COSTUMES

These are the costumes I made for Lilly and Gabby.  It's been 25 years since I have been able to make a dress for a little girl.  They turned out darling.  The patterns now are so much more creative. These dresses were made from different Halloween fabrics that I found.  The little purple apron is my favorite.  The flower I created is stitched on so that when it is washed it will fray a bit.  This project was very satisfying to me.

QUILT SHOP HOP

The 3 of us, Roxy, Laurelee and Laura.  We headed out of town on Thursday to go to Payson.  We hit the slow down (crawl) in Springville.  One of them said let's take the Benjamin exit.  We should get there sooner than this crawl will.  We were in between huge semis and trailers going out for the hunt.  After leaving the exit we headed into the little town of Salem.  It was beautiful there.  None of us had ever been there.  We wound our way around the park and pond and eventually found ourselves in Payson and the first of 12 quilt shops we hit during the day.  In the beginning we spent a lot of time browsing and later figured out that all we needed to do was get our card stamped.  We had a wonderful time--1 driver and 2 back seat drivers but we got a lot done.

This is the tree in my back corner of the yard.  This indicates how gorgeous our day was to hit those shops.

These are some of the quilts that we got kits for.  It was a pleasure to spend money like it was flowing from the fountain. haha!

The Dick and Jane quilts really struck a cord in my sentimental side.  I love this one.

This one will take forever.  Roxanne got this one also.  The center is all embroidery work which I don't mind at all.  It looks like my winters work is all cut out for me.  Well, not cut out yet but it will be.

On Friday we finished up with the stores up North to Roy.  Kind of fun when you haven't explored these cities before.

Fall

  

I love Fall.  It is such a beautiful time of year.  The air become so crisp and cold.  The leaves have such a wonderful color to them that we can enjoy by just looking out into our yards or taking a drive up in to the mountains close by.  It doesn't matter.  We are so blessed just to experience this pleasure.  At one time we would have been out in the fields finding pumpkins for the kids.  Now they go with their own children to experience the joy and happiness that comes from such innocence.  As you can see I have put out my fall decorations.  This time of year I love to put them out because they will last for 2 months.  I think I am an orange person because I never tire of that color.

This is my new read.  It is called DEWEY.  It is about a cat left in a library bin and adopted by the library.  The fabric on the table are pieces I found on sale to work into costumes for Lilly and Gabby.  I love the purple and the stripes.

Lee and I  got up early to bring in the garden whimseys and pack away the patio furniture.  This we only do when the time is absolutely necessary.  I love the back yard.  I love to sit and read or contemplate the world and how I can help fix things.  I haven't come up with a solution yet but I'll keep thinking about it.

I am working on Sharing Time for tomorrow using the scripture that talks about "serving with all your might, mind and strength."  I am taken back to the time when as a young girl I would go with Mom almost every week to help her clean Aunt Norie's home.  She was so faithful to her sister  and seeing that she had her house cleaned.  I was happy when I had to do it only once every month when my kids were teens.  Anyway, on one of these weekly cleanings, Mom stopped at a house on 5th East and we went inside to visit this woman that was bedridden due to a deteriorating back.  I couldn't believe that my mother would do this.  She didn't know this person and yet here she was at her door.  After visiting with her, Mom had her history and knew what her needs were and proceeded from that moment on to make sure she was taken care of properly.  Mom found things she could with her hands.  She made  many bed jackets for her because those were the only pieces of fun clothing she could wear.  Mom continued to see  this woman for the next several years.  That is a lesson in service that she left her children.  There were many other acts of service that she rendered.  Many weren't known until after her death and friends started to share with us what she did for others.

I've messed my pics up again.  Girls, will you help me?

Dad is in the process of finishing up the painting in the 2 rooms downstairs.  Then the great cleaning will take place and much will be gotten rid of. (hopefully)When that is done I will move my sewing room downstairs and we will start on the bedroom up here.  We will be turning it into a sitting, reading, tv room with a new light green sofa and a orange chair  (see colors at bottom.  We'll probably paint a light brown with white trim.  I think it will look great.  

So  we have a winter full of things to do to keep us busy besides all my projects that I am working on.  I love looking at blogs that have all these wonderful new fabrics.  I have ordered these little girl patterns with frilly pants and cute tops.  Can't wait.

SATURDAY

After shopping for shoes we headed over to Deseret Book to spend my gift certificate.  Chris Stewart had his 6th in his series out.  I haven't been able to resist them.  The series is called The Great and Terrible.  Then I went upstairs and found this beautiful line of fabrics.  It will make a great bag for someone special.  She'll know it will belong to her when she reads this.  We had a wonderful day--maybe because I spent so much money and got things that I wanted.  Lee also picked up the new sofa for our soon to be sitting room.  Who needs another bedroom?

Lee went golfing this morning and I was able to sleep until 9:00 am without him "bugging me".  It felt so nice.  I haven't been able to sleep in for a long time because my internal clock is set for 6:00 am.  When he returned home he said, "Let's go to lunch at Five Guys and then over to DSW.  Well, DSW did it.  I love shoes.  Shoes are made for big, little, narrow, wide and they fit me so I am able to buy as many as I want.  These are my new Sunday shoes.  Aren't they cute and so grown up but not your grandmother's shoe.  Dallin can't make fun of them.

I also bought a pair of Clark slip-ons (like clogs) and a pair of slippers for my cold feet.

Gardner Village Witches

Today the girls took the children to Gardner Village to look at the witches. We had a lot of fun.  Great photo shoot for them. Then we ended up at Sandies for the evening for food  and the bounce houses.  Refer to Raising4boards link to view them.

BAGS AND BUSINESS

                          These are my newest projects.  They are quilted bags that can be used as a purse, scripture tote or for sewing. You name it, you can bag it.  They are delightfully fun to make and I hope my girls like them because you never know what Christmas will bring.

This is Andrew's new business.  So for anybody who needs an activity for a birthday party, Christmas, school PTA's etc.  He's the MAN!!  He has 5 inflatables and a dunking machine.  He sets up and takes down.  We are excited for him and hope it goes well.  We had fun with this one in the front yard.

My "Twinkle"  She's just one of the boys.  Right in the mix of things.