Fun Times

 Our son bought a water table for Avery and we got to set it up while we were there.
He LOVED it and mom got to do some gardening while he played in the water.

Papa was a good sport and drank the water.

Family pic

Egg ears!

It was a fun time spending time with Avery and his parents.

I got to spend some time with my friend, Kailie while I was there too.

We went shopping and then out to eat.

Chicken and waffles, YUM!

And after this it was time to head home.

We decided to stay somewhere on our way home so it wasn't the entire 11 hour drive all in one day.

We belong to Harvest Hosts where you can stay at places all across the US for one night for free.

We found a train museum in Princeton, WV.

Chris was in his glory, haha.

I took this from the top of the museum.

You can see our rig and where we parked for the night.

Coming up next will be new projects.

~XOP~

More NC

 

We went back to the beach but it was a different one.

The day was nicer  too.

Here are a few pics of my sweetheart.

Birds again, LOL.

The day we were leaving it poured rain. 

 We were in an Airbnb and it had a deck on the front of it.,

As we were packing up, Avery was playing in the rain.

It was so cute and he was completely SOAKED!

On Monday we headed  back to the campground.

Went back over to the kids house to spend time with them and Avery.

We got him this cash register and he loved it!  

My kids had this when they were little too.

More NC coming up.

~XOP~

Catching UP

I am home from NC and ready to share lots!  I will have to break this into several posts.

 
It's been 6 weeks since I had my lumpectomy. 

 I believe I have already said this but if not, margins were clear, and 

there was no lymph node involvement!!

  I *finally* got the oncotype score back and it was 21!!

  For post menopausal women this means 

I would have <1% benefit from chemotherapy so no chemo for me! 

 I was on to finding out about radiation therapy. 

 I found out just yesterday, that I will be having 15 treatments. 

 That's five days a week for 3 weeks.  I am pretty happy that I will only have to do this for 3 weeks. 

 So, now you are all up to date on what is going on with my health.  

We were in NC visiting our grandson and family for 2 weeks.  

We spent Easter weekend at Carolina Beach with Avery and his parents.  

We had a great time!

Very funny story about this indentation spot at the beach. 

 On Friday we went to the beach and it was COLD and WINDY so we found this kind of dug out spot and set our stuff down. 

 I was having a hard time just sitting so went to the edge of the water when all of a sudden

 a HUGE wave came in.

 Since the waves were big that day I was not alarmed until I realized it was likely going to wash over my legs up to my hips and make it to where my daughter, hubby and Avery were.

  I ran, yelling, "RUN" to them as I ran toward them.

  My daughter said the alarm on my face was priceless and she knew they had to get out of that place or be washed over. 

 Luckily they were getting up to join me at the water's edge and all 3 of them got up and moved before they were swamped! 

 They even got the bags up in time. 

 Only their shoes got wet (they had taken them off so they were in the pool that formed)

HAHA quite an eventful trip to the beach that day!

 I will share a few random photos of A now. 

 He is growing up so fast.  He is a funny guy.

We went to an aquarium and he LOVES fish, just like his mama.

We went back to the beach on Saturday.  A was not sure about the sand.  He preferred to sit in a chair.

He also LOVES birds.  

So of COURSE Gigi had to help him feed the seagulls, LOL.

You know everyone on the beach was like "stop feeding those beach rats, lady", but he was loving it.

I gave them Cheerios and and him Cheerios.

I will stop here for now.  We went to another beach and then back to the campground.  Lots more to share so please stop back.

~XOP~

Another One Bites The Dust

 I paper pieced this saying quite awhile ago.

I pattern tested for Pitcher's Boutique.

She has a whole series of designs for this theme.

Then I bought some backing fabric and promptly put it all away and forgot about it.

Until recently.

I was cleaning in my room and found it.

I am slowly unearthing old projects and putting them on my "to do" list.

I finished this today!

This is the front of the pillow cover.

This is the back.

I made it envelope style.

I looked for a form that would help me work out the dimensions I needed.

