On a min-vacation!

The hubs and I are doing my mom a big favor.  She is shipping my brother's car to him in Hawaii, but it has to be driven up to Seattle to be dropped off.  So she arranged a nice hotel for us, money for a dinner and movie and a train ticket home.  So off we go.  Our first trip together with out our little guy.

We are both nervous and excited.  We have each spent time away alone, but it was somehow easier knowing the other was with him.  This time we just pray he behaves and SLEEPS for his grandparents.

He will have fun, he is even going to the big grand floral parade with my parents while we are gone.

Wish us luck.  I'll share how it goes when we get back!

Kaleidoscope QAL

I'm joining in on the latest Quilt Along.  The Kaleidoscope QAL at Don't Call Me Betsy.  I'm soo very excited about it, and I am even more excited about the fabrics I'm going to be using.  It's an ode to Amy Butler for sure.  I am sure it will turn out beautiful. 


Been living under a rock? Haven't heard of this great QAL yet? Just click the button above, or the one in my sidebar to the right to check it out! Also there is a great flickr group if you decide to join us.

From left to right - "Love", Amy Butler coordinating solids, & "Soul Blossoms"

WIP {Work-In-Progress} Wednesday

COMPLETED:  The Lotus Quilt

I am very pleased with how this quilt turned out.  I LOVE it.  The binding needed more work, I only had 2 inch scraps to work with so it's a very tight, small bind, but who cares.  It was my first binding made from scratch and I call it a success.  Of course next time I have a better idea of how big I want it to be.  It's a great size, almost 70x70 so I can curl up under it perfectly!  Aiden even loves watching cartoons wrapped up in it.

I still am all a twitter about it's name though.  I'm thinking calling it "Tranquility".  Who knows.  Any suggestions??

I also completed the small tote and hot pads for a birthday present from last week.

WIP: 

Mini-pini's.  I inherited some fabric from my grandmother-in-law.  I want to use this pastel floral to make pinwheels.  I picked up some matching solids and have started cutting.  I have a few ideas in mind.  This is my next project to hopefully get finished!

New: 

I've added a new project to my list.  I probably won't work on it for a while yet.  My friend Mallory found out she is expecting a girl, I have already made them a sock monkey blanket, but now I want to make something super girly.  I have some Sweet Divinity fabrics I want to work with.  I also want to attempt the faux chenille backing for this one.  I drew up a simple sketch.  I think I'm going to just go with some large squares and add rows of a pale pink fabric in between.  Then the back with be a pink flannel as the main.

On-Hold:

Mod-Times quilt {which may eventually get scrapped}
Dutch Girl quilt for mom
Baby Girl quilt
This  week's stats:
New projects -  1
Completed projects - 2
Total Projects In Progress: 4 {down 1.  I completed the birthday gift from last week and my Tranquility quilt, but added a baby girl quilt to the to-do.}

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