Baking with Kaylynn...and other photos.

Yes, she is actually rolling out that cookie dough.

Yes, that is a collie...and dog bones.

Yes, she is actually frosting those cookies and

putting the sprinkles on them.

Yes, I actually let her lick the frosting off the spatula.

No, Tag did not actually help...though he wanted to.

Kaylynn enjoyed eating the fruits of her labor.

Kaylynn gathered a leafy bouquet for me.

(the sun is in her eyes...hence the scowl)

Tag & Kaylynn sitting in a pile of leaves.

A wonderful day!

I found a new quilt shop.

I am in big trouble!!!

Primitives, flannels, homespuns, 1930's repros...

{sigh}...

am either going to have to get another job,

or quit paying bills!

I want to buy yardage from every single bolt in the store!!!

The most delicious blacks, browns, golds, greens, reds, etc.

Never before have I seen so many

truly gorgeous primitive fabrics in one place.

Here's what I did buy...

1/2 yard pieces of this collection

(wildrose by brannock/patek)

were only $2.50 each.

I think I'll save these for my Bee Addicted 3 swap...

my turn for blocks is April.

The colors are totally scrumptious on these pieces!I may have to get more...

I mean, really...

gorgeous prints?

$2.50 for 1/2 yard?

Moda?

How could anyone resist?

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Kaylynn came yesterday & stayed overnight.

Here she is, modelling the vest me Mum

(that would be Kaylynn's great-gram!) made.

Darling, don't you think?

And, of course, Tag had to get in on the photo shoot.

He adores Kaylynn.

She plays with him a lot!

He is in 7th heaven when the grandkids come.

Another Giveaway Win!

HOLY SCHMOLY!!!

Cathy of Quilting on Turtle Hill was in a cleaning out mood

& I was the lucky winner!

The box arrived today.

Full of fabric scraps that are mostly Moda designer fabrics!

There were strips & stripes, odd-sized squares & geometrics, charm packs & hearts, yardage & fat quarters, florals...

all luscious...

all for me...

there seemed to be no end!!!

I love it all!!!

Thank you so much, Cathy!

Cannot wait to start using these wonderful fabric 'scraps'.

What's in a Name?

Allegra's AKC registered name was Kelonie's A Heartbeat Away.

Kelonie is my kennel name...a combination of my Gram's first and last names.

Allegra comes from music...her breeder is a concert violinist, so it was very appropriate...allegro meaning quick/happy. The 'o' ending is male, the 'a' ending is female.

A Heartbeat Away...She was born with a heart defect which was surgically corrected when she was 3 months old. I thought this phrase was fitting because of her heart defect...it comes from Whitney Houston's song, 'One Moment in Time'. (For some reason, I cannot get a youtube video to load...but click here to listen to the song.)