Madi's quilt

I finished Madi's quilt! It is so her...fun, loving, bight and cheery. It's a scuffily quilt. Last summer I saw the pattern on the modabake shop. It's a pattern that rachel from p.s. i quilt ca

me up with. She comes up with lots of fun stuff to make. Remember those fabric necklaces.

I am so in love with Madi's new quilt. It's white on the back. I used a variegated thread to sew around the squares for the quilting part...thanks to Jamie from my local quilting store for that idea :-)

I am so addicted to this quilting now...I am already looking forward to starting something new again.

The Greatest Show On Earth!

Last night we headed downtown to Phillip's Arena...to watch the circus...Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey....The Greatest Show On Earth. And boy was it great!!!




First we ate dinner in the CNN Center.




Madi got a picture with a Wolf Blitzer stand.

Back in 2003 we all watched the war news from Warrior One in Iraq...the CNN Humvee.

The circus was so magical. We saw the acrobats

...the tight rope

...tigers

and the elephants. It really was a fun magical night!

Now today? Steve thought it would be fun to go back over to Athens, Georgia to watch another basketball game. Well Ben didn't and he wanted to stay home to play with friends. So I am at home and Ben's twin friends Blaine and Bailey are here. Madi and Steven?...are in Athens watching the University of Georgia vs. Alabama play basketball AND a girls softball doubleheader...Georgia vs Virginia Tech. Steve has the perfect child...a little sports buddy.

Essence flowers

Last week my friend Amber made the prettiest cards. So last night with my extra scraps of fabric from my quilt I thought I would try making some of the flowers for some cards of my own. Sewing background fabric onto paper was a little tedious and annoying but I still like the way they turned out (Ben says they look like dead flowers)....just next time I think I will use paper on the card with the fabric flowers.