Design Wall Monday

Here is a project that I have been slowly working on since May.  I got sidetracked with graduation, then dealing with the miscarriage, but now I am back on track again, I hope.

This is a commission piece, a baby quilt for a lady from church who asked me to make it for her niece.  I needed to order more of the white fabric as I did not quite figure the right amount, so imagine white poka-dot printed fabric between the blocks.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

I am linking up to:
Design Wall Monday with Judy@ Patchwork Times
BOM's Away with Lyn @ What a Hoot Quilts


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Shanna

Z Moments: Princess Down..I repeat, Princess Down..

pre-princess almost 2 years ago

My daughter has informed me that hence forth she shall be addressed as "Princess Ziona."

I am not quite certain how it happened exactly, but between the layers of pink on pink , the fluffy dresses, jewels, tiaras, my daughter turned into a...Princess.  I was one of those deluded mothers-to-be who specifically requested no pink for baby showers, who thought that she could avoid the too girlie world of princesshood, but alas I was wrong.  When a girl is a princess down in her soul, there is not much a mommy can do about it but try not to overly sigh, and keep eye-rolls to a minimum.

But, Princess or not, she still has to take a nap!

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Shanna

The Thrill of Winning...

A few weeks ago I went to a bunko night at my LQS.  I had never played bunko before and frankly gathering with women made me nervous, but I needed to get out of the house.  Much to my surprise, I won the most amount of games that night!  For this I won a bundle of fabric containing 7 Halloween FQ's!  I also purchase 1.5 yds of the white print and 1 yd of the Green watercolour print (below) to help me make something.  We have no Halloween or fall décor for that matter around our house, so I am excited to get working on a particular project--a pattern testing.

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Shanna

The Things We Love..

Here is my finished Butterfly block, paired along with the first block, it has been packed up for mailing to Jennifer, the next person in the traveling quilt process.  The first block (the bird) started with Yvonne; the themes for her traveling quilt is "things we love".  My daughter told me I should make a butterfly when I asked her what she thought!


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Shanna

Home

Road songs, best songs!  We have come back home safe and sound!  Tomorrow, we are back to the grindstone...

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Shanna

Coming Out Of My Cocoon

The very hungry caterpillar has been taking a very long time to emerge at my home. The first attempt was a failure,  the second attempt ended its life at scissor-point.

At the last minute when I was packing Thursday,  I dashed into the apartment to grab a container, my machine, a bag of basic supplies and my 3rd attempt. I ended up one 2" square short, but I hope to have this block finished as soon as I get home!

We have enjoyed this long weekend away with family, Ziona most of all has been in delight of time with Grandma, Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Aunt Jana and the cats!

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Shanna

  
 

Traveling On...

We have just arrived after 8ish hours, so I am going to sum up our day:

Yes, the road to Kansas is that flat! 


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Shanna

Subtle She is Not!

Its a typical Friday with me playing catch-up from the week, things were not quite neat and Ziona let me know about it!  While I was switching out the laundry, she took things into her own hands...

Once I got everything cleaned up, I dug into my storage trunk for something to throw up on the wall with a little color.  I also put together the fruit/veggie basket we bought this past weekend!

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First Time for Everything...

Over the 4th of July we met with some friends, shared experiences, while our children played.  One of the things we discovered that day in chatting about Ziona's desire to only eat Macaroni and Cheese, was that we had never fed her Spaghetti.  Last week we remedy that situation after a tip to the store!

We have now added another item to the very small list of things that she will eat! Operation success!

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Shanna

I Just Don't know What to Do With Myself.

I have hit a major roadblock in my crafting, quilting and completing.  I am not sure what exactly to do about it.  The containers get pulled down from the shelves, the projects are riffled through, but nothing seems to be going much further than a  stray stitch here or there.  Beautiful fabrics, thought projects, many for gifts and yet I am stuck.  Do you ever feel this way?  What do you do to motivate yourself?

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Shanna