Friday, June 29, 2018

Drift away...

A Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting design.
Drift Away. Here it is being quilted.

I am just loving the grounds of this house. Makes for the perfect picture taking.




It’s called Drift Away. Measures 80x80. I used an aqua bundle of 15 fat quarters I bought from the Fat Quarter Shop. And for the back I used a 108” wide backing of Vintage Holiday that I got from Missouri Quilt Co.
After I finished putting the binding on this one...
I started this.
Only 24 more blocks to go!


Thursday, June 28, 2018

Adventures....

Wednesday was a busy but fun day. 
Started out going looking for a little something for breakfast. Ended up at the silos.

Sitting on the grounds, people watching and eating my ‘nutty cinnamon roll’.


Went into the seed and garden shed and spent my gift certificate that my coworkers gave me! FUN!
From there we went to the museum to check out the Titanic.

Each person is given a card that describes a real passenger. And at the end, you find out the results.

Ms. Mary Davis, she survived!

A real iceberg!




Then went to the Browning Library at Baylor’s campus. Amazing, Amazing! Had no idea that the 2 were related to each other.



From there we went to lunch. Have not found a Mexican restaurant that taste like any from California yet. 
I deleted the picture of the salsa. Oops. These guys just do not know how to make salsa either!
Then... picked up Kelly’s car at the dealer, mark went on to his car dealer and Kelly and I came home. Watered the neighbors garden. Then relaxed in air conditioned house. It was about 104 degrees today. Evening time, ate dinner, worked on weeding the butterfly garden, which is out of control till we got too many mosquito bites and it was too dark to see and then came in. The end. 


Friday, June 22, 2018

Stars and Stripes...

X 2! Yep, you read it correctly. I made 2; they were that easy!
I bought a kit off of Instagram for $69. I just kept cutting the blue and red material that’s was left, and all but maybe 4 strips of red, there was enough for a second quilt. I added the white and aqua, and ta-da... another quilt was finished.

In the picture below, I did the sew on binding, but I reversed it. To give the back a little extra something and make it pop. 

On the second one, I did it the other way.

The picture below, colors are kinda different due to the lighting. It was in the shade.

There!  2 quilts made within a couple days. Just in time for 4th of July. Yahoo!

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Magnolia House...

Had some friends/co workers, come visit, and they were lucky enough to stay at THE Magnolia House. Chip and Joana did not disappoint that’s for sure!







Just absolutely gorgeous!!!








I was so lucky to be able to go in and look around...My mind is on overload now. Had to go to a couple of antique stores today so all those ideas in my head will be put to good use.

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Lizzie’s Legacy...

This is a Moda pattern by Betsy Chuchian. Called Lizzie’s Legacy.
I posted it on Instagram, so some of you have already seen it. It measures 90x90. First quilt on the machine in Texas.. I think it turned pretty cute. There’s an oopsie in it, the quilting part...but oh well.. still will keep you warm...no one will ever know..
This is the closest I have come to running out of thread...



Working now on a 4th of July quilt...actually 2! let’s see if I can get it done...




Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Happenings...

We hit the zoo yesterday...


He LOVES all the zoo’s. So Gamma and Gampy had to buy Grandparents passes. Who knew they had such a thing!
Today we went the the Maybourne children’s museum. We bought grandparent’s passes  here also. They have a Titanic exhibit going on here until January. We will go back when he is not here. Can’t wait for that. We always seemed  to miss it when it was on display in Long Beach.




2 stories of like 20 different rooms for kids to play and interact in. Plus there was a village out back you could discover how things looked many years ago. Real houses, church, school house and about 10 other buildings.




Then at the end of each day, we have to swim...






Kelly comes over, brings her 2 dogs, we eat dinner out back, swim some more, take all 3 dogs for a walk, bath time, ice cream... tonight he decided to pass on his story at bedtime. He told me he was too tired!



Saturday, June 2, 2018

Baby quilt...

I came across this super cute and easy baby quilt...
It is from a blog called “Mack and Mabel”. Although she hasn’t posted anything recent in over a year.. and searched her blog for 4patch baby quilt, I think it was and it popped up. Although, I couldn’t get the directions to download, prob because it’s so old, it’s pretty easy to figure out. It would be nice to print it just to remind me that i have the pattern, but oh well. I love the hand stitching in the blocks! It would be super cute in pink too, or just generic colors also. So many possibilities!


Friday, June 1, 2018

Homestead Heritage...

Took a break from cleaning and took Our first field trip...
Homestead Heritage.. has a little of everything. Homestead craft village at Brazo’s De Dios.
Started off with breakfast at Cafe Homestaed.
The barn, gifts and fine furniture.

I think this will be on my to do list...

Blacksmith Shop..
Homestead Gristmill
With working water wheel..



1st time I’ve ever been in a cheese cave.. 17 stairs down into a cave...



Granary, syrup mill, Potter’s House, herb garden, basket shop, farm, fiber crafts, woodworking school... and so much more.. amazing place.. the grounds were gorgeous. HomesteadHeritage.com