My baby boy turns 19 in one week,

One of two of the best accomplishments in my life, ♥ you sweetie!

 

xo Mom

Bluebirds

Happy, Busy, Bluebirds ~ working on their nest

Mama looks like she has a giant mustache ~ too funny.

Using nice soft hair that they found after I brushed these guys yesterday.

We like to grow our Labs big???

 

They’re always cute when they’re sleeping ♥

Must you dig a huge hole and lay in it……

xoShawn

Monkeys in Oz……

I can’t remember when I made this sock monkey for my son, maybe 10 or 12 years ago, he is showing his well loved age a little…  He was actually packed away in the closet, poor little guy.  He inspires me to stitch another, they are fun to make.

I just love the Oz fabric line and thought it was perfect for another raw edge circle quilt, inspired by Allison over at Cluck Cluck Sew.

Monkeys in Oz measures 66”x78”, a nice (big/large) size.

  

Sock Monkeys on the back and Oz on the front.

It’s a little on the heavy side though, I didn’t cut out behind the circles .  Oh well I have enough scraps around here.

This fabric reminds me of the 70’s??

I feel like  I should make a little outfit for my monkey they are so cute dressed!

Sock Monkeys are just so silly I can’t help but love their sweetness!!

I’m pretty happy with my machine quilting on this one. I like the circles, loops, flowers/butterflies and a wavy stitch my machine made.

I’ll be taking a little blog break, I need to spend some summertime with my family, mow, weed, mulch and grow my gardens ~  all of these chores make me happy,  or I’ll just keep telling myself that………

xoShawn

Pinwheel Sampler in Blush

The brown in this quilt reminds me of chocolate…

Chocolate

Not Vanilla not Yellow ~ sorry Riley, he would just love to lay on this quilt.  No way Mister!

I made 20 blocks and used  3’’ borders with small pinwheels between the blocks.  My quilt measures 62’’x72’’ after washing and drying.

 

I pieced the back and quilted my sampler with a crosshatch design, I’m very happy with the way it finished.

 

Thanks Rachel of P.S. i Quilt (love her blog name) for taking the time to instruct us on how to stitch up this wonderful sampler.  I told myself I wasn’t signing up for any quilt-a-longs this year, I couldn’t resist!

Finished just in time for Amy’s Quilt Festival ~ Yay! 

Can’t wait to see all the quilts.

Lots of gardening going on here too, in between stitching time.

xoShawn

Happy Earth Day

 

and two finished projects

Two “Make Life”  charm packs made this quilt perfectly.

I used every scrap in my pieced back.

 

Very pretty and fun fabric…

I adapted this Apron kit from Sweetwater a little to suit me, I need a bib on my apron, I’m  kind of messy when I cook/bake.

I had some vintage cotton ric-rac to use around the bottom.

I ordered a cute patch for the bib top.  I’ll be happy when I wear this and feel pretty in it too!

These two are watching every stitch I take while enjoying my morning coffee…

Happy Earth Day ~ I love azaleas

Linked to

The Inspired Room

xoShawn

Make Life

Quilt top and a perfect way to use two charm packs. Poo I think I better take my time a little more with block placement. Oh well …... I really like this fabric.

Make Life Bloom

 

xoShawn