Moving on to bigger and better things....

My hubby FINALLY got the job he's been trying to get for the last 3 years!!

So we'll be moving approx. 30 miles west to be MUCH closer to his job...Instead of taking 45 mins to an hour to drive each way, it'll take just 5 minutes!!

Also, today is my baby girl's 2nd birthday!!!

This pic is a few months old, but here she is!!

Multi-generational gap is NO MORE!!

Wednesday afternoon, I drove 65 miles (which took approx. 2 hours) from Tulare, CA up to Miramonte, CA.

My dad, step-mom, and paternal grandparents live on a 160-acre ranch up there.

My paternal grandma has always been a quilter, and every Thursday she, my great aunt (Grandma's sister), my cousin, my aunt, and my step-mom meet up and sew, baste quilts, hand quilt, paint quilt blocks with Aunt Martha's paint pens, and visit.

I was lucky enough to have Wednesday and Thursday free (cause hubby was off work and watched the kids for me)...anyways, drove up to my dad's place Wednesday afternoon/evening and spent the night there.

Then on Thursday morning my step-mom & I met up with my grandma, great aunt, cousin, and aunt, and hi-jinks ensued!!

We basted and pinned a queen-sized quilt that was a wedding present for my cousin's brother, sewed the border of said quilt, painted quilt blocks (with the aforementioned and linked paints), ate lunch, and visited.

I haven't seen any of them (except my step-mom) since mid-November, so it was nice to get to catch up.

I took a finished quilt and an in-progress quilt that I'm currently hand-quilting to show them and they were all really impressed.

I'm really hoping to be able to make yesterday's adventure a monthly thing, but we'll have to see!!

Felt well enough to do this last night...

This is my FNSI contribution...I serviced this machine and finally got it to run!!

This is my new-to-me machine...

Vogue DeLuxe

Feeling better and cleaning up...

I'm finally feeling like I'm coming out of my bad "all day " (not morning) sickness...

So I've been trying to get the Textile Studio cleaned up enough to get some sewing done...

I will post pics up of before and after when I'm done.

The craftiness has waned...

Since sewing on those pants in my last post, my sewing has screeched to a dead halt...

I've been focusing on crocheting on a birthday present, and have let absolutely everything else fall by the wayside.


I need to get OTHER stuff done...I know the crocheting has a due date fast approaching, but I need to get other things, other presents done too!!

More than just patchy...

My second pair of patched pants...

With a little more "oomph"...

Painted with Aunt Martha's ballpoint paints.

Stitch details...

Patches, Patches, everywhere!!

For quite a while now there has been a jean shortage @ our house. (which is what happens when every pair of jeans has holes in the butt, as well as all over the front of the legs...so, BEWARE!!)


I used old scraps left over after making denim bags and quilts to patch my pants.
I like the finished product...

What about you?