Just say GORGEOUS!

Yesterday I posted what I sent to Sue for

our Block Swap Adventure...

But, hold on to your hats...

THIS IS WHAT SHE MADE FOR ME...

Isn't this just to die for????

I could not just throw this in with my little snippets...

It deserved an ENTRY ALL IT'S OWN...

Don't you agree?

I am going to make a quilt completely around

just this block...

Such beautiful work...and this was her

FIRST BLOCK SWAP!!!!!

Thank you Sue...

I love it so much!

Block Swappin

These blocks went out to Sue...

I decided to make her two blocks

of the colors she liked.

Nothing fancy, but they were
lots of fun to make!

This is just a little snippet...I know she reads my blog...  

Another Snippet...

Ok Sue...here is one of your blocks!

I hope you can use them and enjoy

them in whatever projects you decide

to use them in...

It's all in a Name...or is it?

 Monday night at our house is 

DATE NIGHT!

My sweet man and I  LOVE

to sit back and eat Pizza

and wings...

and WATCH 

WWE!

That is wrestling for those

 of you who don't have a 

Monday Night RAW

date night!

RANDY ORTON!

Here are a couple of my 

FAVORITES!

 and of course...

SHEAMUS!!!

I know...I know...

WELL....tonight, we aren't 

really having a 

WWE RAW Date night...

(fooled you didn't I?)

We are still at the ranch...

waiting for this

little mama to have her calf!

Her name is Choc-o-lat...

and I am going to name her calf

"Sundae"

(get it? Chocolat Sundae?)

LOLOLOLOL!

 Doesn't look like she thought that 

was funny....

Let's ask the rest of the 

crew...what they think...

Little Miss Cotton

 "Mama...don't you name any of my babies..."

Little Miss Maeme

"That would be a NO

from me ...seriously...

What are you thinking???

Little GB Holdyn

 "Gigi...I am just gonna throw in the towel

on that one..."

Little GB Riggins and Mama Jen

"Gigi...I am thinking...

thinking...

wait for it....

NO!!!"

Silly babies!!!!

Well, I better start thinking about 

another name...

any ideas out there?

Hope your weekend was this fun!

Piecing it all together...

My newest little gb is now 2 months old...

Man! Time flies when you are having fun!

(he's frowning cause he wanted to come

go to the ranch with us this weekend...)

This weekend is our finishing touches 

on our kitchen counter tops!

 My sweet man is bound and determined

to get them finished and have my sink in

by the end of the long holiday weekend!

 Bless his heart, the first laminate he 

bought broke on him while

he was unloading it from the truck...

Needless to say,

He was DONE

at that point. 

But as you  can see, his second

attempt was successful and our

little island now has a top!

It's my job to finish up the edges...

Rhut Rho....

not sure he knows what he's asking...

On to other news...

I have been busy making

blocks for my swap partners...

Here is one that I made for Ann.

It's a paper pieced block.

 I am a little dyslexic, so I have

to sometimes do weird things

so I can picture what patterns

are telling me to do.

So I just colored one of my paper

pieces so I could see where 

this was going...

 I am not gonna lie...

this was a little mind-bending 

especially since I had never 

made one before!

But in the end, it

all worked out!

Can I get an

AMEN 

up in here????

I learned a lot about 

paper piecing...

#1

Don't USE COPIER PAPER!

It's too hard to remove when

you are done!

It was a lot of fun and it taught me 

a lot...and I am ready for my next

paper piecing...

Sew...what do you use

when you paper piece?

I don't want to make the 

same mistake twice!!!!

Table Running

I have been playing with a new gadget of mine...

A triangle template.

I figure everyone has one already...

but I didn't and I kept seeing

all these cute little quilts 

being made out of triangles...

well...I got a little envious and

decided to go in search for one.

It didn't take me long to find one at 

JoAnn's Fabrics...and then I was 

home before I knew it working on

this little table runner.

It isn't finished yet, but will be this week...

then it is off to a friend of mine 

that loves these colors...

and it is LONG OVERDUE!

What is your favorite template?

What did you make with it?

In the Garden

I have a friend at work that just finished 

building herself a really cool potting shed.

As soon as she told me about it, 

I had the idea to make her 

a gardening tool belt of sorts...

I used remnant fabrics from my mother-in-law's stash of

upholstery fabrics she left me- those seemed to be a little

more durable than what I had in my little stash.

 I added two small tool holders for either her 

gardening tools

or for keys, gloves..

however she wanted to use them.

 There are two belt ties and 

it is divided into three

sections with one accent 

pocket on the outside.

 And the labels I used came

 from my Label Crew Club

collection from Sweetwater Fabrics...

They were just the icing on the cake!

 

 I should have modeled it, but ran out of time!

It only took a couple of hours to make and

although I didn't have a pattern, I think it

turned out pretty well!

 

Just another fun way to

use up some odds and ends

in my stash from Miss Mary...

I think she would love how I have

 recreated her fabric stash!

What are some items you 

have made out of fabrics

given to you to re-purpose?

 

Mailbox surprises!

When I came home today I found these lovelies in my mailbox...
For the first time ever, I had the same Block Swap Adventure Partner as I did for my Block Swap group....

Ann Babillis! 

For the Block Swap Adventure, she made me this beautiful log cabin block so I could finish out pillows for my sweet man's quilt....

I LOVE IT!  

But she wasn't finished!  This beautiful block came for my Block Swap...

For some reason, I couldn't get this to rotate!  But look at that beauty!!

Look at all the fabrics! The handiwork...and it is ALL HAND SEWN! 
I mean seriously! So much TALENT!

I hope she likes what I made her... These just BLEW me out of the water!!!!

Ann, you are so gifted and I absolutely adore these blocks! You really outdid yourself!!!!
Hugs my friend!!!



Just a little update....
My newest little grandson is doing so GOOD!
Thought I would share the latest photos of him!

Happy Saturday!
Lana