"Manly" quilt and First Birthday

This quilt was finished a couple of weeks ago, but I had not taken time to get a picture. The wind has been blowing here (as I stated before) since November. At least the sun was shining that day and it was not raining, but still a little windy. DH held up the quilt outside in the back yard. I cropped out the barrel of smashed soda cans, and the weeds. Since there was still a breeze, some of the corners blew backwards. Maybe after it is quilted I can get a better picture. It was very fast and easy to put together. Sometimes I just want something to sew, I want to hear my machine hum, and I don't want to think too much about what I am sewing. This quilt filled that requirement quite nicely.

Also I have included a picture of our grandbaby at her first birthday party eating her first birthday cake. When it was set on the tray in front of her, she looked at it for a while. She looked at all of us watching her looking at the cake. Finally she took one little finger and slowly reached out for the frosting. First she went for the black wings on the little bees. She kept looking at all of us looking at her. I think she was afraid at any moment that someone would shout, "NO". Finally she reached out and swipped a bit of frosting and slowly put it in her mouth. She didn't change expressions, but reached out with her other hand and swipped another bit of frosting and put it in her mouth. She then put both hands on the frosting. We thought she would pick it all up and try to push it in her mouth all at once. Instead, she smeared the frosting a little here, and a little there. At the end, she actually dived into the cake getting frosting everywhere. At that time Mommy took away the cake. Lizzy did not fuss, but just kept eating what she had in her hands. I am sure next birthday she will have the idea of eating cake down to a science!

Happy Quilting and Cake Eating