elsewhere

things are crazy.
i’m guest blogging over here. go check it out.
baby is sleeping and i expect someone coming for a showing any minute.
at least the house is clean, right?

my very first quilt

well, here it is. my first quilt i have made start to finish:

the back:

and the binding:

i made it for justice’s preschool silent auction, which is this saturday.
it’s a lap quilt & i forgot to measure it.
the tshirts are from his preschool and the camp run at the preschool.
the polka dot fabric is [...]

quickly…

i hope to get a post up about the race i did yesterday, but wanted to first post about a giveaway.
i’m a fabric whore and will do anything to get some. (that’s what she said)
anyhoo – in celebration of her daughter’s 30th birthday, thearica of pigtales & quilts is giving away 30 fat [...]

my sweet prince

i sit in the room next to you and the sun has set on your third birthday. i can’t help but think of all the fun we’ve had up to now.

you surprised us by being a boy, you. we expected a girl since that’s all we knew, but were so thrilled to add [...]

in remembrance of maddie

i was late on purpose to do a song for madeline alice spohr. her memorial service is today.
when i was in college, i sang in a great choir. we did this song, “in remembrance” by eleanor daley. it reminds me to find the ones you miss in the beauty around [...]

hold me closer

i woke up this morning to twitter all atwitter about a beautiful baby girl named
madeline alice spohr.
she was 17 months old.
with delicate hands.
she died at the hospital last night after being taken in with a horrible cough this weekend. she was born premature and had struggled with her health recently.
but [...]

computer fix

i’ve got nothing for today since we took our imac in to the shop because justice put paper in the disc drive and that is where the camera is located. not to mention that i can’t use photoshop without it!
pee ess…2 people found my blog searching for ‘ass turned to belly’
wtf?

newness

new layout, new header, new link on the left, new present! & other new stuff
i was bored with the layout, so i changed it.
the header is zeyda, justice, & daddyjay. they were sitting on bubbe & zeyda’s newly poured front porch before the rails were put in and i had to get some shots [...]