This is the quilt I mentioned in my previous post. I am almost finished. Just need to do the hand stitching on the binding. I will give the Process report and more pics later today or tomorrow. The quilt was a gift to my son for his….gulp…30th birthday. He’s sooooo old!

Ahh Saturday. Today is a special one. My #2 Son’s / #3 Child’s birthday is today. I watched Mt. Saint Helens erupt whilst I was waiting to do my own eruption a week later! The birthday plans are delayed a week. He has to work and I am babysitting all day. I am finishing up his birthday quilt since his first quilt wore out years ago. I also plan to get some gardening in.
My hibiscus tree is full of blooms like this

All Y’all have a great Saturday!

Yesterday’s wedding was a blast! Even their dog (a big ol’ lab mix) wore a tuxedo vest and walked down the aisle. It was all outdoors. The band that played the reception was a Queen cover band {Magnifico, Austin TX} and their “Freddie Mercury” jumped off the stage and came up and sang to me! All my sons and Mr. Coffee thought it was hilarious. My only disappointment was they didn’t sing Fat Bottomed Girls… my theme song!
Sooo…where’s the pics? On my camera that is out with Mr. Coffee today. I will get them up tomorrow. I do have some camera shots of my adorable granddaughter. She was the flower girl. It was a peacock theme wedding, hence her outfit. After the ceremony my oldest son, the Best Man, PediCabed them around Lady Bird Lake with a parade of cyclists following.

On the sewing / quilting topic… I started what I thought was going to be a place mat but I think now it is telling me..{yes, I AM the Fabric Whisperer} it wants to be a quilt or at least a table runner.
Tried to color correct the photo but ya can only do so much with camera phone shots.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the real photos!

Ellis Island

A man may have to die for our country: but no man must, in any exclusive sense, live for his country. He who surrenders himself without reservation to the temporal claims of a nation, or a party, or a class is rendering to Caesar that which, of all things, most emphatically belongs to God: himself.
~ C.S. Lewis