Blue Bird Beauty

Blue Birds remind me of my Grandma Marge. I saw two at her celebration of life on the fountain and ever since then I think of her when seeing another. This one came to my front window on Mother's Day, then again yesterday for MeKenzei's Birthday.

Couldn't have picked two more perfect times to appear

He is super quick though and hard to get photos of. I hope he keeps coming by. He has a friend just like the Wood pecker and I can't seem to get photos of both at the same time.

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Tackle It Tuesday - Late

Zekaryah got this shirt from a friend. When he was in the school play they put material on the back of it to hold his mic. I couldn't seem to remove it. He was pretty devastated.

I decided right then that it would be a great front for a pillow sham/case. I get requests all the time for them and it is an item I have added to my ETSY shop. Today I took the front and then some flannel for a quilt I made for my husband for our anniversary and made him a travel pillow for track. He loves to sleep on the bus, it helps him with not having seizures while he is away. He just needed something small so its only about 14 inches but he will love it.

I had made one out of my husbands shirt a while ago, just to see how I wanted to make them. My daughter has claimed it. She loves the feel of the shirt and loves the idea that she can have it as a pillow on her bed. I can see why these are so popular.

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Wallhanging and Pillow Cases

This utilized pieces from 11 dresses and then some embroidery panels.

I cut a small block from each dress to create the quilt and then used remaining fabrics for the pillow cases.

Each one is slightly different, this one I used the buttons

Each dress became a keepsake for a family member

I added a little heart from another dress to make this one a little more special

This one had a cute pocket so I used it for the dress by appliqueing it.

I took the bottom ruffle of this dress and created a pocket for it.

This one I utilized the cute ruffle near the bottom of the dress.

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Quilt Tops in Progress

I finished this quilt top tonight. I felt bad for my daughter as she has been at a friends sitting their dogs all day. My job was to come home this morning and get this quilt top done, however my husband needed some assistance so I started later this evening. That meant I didn't get to finish till after 9 and it also meant she was eating Mc Donalds and very late. Hopefully tomorrow goes better as I have one more to do and we have a truck to try and fix since it looks like the oil leak in the other truck is getting much worse. It seems like a constant battle to keep two vehicles up and running. Since we really can't afford a new vehicle or even a new used vehicle we need to get this sorted pretty quick.

This is one I finished on Thursday, with Mekenzei's appointments for Xrays then the Dr to review Xrays, dog sitting and the work in the yard today I have yet to be able to quilt it. This is an order for three quilts from a husbands clothing for their children- I had made this same customer three other quilts with his clothing a few months back. So I will likely work on the third quilt top tomorrow and then get them all quilted between now and thur of next week since I am off to California for my grandmothers funeral on Friday.

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