Anyone Can Quilt

Treasures all around.

I've been sidetracked again.  Now it's with these fun little dresdens.  Ooooh they're so fun!

Also have some vintage sheet coffee cozies on the assembly line.  They're almost finished! 

So I had my 35th birthday last Friday.   My thoughtful friends always spoil me with the most special gifts.  Look what M.T. made for me!

Isn't it great?  Little sewing machines!  I love love love this quilt so much.  It makes me smile every time I glance at it. 

This quilt is soooo special.  My sweet friend Sabine made something for me too:

Oh gosh!  Could this be any cuter?  I love the little scallops around the cupcake.  She also sent me this very special book.  My friend Sabine is German and I have started to 'try' to learn some German!  It's been really fun.  So imagine how I laughed when I opened this next gift:

This will surely help me!!  It's a kindergarten book from the 1950's.  I have spent so much time looking at the illustrations. 

I love this one above.  The creepy little boy is spitting something and the girl in the yellow dress is running away in disgust.  Warms the heart.  Oooh, and look at the photo above this one, check out the dead fox hanging next to the gentleman in the green coat, smoking his pipe next to the children.  Love it!

Now my friends, brace yourselves for some extreme cuteness.  My girls have new pets.  We just got them yesterday.  Please meet Cher and Mindy, they are two months old.

 

Oh gosh.  Little guinea pigs, or as my friend Sabine calls them, Meerschweinchen. 

Meet Cher, she has crazy red hair and she is very outgoing and eats a lot.

Cher is a cheeky little punk. Now please say hello to Mindy:

Look at her little face!  Mindy is quiet and more sensible than her friend.  She is taking us all in and not showing off like you know who.  And she looks like a teeny little beaver!!

We are already having so much fun with these girls!  Do you think they'd snuggle under little piggy sized quilts?

Have a wonderful Thursday my friends! x

My new love.

I'm so happy that it's Friday!  We've made it through the week.  This week for me was filled with beautiful rain, and horrible headaches.  I am so prone to nasty headaches and sometimes they last for days and days.  Yuck.  Since I haven't had the energy to properly blog about quilty things this week I will share what arrived in my p.o. box today. 

Oh boy oh boy oh boy.  These are GORGEOUS!  It's a whopping 33 fat quarters of Rural Gardin wovens by French General, for Moda.  I saw these beauties and had to have them. 

The Rural Gardin link above takes you straight to The Fat Quarter Shop where you can purchase these lovelies.  I happened to find them for a great deal (plus free shipping) on Ebay at KwiltyKim's store (I just checked and she has another set listed!).  She may or may not have more of them but it's worth a try!  Hope you have a fabulous weekend. 

p.s.  Thank you all so much for the sweet birthday wishes for our little Rosie!  You'll all be happy to know that she was indeed spoiled properly.  x

She's 2!

Our sweet little Rosie is two years old today.  I can't believe how the time has flown by.  We are so happy to have this baby in our family.  She is a funny, sweet, snuggly little monkey.  And did I mention that she's patient...

She's looking around for someone to save her from this embarrassment... "anyone?...helloooooo?...."

Uh-oh, now she's plotting her revenge.

Don't worry, we'll make it up to you Rosie.  Lot's of extra snuggles and kisses on your soft ears.  And we won't make you wear this hat again.... until next year when it has a 3 on it.  x