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Happy Mother's Day!

What better way to spend the eve of Mother's Day than in front of her new Hello Kitty machine, teaching my daughter how to sew! Here she is in deep concentration.

She picked out yellows and pinks from the Strawberry Lemonade collection and she's going to put together a simple 9-patch, but for now, I'm just having her get used to the feel of the machine and practice on the leftover pieces to practice sewing a straight line.

And here is the result - her first seam!

Here's hoping all the Moms and Grandmoms out there reading this find a special way to spend Mother's Day with your loved ones. Happy Mother's Day, one and all.

Valentine's Day

I'm sorely lacking in holiday decorations except for the big holidays - Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween.  I have this perfect buffet table for decorating, so I hope to finish some seasonal runners this year to decorate for the other holidays.  Here is the Charming Hearts tablerunner I made last year, but after seeing Sharon's on her blog, I think I may want to take the hearts apart and put them side by side rather than end to end.  My original plan was to add borders, but it fits the table now, so I think I'll just bind it this size and call it good.

You can also see my adorable new Puppy Love Annie, now I need a cute little pink feather tree with some Valentine ornaments to keep Annie company.

The Gang's All Here!

I received 2 more Tiny Annies that I ordered from Nicole to sit with their sisters on my FQ shelf. Aren't they all freaking adorable? Now that the shelf is full, does it mean I have to stop buying Annies? I hope not, since I just asked Nicole to make me one for Valentine's Day!

A happy girl!

I got my DD's Michael Miller Kids' Toile quilt back from the quilter on Thursday, and gave it to her when I got home from work at the quilt shop that evening.  The quilt gets dragged everywhere in the house with her.  I'm glad she loves it so much!  The quilter used a fun Circle Lord template called Square Dance, although it's hard to see from my photo.  It's concentric off-beat squares and an alternating star.  I thought it might be too geometric with the quilt pattern, but it looks really great and DD gives it 2 thumbs up, and that's what matters!

Only 2 more sleeps until I leave for my quilt retreat!!!!