Now where was I...

Camper is half way packed, squares ready for hand stitching...and we are off!! Well at 5:00 in the morning we will be off! I cannot wait!
But I also cannot wait to get back! I decided to do a stitch along!! Simple things ( tried to add the button, but either I was not doing it correctly or it was not cooperating)!! Carol and Kelly (ok first time I have tried to link something so I hope I did it right) are hosting it! Carol has a larger version and Kelly has a smaller! I know I will be behind, but when I get home I will be down a kid (mommy will have a baby while I am on vaction) So I should be able to make up lost time!! I have not gotten fabric, but I have my list of what I need and am hoping that San Antonio might have some shops!! YAY!!
I will miss reading all the blogs I follow, but I know when I get to my Brother's house I will be able to pop on over there!!
Can't wait to see my Baby Brother!!
J

Maybe I can win!!

OK if you do not already watch Jaybird Quilts, she is having a giveaway! I love joining in and maybe someday I will win!! The fabrics are Pink Chalk and some of them are just way to yummy!!
Jump over to her and check her out!! She makes such beautiful quilts and has new patterns to come out soon!!!
J

What do I start with...

Darien and I

Well not much square work this weekend! Saturday was the Race for the Cure! My boy and I along with a rather roudy group of my girlfriends marched our way through the 5K!! The morning was VERY blustery day! But anything was better than the 2010 race that never started!! LOL We were lighteninged out!! A great time was had by all!!

Lillian camping!!

And I cannot let it go without saying that today is my Miss Lillan's birthday!! She is 11 today!! It is so hard to believe the kid grow up so fast!!  She got clothes, goggles (oh she is a fish in the pool!) and a book!
This is my Lillian last year! We went camping for a week starting on her birthday! She made that crown and wouldn't you know it she wore it EVERY day!! Did not matter where we went the 'birthday crown' came with!! I love that girl!!


Oh, have to go make burgers and sing to my birthday girl!!
J

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So prep one, work on one...right!! hehe!!

grrrr just realized that there is a definate up and down left to right pattern to the daisies and ONE of my squares is going the wrong way!! AAHHHHHH not gonna worry, it will be OK. bite finger hold breath and drop it into the done pile!!
J
Squares: 51
Triangles: 0
Kites: 0
Pieces: 985

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My other toile!! Yay!! (just could not resist putting some together even though I am supposed to be prepping)

and again it turned it...well I know we all have had those days!! LOL
J
Squares:50
Triangles: 0
Kites: 0
Pieces: 960

B-13

I don't think I have ever said but I love (hang on have to make sure I spell it right) toile!! Yes I do! I just could not pass it up and if I find some in blue I might just have to grab that up, too!! We will see!! I just love it!!!

And of course the photo thing is not cooperating, but... you get the idea!! I was affraid of using the beige background with my white base, but in the end I know there will be so much going on that it will all work!!!
J
Squares: 49
Triangles: 0
Kites: 0
Pieces: 938

Prep, prep, prep!!

My baby brother!! The big teddy bear always looks so mean!!

So on the 23rd (VERY early in the morning) we are leaveing to make the long trip down to TX to see my baby brother. He is also my only brother, stands 3 inches taller than me and is a large shouldered man!! He turns red when I call him my Baby brother, so I do!!
Anyway!! We are in IL and I have not seen my brother in three years this summer!! That is WAY to long!! He bought a house, last summer, and I cannot wait to see it!! We are going to pull our camper down there and take two days to make the trip!! I do NOT drive the beast so I will have LOTS-O-TIME on my hands!! I know there will be several stops for the kids, my little dog, (big dog is staying with friends) and gas and such, but what to do in the mean time...
I have began my hand sewing prep work!! There are Nine of my brown squares that are either all applique, finish with applique, or start with! I might omit the one that starts with and then is machine finish, but not sure yet!! I have them all traced, now to cut, press, and apply my freezer paper!! I will put each block in its own little zip-lock and yay I might jut get something accomplished while we drive!! We will get back probably very late on July 3rd (Honeyman has to work July 4th :-P so had to cut is short by one day) so lets all cross our fingers and hope I have most of them done buy the time we get back!! 18-20 hours worth of drive time each way...I think I can, I think I can!!!
I may slide a block or two in while I am doing prep work!! Lets see....
J