I ordered it from Amazon.

Overall I think it came out pretty well.  

I am beyond happy to have one more project complete and ready to gift.

This one will be going to a new home in the near future.

Happy Sewing!

~XOP~

Felix (the cat) Quilt

 One final quilt before we leave for NC next week.  

Another pattern test for Meags and Me called Felix.

It used an interfacing grid by TenSisters.

I've used a Quilt Smart grid like this to make the Mondo Bag.

It certainly made the assembly quick and easy.

I cut 2.5" squares and fused them to the grid. 

I sewed horizontal rows on the pre-printed line, then of the vertical line.

I sewed the panels together per the pattern and added the applique.

Voila, finished!

Well almost, HAHA.

I did have to do some stitching around the fusible applique and 

then hand embroider the faces on the cat and spider.

This would make a super easy gift for someone.

You might need to pick this pattern up.

You can see the grid here.

Cole was "helping" me sew.

This is the cat and spider before I did their faces.

You can see the embroidered faces in this photo.

I used the line Kitty Corn for the quilt.

I think it would be cute in Spooky and Sweeter too.

Or in any colors, LOL, it's just so cute!

The black on the spider is sparkly and the cat is linen look.

The pattern calls for wool, but I just went with cotton.

They use Soft and Fuse for the fusible so I bought some to try.

I LOVED it!

With all of those layers,

I think regular fusible would have been almost impossible to hand stitch through.

That's all I have for today. 

 Things will probably be a bit quiet until we get home.

Can't wait to get my hands on that adorable grandson!

~XOP~

Itsy Bitsy Spider Quilt

 I have accepted some pattern testing from Meags and Me. 

 I love working with those ladies! 

 I have 2 of the 4 I committed to finished,

  I will show you the Itsy Bitsy Spider one in this post. 

 I traced the words and still need to do the hand embroidery on this quilt.  

My plan it to take it with me to NC and work on my hand projects while I am there.  

YES we are going for a week

 (maybe 2 depending on what I find out next Thursday so fingers crossed for good news).

  I used fabrics from my stash to make the quilt top.

  I will bind it with a navy and white stripe I think.  

This is the finished top.

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

Climbed up the water spout.

Down came the rain

And washed the spider out

Up came the sun.

And dried up all the rain and the Itsy Bitsy Spider

Climbed up the spout again.

The pattern will be out in June if you need to make one too.

Isn't it darling?

~XOP~

Bjorn Bear Quilt

 I've been sewing again (or still). 

 I bought a FQB of a group of crossweave fabrics a few months ago.  

My intent was to make the Elizabeth Hartman pattern Bjorn Bear. 

 I decided to cut it out to take to NC but as you all know, that didn't go according to plan. 

 Also, the pattern was for 12 or 20 bear faces, and of course the bundle was 16 and 

I bought the background for the 12 bears. 

 D'oh!! 

 I cut originally cut out the bear faces but left the borders and sashing. 

  I cut the strips they called for as they were length of fabric but I had not subcut them into their respective lengths since I was not sure of the length and width of the quilt since I was changing things.  As it turns out I ended up piecing one 12" sashing piece

 but otherwise I got everything out of what I had bought.  

These are some of the cute faces.

This one got cute glasses!

Here it is the top all assembled.

  I used a light blue Grunge for the background.

I had some left over bear Minky from the first bear quilt I made but unfortunately not enough.

Then I remembered that I made a duplicate quilt for my SIL and maybe she had some left over fabric.

Well, luckily she did!

I was able to use a piece to add to my 2 yard piece that made it wide enough!!

YAY for using fabric from my stash too!!

Just in case you are interested, I am healing well.  

There is a video visit with my oncologist (who I have not met yet) on April 14.

Still waiting for my oncotype score.

No treatment plan until I meet with the oncologist.

Thanks for stopping in.

I would love to hear from you if you are enjoying my blog.

Pop over to the comments and say HI and introduce yourself if I don't know you already.

~XOP~