Doll Quilts Done!

I finished adding the binding to the green and orange doll quilt yesterday. If you click on the pictures you get a better look at the dinasours. I was a little disappointed with the binding on the pink one. It puckered badly .Maybe because I was sewing four layers of flannel or because I didn't have enough fabric to cut it on the bias?Not sure but it is what it is I'm not doing it over.

Sick Headache

I've had a migraine for two days .I had a friend years ago from Texas (we lost touch over the years) that called a Migraine a sick headache. Good word for it. The nasuea is the worst part. They usually last about three days so I should be coming out the other side anytime now. I don't get so many as I used to and not sure what brought this one on . Fussing with DH over how much to spend remodeling the family room,and sewing room would be my guess. The man still thinks of goods/products in 1950 prices . The carpet man came to measure yesterday so soon we'll be done. Thank goodness.

Fat Tuesday/Paczki Day

Here in Toledo we have a large Polish population and this is their Fat Tues. traditional treat, Paczki. Pronounced Poon-sky. They sell tons here on Fat Tue.

.They are like a heavy filled cake doughnut available with quite a few different fillings.My favorites are lemon and prune. Yum!

Brent's Evil Twin?

Well in our son Brent's case he's probably the evil twin and this guy is the good twin.This photo came with a insert in our gas bill last month at first glance we both thought it was Brent. This is the way he looks when he's reading my blog and making fun. I have to endure it though since he's a computer genius and keeps me and half the county in working computers. OK genius is a strong word. May be computer gifted : )

What I did...

What I did on my winter vacation. umm.... I mean while I was trapped for seven days upstairs keeping the dogs company while the workers re-did our family room.
I took a machine and some scraps with me and made two doll quilts. Not so fancy as some on the About.com doll swap but I think the children will be pleased. They were fun to make because you get to see the finished product so quickly.

Our New Look

Last couple weeks we've been remodeling our family room. Had an old fireplace removed a new one put in and paint. New dark moss green carpet on order.

I orginally went to get a WB fireplace but was sold when they showed me a vented gas one with blower and remote control. I thought do I really want to clean out ashes? Answer ,No... Three pictures here one of the old gray fireplace and two of our new lake rock corner fireplace

Then I agonizeds over paint color.I thought a warm chamois brown.DH hated that .DDIL was pushing moss green. I was a little leery i thought it was a little too close to avacodo green from the 70's. But decided green is a color I've always been able to live with so I went with moss. LOVE it.

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These pictures do not show the true color of the wall they look aqua here and they are a true moss green in person

Birthday Boy and Quits

Here's the Jan. birthday boy a day late .His 22'nd birthday was yesterday.He called last night from Alaska.We had a nice chat. He will be getting out of the Air Force in Aug. and coming back to go to college here at TU.
These two quilts I've posted before as some of you know. But Konniemac ask me about the story book one and mentioned she was working on a Cars quilt so this is for her. The Storybook one is a row quilt from the nesting robin Dorothy hosted last fall. Each row represents a children's book.
Row #1.The kissing Hand
#2 Harold andthe Purple Caryon
#3 The Giving Tree
#4 Make Way for Ducklings
# 5 The Polar Express.
I gave the quilt and a copy of each book to grandson for Christmas. I can't say I was crazy about "The Giving Tree "book not sure what the message is. I know many teachers love it .But my DIL and I thought it was sad another DIL cried when she read it. But when my sis read it she thought it meant one can always be useful. Maybe...
ps -click on the quilts for a closer look