At the End of the Day...

In the evenings, 

when I get home from work...

Only after I kiss my man, 

I settle in here.

My favorite room of the house.

You have a place too, I bet.

A place to hide out for a few moments...

and find some color at the end of a long day.

A simple pattern, 

beautiful designs...

A cheerful "table" quilt 

 for our ranch house...

waiting to be bound 

and carried to a new home

 in the 

Hill Country.

Until then though,

In this room of mine,

at the end of this day...

I snuggle

 into the 

moment 

and

 just 

breathe.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, 

plans to give you hope and a future. 

Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, 

and I will listen to you. 

You will seek me

 and find me

 when you seek me

 with all your heart."  

Jeremiah 29:11-13 NIV

Seeing progress

Have you ever just coveted time? Time to do what you want to do - when you want to do it - no time constraints...no demands...you don't have to cook or eat if you don't want to and if you are really lucky you get to do all of that in your jammies?

Well, I am overjoyed to report...
This past weekend was ONE OF THOSE WEEKENDS! (Thank you honey)

I had a Sunday of jammies, HGTV, and my quilt...and then - some real progress!
I didn't get finished like I thought I would - since I added a little design to the back, but perhaps tonight, I can actually get it sandwiched and pinned!

Here's the progress... (sorry for the camera phone photos...that's what was handy this weekend!)

Randomly chosen Jelly Roll strips sewn together (1/4 in seams0 

5x5 Charm pack sewn randomly together, with the Jelly Roll strips

Thinking of a background fabric...

Don't you just love the polka dots? ME TOO!

Getting ready to pin it all together!

I will have more to show on my quilt later today when I get home for work! 
Have a Happy Monday Everyone!

Monday AND raining.

If you are where it is HOT, HUMID, AND RAINY today...it is a Monday for you for SURE!
I hope your weekend made up for it though...

I did get more done on my project from last week - and I still don't know what I am doing with it, but I figure since it is for me, (first one in the last three) I can be as creative as I want to be!

Here's a sneak peak.

I am sure you notice - the blocks do not match up - I cut them diagonally and then staggered them for that long block. I am going to use that as my center "inspiration" piece and move out from there. I wonder how many of you have had a similiar project that you started, didn't follow a pattern and something really fun and funky came out of it...if so, let's see it and hear how it came about!

Our weekend...


We also went to the ranch this weekend, and spent most of Sunday unloading wood flooring! I was beginning to think the truck was filling back up with more the faster we would unload! This is the floor - we found it on Craig's List for $1.90 a sq. ft. (my husband said that is a great deal - I wouldn't know, but am happy he's happy) and it is called Brazilian Tiger wood.  It is a very heavy wood and very pretty. I am looking forward to when we will be able to install it. Oh, and did I mention the smell of this wood? Wonderful..

Well, I am thrilled to see some new visitors! I hope to see even more...I can't wait to get to know each of you and I can't wait until we start swapping ideas, patterns and giveaways! I have decided when we have at least 25 followers, I will have our first GIVEAWAY!  Get excited! I promise to make it something wonderful to celebrate the occasion!