Jack

I was asked recently about new pictures of Jack. Here are some I took today. See the one were he is smiling. He smiles a lot. He is almost 14 months now.

Tatting this week

Well I had fun with a little tatting this week. I tatted a snow flake with my new thread. The thread is so pretty, but I find working with the metallic sliver running through it kind of a pain. I had a terrible time, with the outside round. I kept going in the wrong direction. Had to keep cutting it off and trying again.

I have been working on Jane's Tat it and See.

Here is my work so far.

I also decided to try the camel. Mine looks more like a horse. It was fun. I used different colors. No matter how many times I started over again on the leg I could not get it right. So mine is facing the opposite direction. I think it was one of those weeks or all the medication I am on.

Playing with Minitures

I love to crochet and always wanted to try doing it with thread. I found a couple of sites about it and a pattern. I love the bears. My daughter collects frogs, so I purchased a pattern by Edith Molina. Since I have been dealing with my back and sickness, I have not been able to do much, so I thought now was the perfect time to try them. The bear is a free pattern from Edith Molina to get you started. I had no problem crocheting the parts. The bear I had trouble keeping the arms being the same size and the legs being the same size. When it came to puting them together, it took a few days to get up the nerve to attempt it. I put the frog together first. Then a couple days later the bear.

You can go to http://www.squidoo.com/groups/thread_crochet_bears to see Edith's Bears.

I joined a group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tmcritters/ The group has lots of patterns and very helpful members. I can't wait to try more.

Here are pictures of my first 2. I put my bear next to a bottle of nail polish, so you can get an idea of the size.
The bear is 2½" sitting and 3 standing. The frog is 1-3/4" sitting (top of eyes to seat). 4¼" from top of eyes to tip of toes.

A quilt for me

Well I was very surprised. A friend/quilt customer called and said she had two quilts for me. She lives an hour away, and happen to be comming to town. I was not home so she left the quilts with her mom and left a message. It took me a few days to get there to pick them up. Her mother said "You really need to look at the purple one." She knows how much I like purple and would love to see her next quilt. She is quite the quilt artist. I always tease my customers that when they bring me a purple one they might not get it back.

Well I got home and opend the bag and there was a quilt I had already quilted and it was finished with it's binding on it. On the label I found that it was for me. I do all her quilts of valour quilts and she decided to do one for me. I love it. Here is a picture.

Another Son Married

Well the wedding was beautiful. We had lots of fun. Fortunately my back held up. It was wonderful to see our grand babies. They were all sick though and now we suffer with the crud they have. Hope I get over it soon.

Here is a picture of us with the bride and groom. Doesn't our son look handsome in his Dress Blues?

Wedding Hanky

Well I finally finished the wedding hanky for my d-i-l to be. I will presenting it to the bride, tomorrow, her wedding day.

I embroidered this card and then you slip the hanky in.

Inside it has the poem. I also put in a copy of the instructions on making it into a bonnet when the time comes.

AZ, Parties & Red Bell

Well we went down to AZ and visited my folks & grandmother. We had a wonderful time, except for my back kept me from doing much. Got a little sun burn. Delays getting home, do to Denver weather. Arrived in the middle of the night to 14 degrees and a frozen car.

Since we have been home it has been party and work and rest. Still had some customer quilts to finish, but can only stand for so long before I have to rest my back.

Last week I had a quilt guild Christmas party. We had lots of wonderful food and fun. We also exchanged our friendship blocks. Only 17 of us participated. We had to make 17 blocks. I chose to make a Christmas Stocking and I embroidered their name on the cuff. Here are pictures of our blocks.

Saturday was up to Spokane for wedding prep with my d-i-l to be. Then back home to clean up and dress for my husband's company Christmas party.

Sunday I had a Christmas brunch to go to with the quilt shop I work part time for. We did a gift exchange. I tatted another bell for the employee whos name I had been given. I did this one with red thread and red and white beads.