will&amelia

on the move

so Baby Will is crawling.  it's not a full-fledged race-around-the-house sort of crawl yet, but he is up on hands and knees and (slowly) chasing after what he wants.

Meanwhile, miss Amelia has learned her right from her left, which I am amazed by.

Its funny, looking at this picture of Will, he and Amelia look so much alike, yet she is the spitting image of her father while Will is a Schlauder with a little Kenyon mixed in.

I love crinkly poppy petals.  Amelia, though, says this is her favorite:

I wish I had HER rack

I was just indulging in one of my many addictions, craft blogs, and I saw one woman's new crafting studio, and boy am I green with envy.  Here it is.  Check out the door open to the garden...  I work out of an increasingly messy dining room, though I plan to try to organize today.  The rack in question (what did you think I was talking about?) is the spool rack.  I NEED one of those; all my thread is jumbled up a plastic box.  Now I am going to go investigate procuring a fabulous new rack of my own...

single mom

well, not yet, but i may be if i don't stop shopping...  i have been to four fabric stores in the past couple days,and I almost made that five today, I CAN'T STOP.  THIS is so much worse than yarn has ever been, I have rarely ever bought yarn without a purpose,unless it was jut too beautiful to resist, but I seem to have no compunctions about purchasing yard after yard of fabric...  At least when I am in the poorhouse I will be able to wrap up in all that yardage to keep warm!

a proposal

I made these quilt blocks in hopes that my friend Alexis will like them and want me to continue to make a quilt for her daughter.

but no pressure!!

ain't too proud to beg

so, it would be nice if y'all left me comments sometimes -- "You are incredibly talented and you have beautiful children" would be fine

what not to wear (to bed)

Amelia is a slave to fashion

and one other thing...

I made this skirt for Amelia from this Japanese craft book.   The clothes in it are just beautiful...   

some finished projects

I made this tote bag for my mother on mother's day.  The little one is Amelia's, I whipped that up quickl.y because she wouldn't let Nana have tne big one. 

Here are some kitties made from the Pointy Kitty pattern on Wee Wonderfuls.  The green one lives here but the yellow one went to a new home yesterday.

goodbyes

We had to say goodbye to our friends Kristi, Ray, Eva, and Lucas, because they are moving far away, and we are very sad.  Here is a picture of the kids in their "goodbye Eva" t-shirts.

Below that is a pic of the babies...

On a happier but still bittersweet note, I got a fabulous new sewing machine for mother's day.  In tribute to the old one, here is a picture:

I feel a little bit guilty about packing it up...  As Matt says, it has had a good productive life...