WIP Progress

 I have a LONG list of WIPs to work on. 

 Don't we all? 

 I am trying to balance sewing with going through stuff and listing it for sale. 

 It's exhausting.  

I have yard work to do too.

  I have begun button training with Cole to see if I can get him to communicate via pressing buttons.  Sometimes I feel a bit overwhelmed!

I went to my SIL, Mary's house on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.  \

We did some shop hopping and some sewing. 

 I took the Spartan pillow covers I needed to work on hoping to get the piecing done on them. 

 I made one of these white ones for my son and he asked me to make one for one of his friends.

  I did manage to get that done.  

On Tuesday it was such a beautiful day we set up to sew outside.  

I got my machine set up first but she brought out stuff to sew too.

We went to the quilt shop at Marshall House then drove to Country Stitches in East Lansing.

I finally remembered to get a picture of us there.

My son asked me to make him a reverse color Spartan pillow cover and I did manage to get it pieced.

I took the photo at night but the background is actually a dark green not black. 

 Now I need to quilt these and make the pillow covers.  

I may try to work on that today. 

 It's what I *want* to do but not what I ^should* be doing.  

I had the chance to go over to my niece's house and hang out with her and her 4 girls (all under 5).  They are the cutest!  

We brought my husband's aunt (so their great great aunt)

 to visit as she had not met the most recent addition.

  I snapped a few pics of her with Lincoln.  

Just look at all of Lincoln's hair!

OK, I have to get moving and do something.  Hope you all have a great weekend!

~XOP~

Baby Lincoln's Quilt

I couldn't post this until it was received.  

Little baby Lincoln received her quilt today in the mail.  

You all saw the left over pieces from the Neverland fabric line and this is the quilt I made with it.  Pattern is a free one called Star Break.

I LOVE this pattern and I really have enjoyed working with the Neverland fabric.

  I still have quite a bit left if anyone else wants to make one.  

See previous post for fabrics for sale.

I used the pretty mint flowers from the line for the back.  

My friend, Liz, did the fairy quilting.

Close ups of the stars.

I made a label using the same fabric as the back.

It was the first time I tried that and I love how it turned out!

We get to meet one of the other babies born in our family on Thursday.

I can't wait to give him his quilt and to share it with his label too.

I am currently working on making nap blankets for a friend.

Her daughter teaches in a 4 year old classroom.

The kids need blankets for naps so each year my friend and her friends make nap blankets.

One yard each of cotton woven and one of flannel.

I may have bitten off more than I can chew!  

I have cut out 12 so far and still have fabric I pulled for more.

I may just give her the rest of the fabric.  

I'm not sure I will have enough time to make more than 12 right now.

I gave plasma today too.

I've been trying to give 2x per week. 

It went really quickly today.

I made my entire donation (830ml) in 40 minutes flat!!

I took a photo of my arm but figured you might not want to see.

It was pretty cool watching the bin fill and then empty my cells back into my arm.

Then fill and return until my donation was complete.

Maybe a pic of baby A would be a better photo to put here?

He loves this Johnny Jump Up!

What are you working on?

I need to cut a couple more nap blankets tomorrow and then start sewing.

~XOP~