Mare's nest: It's a girl!

Saturday, October 13, 2007

It's a girl!

IT'S A GIRL

I was going to do the whole post in pink in honor of my favorite cousins new little baby girl but it's too hard to read!

She arrived on Oct 11, all healthy and red hair and dimples. Not that I get to see first hand, sigh. But mommy called to let me know. I soooo wish that Wisconsin and Colorado were next to each other~ With apologies to anyone living in the states between us, I would like to get rid of those areas so that we could be closer.

Now I need to know what is seriously wrong with me - (Flori and Leigh, you be quiet!) I did not get her baby quilt done yet! As you can see from the picture it's not even cut out yet! I have never been this slow before! I have excuses, but really that is all they are. I mean so what there were colorguard flags and band uniforms and purses for the shop- there are always things like that! And it's not like I am not excited about this little cutie pie, because I REALLY REALLY am! She is even partly named for me!

I wonder if I was afraid to cut into the fabrics. Maybe it was fear of cutting?

Well, tomorrow I am going to whip out that rotary cutter and get my buns moving!~ That is just all there is to it!

4 comments:

Elaine Adair said...: Take it out of the pretty folder/stand and rumple it up, let the cat sit on it, drop it on the floor, and maybe THEN it won't look quite so ... so .... artistic, just sitting there, looking lovely!

Congrats on the new little girl!; October 13, 2007 at 7:18 AM
Susan Freebery said...: Well, it seems to me that you have a "quilt block". This is a scientifically proven phenomenon and can be cured by taking the following simple steps:

1. Drink TWO strong cups of coffee. Preferable from a cup with a flamingo on it.

2. Eat a cookie while opening up all the fabric you intend to use to make this quilt.

3. Turn on the iron while you grab some cheese and crackers to snack on between cuts...

All that being said, I am sure that now you understand the steps necessary to pull yourself out of this stagnation. The cure is quite simply proper snack implementation. Let me know if you need more suggestions. I have a plethora of snack ideas that have gotten me out of several serious situations.; October 13, 2007 at 7:39 PM
Jeanne said...: Congratulations on the new baby girl cousin! With the cold winter not far away, that new baby could sure use a cute and cuddly baby quilt! Hope you get busy on it soon. :-); October 14, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Rose Johnston said...: Congrats on the new baby girl in the family!!!!; October 15, 2007 at 3:20 AM

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Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings