More Quilt Pictures

Here are some more pictures that I promised from yesterday!

The snowmen were my responsibility!  Aren't they cute!

There were twenty snowmen blocks!  My blocks were nothing compared to Aunt Barb's!

 Here is the detail on the back!  I'm floored by Aunt Barb's detail work!

It's amazing!

Here is another picture of the whole quilt!  Again, I apologize for the quality of these pictures.  I am still learning! 

 I have to tell you these are the absolute best malted milk balls!  Not kidding!  Love them!

Buy them!  Eat them!  Repeat!

That's it for me today!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you are having a wonderfully happy day!

A homemade light box, a purse, and some projects!

I have been gone forever it seems but I'm back!

Anyway, while I was gone I had to do some Spring Cleaning! Yes, I said it! I hate to start but then I hate to wait until it is so nice I would rather be outside in my garden! So I have just about finished! I have a few cabinets to clean out and some magazines to make myself get rid of!! Hopefully that won't take toooo long!
I also had to get my hair cut and colored! I absolutely looked horrible! I had so much hair that I couldn't even stuff under my favorite baseball cap! lol!! And talk about gray! If I had waited much longer it would have been all gray!!!! How scary is that?!!!
My niece and great niece came for supper one night! Lucky us!
Then I thought it was truly time for me to start sewing up a storm, but wait where is my machine! Oh, I know! It is covered up with stuff, lots of stuff!!! So needless to say, I had to clean up my sewing room! Tell me why is that room always the last and the worst to clean!!!
Anyway, I finally got everything uncovered! I was able to find my wonderful light box that my dad made me way back in the '80's! I have needed to use that! Now I have it! I intend to use it!
It will be perfect for my Gail Pan BOM's! Then I organized some projects that I have to finish or start or both!!!!
I had this jelly bag pattern from Bunny Hill that I was able to make! I have 4 others to make!
I just love them! I gave this one to Lilli! It's made from Mary E!!! Lilli carries it with her wherever we go!

Lilli just loved this fabric that she found at Jo-Ann's for really cheap!
So we are going to make a tote out of it!

This is the quilt(our very first quilt) we want to make from Butterfly Fling! Can't wait!

Pillowcases!

A snowman quilt that I have started with my Aunt Barb! I have to finish the handwork on these and then she will put it together! Can't wait to get it finished! I promise Aunt Barb it will be this year!!!! Hopefully before summer!!!!

That's it for me!
Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day!
Vickie

Snowmen!!!!!

In my new Gooseberry Calendar it says to spread some winter cheer in your home you should scatter some snowmen! Well, this is what I scatter! I leave this up from Thanksgiving until now or sometimes I wait until February 8, John's birthday! I have decorated like this for the past 11 years! We say Let it Snow!!!

Do you decorate for winter?!!!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy wintery day!
Vickie

A Self-Portrait and A Snowman!!!

Isn't this a great picture?! Lilli and KiKi taken by Lilli! I think, with the somewhat outdated digital camera that we have, it is really wonderful!

Poor pitiful us! We love snow and as you can see we barely have any. Lilli went out to build a snowman and Icy is the result! He is cute but almost more ice than snow! Well, today it is possible for some snow, not much but with lots of wind. If we are lucky we may get an inch! So much for snow so far this winter! We are keeping our fingers crossed and our hopes high!!!!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day!
Vickie

Monday Mail......and other stuff!

Yes, it's Monday and I(we got mail) from my aunt in Florida! I just love snowmen and she tries to add to my collection every year! Here is the new for this year! Isn't he adorable! I love his buttons and that face is tooo sweet! Thanks Aunt Barb!

Another one of my favorite things....my quilt or bedspread that my Grandma Helen Lovell made for me when I was 5, that makes it 43 years old! I treasure it so much and I'm blessed to have it! It was on my bed forever and I wore a bad place in it. One year for my birthday, my parents had it repaired! The lady that repaired it only used a machine. The rest of it is all done by hand with lots of love! A close-up!

And a not so good not so close up picture!

You sure can tell it's Monday, can't ya? Kiki the cat has found him a new best friend and all they do is sleep! One afternoon last week, Kiki had been left in the computer room for most of the afternoon and when we found him he had snuggled up to this gorilla! He won't take a nap in the house without it!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day!
Vickie