Jamm'in

I have been wanting to learn how to jam for along time. Raspberry jam is one of my favorites. As my in laws were making some. I told her how much I wanted to learn and the next day they bought the stuff and told me to come with some clean jars. They also invited Tawnie and Alena to make some. After we finished up with all the jars we made raspberry shakes with some jam. I think Paul has made a shake almost every night since. It was so fun to do it together. I know I could have look on line to see how to do it. I think it was more than learning it was also sharing like our ancestor did. Another dieing art like quilting.

June Garden 2011

The first bed is my spring garden sugar peas, lettuce, onions, spinach, carrots. I did just add some flowers seeds. The middle is bush beans on the right, onions, flowers, 4 kinds of tomatoes,
4 bell peppers, 2 kinds of hot peppers, 1 zucchini, 1 cucumber. The last bed has potatoes, corn, pumpkins, watermelon, sweet potato, and more flowers. So with a little water, some sun and allot of faith I will have lots to eat this summer. I am enjoying great salad already.

Libby and Oliver

A long friendship

Dayna my mother in law has this old friend that is super sick with cancer. Dayna ask if I could make her a happy quilt in a week to give her friend before she left for home back east. well this is what I came up with, I really like it. I am super shocked that I did it all in that short of time. Dayna is a wonderful and kind person. I hope I am as lucky to find a friend like her that would stick by and be a life long friend. Wait, scratch that I hope I am like Dayna valiant and loving until the end.

THEY ARE DONE!!!!

I am finished with these two quilts I started almost 3 years ago. I got the first quilt pattern from my quilt guild. It's called "the almost oh my gosh." I loved how it turned out. The second quilt was for the back of the first, but then Melissa and Paul said it was too awesome to put on the back so I made two. The back of the second is fancier than I would have done. I bought that hot pink and go it home and hated it so, I threw it in my stash and added some other colors. I quilted them myself on my Bernina on top of my kitchen table. I binded them in the same fabric just different colors. I really love how they turned out and am so happy that they are done.

Easter wreath

For Relief Society we made these cute wreaths. Mine is on top and Dayna's on the bottom. I think they are great. Thanks Jann O. from jannolson.blogspot.com. Look on my side bar for her link.

Easter

I made the boys these cute ties. They came in the quilt shop and picked out their own fabric. I have never seen them so excited to go inside a quilt store. Wyatt picked an orange on orange, I thought was a little too bright, I couldn't change his mind after he saw it. Dean picked this cute monkey print, it total looks like him. I didn't make Gracie's Easter dress I probably should have but I found a great dress at TJMax.