lilacs

Look what we found on our walk today. Lilacs remind me of my Grandma Rushton. She had the biggest bush, it was like 20 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Well my measurements could be off a little, I was a little girl. Grandma would take lots of family pictures in front of that lilac bush. Lilacs also remind me of Mothers day and Sunday church where the children sing to their mothers. I really need to plant a bush in my yard somewhere so it will remind me of my Grandmother and my children's songs.

After I got done blogging about these beautiful flowers this is what I walked in on. Oh well, I guess we have to go get more.

Favorite flower

This is my favorite flower but the dang deer make it really hard to enjoy them in my own yard..

Babies are waiting...

Is it Halloween? My latest project was to make two baby quilts for my Mom to give out at work. They were going to be the cutest rag quilts ever. I got the first quilt altogether, put it in the wash and look SPIDER WEBS. The seams started to come apart, and frayed far past the stitching. I rushed off to the store for some expert advice. Thanks to them and my ingenuity...

...here are the most awesome rag quilts I have made.

Quilting Group

This block is for the old red church they have been meeting for 20 years. The next one is delectable mountains for the place we all live.

This one the log cabin is for the pioneers that settled here first.
This one is sheriff's nine patch. The next one is friendship block.

I have done 5 of blocks for quilting group. We are meeting tonight and I had to get them done so I could show them off. The group is celebrating 20 years of quilting together. I have only gone for nearly a year. 20 years ago I was 10, I'm such a baby in the group. The old timers are bring a block with them each month and we are doing them in our own color skims. As you can see I choose bright with brown. I think they turned out so cute!

Baby girl

Oh my! Its been a long time since I posted or sewn anything. Sorry I haven't felt well. I am 2 months pregnant. If you haven't heard we are going to have #3 around Thanksgiving. Everyone that I talk to asks "are you hoping for a girl?" Well I would be very happy for an all boy family, but it would be very fun to make girl things. I really don't care. So until then, I will make these for my Mom's friends. I love the blue, cream and dark pink. This one with pink and green is really cute too (not me) but cute. I just got the top done with it as you can see I put the seam on the outside. Babies like texture. I hope the moms like it. I will post them when I get them done.

spring garden

The boys and I planted a spring garden with Grandpa Gillespie. We planted broccoli, cabbage, peas, spinach, butter head lettuce, Roman lettuce, carrots, onions, we have strawberries going from last year. I wish I would have had my camera with me, it's so cute when little kids help with the planting, next time. I love that Dan (aka. grandpa) helps me. I can't have the garden in my own yard so he offered his yard. When we got to his house he had already tilled the garden. so we just got to do the easy part. I am leaving for turkey tomorrow for two weeks. So hopeful when I get back everything will be sprouted. If you want to hear more about my trip look at Traveling Pansies blog we are going to try to update it everyday.

Its comming

Spring is almost here! My crocuses are coming out. Wyatt and Dean love finding new flowers in the flower beds. I can't keep Dean from picking them. I need to remind myself to plant more early spring bulbs next year. Flowers are a delight when the snow melts.