Can You Believe the Holidays are Around the Corner?

I finished a project this weekend for my daughter!  Years and years ago, my mother made one of these panels for our kids when they were little.  There is a little stuffed bear that moves around each day (velcro) until on December 24th he finds Christmas in the living room.  My oldest daughter got the one my Mom made and my youngest daughter hunted around until she found the panel and I got hers done this weekend!  I found some cute fabric for the backing and binding at Craft Addict Junction.  Hopefully her kids will enjoy it as much as ours did 😊❤️

 

Tis the Season!

Sadly peach season is coming to an end 😢  We've mostly just been eating a ton of peaches but I couldn't let the season go by without making my Mom's peach cobbler recipe.  It may not exactly be the healthiest but it is the most delicious!  Here's the recipe if you're interested:

Peach Cobbler

In an ungreased 1 1/2 qt. casserole combine the peaches (I use about five), 1 T. vanilla pudding mix and 1/4 cup brown sugar.  Set aside.

Melt 1/2 cup margarine then add: 2/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp cinnamon and the rest of the instant vanilla pudding mix.  Stir until crumbly and sprinkle over the peaches. Bake at 350 degrees for 45- 50 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.

I'm stitching along with Sue Spargo on a Christmas pillow and I got the first two circles done!  It's going to be fun and cute I can tell!

 

Flutter Finished

I finished Flutter!  I'm happy with the way it turned out 😊. I started big stitch quilting The Avenue - so far, so good!

One of the best parts of summer thanks to my hubby the gardener!

I have a friend whose grandchildren are just a bit older than ours and she keeps giving us the coolest things!  This is obviously a big hit! 🥰

 

Ready, Set, Action!!

Fun at the trampoline park!! 🥰

Loving the harvest season!  Fresh salsa and peaches 😋

Started a new SAL with Sue Spargo - it will be a Christmas pillow.  I'm excited to start embellishing!

 

Starts and Finishes

I got pieces cut out for a couple of baby quilts I'm planning to make with curved piecing! 🤞

My friend Sandy finished two pieces!  A small quilt and a table runner!

And #1 Granddaughter last week finished her rag quilt and made an apron! 🥰

 

Busy Week!!

My leaf from August 2nd.  I think it was week #31?

Fun times with family the past couple of weeks!  We had a such a fun time at the rodeo!

The two toddlers participated in the Stick Horse race which was hilarious - SO cute 🥰

Good quote and good reminder for me as I'm going through some medicine changes that have knocked me for a loop 😜. We'll figure it out!!

 

Fun Birthday!!

I had such a fun birthday yesterday!  Lots of love and well wishes from family and dear friends. 🥳 My AI photo just keeps getting better and better!  I wish I could style my hair like that at least!

The beautiful flowers are from my brother! I love the smiley face vase! 😊

Pickleball plates and napkins - couldn't be more perfect!

My friend Pam machine embroidered the cute little case here and filled it with sewing goodies!

Mike bought me the sign - at least he's prepared for no cooking or cleaning on the weekends 😂

I also received some Barnes and Noble gift cards and books because you know .... you can't have too many books!

I finally stitched my Leaf of the Week today.  Above is my first attempt.  The left hand silk ribbon leaves look great but the ones on the right 😲. In order to fix them I had to take them ALL out and start over! Pictured below is the final result and I do think it looks a lot better.

 

A Whole Week?

I can't believe it's been a week since I last posted!  I had a bit of a "week" last week so I'll give myself some grace 😊

The fun part of the week though was going to this little cutie's birthday party!

And these two 🥰

My friend Nancy came over today and we tried out our basting guns.  This is the quilt I'm planning on big stitch quilting so I didn't want a lot of pins in it.  I really like the basting gun!  I may use it for machine quilting too!  We'll see after I have to cut out all the little plastic tags 😂. So far loving it though, it was quick and easy!

 

Odds and Ends

Leaf of the Week!

It's nice to have a friend whose grandkids are outgrowing her toys just as your grandkids are growing into them! 🥰

If you need a book, come check out my Little Free Library!  I just put Horse in there - I really enjoyed it.  Now I feel like I really need to go see a horse race 😂

Check out those cowboy boots!!

And Happy 89th Birthday to my Dad!! ❤️🥳

Numbers One and Four for me - how about you??

 

Running Around in Circles

I feel like I've been running from one thing to the next ever since we got back from vacation!

Anyway, above is my latest Leaf the Week Behind and below is the quilt I'm working on right now, called The Avenue.  I'm hoping to get the top pieced together tomorrow then I might big stitch hand quilt it???? Any tips????

Quote of the day: Granddaughter says,"It's too dangerous for me to eat hummus, because I don't love it..." 😂

The two littlest 🥰

And this smile melts my ❤️😊

 Have a great day!!