Baby R's new quilts

As usual, I was a Last Minute Lucy again!!!  I knew the baby shower was coming up and I knew I had a deadline but Last Minute Lucy took over...but I kicked her butt and finished the quilt and receiving blanket 20 minutes before I had to leave for the shower!  And, I also made four cradle sheets too!!!

You can see the cradle in the picture below.  Her dad made the cradle 35 years ago when she was born... The nursery will be done in pink and gray with chevrons. 

Quilt front

Quilt back

Receiving blanket

The fabric line is "Willow" by Riley Blake.  When this line came into my LQS, I couldn't wait for someone to  have a baby girl so I could have an excuse to buy it!  I bought the other two colorways first thinking I was going to make the quilts from those but then I found out pink and gray were the colors so ,of course, I HAD to buy MORE fabric!  Her sister is due with her third baby in September so maybe I will be able to use the other colors sooner than later or if its a boy, I will have to make something for me.

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Family...

The first two weekends of August are family reunions!  And this year they both were a lot of fun!

The first one is for my dad's side and we all got together and camped at Pike's Peak on Thursday thru Sunday.  There was a lot of bat chasing-the shelter where the family picnic was held is a favorite sleeping spot for the bats during the day!  And there was also a lot of snake chasing!!  Two of my uncles had snakes in their campsite and so did my campsite!!!  I have a horrible fear of snakes so it was very traumatic for me and I was leary of going anywhere near the back of our camper for the rest of the weekend!  Unfortunately, no pictures, I forgot my camera!!

The other reunion was for my husbands side of the family and this year we had 75 people show up thru the weekend..I remembered my camera for this one!!  Uncle Joe had lots planned so here are some of the highlights!

There was a 75 ft Slip N Slide and a Bouncy House

Wagon Rides

A huge bon fire

Fireworks

Four wheeler riding

Fly By

Horseback Riding

And Uncle Si sightings!

Just kidding, that's Cousin Allen!

I asked some of the kids what they wanted for next year and most of them asked for a Ferris wheel!!  I guess we'll have to wait and see!!

Changes...

Oh, Brother!  

It's time to put you on "light duty"...

I am more than an "Enthusiast"!  I talked with the sewing machine repairman and he told me don't fix it, you're wearing it out... buy a machine made for more than the occasional quilter!  So I went to my LQS, and bought a new Janome!  

Now I have to learn everything all over again...but it is going well, Janome has made everything pretty easy to operate and understand.   I need to find a new sewing table as this one is from the 70's(originally for a Kenmore) and nothing fits right but it will work for now!

Denmark

This past school year friends of mine hosted an exchange student from Denmark.  Over the course of the year my daughter and Maria became good friends and as things usually go, somewhere along the way it was decided that Maria needed a quilt as a going away present!  And of course it was short notice...so among track meets, graduation, work, getting ready for a trip and going on that trip, I worked in a quilt for Maria.

I sewed half square triangles and my daughter did the design.  Here's the first try...

 It took her about and hour and a half to finally decide what she wanted.  Finally after I showed her a design I had drawn up for another quilt, she was inspired and started this.

There were some changes made during quilt top assembly and I LOVE the finished quilt...

We made it in a knick of time-the night before Maria was flying home!

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Disney Rides

As promised...

AEROSMITH ROCKIN ROLLER COASTER-This one launches you from 0-60 MPH in 2.8 seconds!!!

Me, my daughter, Dad and Sister

My nephew, son, daughter and husband-my son's expression is priceless!  TOTAL FEAR!!

Back row-my nephew and son

CHEVROLET TEST TRACK

You get to "build" a car and "test" your design.  Me and the hubby's car came in last!!

SPLASH MOUNTAIN

A buzz Lightyear Game/Ride

We came in last in our family!

My husband came in first! 

SPACE MOUNTAIN

Fun memories...

Vacation...

My parents took my family and my sister's family on vacation last week!  Can you guess where we went?

Disney World!

We drove there in two vehicles, so there was a lot of this in my car...

(my youngest daughter is sleeping under there!)

On the way to Disney, we made a stop at the beach.  I sent the kids in clothes and all!

I rode the Aerosmith Rockin Roller-coaster...another item crossed off on my bucket list!  

Mickey and Mini called my husband and I to sing "Happy Anniversary" to us for our 19th wedding anniversary and they left kissing swans on our bed!

And on the way home we stopped in Springfield, IL to see my favorite sister in law...

 She's a tour guide at the Lincoln Home (National Historic Site) Jenni is so lucky, she gets to do fun things and get paid to do them!  In 2012 she was a worked on a boat doing Puffin Tours in Maine!!  The kids and I will be going back down this summer to visit and take the full tour since we only had a short time

 to see her between groups. 

I'll post more pics of the trip later this week when I have more time!

Ooops!

In the midst of all the craziness that has been going on in my life these last few weeks...it was brought to my attention that I did not share the quilts from my "UH-OH" post!  I did make the deadline of May 1!  I started all this on April 23 and managed to work around track meets,doctor appointments and a whole bunch of other commitments...

The quilt

The quilt back

Receiving blanket

Mini quilt

Hooded bath towel and washcloths

And last but not least...a bunny

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