What I did today.....

My DD said I should put a picture on my blog of what I did today. So this is it. I just wanted to cut out some fabric to take to the Quilt Guild Quilt Retreat that is in March, but I couldn't stop sewing on this one once I got going. I have the borders left to put on which will be the big flower print. This is Amy Butler Midwest Modern fabric. This is a great pattern for big print fabric.

Oh, by the way, I have more fabric to cut out for the Retreat. If I can keep from sewing on it then I will have something to sew on at the retreat. The sun was out and it was a great day to sew.

Wonderful Weekend.....

Last weekend My sister Susan and I met in St. Louis and stayed at the Drury Inn in Arnold. We had a great time. We went to the Show Fri. night and saw The Tourist, we liked it. Then we stoped at Koyles because they were open till midnight. Susan lives by Branson but to St. Louis it is still 4 1/2 hours. On Saturday, Barb, Susan and I went to a Craft Fair in Ill. The sweet young man in the picture is Deegan. He is 4 years old. He loves to talk, loves his Grandma (Susan) and swim. We met Deegan and his family at Blue Owl for lunch. Paul and Caleb joined us.

This is my sister Susan, and her son Roger, Deegan's father. You can tell by the smile can't you. Yes that is my sister with red hair. My brother and other sister have red hair too. I don't know were they got me from.

This is Holly, Deegan's Mom and Roger's wife. She is so pretty. They are expecting another child? After lunch we went back to the motel and Caleb and Deegan went swimming. They had the pool to themselves for about an hour and then came the Birthday party kids.

After they left we started a scrapbook project that Barb got for all of us. (Yes, we had our free drinks and hot dog and chili.) We finished it up on Sunday morning before we went to the show again to see Burlesque. Great movie. We had gotten some snow Sat. night so after the movie we all went home. It was a great week-end. I think we will have to do that again soon.

Cruiseing.....

We started the first day of our cruise (Sunday) in New Orleans. We went to Mass at the St. Louis Cathedral. Those are the Reininger's in front and you might be able to see grandpa on the left by the lamp post.

Inside of the Church.

Sites of New Orleans. There was a game in town that day so lots of people.

There is our ship waiting for us. It was a wonderful week. Had a great time.

This picture was going to be under the quilt picture from the last post but it didn't happen. So here is the back of the quilt and the bag I made to go with it. I didn't have a gift bag so I made one. This way she can put the quilt in it or the baby's toys

I haven't updated in awhile....

I have been busy. I got these two gift Scrapbooking baskets together for a benefit auction for Brody Guard. Thanks to my friends who helped me get enough together to make two baskets. They sold for $125.00 each.

On Sat. Oct. 30 I went to St. Louis and Barb and I took an all day class with Wendy Vecchi of Studio 490, at For Keepssakes. This was the afternoon class. Mine is on the right and Barb's is on the left.



This was the morning class. Learned a lot and had a great time.

Ready, Set....

Warmup. Adam is in the middle with dark hair. This was a cross country meet at Notre Dame School in Cape on Sat.

Now they are ready to go. This is about half the kids.

There goes Adam.

Adam on his last lap. This is Cross Country so they run 3.1 miles. His time (I think) was 20 min. The guy that came in first was 18 min. This is his first year to run.

The little Hawaiian Girl quilt and the John Deer quilt were 2 quilts that were in the Auction for Breast Cancer. I won them. The JD one is for Caleb. The quilt in the bottom center was the winner for machine quilting.