while preparing for a family getaway to the nc mountains, i decided that we needed some crafts for the boy, since it will be pretty chilly and we probably won’t get out as much as we normally do when we come in the summer. i brainstormed for a bit, before deciding on perler beads. i […]
soul blossom quilt top
last night, i finished sewing together the 72 blocks that will make up the top of our new bedroom quilt. i wound up taking more off during the squaring up process than i had hoped, so the quilt is a bit on the too-small side. i am planning on putting a border around it, to […]
luigi and a dragon
this year, we went all out and trick or treated twice. on sunday night, we went to old salem. mistake. there were approximately 650,000 other trick-or-treaters and it was slow going. our kids didn’t hang in there for very long. but, they were cute and we got the best pics there, because it was still […]
a design wall for the quilt dungeon.
a long long long time ago, i bought a big pack of fabric (amy butler, soul blossom, fat quarters – if you’re interested). i began to slowly work on a king size quilt for our bed. it’s sort of a background project. something to work on mindlessly when i have just a few minutes or […]
apple pie
Isaac and I knocked off an item from our autumn bucket list today… The making of an apple pie. Apple peeler helper: The finished pie (complete with leaf embellishments):
Autumn cookies
Ike and I made these cookies for a fun little autumn project. I handled most of the icing, but he selected the colors. His cookie cutter skills have vastly improved since last Christmas. His eating-raw-dough skills have always been sharp.
birthday/christmas gift quilt.
i whipped up this quilt on the down low for derek’s mom a little while back. originally, i planned it for christmas, mostly because i thought it would take me until christmas to get it finished. then, it came together pretty quickly and so i gave it to her for her birthday. and maybe a […]
finished christmas quilt
i finished up the christmas quilt for my mom this morning, while the lidkids had a lazy day playing around the house. i had chose a different fabric for the backing than i had originally posted. and i decided on solid brown for the binding, because the top was already so busy. i had hoped […]
patterson farms, volume 3.
on saturday, we made our annual(ish) trek to patterson farms for some fun pumpkin-y, autumn-y, outdoors-y activities. i posted about 100 picture in picasa. here’s five. click on any to be taken away to my picasa site… patterson farms and if you’re interested, last year’s pics are here. and our first trip is here.