Some Things I've Been Doing

This is what I made for Kelly's wedding.

...and I made this one for Alex (Eric's daughter).

I made four of these--I kept one and gave one each to Amy, Wendy and Christy.

--they're wall hangings.  Jennie's isn't finished yet and is related to her Master's degree, and I'll post when it's done.  My canning jar quilt is hanging on my kitchen wall.

Blogging

I re-read AmyWW's blog about reading a few blogs every day, etc.  I see that many people do blog all the time.  I think I'm the anti-blogger.  I love writing them; I love reading them; why don't I just do it more often?

I finally started following the Pioneer Woman--I noticed that some of the people in my family follow it so I checked it out.  Now I really enjoy her blogs.  I want to thank Jenna for turning me on to Budget Bytes.  It's an interesting blog and I'm going to follow it--I think I can use many of her ideas.

I don't surf around looking for interesting blogs.  I just see what other people are following and sometimes I do too.  However I do make some nifty quilts.  Here's one I just put together (that means the "sandwich"--backing, batting and top--is put together and waiting for me to actually quilt it.)

I had to push all my family room furniture back to the walls to get this monster laid out.  It's actually going on OUR bed, because I've wanted a "red work" quilt for a long time--even though my bedroom is mostly soft greens.

Looking at my picture, I see the TV tables that I'm using as side tables.  I think this is the year that I'm going to get real tables for Christmas for our home.  It seems that most years there are things I really need so that counts as Christmas for us.  This year, I don't really need--or even want--anything particular and I saw some really pretty side tables on sale at a local (OKC) furniture store, so maybe I'll retire the TV tables.

I am excited to give Kelly and Matt their owl quilt.  I'll post after the wedding.