Fall

In a fit of non-pregnancy related nesting, I have reorganized my ever growing fabric stash. Wow! Can fabric multiply like bunnies? It's soft like bunnies, so maybe they're related. Dunno! But yeah, I had forgotten how much fabric I already have stockpiled. So, what have I already done this week (and it's only Tuesday morning)? Ordered more fabric. Sigh. I love it though! Enter in Midnight Silhouette by Blackbird Designs! I love fall and I think this will be awfully cute! Of course, I still need to learn how to applique, but hey, I can add it to the stash, right?! I just couldn't pass it up! I also ordered a Fruitcake jellyroll by Moda from Green Fairy Quilts since they're having such a great deal!



In the meantime, Hunter's 1st birthday is next month so I've been in party planning mode! Theme: Monkeys!!!! Carrye at http://www.invitationmonkey.com/ has the most adorable invitations!!!



For those of you in the Tulsa area: keep an eye out on News Channel 6 for this adorable face! Yep, Poo Poo will be on the birthday segment of 6 in the morning on his birthday, September 22! Yay!!!! TiVo is set and ready to record! I had a hard time deciding on which picture to use. I love this one the most, even if it is from when he was 7 months old! I just had to include the quilt that Teresa and Calianna made for him! He just looks so fall-ish! I know this doesn't win me the Mom Of The Year award, but it does get me close, right?!

Sickness

I. AM. SICK. Sick, Sick, Sick. I mean, yes, I have the stomach crud (I've lost 3 pounds in 4 days), but I mean I'm sick in the brain. I have this crazy need (yes, it's a need) to hoard lots and lots of fabric. What's the problem with this? Nothing (other than I need another couple of jobs to pay for it) except that I'm such an inexperienced quilter that I don't do anything with the fabric! I'm too afraid of cutting it wrong or not having enough for a project later on when I can't get my hands on anymore of the print that I need. I'm sad, I know. But it's all so pretty! I just want it! I just need to be a better quilter first. And more money :)

Let me put it to you this way, since I don't have pictures taken, listen to the stash that I have (and won't touch): Quilt Minnesota fabric by Moda, The Ghastlies fabric by Alexander Henry, The Quilter's Kitchen fabric by Red Rooster, plus a huge bag of fat quarters of Christmas fabric purchased at the Quilt Sampler in Tulsa to make my mom a Christmas tree/ Santa quilt that is too adorable for words, and enough fabric to make a log cabin quilt.

See, I need help. Good thing I'm signed up for a couple of classes next month. Maybe they can sympathize with me and straighten me out! Is anyone else out there as fabric crazy as I am? We should start Fabric Stasher's Anonymous!

No peein in the pool!

Yes, that's right, I said pee. Funny story: I took Hunter over to my parents house on Friday so that they could see their most adorable grandson, and well, so that Hunter could splash around in his pool. It's just sooooooo stinkin hot! Ahhhhh! Anywho, babycakes likes to splish splash around a bit then go to whichever adult is closest to him for them to hold him long enough for their clothes to become soggy then he wants back in the pool. Fun for all! He likes to share! Yeah, so the last round of "hold me, hold me" was my mom's turn. Hunter goes to her, holds out his arms, she picks him up out of the pool, he looks her right in the face, and pees...on her! I know I shouldn't laugh at the misfortune, but I just can't help it! At least he'd didn't pee in the pool! It's a comforting thought for my mom, I'm sure! Anyways, I have given him a new name: Peeupone! Yep, Pee upon e! Don't think for a minute that I haven't written this story down in his baby journal...because I have! His wife and kids are gonna love these stories in like 30 years when he actually has both! How can you be angry at this face though?! I know I can't!

Almost Done

I am all but done with the adorable baby quilt that I am making for a very good friend's friends' baby! (Did I say that right, because it sure looks funky?!) Anywho, I have named it "Butterflies for Makenzy." It's just the sweetest little quilt. I've just got half the label to finish sewing to the back and it's off to live in someone else's nursery! Now that I'm all but finished with this quilt, I'm looking for another project to move on to....hello, Christmas is coming! My husband as declared our home a "quilt-free zone" for at least a week or two before I become the "crazy quilt lady" at our house again. Hey, when the quilt's not perfect I can get a little cranky! Anywho, I've just bought some Ghastlies fabric from http://www.desperatequilters.com/. It's my favorite new online quilt store!

Isn't it fun! I got some other fabric to coordinate with it, too. I can't wait for it to get here!!! Poor, poor husband! Hehehehehe!!!!!! I'm sure he'll make the correlation between the witches on the fabric and, well, me, but hey, who isn't at one time or another?!

Bibble

Here is my latest realization: I am a horrible blogger. Horrible.... or "hori-bibble" as my mom would say. It's true. My blogging is shameful. No pictures. Haven't written a single word in many moons. Hori-bibble.

Fun new news though! I have started on a new quilt! It's the sweetest little girl baby quilt! A coworker who has become a wonderful friend, has a friend who is having a little girl baby in the very near future so she honored me by asking me to make her friend's babycakes a quilt! Yay! I will post pictures when the top is completed but in the meantime, just know it's purple and green and pink with butterflies and dragonflies all over! Just adora-bibble! Thing is: it's driving me to drink! (not really, but you know!) I can't get my squares to line up perfectly, and anyone who knows that my real name is Anal Amy knows how crazy this is making me! I've threatened to tear the whole thing apart and use the little squares as kindling for a fire.....but alas, it's been raining for days, so luckily for the quilt, it's still in one piece.....for now!

The horrible thing about making this quilt (other than the non-compliance of lines) is that I didn't have a table to sew at. My very sweet hubby tried to help by putting my machine on an end table and having me sew like that. Problem: I had to stand over the machine and bend over to use it. No good I tell you, no good. Wednesday, my wonderful parents bought me a new dining room table that is just so beautiful! No more sewing standing over my machine for me! Maybe it'll help my squares line up....wishful thinking!

I won!!!!

I won a $50 gift certificate from The Vintage Pearl in Tulsa!!!! She has the cutest jewelry! I ordered the dainty drops with Hunter's name and his September birthstone! Above is a picture off her website. The dainty drops are the middle picture. Aren't they cute! I'm so excited!!!!

Soggyness

It's raining. Again. Wanna know why? Beacuse I'm wearing white. Again. If anyone wants it to rain in Oklahoma, just give me a call and tell me to wear a white shirt, because, apparently, that's the key.

Not only is it raining, my son made me cry this morning. Why? Because I went into his room this morning to get him up out of bed and he had such a look of little man-ness that I just couldn't hold back the waterworks! He's not a baby anymore. My little snuggly 8 month old, is a little man, no doubt about it! He's almost walking and well, he's not little anymore! If anyone knows of a remedy to slow this growing thing down, call me!

So, I got the call that my sewing machine is ready to be picked up, after the hunder dollar bill is forked over, which gives me heart failure just thinking about it. BUT, I found a coupon from them in my email inbox for $20 off! Yay! Now, to get my heathen of a brother to hand over the cash before the coupon expires next weekend! Think it'll happen.......uh no. Food's not nearly as essential as my sewing machine, right?