Winter Wonderland....

 All my block sets are completed for Winter Wonderland...I had the fabric and pattern kicking around for too long and decided that I needed to get this one done...

 Trying to decide on the next embroidery project...

The Farmer's Wife is taking the blog world by storm...I didn't want to miss out, so I have my own copy.  I now need to figure out what style of fabrics I want to do this in...decisions--decisions...111 6 " blocks inspired by 1922 Farmer's Wives....

Fabulous Weekend...

 Normally, I don't kiss and tell, but we had a wedding...Our eldest son got married today.  It was the most beautiful day and I gained a new daughter...

 The bride and groom...

 Dashing couple...

 Friday, I hosted our 8th annual quilt retreat again...This is a family affair and we had family come in from Washington and California and all over Utah...

 This year, we all had to sew 4 blocks of the pattern Mumbo Jumbo by Pie in the Sky.  I first saw the pattern on Nedra's blog from Cactus Needle and have loved it ever since...

I prepared all the half square triangle centers and everyone brought a bunch of precut strips to sew these blocks...

 After the blocks were all sewn,

 Marciea, my sister above won all the blocks so she will have a twin size quilt when she sets the blocks...

 Each block represented the fabric choices of the person who made it and it was fun to see how they all came together...

 Even my mom was building blocks...

 Great time was had by all and we established memories once again...

So, if you want to establish a fun tradition, think of hosting a quilt retreat...it has been a great big fun party each and every year!!!!

More Baby Footwear...

A smorgesboard of baby footwear....Lots of practice with free motion quilting.  A few tips I have learned this past week---I no longer drop my feed dogs and I slow down and now I feel like I'm in control with this free motion  stuff.  For you scrapbookers out there, the Crocodile tool set the eyelets in the little oxfords beautifully.  Great tool.  I have looked high and low locally for 14" shoe laces for the oxfords.  No shoe store carries them.  You can order them online, but total cost with shipping for 2 pair is $10.00.  I got out the embroidery floss and made a twisted cord...under 50 cents!!!  You can find the patterns for these fun little quilted shoes  here.

June block...Little Birdie Stitches

This is the block for June, Little Birdie Stitches.  Boy was it fun to make and I really enoyed the design on this one...If you want to follow along and make these cute little blocks, go to the button on my sidebar, Birdie Stitches.

Sunday Best is all Finished!!!

 Don't you just love a finished project?  I know I always have mixed emotions...On one hand--whew and then on the other hand...now what do I work on...however, I have many irons in the fire right now and there is no shortage of projects!!!

 Close up of the quilting...

I finished up the store sample of Sunday Best.  Fun quilt to sew.  The pattern sews together like a Buggy Barn pattern.  To cut out, it had templates, so I laid out and stacked 4 fat quarters at a time and used the rotary cutter to cut the quilt out.  Not my choice of fabrics, but I thought it turned out nice.  My son wants it, so that is all that counts!!

Diaper clutch...

A real fun and easy baby gift is this diaper clutch...just uses part of two fat quarters...you can find the pattern as a PDF download free at A Lemon Squeezy Home.  I added the flower embellishment just for fun!!