2011 Rendezvous Quilt

  Laying the quilt out on the couch to decide how I wanted it.  I still had NO idea of how big it was going to be.

I started putting rows together and I started to like it more and more. I hope the Rendezvous guys do too.

This square is the first one I started the stitching on. 

These two are showing you without the hoop.  It's going to be a lot of work and I keep thinking that I should just run it under my sewing machine.

 

 Laying out the quilt on the floor. I had to push the couch as far back as possible in order to lay the whole thing out and even then it was a stretch to make it fit.  Jes was eating lunch in her high chair while I did that.

 

 The kids helped me by holding the quilt out.

 
 That was a lot of hand stitching.  

And Then it's done!!!!

Down Came the Apple Trees!

 Two trees down!  Yeah!!!!

 

 I may have said: "Oh Shit" when this tree fell as it looked like it was going to hit the fence for about a minute. I was holding Jes at the time and she repeated me. Slater and I said: "Oh Sit!"

 First tree down.  It was already dead and knew that.  The other tree was dead but didn't know it yet.

The "Oh Sit" tree before it came down.

The "Domesticated Skirt"

 So, I was looking through the links I got in an email from Allfreesewing.com.  There are some great skirt patterns at this link:  http://www.allfreesewing.com/Bottoms-to-Sew/16-Free-Skirt-Patterns/ct/1

 My favorite skirt (link) came from this blog:  http://www.sewastraightline.com/2010/03/domesticated-skirt.html.   I made the skirt today.  I learned that it helps to measure as I am apparently not good at eye-balling the correct length.  Also, I learned that you can get the side flaps too wide.  One thing I would love to do is add pockets but am not sure how to do that yet.  

 All three of these fabrics are ones that I have owned longer than I have known my husband.  I have the biased tape laid out here too, but ended up only using the stuff that I made myself.

 Yellow skirt, checkered apron.

 Open

Checkered skirt, yellow apron.

What I have been doing today.

 

All my quilt squares. I only have a few left to do. Yeah!

 

 Did Jessica's hair.  I discovered that giving her the little mirror helps to keep her head still.

 I started to edge my rose garden but then got interrupted.

 I cleaned some of the dirt off the sidewalk and was edging the rose garden yesterday.

 I put two of my strawberries in this pot in the front flower garden.  One is almost ripe.

 I started weeding this flower garden.  It went a lot faster than I thought it would be.

 I filled that wheel barrow in about an hour and a half.  Crazy!  That time included all the time wrangling the ducks and Jessica.

 I put up a string for that climbing flower.  I can't remember what it is called right now.

 At some point, I need to wash off the step...and my feet. :)

tutorial: how to sew a garterized paper bag skirt

tutorial: how to sew a garterized paper bag skirt

Garden

 Just mowed the garden and the yard.

 Tilling where my raspberries will be moved.

 Oh, to dream of gardening.

 Getting started.

 Making one of many passes.

 Just getting a feel for the land...

 Chris watching the garden.

 Jes watching Uncle Rick rototill

 Wanting Mommy to pick her up.

 Jes and the duckies

It's so beautiful