The “Holda Buttload O’ Books” bookbag made it to my G O R G E O U S baby girl who is in Australia attending school. She sent me her modeling portfolio…heh.




Oh and that beautiful hard-to-describe gingery-coppery hair color is all hers. Never been touched by any color or chemicals.
Then of course she had to give me THE FACE… don’t know where she gets her snark from . . .

Then she blew me kisses. Sniff. I miss you Baby Girl . . .



Really R E A L L Y miss you bigtime.

I’m sewing sun hats for some special little munchkins. This is the first one. I used some old fabric from my stash. . . O L D . . . this fabric was used when my now 20yr old daughter was a munchkin! {so I’ve had this fabric about 15yrs??}
I still need to steam the Yo-Yo flower into submission. Bad Yo-Yo!

FACT:
Today is June 18.
Yesterday was June 17.
June 17 is 15 days after June 2.
FIFTEEN FREEKIN’ DAYS!!

June 2 is the day one of you drivers was NOT paying attention and hit my son while he was riding his bicycle. Yesterday one of you DID IT AGAIN!
Meeting the EMS and police 2 times in the same month is not my idea of fun. I would appreciate if you would kindly pay attention. Austin is a cycling community. Share the road. Get off your cell phones…. and STOP hitting other people’s kids! Please. The end.

No nifty needle pics or plans to post today. Yesterday was Life-Interruptus Majorus! My youngest was hit by a car while riding his bike. Driver’s fault. He is banged up, bruised up, road-rashed real pretty and has a considerable gash along his temple. Other than that he is fine. Yes, he wore his helmet. Today’s plans are to attend my next to youngest son’s graduation. Don’t blink. Life comes at you F A S T==========!!!!

credit: Intamin10

Oh! Don’t forget to get your Summer Stitch on over at Maddie’s!

Finished it over the weekend { just in time for the Spring to Finish Challenge }
It’s a beautiful morning here {before the heat hits} so I grabbed my cup of coffee and my camera and took some pics of the quilt hanging from my Crape Myrtle trees…wow, that was a run-on sentence. FYI….. Crape Myrtles … uh… pee … or something. Not sap. But drop liquid on you. Didn’t get on the quilt, just me. Anyhoo



I know this is a simple quilt but it means a lot to me. I have made so many through the years and gifted them without photographing them. This is my Re-entry, if you will, into the quilting world. So, there it is. Kész! And I am now officially sick of looking at it. I get that way with all my creations.

I am debating my next quilt project but first I have 4 hats to sew today and I have a bag designed that I hope to get sewn. Can’t wait to show you!

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!

Yeah, I know, I said there would be pictures of the wedding. Blame Mr. Coffee hogging using my camera…again. Arrggghhh. Better late than never. So here’s proof…
The theme of the wedding was built around the quilt, pictured later, that the Bride’s grandmother made for her before she passed away. The quilt top was finished but the quilt was completed by family members the week before the wedding. Anyhoo… the colors of the quilt reminded them of a Peacock, so hence the wedding theme. The Bride is/was in Roller Derby and the Groom (my oldest son’s best friend) is a Wrencher.. an awesome Master Bike Mechanic… hence also the Bicycle themes. They both are also talented and accomplished artists. The Groom’s hat was designed and sewn by Moi. The most adorable flower girl ever is my granddaughter. The Best Man is my firstborn. Bride’s family is Scottish, hence the kilts. The band was a Queen coverband. Ok enough with the gab and hences, on with the pictures!

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!

After an evening of noshing on grilled fajitas the C&C Tribe played Texas Hold ‘Em…except me. I played Hexas Hold ‘Em. Get it? Thank you, thank you, I’m here all week at the Coffee & Cotton Comedy Club.

I apologize for the below average pics. I am doomed to my crappy camera phone. I had to allow Mr. Coffee to pry my camera from my hands let Mr. Coffee take my camera on a business assignment. His broke. Ack! So here is my pic a la Blackberry

And a few more Hex shots
80 -1.5 inch hexagons completed


2 inch hexagons

Some itty bittys