A work of Love

  A little over a year ago Melissa ask me to make her a black and white quilt.  They have a king size bed and she wanted it to be a bed spread.  So I started to buy black and white prints.  I learned you have to be careful that the white isn't a off white.  Can I add a color to it.  No was always the answer.

 Then I found this twister pattern, easy I could do it.  Afraid I would get lost in the size she wanted and get all the pieces mixed up. Big block was my answer.  Each block would be 30 plus inches. The plan was put into action.  A year sewing and buying more fabric I saw it completed.  Off to a quilter to have it machine quilted.  Then wait until her birthday to give it to her.  Here it is.

 

 I made five pillows all sizes made out of the scraps. 

It was so much fun to make.  But never again will I make one this size. 
Happy Birthday Lizzy.

Willow's Quilt.

 

Willow wanted me to help her make a quilt.  So while she was here this summer, she made a quilt. I had lots of poke-a-dot fabrics, in which she could choose the ones she wanted to use. After she picked eight different pieces.  She was ready to cut.   Five  8 inches squares out of each fabric.

 

 Then to the floor, planning which  pattern went where.   Cute pattern.
  I showed her how to sew them together in rows.  And off she went sewing for a couple of hours.

 If you learn to sew .  You must also learn to take apart.  UNPICK.

 You need to keep all the seams pressed.

 Finished product.  Didn't she do a super job.

 I am very proud of her and the first quilt she made.  By the way she is only 11.

Excellent job Willow.

Red Curls

Look at that curly and red hair on little Lexie.

I remember the day.. Her father told me he got my  my hair.  See I got your curls and it has red high lights.  Maybe that little boy with dark curly hair knewsomthing his mother didn't.   

More grand babies.

 Who couldn't love  these faces.
 
Logan and Lexie  Taylor
 The sweetest little guys ever and what a happy little baby. 

 Benny, Christina and family were here last week.  How we enjoyed them. I hated the week to come to an end.

And then they were off again and back to Mo. 

Humming Birds

 We have tons of humming birds this summer.  They are just like flys, flying around  our patio.  They are use to us, that they will fly within inches of us.  
I have counted as many as 13 drinking at once, and that is not counting the ones fly around waiting for an emepty spot to drink from.   They are slupping up  over 1 1/2 cups of sugar every day.  I just went to Sam's club today and bought  25 pounds more of sugar.

 This little guy was guarding one feeder just for himself.  He was getting fat, not enough exerise. We called him fluff ball.
 After a couple of weeks he just gave up the guarding.  Too many others .

I love them.  .  I have them trained they will drink what ever color of sugar water I make. There for a while they didn't want red go figure.

Mocking Jays

 When Melissa's children was over here, a couple of weeks ago.  They were bored as kids goes, so grandma came up with an idea.  She told them she would give them $10 if they could catch the mocking bird or any other bird in my backyard.  Mocking Jays as they started to called them. (Hungrier Games).  To work they went with the net Grandpa let them use. And traps set all over the back yard.  No luck.

 Then they wanted to know if I would give them $10 for a humming bird.  yes.  Willow had a plan just stand under the feeder and wait. She waited and almost got one.  Look close you can see it.
What about the lizards that lives there.  yes.  How about the Japanese beetles. yes, but only a $1 each.  At last they found something they could catch.  It didn't cost Grandma much that day, and they were busy all day long.

Poppy's First Try at Flying

 We have had Melissa's children all week.  Poppy made weapons the first day.  She is very good at making bow and arrows. 
What she really wanted to fly like a bird.  Grandma can-----------------------------.
At last she found something she could have, to make wings out of.  Above hard at work.

 Finished wings.  Are they not fancy.  Don't you just love how she always makes her own fun.

 I wouldn't let her jump off any thing higher to see if they worked.  Wonder why.

 She was very proud she flew for a minute.

Only a small battle scar.