The Tooties Love Snow!

The weather report says more snow next week! Hello, this is Texas people!

The Tooties played in the snow last time. This is Sarah, who loves her gloves but doesn't know what to do when she has them on. Mostly, she just holds her hands out straight in front of her!

Emily is all bundled up! They cried when they had to go inside.

So Mommy brought some inside to play with. That Mommy, she sure is smart.

They had a great time until Emily threw snow at Sarah and it went under the stove...their attention then turned to finding out where the snow went.

Hopefully, this next snow won't be the "Blizzard of 2010" like it was last time!

There is no quilting going on upstairs in the quilting room. The floors are done (beautiful) and the rooms are painted (smelly). Today we'll try to get some things organized in there so I can get back to normal!

Birds Of A Feather

Wow! Look at this! The top has been finished for a while but I just found this post draft that was never published. So, now, I present...Birds of a Feather!

It's from a book by the same name by Blackbird Designs.

Solitary Birds

American Kestrel

Bird Feeder Surprise

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

The Sky on His Back

Bluebird

This is Clear Melodic Song

Cardinal

Uh, oh. Blurry picture...sorry.

The Weaver

Baltimore Oriole

True Sign of Spring

Martin

Winter Visitor

Junco

Sings Their Heart Out

Mockingbird

Wild Canary

American Goldfinch

Prairie Song

Western Meadowlark

Shock Absorbers Needed

Downy Woodpecker

Border with prarie points and year completed. I have since added my initials to the top border.

I can't seem to find the picture for Our Smallest Bird - Hummingbird. On the big quilt it is the two litte birds on the pears.

It's a beautiful day outside today. The snow has stopped falling from the sky. However, big clumps are plopping to the ground out of the trees. The mailboxes look like they have caps on.

Today I'll be working on packing up my sewing room. Next week we are having the floors and painting done upstairs. I'm not looking forward to the mess!

Kansas City Star 2010 Block Of The Month

The Kansas City Star has started a new Block Of The Month. On the third Tuesday of each month a new block will be offered on the website. It looks like fun!

What is this, you might wonder? It's a 3/4" hole punch used for scrapbooking. I don't do scrapbooking but...

I do have to cut out lots of little berries for my applique. 179 to be exact! This little tool sure made quick work of that.

And, this is what a snowy evening in Texas looks like. Can you believe it snowed all day? We got nine inches! That is a record snowfall for our area.

Marines Motto Quilt

In October of 2009, right before my son, Robert, came home from Iraq, I made him a quilt with some of his motto (motivation) t-shirts.

I included pockets from his fatigues.

Even the tag from the inside of one of the shirts.

I used a fabric I had found at Mary Jo's when we went to see him come home from Iraq the first time. It's the one with the skulls and cross bones. I used his fatigues which were in greens and tans.

My friend Ty quilted it on her longarm. She used a star quilting pattern.

The backing is a Marines fabric.

He really likes his quilt!

True Blue

True Blue, pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

I bought this as a kit at the Dallas quilt show in 2009 from the Olde Green Cupboard booth. I love the dark blues and tans.

I found the perfect piece for the background at Hobby Lobby. Now it's ready to go to Ty for quilting!

Sweet Tea

Oh, this is a cute quilt! Sweet Tea by The Quilt Company. This was a block of the month from 2009. I have the blocks pieced together and now I will put on two plain borders and a border of tea cups. Then a final plain border.

Five different tea pots, some piecing and some fusible applique with machine buttonhole stitching with varigated thread.

There are four of these blocks. The yellow solid and the green solid is a flange inserted before  the first border is put on the blocks. After quilting I'll embellish with some beads and yo-yos. Too cute!!!

Better get back to work!