I love fabric

Who can resist 50% off sales? This is the fabric I picked up the other day on sale. I am using these for a couple of quilts for 2 boys in our neighborhood who graduated from High School. I know I'm a little late but I think they will be happy with them anyway. One is going to feature a baseball fabric and the other soccer. I had to order those fabrics off the internet tho since I couldn't find them anywhere around here now. That's what I get for waiting to buy fabric!

I'm also still working on the red and cream Snowball quilt. I'm using it as leaders and enders while working on other projects. It is taking a long time but it's kind of fun seeing the pile grow slowly.

I finished the red, white and blue quilt also. I used up most of the strips I cut but, like always, there are still many left. I'll use them for the binding possibly. I wonder how a bizillion strips sewn together would work for the backing???

My daughter, Denise, will be here on Friday so I'll probably not get much sewing done for several days now. Although, she is bringing a T-shirt quilt for us to work on while she is here.

Happy Quilting! Lynda

Really.....I've been busy!

I have been sewing.....really. But I've also been back up to see our new baby two times after I spent the first week with them. And she's only 3 1/2 weeks old. I know, I know. I'm sure they may be getting tired of me. But, oh I need to kiss those little cheeks! I crocheted a simple edge around a blanket for a friend also. She is decorating her baby's room in frogs. They don't know yet if its a boy or a girl.

And......I've been making one more row of string blocks to even out my string quilt. It just bothered me that 3 sides ended in red and 1 side ended in blue. I've also made the outside border for it.

I should have completed more but I've been fighting some wierd cough since before our baby was born. I spent the first week with her wearing a mask so I would not cough on her. I've had a chest xray which came out clear so now the doctor thinks maybe its an infection that is hanging on or even allergies. I'm sure tired of this constant hacking!

There's a big 4th of July sale going on at a local quilt shop so I just may have to go shopping. After all, I have used quite a few reds and blues...........

Happy Quilting! Lynda

Strings, Trucks and Tractors

I've been working on a few things....one of which is this string quilt. I need to add a white border then the outside border. It seems I have been sewing strips of blue and red forever! The border will be a piano key border of blues and reds. I have lots of them sewn together but not nearly enough to go around the quilt yet. Since I used scraps for this quilt my strips range from 6 inches long to 20 inches long. At least I can see that the pile has diminished significantly now.

I've also put the binding on these 2 Truck/Tractor quilts. One will be mailed off today to my niece in Washington and her new baby boy. I love the brightness of it. They were quilted by Toma in Orem. She does a great job and has them back to me so quickly too.

Happy Quilting! Lynda

Ellie Nicole is here!

We got a call on Monday morning, June 7th, that Nicky was in labor. So we waited around until she actually went to the hospital, then hopped in the car and drove the 2 hours to Logan to be there when little Ellie was born. I love this texting thing. Patrick must have texted us out in the waiting room 100+ times letting us know everything that was happening. Ellie was born that evening weighing 7 lbs 3 ounces and 20 inches long. They came home on Wednesday. I got to stay for a week to help out and what a great time I had with them all.

We took so many pictures of her getting her first bath in the hospital, every outfit she had on, each of us holding her, asleep, awake, yawning, crying, etc etc etc. You know the routine when a new baby comes to a family! She is just a soft, warm, cuddly, smell good, feel good little baby and I so enjoyed my week with her.

It was very hard to leave last night. Nicky is such a good little mother already. I think our children know we love them but have no idea how all inclusive, never ending, overwhelming that love is until they have a little baby of their own. It was just so much fun to watch them love her.

I know I will be finding every excuse to skip work and take a drive to visit them.

Having a baby now is so much different than when I was having babies. We got to be in the room when the nurse gave Ellie her first bath.....right on the bed with Nicky watching so she'll know exactly what to do. Patrick got to wash her hair. She stayed in their room with them so they felt comfortable with her when they came home. ( I can remember my first baby wasn't even with me except to feed her until I came home from the hospital and wondered "What am I supposed to do with this???") They could ask questions and understand all the little changes taking place in the baby and in them. What a great experience!

Now I'm home, heading back to work, ready to get back down to the sewing room and wait each day for my daily picture of Ellie. Oh I love being a Grandma!!!

Happy Quilting.....Happy Life Lynda

Spring has Sprung

I love Spring! This is the view from my front porch. The yellow tree is called a Golden Chain and is in full bloom right now. The huge bumble bees love it and it smells so good. The tree on the left is a flowering Cab Apple. It was in full bloom a couple of weeks ago. Not sure if you can see the mountains in the background through the tree branches. They are covered in snow still. We used to have a contest guessing when the last visible snow would be gone...it usually was the first week of August.

I got the binding on Janine's Buggy Barn Flower quilt. It turned out so cute. The fabrics are so sweet. I took it to work to give to her and everyone wanted it. Of course, we all asked who this one was for and she said "ME". I also got Nicky's quilt back from the quilter. I found another quilter...Brandy in Spanish Fork. She did a fantastic job. I put the binding on so it is ready to give to Nicky when we see her tomorrow. This is her 3rd quilt that she has made by herself. I hope she doesn't mind that I put the binding on for her. Her baby is due in a couple of weeks and I thought she might to have it ready.

This is a close up of the flower block. Brandy quilted a swirl in the center. I think it turned out really cute.

I've made 18 blue and red string blocks now. I think I need 42. Right now it doesn't look like I've used hardly any of the strips. How come scraps multiply??

Tomorrow is Memorial Day. We decorated my parents graves today and we will go to Logan tomorrow to decorate my husbands family graves.

Happy Quilting. Lynda

I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love with a wonderful guy!

Yes, my Viking is back! Today I put the binding on the Cute Babies quilt for my sister. Jeanie, if your reading this I'll be putting this quilt in the mail to you on Saturday. Hope you like the way it turned out. It was quilted by Toma Blair in Orem. I was quite disappointed in myself tho that I used Wonder Under and didn't trim the centers out of the big pieces so the babies are quite stiff. The first one she quilted turned out so cute until I washed it and then the babies stuck out so oddly that I had her quilt this one differently. I learned my lesson tho...trim the iron on stuff so that things aren't so stiff!!!

I also finished putting together the 2 truck/tractor quilts and got the backs made too. Now they will go to the quilter on Saturday. I love the flannel backing I found....trucks and tractors in blue, green and yellow. I debated about putting a border on it but I think I like the non-border look. The binding will be the wavy lined blue and yellow fabric.

I also started putting the strip blocks together. Here are the first 4 done. I know, I was leaning towards blue and yellow but I have so many more red scraps than yellow so I decided to use it instead. I really like the bright look of it.

I need to get the binding sewn onto the flower quilt I made for my friend, Janine, also so I can have it ready to hand sew down tomorrow night.

I spent the morning with my quilting friends. I am always inspired by each of them. It is fun to see what they have been working on and the fabrics they use.

Happy Quilting! Lynda

I feel like Little Orphan Annie singing....

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow...your only a day away!

My Viking, the love of my life, (well maybe that's an exaggeration) will be home TOMORROW.

Oh happy day! Lynda