Capri’s first day of Kindergarten was sort of split in two. On the same day Cedi started school, Capri had her Kindergarten Orientation.She decided her flower girl dress was perfect for orientation.Here’s Capri with her teacher. Unfortunately her teacher is going to be on maternity leave until December. Fortunately – her classroom as a fantastic […]
Mercedi is a First Grader
Just over a week ago, my oldest…Mercedi Rose, started first grade. She was very excited to get back to her friends and to learning again! I loved school as a child and I really hope my kiddo’s do too…so far so good…Pip really wanted to go to school too…her sisters were kind enough to find […]
Orchard Update
Things are definitely picking up at the orchard. At this time we have seventeen different varieties of apples in our shop, donuts are being made every Friday night, cider on Thursdays, and caramel apples most every other night of the week. But fun is still being had! My little ‘Saucesational’ analysis continues…I have analyzed Sansa’s […]
Tula Pink Sampler–Blocks 46 to 48
Who is still enjoying working on the Tula Pink City Sampler Quilt Along? I know I am! I love that I can sneak to my sewing machine between batches of donuts or as the caramel warms up for dipping apples.Let’s see the next three I’ve completed… No. 46 No 47 – I love the little […]
Ziggin’ and a Zaggin’
I was a little late to jump on the Zig Zag Quilt Bandwagon but it wasn’t long before I just couldn’t resist this whimsical geometric look. So – here I show you my finished Spoonflower Zig Zag color. Of course – I had to put a twist on it. I used my very own Spoonflower […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes September Goals
Whew! It’s time to make some goals for September’s ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ Challenge. I’m going to keep with last month’s mantra of ‘Keeping it Simple – It’s Apple Season’ but I’m going to go even more simple. Goal 1. My big goal this month is to keep up with the ‘Tula Pink Modern […]
Tula Pink Sampler–Blocks 43 to 45
I finished three more fun blocks for the Tula Pink City Sampler Quilt Along! Block 43 Block 44Block 45Which block is your favorite of these three scrappy blocks?
Project QUILTING September and October Off Season Challenge–An Apple A Day…
Happy September everyone! I can hardly believe that two-thirds of 2013 is already over! I have to say that I’m pretty excited for school to start on Tuesday though – no worries…there will be lots of ‘First Day’ pictures of my girls that I’ll happily share with you all! Due to everyone having a crazy […]
Friday Apple Update
For some reason I think it might be easier to do my apple updates on Friday’s. Although – when we get busy I may miss a week and just do them on my ‘off’ day – Monday. Anyway – it’s been HOT at the orchard but there’s still fun being had! My Sauce-sational Analysis […]
A Lovely Year of Finishes–August FINISHES
YEAH! That’s right I have FINISHED my goals for August – and yes – I have two days left until they had to be done! Goal 1 – Bind my Scrappy Trip Along All I had to do was bind my Scrappy Trip Along. I bound it with different scraps of red fabrics. Well […]