What I have been up to lately

I love the idea of canning but I am quite the novice. So when my sister in-law that lives here called me up and asked me if I wanted to come over and do some applesauce and pie filling I jumped right on it. Here's what I took home, isn't it a beautiful sight?!

I am never at a loss for projects around here. While I'm watching TV or a movie I always have to be doing something with my hands and it's usually crocheting.

There seems to be a lot of people I know having babies lately so here is the little pile of burp cloths I have going.

Not that many boys, just girls seem to be being born lately.

My latest quilt, a small lap sized one. My favorite color is blue for as long as I can remember it has been. One of my favorite combinations with it is brown. And I have to admit I was almost disappointed when it became so popular as a color combination, only because it will look out dated very soon.

I love the fabrics in this quilt!

And another shot, I am just tickled "blue" at the way it turned out!

I am such a suck for Americana themed things. I love the month of July my heart just fills with pride and joy for this great country that we live in. So here is a wall hanging that I finally finished. I don't know why but this one sat on my table unfinished FOREVER!

This last month I finally gave a quilt away that has been sitting in my sewing room for years. I couldn't take any pictures of it because it was a surprise for my new niece Marisol. I wanted it to be one of the first things that she, and she alone owned. Something that she didn't have to share with a dozen other kids in an orphanage. Years ago I asked my sister what her favorite color was and with the color purple in mind I went to work. And then it sat and sat collecting dust, 2 years later she was wrapped up in it. And guess what I forgot to take a picture of it so I'll have to have my sister take a picture of Marisol with the quilt and sent it to me.