Top completed!

the top is completed to this quilt (ok, except for one border. It'll be finished by Friday to give to Leah to quilt!)!

Spoonflower

Design and have printed...your own fabric!! There is a website offering this or will be soon. As for now they are only doing it for select people by invitation. If I had an idea of some fabric I wanted I'd sign up to be picked but I can't think of anything and I'm not that kind of artist (can't draw at all!) We should have some kind of store fabric..oh! (light bulb) To make canvas bags out of for our "going green" thing! Kelly and Corinnea, you know what I'm talking about. This could be cool with our logo or one of Kelly's "tattoo" designs and the store name! It's expensive though..or how about Dean screen printing something on plain canvas bags? Anyway, the Company is called Spoonflower, check them out. And check out The Black Apple because she had some fabric printed.

two new blogs!

Margaret and Jennifer B Have their own blogs now! Check them out:)

I can't wait!

I changed my mind. I want this fabric (the top one-the bottom one is not actually a fabric but a back ground for the Heather Ross site) for a duvet cover. I'm thinking I like this a lot better than the Sun Drop fabric I was originally going to do a duvet out of. I think it should be shipping soon so we'll see what it looks like in person...

Today

Today was Ava's first time in the stroller without the car seat! She can't sit up so she probably isn't supposed to sit in it like this but I propped her up and strapped her in. That stroller (Phil and Ted's) is the best. If I could do it all over again I would have bought this one when Emily was born and then bought the 2ND seat when Ava was born. And I am SO glad I didn't listen to the many people who tried to tell me Emily is old enough so I don't need a double stroller. Wrong!! The stroller was out of commission for a week or two because of a flat tire. I took the girls to Kaufland with Ava in our other stroller and Emily walking. Not so good. She touched everything, didn't move out of peoples way (man those Germans walk fast and don't tolerate people in their way!) and threw a couple of fits. I wanted to tear her hair out and mine by the time I was done shopping. She is not old enough to walk around in a crowded store (she is....but she isn't). She cannot be expected to behave herself and I don't have the time or patience to chase after her. I have to take care of Ava too so if Emily runs off I have to chase after her pushing another stroller. Also I fear someone snatching her up when I turn my back. I know that double strollers were not always around and it can be done but why would I do that to myself? I'm not stunting her development by keeping her in a stroller either! I could go on and on about this......I'll stop.


Yesterday Mary, Lizy and I made a butterfly out of foam core board and covered it in fabric (ironed the fabric on with heat-n-bond). Colin sketched the butterfly, made a template and then cut it out for us! He did such a good job. There are two more of different sizes waiting to be covered. We hung it from the light fixture temporarily till we get all 3 done and then I thought they should go over the island of fabrics. I ran over there today to get a photo but didn't turn on the lights--I should have because the photos aren't that great. Oh and I scared Mary! Anyway, they don't look great up close as it was hard to cut the fabric out perfectly but hanging from the ceiling you don't notice it as much.The purpose is to show people they can do many different things with fabric. This would look really cute in a little girls room.