Thursday, March 29, 2012

Spring Has Arrived... Officially


She's not vintage 1990--- she's brand new and I made her myself---I love the pillow ticking legs and the carrot necklace.  Blue and Green are a great combination for a Northwoods Spring and that's the color of her clothes coupled with her coffee dyed ears. Don picks at me about hanging dead rabbits in the kitchen, but I think she's pretty darn sweet. She hangs on a quilt rack next to the bunny quilt....


This wool piece is almost complete.  The kit was a Christmas gift from my mother-in-law. It's Called 'Patiently Waiting' and it's designed by Lisa Bongean.  You can get it at Primitive Gatherings on-line.  Here again Spring Pastels just don't work in my house, but Spring still comes....

Don's been in and out with his job and so I've been manning the fort on my own alot this month.  Exhausting---but I married for love instead of maid service so I'll be fine.

I'm steadily working on Eric's quilt.  He has two close friends also graduating.  I had dreams of getting them a quilt ready to give at graduation, but the pressure started overpowering me-- and I was afraid of being chained to the sewing machine and missing Spring.  So I have a gift-- I'll show later, and I'll make them something smaller to go with it. It's the thought-- and I think the world of both of them...

We've had 80 degree days and tonight a probability of 3 inches of snow tonight.  Every warm day is a gift in the U.P.  .....especially in March.  The snow has melted from an 18 inch blizzard earlier in the month and there's a green haze through the woods... The pups keep the screen door flapping-- never content to be in or out-- everything is coming back to life around here.....



Friday, March 16, 2012

My Birthday----

Yesterday was my birthday...My kids are coming home from school to celebrate tonight.  It was a nice birthday, quiet like I like it.  My gift from Don--- My quilt journal in print for 2006-2009. 

We've had 18 inch snow storms and 70 degree temperatures since my last post.  Work, Kids and pups are all doing well.  We have Saint Patrick's Day tomorrow.  Though I feel it's a pretty safe bet that we still have more snow in store for us-- I have taken down all the snowmen quilts.  I'm completely ready for spring.




Last fall I finished this quilt and binding it in October I was really unimpressed..but for Spring...I love it in my Kitchen.

Eric Graduates in May.  I had told Don that I was planning a quilt for him. Chelsey had told me that since he lives in the same town with her now he's realized the quilts I have made her.

"Mom, he knows-- He's keeping track..."

So I thought I better get busy.  Don asked if I had talked to him about what he wants---In true Melanie fashion--- I had not.  I was just going to make him what I wanted him to have.  I had even pulled fabrics...

I had been saving gray prints, but now they were going to be Eric's quilt.  I thought about what Don had said--- Maybe I should talk with him.  So I did.  His response:

"Really Mom-- could you make me one of those Monochromatic quilts???"

OK--- after I picked myself up off the floor that he even knew what a Monochromatic quilt was.... I was fine.  I broke the fabric purchasing rule because I felt like this was important enough.  I'm totally out of my comfort zone but this is what I purchased:


We'll keep you posted on the progress....

Gratitudes ---
The green grass under the snow
A reason to tuck away the wool jackets
My first Robin of the season....