Wedding weekend: rehersal

hands off the bride!

army buddies even came !

Good friends! Good Times

Aaron

All Of us ! at rehersal party.

cute couple !

We are getting ready for a big event ! Jake & Jade are getting married this spring.

We had all the girls gather in one location for weekend of dress shopping.. shoe shopping.. shower giftys.. to much food... lots of chatter......... TYPICAL !!

Hibernating

Super Bowl weekend was spent sewing up a storm. After choosing a color combo ( Anything Solid) These 3 tops fell into place. They stitched up fast ! For those that 'stash bust' No Idea how much fabric got used up but it all came from the closet. I didn't fuss over color choices I just cut a big pile of many solids and sew till its gone ! Next week is quilting the Purple Braid tops and perhaps if its warm, baste these. The year has a good start with 7 Good Deed tops so far. Pot Roast yesterday.... Soup & Fresh bread today..... Hibernating is a good thing.

Update 2 /14
All the purple quilts are quilted and hemmed. These 3 solids are quilted & hemmed DONE!. I have one bright colored one left to do. Currently am stichin on Feathered Stars for Tx lady. Next week a work trip to Ark w Hubby. Ill take the machine along for while he is in classes.

Staying Busy

I started January off with designing and piecing the HolidayStar for '09
Here's the sneek peak before it goes on the frame!


I bought a new book this winter 'Jelly Roll Quilts' It has quilts made using strips.. fast to cut, fast to sew! In the past 2 weeks Ive done 2 Purple Braid tops, One Purple with squares,,, and one with bright colors. I also have on the table 2 more with an Amish flavor.... solid colors with skinny black.

In the middle of this we got my hearing aid fixed.... I'm Backkkkkk!.. sounds good !
We are making soups... making breads.... making bean mixes for more soups.
Had to send my rings in to get fixed to, a stone fell out,, nutz,, now my fingers are nekid. eeek!

We are staying busy while hibernating ! ~~K

Christmas Pic's

Jared's Quilt

Kate's Quilt

Back side Hand Quilted

Shell won the holiday 08 star Quilt

Mr & Mrs in Jamies !

The Whole Gang

The Silly Bday Girl

Merry Christmas From CampDavid

Merry Christmas from CampDavid ! We had a quiet day with puppies, while waiting for Saturdays Big Family gathering.

Then of course MrSanta comes home this morning and the Temp is 50+ !!

hohoho,, off to Breakfast in the city.. and a pic dated to say WE DID !

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(( lots of Holiday tunes!)


Must have been some Magic in the 'Motor bike' they found....
Cuz when they fired it up they ZOoomed around the town....

Do you Hear what I hear??? ((rumblezoomzoom)

Don you now your gay apparel............. (coat, red gloves, Redsilk scarf)

We're Dreaming of a White Christmas...... ( not Just yet)

... over the river and thru the woods to Grammas house we go.... ( we did B'fast out)

.... bearing Gifts we traveled NOT far......

..... our cheeks were rosey and bright......

Its Christmas time in the city ! When the air is filled with cheer......

~~~~~~~~~ enjoy ~~~~~~K

hohoho

hohoho. !!!

I'm making a list.. checking it twice.. actually several lists .

First is Holiday prep... for a quiet day just the two of us on Christmas Day. Mr will be working ,, then sleeping some of it. We will do a ham dinner and pie.

Diva is all decked out with red scarf.. Her hair apt changed till after the New Year... she is a bit of a bag lady right now LOLLL

The boxes that go to Chicago are sent.. the boxes that go to Des Moines Hotel weekend are stacked in the garage. Along with bunches of Groceries to feed the crowd there. Our crowd is growing this year with Jake's engagement to Jade and her daughter Raelle, Neat!

This year has flown by so very fast!!! I just finished the Holiday 08 star quilt,, all while thinking 'wasn't I just sitting here doing Kay's School houses?' The Holiday Star will be passed to new owners at the Hotel.

A good portion of our year was spent with new Bike riding hobby,,, Tim and I rode all over Mo. This past week Sun Dec 14,,, it was 50* plus here and we went out for B'fast on it. Sure cant do that in Iowa ! The weather changed in the afternoon dropping to 30s with sleet.

I kept up the sewing all year long with more Good Deeds and many many shopping totes .( 46) and a few orders to clients.

On the Good Deed Quilts, We gave 3 more this week to the church. Bringing this years total of Good Deed quilts to 15. Not the same as last years marathon,, but good thoughts non the less.

I've also cleaned out the many boxes of donated fabric. Transferring color combos to an Idea Box and the rest to Big bins for better access and storage. 09 Has more quilts coming, Too many Ideas to quit now !