Getting ready!!

Do you remember a while back when I mentioned that we reserved a villa on the beach????

We leave in a week! We got a room with a kitchen so we can save money by eating meals in our room. We are planning to eat breakfast and most lunches in. Imagine! So I have bought most of what we will need here, I am guessing it would be more expensive there. We will have to grab milk and stuff but that's okay! Imagine one lunch out would have been nearly the cost off all of these breakfast and lunch foods.

I've started pulling out beach toys and found the water wings! We talk about it everyday.

The hubbs is working 12 hour days until we leave, so I don't know how much quilting I will get done in the next week. I will be cleaning the house and packing I bet. I just want to play in the sand with the monster and enjoy the ocean!

Its almost popsicle season!!

I've planned to make a popsicle quilt to use as my wall hanging quilt for June. Last night I had to start these sweet treats. This is my first block. It measures 12.75 x12.75 I think I am going to make 4 more. Maybe I'll make 16 more and make a throw for the sofa. Maybe......

The block I got the idea from was much smaller and foundation pieced so I made up my own. Here are the measurements for this block.

**The Pop ** 5.5 x 8

** the stick** 1.5 x 3.5

**White Popsicle corners** 1.5 inch squares you need 2 -attach like you would a snowball block

**White pieces to the left & right of stick** 2.5 x 3.5 you need 2

**White pieces above & below Popsicle** 1.5 x 5.5 you need 2

**White pieces to left & right of Popsicle** 4 x 12.75 you need 2

Moda...at my door

You know I love Fat Quarter Shop! Fabric fast finished and all, I ordered some MODA for the Hexagon Along. It arrived today. After a small display of jumping around the living room with the box clutched to my chest, I opened my Butterfly Garden loot!

This quilt will be a gift for someone, and the fabrics will suit their family room really well. I'm thinking just a large throw. The beige is the backing and the green is for the binding.

AND AND AND in the box along with my order was.........

A freebie!! Hello?! Can this be the best day ever? (I mean aside from my wedding day and the day my son was born... of course.. ahem.) Yes, so I am very happy and I didn't tinkle myself, although I wouldn't have blamed myself. It was a giddy fun thing!

My First Try

So I was told I should try to make a full length apron.... Here is my first attempt! I am overall happy with it. Its reversible. I'm not sure which side I like best.

I don't know if there is anything cuter than my husband wearing his uniform but still modeling the apron for me. I love that guy!! I think the apron looks funny on him since he is a foot taller than me!

Apron #1

You know that stack of new fabrics has been on my mind all day. I had to start on one. I'm in love with it.

This pink fabric makes me extra happy!

This one is a store bought apron that I added the applique cake stand and the fabric along the bottom to dress it up a little. Its for my mom. She bakes lots and lots of cakes and uses a crappy Christmas apron I gave her a few years ago. Her birthday is coming up. This should hold up to her cake baking much better.

Spring Flowers

This is the next wall hanging. I started it the other night and finished it a couple hours ago. I love it.

This is for Easter dessert. Its 426 calories per slice... eeek

The monster stuffed his face with peeps. Haha

Its like junk food

You know when you don't buy junk food for a long time, then you decide to buy a bag of chips and you eat them ALL in one day?! Buying fabric today was kind of like that. Fasting for 40 days left me busting out on my first day back with 13 yards! I needed 2 yards of sashing for a project, and I found 4 yards for a backing I needed....Then I was thinking ...

I thought this was cute for an Easter apron.....

And I thought this fabric would be cute for an apron...

and I thought this would make a cute apron....

And these too....

And these would make a snazzy apron....

So I decided make myself six aprons...just because I wanted to buy loads of fabrics after my fast. I picked up these cute ribbons to dress them up!

Shrieking!!!!!!