Well, I am back. After months of nothing to say I have come up with a few things. In a moment of insanity I decided to make some quilts for Christmas. It started with one for my sister and one for my dad and somehow that became 10 quilts. Up until this point I made 2 throw sized quilts, 2 wall hangings, some tote bags and a few other misc things. So taking this on proved to be quite a challenge. But I finished, at 6pm on Christmas Eve I finished!!! Here are some photo's of all my hard work. Please note the first photo of my kitty helping me out. She did have to do her part after all.

This one was for my daddy. It was made from flannel and chenille (or however that is spelled) He thought I cut up a towel and added it so he had someplace to wipe his hands after he ate. Yes, he is that crazy.

This is the back of his quilt. I like the crazy pieced look on the back. Something about it makes the crazy parts of me very happy.

This little cutie is Alyssa....for those of you who know she is Dave and Cathy's Granddaughter. For those who do not my parents best friends grandaughter. And yes she really is this cute in person.This would be Alyssa's Quilt

This is the crazy back and the picture below this one is of a little doll quilt I also made her. Actually I made 2......

And this adorable santa in training is Maxwell. He is Dave and Cathy's grandson

This would be the quilt I made for him...it looks much nicer in person. The picture just does not do it justice. I have no picture of the back cause I just used one piece of fabric for that. I was running out of time or I would have pieced that too.

This one I made for my Aunt Linda. I am thrilled to say that she loved it and it matches perfect to her bedroom which was a lucky guess on my part since I have not been to her new house yet.

This is the little decorative pillow I made for her too. I had alot of extra fabric so was able to make this for her. I also made the back fun so she can have it go either way.

I just thought this was a funny pic of all of them stacked up waiting to be finished

I made this one for my best pal Sharl

Here is the back....

This was made for my friend Amy's daughter, Morgan. I just made this design as I went. I knew she would love the colors but did not feel like following a pattern. I really liked how it turned out.
Morgan also got the other doll quilt.

I made the back more pale. I still wanted alot of color.

This is how I felt after finishing this many.....Hattie is just lazy.........

Amy also has a baby daughter named Ava..so she got one too.

This is Ava's pieced back.


And the final quilt...the hardest one is Jody's. I was a little worried the colors would be too much for her but she really liked it so that is great!!

This is her back.....don't ask me why...I just don't know.

Well, that is all I did in the months I did not blog. Maybe now I can get some housework done. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!! And have a safe and Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so what I feared would happen did and I got lazy/did not have much to say so it has been a while since I updated the blog. I have just been hanging out and enjoying the beautiful weather. This last weekend I had off Monday and Tuesday so it was a little hard to get up this morning. Monday my parents and I drove up to Baraboo/Wisconsin Dells and visited the graves of my Grandparents. We just cleaned up the plants around the stone then my mom and I went wondering around looking for relatives. We found a few from the late 1800's so now I just have to figure out how they fit into the family tree.

I was at my parents house for a while on Saturday and their friends grandkids were in town so we went for a visit. This is the first time I met the baby. How cute are these kids.....yes I am biased (this would be one of those times that I am not sure I spelled that right but don't care enough to check it)




Here would be were my dad stole the babies hat....how good does he look. Actually we all tried it on but I figured I would torture him by putting his pic up.




So in the other blog I talked about Lake Delton, the lake that emptied because of the flood. When we were up there this Monday we found the road that washed out and caused the lake to empty. This first photo shows the damn they are trying to build that should prevent this from happening again.

This photo is a little harder to see but if you look straight you can see the road in the background. I am standing on the other side on that same road. This is the hole that was created when the road and dirt gave way. You can't tell here but it is about 2 stories down. It was crazy to see.

Ok well, I love my kitty and she makes me laugh so here is a picture of my headless kitten. Why she found this comfortable I will never know.

My folks have a butterfly bush outside their window and I got this pick of a very pretty butterfly...The pic does not really do it justice but it was the best I could get before it flew away.

Here is a pick of a Cow Skull that my dad has in his garden....growing out of it is the only cactus in the world that can survive in Wisconsin. It will bloom soon and hopefully I will be home to get some pictures of it when it flowers. It is so cool.

Can't say there is much else to report, been a pretty uneventful summer although it is still going way to fast. I sure am not looking forward to winter this year. Fingers crossed we will not get near the snow. I will try and update again soon...hopefully I will not be gone a month again...HA