Hello!

This pretty little petunia just asked for her picture to be taken ...

had to oblige and include it in tonight's post ... Isn't she sweet??

Would you believe July is just around the corner???  Holy buckets!  Today marks the longest day of the year as the first day of summer and as my dad would say every year ... enjoy your day as tomorrow will be shorter ... gee thanks dad! :) 

not my picture,  dang it all ... found on internet

Its a funny joke now that I'm not at home any more, but it does make one stop and wonder ... are you filling your hours of the day with what you want to?  I hope so.  I got to fill my off work hours with quilting the past few days, and I admit, I really enjoyed it, especially since the sun didn't come back out of hiding until today.  It's been cold here in Montana, rainy, and icky outside. ... sunshine and warmer temps promised for the rest of the week.  Bonus that I finished this quilt tonight:

This past weekend, a friend asked if I'd make her a quilt for a baby gift.

Silly me I said sure, then she said she needed it by Thursday.

Uh....

okay.

hahahahaha

I started surfing the free patterns online and found this pattern called "Toddler Quilt" by Patty Wright who has a blog called Patty Trends ... 

Patty, I thank you!!  Your directions were very clear and simple.

The pattern actually calls for a couple of charm packs, however, digging in my stash I found and used a layer cake, this one by Sandy Gervais, though for the life of me I can't find the name of the line ... its the one with lollipops, letters and bananas ... fitting for a baby quilt, wouldn't you say?

Anyway, I was so excited to finish it, I just had to take pictures in the fading light tonight and share, so thank you for indulging me and visiting ...

I appreciate you and hope to share again real soon.

By the way, getting back to the nearly July issue ... do you all remember that we have a Red White & Blue blog hop happening starting July 1st?

My hop day is July 7th ... I am prepared!

Get all the details by clicking on Jane's button over in my side bar,

or you can just follow this link:

Seriously awesome quilters on this hop and I'm thrilled to be included.

So ya'all com back again, please :)

 

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Set Fimo Butterflies

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Smiles Aplenty

Among some of the fun things I want to share with my friends in the blogihood is first a huge, huge sigh of relief for myself and those of my Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin group ... for a short time the mystery was where was my block????

Oh My Goodness, after two days of searching (a.k.a. tearing apart every inch of my newly-moved into duplex), I felt the need to fess up to my group and let everyone know I lost my June block. 

I stressed and agonized over this for so long, even my daughters gave me wide-berth.  However, I womaned-up and emailed my group, hanging my head in shame as I wrote them...  Very gracious they all were, telling me to give it a bit more time before we decided how to proceed.  More time???  Heck, I had just searched for two and a half days ... more time???  I couldn't handle it.

Yes ... I can write about this because sure enough, I no sooner confessed than went back to my sewing area and rifled throught a box I had pawed through a half-dozen times and this time picked up a real pretty card I hadn't picked up previously.  I'll be danged ...that silly block was inside that card.  Can we all say ... WHEW!!

I can't tell you how many things I've been "looking" for since moving again...

but I think I've finally gotten a handle on things ...

for the time being.

So ... when I wasn't obsessing about finding my block ...

I took the girls to our locale park, where the wonderful

wooden carousel is ...

 Played at the adjacent playground:

Visited UM's mascot Monte: 

Had faces painted:

Became bubbles:

Made rockets:

And in general, just had a wonderful evening, running and playing:

Today, at our local Lowes, we joined the Build & Grow project and

the girls became little builders:

Warning: girls with hammers!! 

The girls loved the bitty hammers and were able to come home

with wooden airplanes, aprons, goggles and certificates

proving they built the planes themselves ...

(Thank you Janu!!)

To finish the evening tonight, I discovered a super cool trick

while making my peanut butter cookies:

who knew that spraying cooking spray into your measuring cup

before putting your peanut butter in the cup made it

come out so much easier????

Goodness ... why did it take me until I was 44 years old

before I discovered this trick??

I think I'll close this post now, and get back to

working on my in-progress quilt project

which I hope to show you soon ...

but until next time,

I leave you with this cute picture

I found online while searching the internet tonight ...

Come on ... how can you  not smile at this???

I send you each a virtual hug and a big

thank you for your support!!

Warm hearted wishes ~ 

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Where in the world??

 No, I did not fall off the face of the earth ... 

Though, I am ...

I'm sure you all know the feeling.

In the month since my last post ...

I've moved ... again ...

 Nicer duplex, extra room, plus an additional bathroom ...

BONUS for us three girls!! 

Same neighborhood, so even nicer :)

I have managed to stay up with my rounds for

Michele's Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin ...

though I can't share {{heehee}}....

I finished my block for Jane's Red/White/Blue Blog Hop

which begins July 1st ...

And, yes, you have to wait until July 7th to see

my finished block  when it'll be my stop on the hop ...

get all the details at Jane's Fabrics and Quilts

because this is a super hop you will not want to miss!

I can show you the very fun mini-quilt I made

for Kris's swap over at Dandelion Quilts,

Believe it or not, I started and finished this

in time to mail it before the end of the month!!

Score!! 

