Saturday, November 7, 2009

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.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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'.

Monday, November 2, 2009

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.)