A Quilt finished and on it's way

When I heard that a friend's daughter was expecting her first baby, the wheels starting turning.  I knew I had to do something personal for her and the family.  Well thanks to DH, I was able to personalize it with the baby girl's first name - Henley and at the bottom I did a very cute poem I found.

In case you can't read it, it says:

A child is special - a gift from above.

One to cherish - And to love.

I don't think I could of found anything cuter or more special.

Our grand daughter and two friends were over this weekend and did me and my DH the biggest of favors.  I've wanted my dining room and living room repainted for some time now and they were kind enough to do it for us.  The main color is a light grey with a hint of green in it (think DMC 3013) and I had them paint two walls a dark brown green (think DMC 830).  I absolutely love how it turned out and I highly recommend these 3 for future painting jobs....of which I have plenty.  

I was going to start Letters to Santa but I've changed my mind.  I'm going to take some time and finish up a few other things I have going before I start something new.

It's beginning to get a little chilly down here in Florida.  I put Vallie's little Christmas t-shirt on her today that Jenn bought her last year and she will not let anyone take it off of her.  I've never seen a dog love to wear a shirt so much.

Well enough for now - till we talk again have a Blessed day,

Barbara

Update:  Catherine asked for a picture of Vallie in her shirt.....well here she is in her little Bah Hum Bug shirt.  She went to the vet today to get her heart worm shot so she's a little under the weather.  Who likes shots???  See the blue pillow - well that's where she sleeps while I'm stitching.  I found that at Joann's and all you did was add stuffing and you get the perfect little dog pillow.  She curls right up into it and is very snug.  Our grand daughter Peyton has a little jack russel and I gave her one and she loves it also.  So there ya go.....Vallie in her special shirt.

I Just About Fainted

Just in case you didn't know, Leftsox (or Jenn) is my daughter and between her and I, we come up with some doozie ideas. Well we were talking yesterday on the phone and she happened to mention this quilting show she was watching. Without giving away too much information, by the end of the conversation we had everything planned. Above you will see her stitched piece by Mirabilia called Fairy Idyll. She really didn't like the finished piece so we were throwing around different ideas on what she could do with it. As you can see, part of it was cutting the stitched piece into pieces. Now I know right now you are going "Noooooooooo" but believe me when you see the finished product you are going to be amazed. Her blog is http://leftsox.blogspot.com/ and you can see the entire process there. What I am going to do is similar but just a little different. By the time Jenn and I are done, we will have something that is unique and completely different than anything you have ever seen. Stay tuned to my blog here and to her blog, to see what we are talking about.

As always, Barbara