Oh yeah, and I started and finished this commissioned quilt:

The indoor picture is not at all good quality, but as it was raining

bucket loads outside, so I had to take the best shot I could

inside just to get the scope of the size ... large queen.

Next in the works is a quilt using Natalie Lymer's Woodland fabric and Carrie Nelson's Another Bite of Schnibbles book ... can't wait to show you that project .... adorable!

 And ... let's see ... Abbie had her school music concert,

her classroom play and her last T-Ball game this last week or so ... 

Emily and I constructed her chimpanzee diorama this weekend:

The last day of school for both girls is on Wednesday at which time

I.

will.

be.

taking.

a.

day.

off!!

Seriously!!

HaHaHaHaHa

no, seriously, five days to be exact

Five days off of my 9-4 weekday scheduled job to see if I can get a bit of work done around the house and spend some precious time with my girls.

Maybe during my vacation time, I'll actually find time to visit my dear friends and neighbors in the blogihood and catch up with some very precious and dear friends ...

you all know who YOU are and I love and appreciate you dearly!!

Love and hugs ... I think I've earned turning in early tonight :)

Blessings to you and as always, very warm hearted wishes!

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Set fimo Purple Orchid

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Hop, Skip and a Jump

Please let me skip formalities for a moment and

apologize to everyone for not staying in touch ...

I adore everyone that takes the time to stop in

and check in on me, and even more so, those

that leave comments to let me know you care ...

I promise from my heart to yours to better !

I'm catching up with the life that spun

a bit out of control ...

Thank you to every one of you for your

understanding!!

Now ... let's get hoppin' !!

My day to jump into the hop line is here!

My thanks are sent first to the fabulous ladies

that are participating in this awesome hop ....

what inspiration!

My thanks are also sent out to each and

every one of you who are taking the time

to visit each of these amazing works of art

and also for visiting mine :) :)

When Madame Samm first mentioned

this hop ... to me it was with an idea of putting

something of myself into this topper that would

tell others about myself ... what I think is

pretty darn cool ...

Well ... for those of you who visit often,

my girls are an obvious choice ... but

I had to get in the flowers, outdoors, sunshine

and a sense of child-like joy all in one

topper ...

I even snuck in my "bluebird of happiness"

if you look close enough ;)

I used silver thread for the jump ropes, just for a little bling :)

So how'd I do?

I would sincerely appreciate you taking the time

to let me know your thoughts and I promise I will

do much better now in keeping in touch and

responding to you kind-hearted souls willing to

drop me a line.

I truly appreciate every one of you ...

You make my heart smile!

Please also be sure to visit these other

stops on the hop today ...

Monday April 23rd

Christine

Just Carol

Patty D

** Wendy **

leanne

Elaine M

Judy C

Tuesday April 24th

Jennifer M

Roxanne

Syd

Selina

Connie

Patti

Jane

Wednesday April 25th

Mary

Marianna

Thearica

Kelly

Marnie

Pauline

Madame Samm

You can't help but be inspired by this group of

awesome quilters!

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Did Ya Hear there's a Hop Happening???

Did ya hear?

My baby girl turns six this week and we celebrated

on Sunday with a couple of her friends ...

This is how I spent the weekend prepping:

 Made a double layer chocolate cake with white frosting ...

added decorations bought from the bakery.

Since they spent the weekend with their dad,

neither had any idea I was up to this :)

The look on Abbie's face made staying up til midnight worth it all!

Then, before the friends arrived this morning, the girls and I

blew up all of these balloons just for added celebrational fun.

Had to take a picture of the kiddos playing outside during the party,

as this piece of equipment is what I spent the past two weekends

putting together ... with my own two hands :) :) ...

and therefore have absolutely nothing to share for sewing...

And ... yes ... at the end of the day ...

I'd do it all over again!

Did ya hear? Did ya hear???

 Yep .... there's a blog hop happening ...

You can't help but be inspired by this group of

awesome quilters!  Please check them out each day ...

I know I will ... I just can't wait to see what they've

each created for our hop ...

Table Topper Blog HOP Schedule

 

Monday April 16th

Jacque (Snoodles)

Lesley

Sharon

Dawnmarie

Piece Peace

Tuesday April 17th

Kris

Marcia

Jenny

Sheila

Josie

Wednesday April 18th

Vickie

Shanna

Deonn

Mrs Pickles

Sharon

Thursday April 19th

Leslie ( lesquilts)

Jennifer ( that girl)

Karen

Katherine

 

Friday April 20th

Marlene

Charlotte

Leslie

Darlene

Jane

Michelle

Cherry

Monday April 23rd

Christine

Just Carol

Patty D 

** Wendy **

leanne

Elaine M

Judy C

Tuesday April 24th

Jennifer M

Roxanne

Syd

Selina

Connie

Patti

Jane

Wednesday April 25th

Mary

Marianna

Thearica

Kelly

Marnie

Pauline

Madame Samm

Thank you so much for stopping in ... Please come back, I will be posting my

table topper on the 23rd ... I'm pretty darned happy with my

topper too ... It means a lot to me, what I've created, so want share :)

Happy Hopping and Happy Birthday to my girl Abigail!

warm hearted wishes  ~~

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