinking about getting into quilting then, maybe mine will inspire someone.

The story behind this quilt is... One summer, in 2002, I crocheted afghans for my sons and their girlfriends. I think I made 4 or 5 that summer. By the time Christmas rolled around I didn't even want to look at another one, let alone make one. I was burnt out. I had enough. I thought, I just can't sit here doing nothing. What can I do that's different. I have always admired people that quilt. They are amazing. Never thinking I would be able to do something like that. I went to Joann Fabrics. My husband got me a sewing machine, I picked up a book called, Learning to Quilt. A beginners guide by Leisure Arts. (#1297). There are 25 lessons in the book. I went through the first couple and thought, gee, I can really do this! I came across a lesson called Card Trick. My daughter helped me pick out the fabric and off I went. There are mistakes in it trust me. For a first quilt though, I think it came out ok. I am proud of my accomplishment and it does get used. I don't think I would recommend something this big (it's fits our queen size bed) for a first quilt. Oh! I did quilt in the ditch myself on my little machine. Easy?? Not even! If I ever make one that size again, I will take to a professional to get done.

Thank you for visiting and looking at my quilt.

I will now go and enjoy looking at the many others that have been posted.

Enjoy!

Bunny

Edited:

Pat mentioned the hearts. I forgot about them. lol The corners looked like it needed something so I made a template of a heart and drew a pic in the corners and hand stitched them with a needle and thread. Some of them are a little iffy but, they look like hearts.

Susan Boyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

I just wanted to share something my husband found while surfing the internet. This is absolutely beautiful. If you have a minute now to listen to this, you will not be sorry you did. Susan has made news not only over in England but here also.
http://www.susan-boyle.com/
Enjoy!

Until next time...
Bunny