WIPS and Cuteness

These cute little 2 1/2 " squares are going into Button's quilt. 

For the first time ever I will need to set up a Design Board OR use a table cloth and roll it up and away every time.  I am leaning towards the fuzzy tablecloth option because of tiny two year old hands that like to get into everything!! So that will be 428 squares to cut - gulp!!!  I have about 80 so far.

This is my first ever jelly roll I splurged on.  I try to use what I have on hand and it usually works as people do give me lots of scraps. However, for some things you need to buy to make it work or finish it off.

I WAS going to use these in the 2 1/2 " square baby quilt but failed to realize they are all batiks - they just shouted "we are pretty!!".

I don't know about you but I am under the impression that batiks need to stay with batiks.

I already have an idea for them but I want it to be a surprise and at the rate I get to things you will have forgetten about it by the time I blog about it again anyway!!

This is a peek at the fabrics that will go into the baby quilt.  I found some more the other day so hopefully

I'll just have to buy a backing for it and I did buy some white for a border the other day at Joann's.

More cuteness.

I found these two snuggling like this this morning. Peter was rubbing her hair and singing "Go to sleep little baby, go to sleep."  See how he has his arm around her body so she won't fall? 

In the middle of a hair rub.

These fleeces are for Peter.  Peter has been asking for a WARM quilt for awhile.  Matthew's baby quilt is super warm and Peter's is super light (and I've never been happy with it).  I was at Joann's on Tuesday and got all this for $10 - my design is simple - just need to find something to back it with. 

Next on the list will be another quilt for Matthew - because really is it really fair if I have done two for him and only one for Matthew?  In his eyes - NO!! 

Here's a little story about our States trip.  I went through the border to go home just after 1:30 pm on Tuesday.  About a half an hour later a female border guard was shot in the neck two kiosks down from where I went through.  I usually listen to the radio while I make dinner and at 5pm I heard that the entire border was shut down and everyone that was there at the time were being held because they were witnesses.  I felt this overwhelming sense of God's grace and love towards my family for the rest of the evening.  I kept praying for the border guard and her family - I even prayed for the shooter's family.

I am thankful that Peter did not have to witness this - that I did not have to witness this - that we did not have to be stuck there for 2-4 hours - that the rest of the family didn't have to worry about where I was and the list just goes on.  Thank you LORD!!!  The good news is that the guard is recovering well.

This is the flannel I bought for the crib sheets I am making for the baby.  Our old ones were already third downs when Aleana was born and they barely made it through Nadia - this project should only take a couple of hours.  I wanted monkeys because Will and I lovingly call our children "our little monkeys". 

More squares...

Throw pillows I sewed up in the summer.  This square was made by Aleana when she was 6!!!

I kept it for something special and the time had come.

Here's the back overlap because I have not sewn in a zipper since Home Ec in junior high.

I was very happy with these and the reason I am showing them is because I need to make two more.

The pillows are just sitting in my closet.

This is my Pink box.  They are random blocks that I will put together some day.

There are more but they are not ironed and are not show worthy (yet!).

Not sure where this is going but that's what random is all about.

This is part of the KING size bed quilt that continually hangs over my head.

Just need to sew these babies together and the top will be done. 

This one is not high priority as all the baby/children stuff needs to get done in oh about 17 weeks now.

I'm blogging all of this to motivate myself and I am hoping to do an up-date every week so you can see what I've done.  Okay, time to get to work - have a great week!!!