18 Month Check-Up

We just had our 18 month check-up and we've grown soo much! She is off the charts in height 34.5" and 90th percentile in weight 28.5lbs!! We had to get our last set or immunizations "Booooh", the good news is we don't have to get anymore until we're 4 Yay!

Mmmmm That's Goooood!

Saturday Geveiveve, Mary, My Mom and I took a drive to Helen, its a little German town just north of Atlanta about an hour from our house. The Chattahoochee River runs right through the middle and all of the restaurants sit along its banks. We had a great time, Genevieve got to pet one of the horses that pulls a cart, the driver let her feed it a carrot, then we took a ride around the town! Then she got to enjoy some rainbow sherbet before we left for home.....Mmmmmm!

Finished!

I finally finished her new room and moved every thing from her original room over this evening. That's the quilt that I finally finished! Everything in this room has some kind of history......The dresser I refinished for the second time, it was the one Matt had through college...The Bed, my aunts (Dad's sisters) shared growing up. Its perfect for Genevieve in every way.

Its Such a sweet room, I hope she'll enjoy it as much as I did fixing it up!!
Sweet Dreams....

Time to Get Busy

This is the Quilting machine that my mother in law has in her basement. Its pretty darn big and very intimidating at first glance. I had made up my mind that I was going to tackle the beast this weekend. Mary and I got him all set up with the quilt top on one roller, the batting on one and the backing on another. I made 12 copies of the stippling pattern to use with the laser guide, I'm not quite ready to do "free hand". Now I was ready to go.......Achy back, shoulders, knees and 7 hours later I was finished...Thank Goodness, I'm pooped!

Mary is going to do the binding for me and might have it finished tomorrow, yay!

I am now on a Mission to find the perfect paint for the walls and dresser that are the perfect compliments to this Labor of Love!

More pics to come of my progress!

The Cheese Stands Alone...

Hershey's.......I really have to say that you're getting a little stingy with the candy don't you think? I remember even the miniatures to be bigger? Oh wait a minute, could it be that someone has sucked all the peanut butter and chocolate goodness out of the brown paper crinkled cups and left the pretty pastel colored foil wrapper trash in the candy bowl? Gee I wonder who could have done that!

At lease they left the Canbury Egg!

Quilt Shop Hoppin

We visited Mary Saturday morning while she was volunteering for the annual Atlanta area Quilt Shop Hop at "Quiltin Time" her favorite quit shop in Holly Springs. Genevieve was the life of the shop as usual.

Here Ye, Here ye......She got to be their honorary "Bell Ringer" signalling the next door prize drawing and she did a GREAT job. That gold blurr is the bell"!

See ya's soon

Hi Nonni & Papa, I had a great time with my friends in Florida. I can't wait to see you at Easter!

Florida Trip

We took a little trip to Orlando this weekend for the Builders Show and to visit some of our Ol' Pals! Saturday we took the kids to St. Petersburg to have some fun at Pass-A-Grille beach. It was G's first time at the beach and she had a great time playing in the sand and splashing around in the ocean. The water was still a little chilly and she would only venture out until it was mid-calf but she made a game out of it and had lots and lots of fun. I have tons of pictures of her but these are my favorites!
"Thank you Charisse for giving us a great tip on which beach to go to"

Its Quiltin Time

This is the quilt that I had mentioned in a pervious post. It's for Genevieve's BIG girl bed.....Looks pretty small but the only way I was able to get the whole thing in the picture was to spread it out in the foyer and take the picture from upstairs!

Im not sure of the exact measurements, I do know however that it will fit a double sized bed. Now before you get really impressed let me tell you that it's only the top. I still have to find a backing, quilt it and add the binding. Im really only about half way there. Oh and I still have to paint the room and dresser, find a window treatment and accessorise the whole thing........What you're looking at is only the begining!!

Now, why is it that a cat will find the only thing in the room that you DON'T want them to lay on......?

Here she is!

......The Valentines Quilt!

Its a ragged quilt.....I really like making these they're FAST and FUN! Flannels work really great as well.
You start by putting the 5" squares together with a 5" coordinating fabric for the back and a 4" piece of batting in the middle of each then sewing them together using a 1/2" seam. You sew them so that the slavage edges are on the "right" side. Once you have them all sewn together you use very sharp scissors or shears and snip the edges that are sticking up like "fringe". This is the hardest part....The whole time Im thinking to my self "there has got to be a way to do this FASTER"? Once you're finished, you're vision is blurry, your hand is crippled and you have a cramp in your neck but that doesn't matter anymore..."YOU'RE FINISHED"!!!!
Last thing to do is throw it into the washing machine for a quick wash, then a tumble in the dryer to achieve that signature "Ragged" look!

Im still working on Genevieve's "BIG" traditional quilt. All of the pieces are finally cut and I've assembled one of the blocks, I only have 19 more to go "yipee"! The pattern is called "Turning 40" meaning that you use 40 different fat quarters. The blocks will look very "random" when it's finished. I'll then have to quilt it and add the binding. Im making this one for her "BIG BIRL" bed and so that she'll have something "her mommy made just for her" that she can keep forever. I'll post a picture once its completed.......Stay tuned!