Baby shower quilt

My MIL made a quilt as a project for my baby shower.

everyone had to color a color page, then we ironed them on to the blank quilt squares and outlined them with black sharpie.


I had one square left to do myself,this one was four my aunt that had recently had a stroke, so i had her sign her block, so that later i could color a picture for her and iron it on.

it took me nearly three months, but i finally got this done! (daddy had to have time to color his block too)


these are the special crayons from crayola that are designed for this project.

this is the square i did for myself. You have to press REALLY hard to get the color to iron onto the fabric.



its a wonderful memento of my shower. what a wonderful present for Matt!

baby Craft

This isn't a craft I have done, but a gift i have received. My Aunt Daisy made this lovely quilt for me. each block has been hand embroidered and eh quilt itself was also hand quilted. I have done embroidery lately and let me tel you this is no quickie task! I cannot get over the amount of time that has gone into this project.

The bear was made my by cousin Cheryl, she has made these for every one of her grandchildren and they have all loved them, i too love this! My all tiem favorite character is classic pooh, and she has LOTS of that in this as well. :) I feelso blessed to ahve family that does such wonderful crafts!

To cut or not to cut?

A childhood friend of mine brought this b-e-a-utiful piece of fabric to me on her last visit home. she felt i could be more creative with it than she could.

But, it feels so silky and wonderful, and it is so exceptionally pretty, that I simply have no idea how to use it or what to use it for, Honestly it seems like a perfect formal "wrap".

For those of you who know my pics sometimes come out w bit on the "yellow" side, the edge of the fabric is royal blue that transitions into a teal and back to royal blue on the other edge. and the design is gold thread

Presents presents presents

My Mom bought me a new coffee mug from the site "our name is mud"
Out of my little 4 cup coffee maker i get a cup and a half. just right I always felt like i was wasting coffee dumping out a half a pot. but with the size of this wonderful mug I just love it. its a good hand painted ceramic mug and i have to say i dont know if i could do it as well with my underglazes like they have! and did you see the adorable phrase? all of the stuff on this site is just wonderful if you remember correctly i found this site some times ago second hand but it was posted on "dragon" to see that go here

Lots of fun stuff on that site! i bet i could have found a present for everyone in my family there!