Four Generations

OK--Here we are!

Avery couldn't quite figure out why we were outside in the hot summer sun sitting down like we knew what we were doing!!

Visitors!

This has been a wonderful week! My daughter, granddaughter, two grandsons and GREAT granddaughter have been up from Texas (and she is truly GREAT). I just sit and look at whichever is in front of me at the time and wallow in wonderfulness.

Also, my granddaughter who lives close by has been staying here so she can play with her cousins.

I have just loved this week.

--oh, and that's some baby, I'll tell you.

Two

This is the second quilt I have made for Avery. I can't wait to see them in a few days!!

One

One--that's all you need if that one is the best, cutest, most wonderful and cherubic tiny angel EVER!!

One is how many great grandchildren I have. Yep, she's enough and terrific enough to be the only one. How I love her!

Work

Well, I worked for four days. I mean I WORKED for four days. I am still an occasional part-time person at a clinic near here, and they needed a person, and asked me to fill in. I am so over working!! I believe I have found my niche in life--finally--and it's being retired, sewing, baking breads, cooking, spending time with grandchildren, WHATEVER I WANT. However, on the other hand (and, of course, there's always another hand) my new interests involve the purchase of consumables. Now that means that we have a problem, Houston. Bobby's hobbies were really expensive to set up (ham radio), but largely, he gets on famously on what he already has purchased. Me, well, that's where the consumable part comes in. I buy, I use, I need more, I buy, I use, etc. You see the problem. So, the smallish allowances we "allow" ourselves, is great for Bobby, he can save up a few months and have a great sum, but I keep running out of "stuff" and need more. hmmm... So, the working thing will be wonderful in a week or so when the money hits my checking account! But not so much while I was doing it. I have a plan to substitute teach this coming school year to feed my many and varied addictions. bummer...

Tempus Fugit

Indeed! My little Scott would have been 40 today. Man I'm old...

T-shirt Quilt

Amy asked me to post this t-shirt quilt I made. I attended a class offered by our local quilt shop teaching how to make a t-shirt quilt. I was intrigued by the idea so went to the class.

Bobby wasn't too keen on the idea of cutting up his t-shirts so I just used mine and pieced a quilt to fit the twin- and full-sized mattresses upstairs in our "hotel".

When I got home and showed him what I had done, he liked it so well, he asked me to make it for our bed (which it did not fit--we sleep on a queen-sized bed).

At that point he was all for cutting up some of his t-shirts and doing it up right. So that's what I did, with the results above.

Alisa will recognize the sashing pieces from her quilt. Amy might recognize the bottom row of sashing from the lining of our quilt bags. The border and backing were purchased specifically for this quilt.

One interesting thing about this quilt is that instead of a batting, the instructions called for fusible fleece (who knew there was such a thing?), so that's what I used. It was very easy to use and required one less layer to manage, and I plan to use that method in the future.

I am looking forward to Amy and her boys being here in July--in fact I can hardly wait! We plan to take a class on the use of our new sergers, and hopefully some other terrific things we might think of.

That's all I know for now...

GREAT Weekend!!

I attended Alisa's (cum laude) high school graduation, saw my Kare-bear, my boys from St. Louis, Dylan and Jeremy, as well as three daughters and a son and his little daughter, my Calysta! It was a wonderful weekend. The other person I saw was this little tiny very precious and darling angel!!!

And here's information for all those doting grandmothers out there: In case you were wondering, the great grandbaby is as precious, wonderful, darling and lovable as the grandbabies! --and why not, they're the babies of your equally wonderful, etc. grandchildren.

Newest Toy--new Janome serger

Honestly, I can't think of anything I don't have--that I wanted. Best news: Amy is coming this summer and bringing her serger. We're going to take a class and see what we can do together with them. I'm pretty excited to learn how to operate this very complicated machine. Who else has one? What can you tell me about them? Help!!

Avery

I can't think of anything more fun than spending time with a new member of my family. My (only) great grandchild Avery is a winner!!