Wrappin'

Wrappin' - not the singing kind or the present kind, the knitting kind!

 I have contracted a virus.  This virus is called startitis.  Have you heard about it??  Oh, it's so contagious!!  But, oh so fun!  As usual now, Tux must be in the middle of everything.

 I found this fun and beautiful yarn one day while I was at Michaels.  I had just dropped off my youngest daughter at a girl scout meeting, I was feeling a little blue and had about 90 minutes of time all to myself.  So....I decided to have some retail therapy time.  This yarn and several others found their way into my basket.

 I had no idea what it would look like knitted up, but it looked kind of fun in the wrapper.  Now that I have knit a bit, I love, love, love it!

 This is the yarn unknitted - didn't it look fun?  Can you see why I just had to have it??

 We also celebrated a birthday - Our youngest daughter turned 11 and requested her favorite chocolate cake in my "fancy" bundt pan.

 I couldn't disappoint her!  And I filled the hearts with melted chocolate wafers of different colors.

Look at that face!  Did she like it or what!

Take a look over at Tami's, Kristine's, and Sara's.

Another Quilt

Another quilt in progress!! After the last two, I finally got up the nerve to work on the T-shirt quilt I had been wanting to make for my husband. His birthday is coming up and I needed a gift for him. He is an avid runner and just can't bear to part with any of the shirts that he gets with each race, so I bravely chose 12 of the older ones to use. I ran all but 1 of these races with him so it's kind of a memory quilt of us (before kids :o) also.

As I was uploading I kind of got them out of order, but here is the top pieced without a border.

First I chose the shirts that I was going to use, cut off the back, sleeves and collar and ironed them flat.

Then I attached interfacing to the back to add stability and cut each shirt into a 15"X15" square.

This is the fabric I chose for the sashing, border, backing and binding.

The quilt top is a little farther than you see here - all the quilting has been done and the binding is ready to be attached.

I will be working feverishly the rest of this week to get it finished as his birthday is on Sunday. We are having everyone over to celebrate the February and March birthdays - there are 4 of them - on Sunday and I have some great ideas on how to package it.

By the way, the quilts brought in a respectable $115 for the 4th grade quilt and $125 for the 2nd grade quilt. Not bad!

More works in progress at Tami's.

One-a-Day

I barely managed to meet my one-a-day requirements this week. Been feverishly working on getting the second class quilt complete - still not done. It should be done in the next few days :o)

7 hexies - so far this is my favorite yarn because of the patterns it makes all by itself.

7 fish - only 12 more to go and then I don't need to knit anymore!! WAHOO!!

10 squares - I only needed these ten to finish up the next section and I couldn't stop until they were done :o)

Only 5 kites this week

Someone turned 14 and requested a special cake - my double chocolate bundt cake. I poured melted chocolate into the heart sections.

She's so big and capable!! Do you see the ironing board and fabric in the background? These have taken up residence in my dining room for the last several weeks. I bet my hubby will be glad when these things go home and we can have our dining room back!!
7yo and one of his good friends from down the street. Notice the handle bar mustache he drew on his face to emulate his cousin who used to have a real one!!

See you all next time :o)

A double digit birthday

Our fourth child (third daughter) turned 10! How did a decade pass by in the twinkling of an eye?

She celebrated at one of those jumpy places with just a few of her favorite friends and lots of family. She does not like huge crowds of people (kind of like her mom!) and just wanted to have fun with those most important to her.
One of her favorite things to do is read. She wants to read all the time!! So....she asked for a "book cake". I struggled with this for a long time and was talking to the six year old at breakfast the day before the party and telling him that I was trying to figure out how to make it. He told me, "Mom, a book is just a rectangle with a line down the middle!" What a little genius!! :o) I used a regular cake pan, came up with a fun little start to a book, and made a bookmark out of fondant. The birthday girl LOVED it!! And it was totally easy thanks to the six year old.

No birthday party is complete without a sleepover! This is breakfast the next morning.

Mickey Mouse chocolate chip waffles - a must have!

All of the 10 year olds favorite breakfast food - what more could one ask for

I still can't believe she is 10!