In Search Of...

My Niece in Tennessee has requested a new quilt. Her and her Hubby are looking to buy their first house and would like a new quilt. They even picked out the colors and design. Pretty good for a young couple. They are about the same age as our oldest.

Stacey saw this one from JCPenney. I think she picked out a gorgeous quilt. We were discussing how much longer a handmade quilt lasts compared to the store bought ones lately. I'm sure it all depends on how much you spend but ours always seem to fall apart or loose the softness of their batting.

OK now for the part where I need help. From what I can see it looks like the center of the quilt is a section of a wedding ring design. Then some triangles and squares, borders, etc. Has anyone seen anything similar to this? I can wing it and that is not the problem. It's how much fabric to buy. It's times like this that I wish I had EQ7.

The other big part is fabric selection. While I love these colors, they are not normally something I buy. Does anyone know of a line that has these kinds of soft colors? I'm guessing they are country?

Thanks everyone!

Florine's Fabulous Boards for appliqué

Pigtales and Quilts   is giving away a Florine's Fabulous Boards for appliqué. Give away ends  February 9th at noon, eastern time.

Retail Therapy

My floss supply was a bit low so I picked up a nice size variety pack. I've been following everyone's progress over at the Birdie Stitches block of the month and I want to make the blocks but I just haven't decided on colors yet. My February partner over at Block Adventure requested Civil War fabrics and those are fabrics that I never have in my stash so I ordered a charm pack.  The monster fat quarters were ordered on a whim but I do have a plan or two for them.

Family photos

We were able to get some pics of the family recently and I thought I would introduce you to everyone.

First we have the King and Queen. Rob and I have been together for almost 21 years. We have grown and matured together over the years. Yes, we want to kill each other sometimes but even after all these years we are still in love. Rob uses the cane because he has a bad back. I use the cane to beat Rob when necessary lol.

Justin is our oldest and Mandy is the middle child and never lets us forget that. These two were buddies right from the beginning. Justin has been an amazing big brother and always protected Mandy and let me just say that there have been many times that she needed protecting. Justin has always been a thinker while Mandy was a climber. That girl would climb out of her highchair, walker, stroller, crib, anything. I came home from work one day to find Mandy sitting on the floor with her playpen upside down over the top of her. Rob said he and Justin were tired of chasing her down and needed a place to put her that she wouldn't be able to get out of.

This is when they were in one of my sister's weddings. They cleaned up nicely. I'm thinking they were around 3 and 6 or somewhere around there.

Once they hit high school age they started to separate a bit. Justin would still do anything for his sister but they began hanging out with different types of friends. This picture was taken when Mandy came home for Christmas this year. I believe they were horsing around before I took the picture.

OK, now that's better. They stood together for a whole 10 seconds so I could take a picture. Once Justin finds out I put these pics up he will kill me but that's OK I don't mind. Now that they are both out of school they're buddies again. They have whole conversations that I don't even know about again. I know as siblings grow they grow apart and then come back together again. I'm glad these two decided to do it sooner rather than later. I think siblings need each other as adults.

Then we have these two together. If you saw them together you would think they hate each other. They are always arguing and beating on each other. Actually, all three like to beat on each other. It's their thing and the way they show that they care. If anyone tries to hurt Robbie watch out because Mandy will be there in an instant to protect that boy. Robbie is so different from the older two but he's also very much one of the crew.

And of course we can't forget little Suzi. She keeps us all on our toes. She is such a character sometimes.


Well, that's my crazy family. Take us or leave us we don't care because we will always have each other.