I forgot!!! sorry Zoe girl!

I was going through pics and I realized I didn't post a pic of Zoe and her quilt! this is Christmas morning. when she opened the bag and pulled out the quilt, she said, Oh Grandma, this is beautiful! good answer sweetie!!! Love you angel....

Grandma

It's a wonderful Life.....

OK, the pics are out of order. not sure how I did this! This is a pic from today. our little swarm....explanation is down further on the blog. sorry about no make up, but we had a great time!

Yesterday was a wonderful day! I spent the day with Thornberries and then got to spend some time with Gunner man. we went to McD's for Ice Cream! Yum! Judy finished her top. she said she bought the kit in Houston. it's made with big chenille squares and flannel. it looks soooo cuddly! is that a word? LOL!

here we all are in Barb's club house. Even Linda and Denise got to come and play with us. terry S was spending Christmas with her family and Louise was taking care of her father. we missed you both.

Today we had a little swarm at my house. Melissa, Carrie, Mindy, Cherie and I made this cute little thing. here are the circles to hang on the initial. one for each month and birthday and anniversary too!

here is my initial.....

and here is everything! It has been a great 2 days. thanks gals!!! It's a wonderful life....

Lorene

Another UFO

life is good! another UFO completed with the label. Yeah!!! I belong to stashbusters at the shop. 2 years ago we did a swap of bulls eye blocks with Christmas fabric. I saw a similar quilt in webshots a long time ago and fell in love with the setting. so this is my version. Thanks gals for sharing your blocks....... Lorene

Happy New Year

For the last few years, Bruce and I have gone to a hotel to spend New Year's Eve, New Year's day and night. we come home on the 2nd of January. It has been so relaxing and quiet. I bring my sewing machine and sew my little heart out. Bruce sleeps, watches football, goes and gets food from time to time, sleeps and watches football. after the holidays and my birthday it's just nice to veg. So here is my first UFO for 2010. it's a pattern from Me and My sister - pinafore tote. I love this pattern. It's a sample for the shop. I started it last month. This I finished on the 3rd - another Christmas quilt. this is from a magazine and I used charm squares. easy peasy and it's done!!! a great way to start the new year.......

Cindy O loves civil war fabrics. so she has been giving me her scraps for my triple Irish chain. the last group she gave me were strips. so I made 2 strip blocks. I really like them! Thanks Cindy! I made these on my new year's retreat.

The last thing I did was 7 blocks for my Triple Irish chain. don't they look pretty? there is EVERYTHING in there!!! I am going to keep track of my hours, thread spools, bobbins, and yardage this year. it will be interesting to see how that works out.

This year I want to simplify my life, get things done or finished. ORGANIZE! lol......wish me luck....

Lorene

My Birthday!

I am the one who usually takes the pics, so I don't have too many pics of my birthday! we are going to have to work on that. My parents gave me a beautiful leather bag. I now have a real purse! I usually make mine. I love it! Then Bruce took me to Abdulos Mexican Restaurant(I know I butchered the name, sorry) in Chandler! YUMMY!!! the restaurant itself was just beautiful. a few days later we celebrated with the family. Our Gunner man, came with his homemade tats! he got in the markers before they came. Lee made his yummy ribs for us and Jen made Texas sheet cake for me. everything was wonderful. Demi was a sweetie and picked up all the dishes and brought my cake to me with candles. Thanks for not putting all the candles on the cake. I really appreciate that!!! We played CLR again with nickels and I let my Dad and sister Cindy win. LOL! even Andrew and Zoe played. Melissa, made me such a beautiful house box. a beautiful card was inside along with a drawing of a flower! thanks Andrew! here is the inside of the box

one side......

other side......

front.......

inside of card......

outside of card......

Jen had taken me out to lunch, received lots of well wishes, theater tickets from Cindy and Keith, money - always nice from my aunt and Harriet, and my Mother in law, a fun cupcake book and the cutest pink socks from my friend Cyndi. thanks everyone! everything was much appreciated. I was thinking a very low keyed birthday, so it was much more than I was expecting. I love you all......

Lorene

Christmas Day!

here is the Bunch later on in the day! Mercy, there is a few of us. We were having a repeat of crazy pics with our little Gunner man, so Daddy held the little guy and we got everyone! thanks Glen! Here is Jackson with his guilt.....

We played CLR for a few games then on to Texas hold em! I watched for a few games of poker then asked to join in. I then won 4 straight games, split the pot once with my dad, then won a couple more! I won almost $6 off of them! the guys were not very happy with me. I bowed out.....

Here is our little Eva with her quilt.....

well, I need to make one more quilt for Alex - next year sweetie! and then one for David and Glen and then EVERYONE will have a quilt! until the next baby is born - whenever that will be. It was sooo nice having everyone over for Christmas. I love my family. Each of you bring so much joy into my life!

love you

Lorene

Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I know I am a little late in updating, but I am getting there. the last few years we have a tradition of inviting everyone over for for breakfast. this year Cindy suggested we have a white elephant exchange after breakfast. Good idea Cindy! it was fun! here is Zoe playing with some tulle from a basket. Kids always love the wrappings don't they? Ronny won a doll!

Keith and Cindy having fun!

And here is the breakfast group! love ya all.......

Merry Christmas....

Lorene