Baby Shower

The Baby Shower for my daughter in law was a huge success. 40 people came. Baby Tucker got lots of goodies. I noticed she got a few gift certificates, so anything she didn't get,  she can buy.
She loved the quilt I made, said it matched the babies room perfectly.
My middle child is an amazing scrapping person -- she did a beautiful album for the baby. Will take him through his first year - holidays, first steps, etc. and then some. Each page in the book is decorated perfectly and all they have to do is add the pictures. Even Grandparents and Aunties have their own page.
Here are a few pics from the shower. My son came back to get her before she was done opening presents -- he helped with the last ones. How funny, he is a good sport - held presents up, announcing who it was from.

One of his sister in laws gave him a " Daddy Tool Belt " Too funny. Was filled with baby products- lotion,baby wipes- and some stuff for Daddy- ear plugs, Advil, hand cleaner

Dog hat

This is NOT my dog Molly, but it could pass for Molly, she looks exactly like this.
I saw this hat pattern on Etsy, and wondered if my Mom ( who crochets ) would make this for Molly if I bought the pattern.
My husband says no way you are putting that on our dog. I think its cute, but I think he is right, it doesn't serve a purpose for the dog, only amuses humans :) The dog actually looks a little embarrassed.

A New Chapter

Our youngest daughter got her Masters Degree in Physical Therapy and has recently taken a job for a           " traveling " physical therapy company.  Apparently there is a need for PT's all over - she will have a new assignment every 3 months - She picks where she wants to go, which state, and they set her up in a furnished apartment. When the assignment is over, she picks a different state ( if she wants ) and off she goes.
Very good money and benefits. Gets to see the country, gets lots of experience in different facilities. Draw back -- being the " new guy " at work every 3 months, not knowing anyone.
Her first assignment was close to home, so she was able to keep her apartment.
Her new assignment is in Spartanburg, SC. She is leaving at the end of this week -- very exciting for her and scary, too.

She just bought a new car last week -- My husband took this picture of her right after she picked it up ! She is a ham for sure   :)

Baby Shower coming up and Puppy Quilt almost done !

My daughter in laws baby shower is coming up soon. June 13th.
Our big gift will be the crib she picked out and registered for on the Baby's R Us site. And of course Grammy had to make a quilt.
The bedding they picked was actually discontinued at Target and they were able to find it on Ebay.
Here is a picture of the bedding from the " Banana Fish " site.

I, at first, didn't realize that the theme was " puppies " I only saw the blacks, browns, tans. I bought a quilt kit from " Quilt Taffy " It is browns, blacks, with bright orange, blues, trucks, cars, etc. I will make that quilt for him for one of his xmas presents.

But for the shower I wanted this quilt from Grammy to match his bedroom perfectly. :) I think it will be a really good match. I stippled it and just need to put the binding on. The binding will be a paw print, that goes with the main print.-- Main print is also on the back.

I have bunches of scraps left over, maybe a wall hanging to go with it.

Christmas in May ?

Always a new project on the horizon. I had a few New Years Resolutions this year -- use up some of the fabric I have, try to sew more ( every day if possible -- an hour ) and make myself some quilts.
I have had this xmas fabric for a couple of years... I love it. It's a Woodsy theme. And since we live in a log home this will work perfectly.

This is only one of the Santa's in the fabric. Others have snowshoes and other woodsy things.
I have bought a couple of reds and greens and a creamy, kind of tan background.

 
I am thinking the Cindy Lou Who, Schnibbles pattern... Maybe use the Santa as a large border ... still in the planning stages. I would hate to use the Santa as the backing only... seems like it needs to show off. What is it with me and the large showoffish prints....

For now this quilt will have to wait until I get a table runner done...has to be done this week for a gift.
I need to get the Puppy quilt done for the littlest Murphy. His shower is June 13th.

Civil War Borders and Puppie quilt fabric

I added very large ( wide ) borders to my Civil War quilt. I loved the fabric as soon as I saw it. I think I picked the Civil War fabrics around this print. It needed to do some showing off. I think I will stipple this quilt and it will live in my living room.




I got the rest of the Puppie quilt fabric for my little grandson's quilt. Better get going on it. The shower is in about a month. I didn't take a great picture of it...trust me, it'll work. :)
The paw print will either be a very narrow border or binding.

Amelia's quilt

Baby Amelia was born on New Years Eve, 2009. She is the grandaughter of a very special friend. I had made a quilt for her grandson when he was born and hadn't made one for Amelia. Recently I bought a pattern called

" Vintage Baby Quilt " -- this seemed like the perfect project.
You layer the backing ( I used flannel ) batting, a layer of muslin -- add squares and quilt through all layers. Once you add the binding, you are done. Easy.

I hope Amelia's parents like it. It's kinda of " shabby chic " looking to me. My daughter liked and it. My husbands words were, it looks old. I think thats a compliment. :)
We are going to visit my friend in 2 weeks, so this quilt will get packed in my suitcase.