my blue-ish cupboard...

About a year ago we made this purchase:

 

 

Got it from the old ghost town of Virginia City, MT.

It's 150 years old - that's old! 

Quilts go in the top and 

I keep my recipe books in the bottom messy half.

 

We both love it - but I didn't love all the different pieces of wood....so....yep -
 I painted it.

Now, normally I wouldn't paint an antique but this one needed some help!

I love this blue.

 

 

I decided to only paint one coat because I wanted that antique look.

Worked exactly how I wanted it to.

That 150 year old wood soaked it right up!

 

 

Look at this way cool latch - puts a smile on my face.

 

 

I thought of filling the top shelf with my old blue tinted Mason/Kerr/Ball jars...

 

But, my quilts are happier there.

 

 

Everybody is back home....and I am through the roof happy with my new/old cupboard.

 

 



ironing is fun again!

My sister, LeAnn, purchased a very old wooden ironing board for each of us. 

Mine sat around for a long time - didn't use it.
 

 

It needed a cover. 

These are unusually small so they don't make covers for them.

BUT - there are many uses for them:
You can paint on them...
 

 

Use it for a shelf...(love the color of these legs)




Tote it to your next quilt retreat...
(isn't she cute)

Store fruit on them...



Or have a picnic on them...




Um....?



or....make a (wicked looking) towel rack!



I simply just wanted to use mine.
So - I pulled out this very old vintage quilt top and some cotton batting and started cutting.
Then wrapped the batting around to the back - stappled it down - and did the same with the top.



And here it is!

 

Ready to be used!!!

 

I do have a big chuck of the quilt top left over if anyone would like some.

I'll just send it your way!



Mother's Day

For all you beautiful mom's out there....I hope you have a wonderful day full of love. 

pillow finish...

I finally finished the pillow to go with the quilts for my granddaughter, Alayna, and her little sister

(due next month - can't wait to meet her!).

 

 

 I used the left-overs from the quilt blocks.

 

And I quilted it with that giant zig-zag stitch on my Janome.

I could just quilt EVERYTHING with it - love.

 

 

Of course I had to send a "Bug Babies" book along. 

 (Did I hear lots and lots of "ahhhhhh's"?)

 

 

 

My daughter got the package and said Alayna immediately wrapped up in her new blankey, laid on the pillow & read her new book. 

More "ahhhhh's".....I know.....sweetness!

 

I love my girls - Here's my daughter, Erin, with baby belly & Alayna in the background.

Luvs.....

gifts

I tell you what - I have the best customers out there.

Sometimes when they send a quilt to be quilted there's a little something tucked inside just for me.

For example:

Trish, of Notes of Sincerity, knows I love green anything and chocolate.  She sent me this super cute beverage container with summer pictures and Hershey Kiss chocolate caramels. 
(She knows it's still snowing in Montana and I needed cheered up about it - crankiness come to mind).
 Oh, thank you my friend!
 

 

Then Amanda, from Alaska, sent us some smoked Salmon.  Do you just love the colors of these labels!  I don't even want to open them....because I would have to throw the labels away!  YUM - on the Salmon!

Salmon in any form is sooooo good!

(Yes, that's a fish in the background)



 

 

 

She also sent some coffee all the way from Ketchikan.  When I received her box of quilts I thought to myself, "Do I smell coffee?"  Sure enough!  I don't drink coffee but my husband does and he was thrilled. 

Got out the old grinder and ground away!

 

 

And we all know what April means when it comes to cookies...

YES - GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME!

Who loves Girl Scout cookies?  (hand raised here)

My quilter friend, Amanda, from Idaho distributes literally 1,000's of boxes each year and she wanted to share some with me.

My two favorites - Samoas and Thin Mints.

I'm set....for a while!

 

 

Thank you all - my lovely quilter friends.

Hugs coming your way!

You spoil me....and I love you all!

 

wedding quilt - finally!

Son #2 - Gavin - and the lovely lady in his life, Stefanie, got married last summer.

Here they are looking all dapper & pretty on that special day.

SWOON-ing...with love...

They are both serving active duty in the Army.

He lives at Ft. Lewis in Washington and she lives in Arizona.

Silliness - military life!

But, I finally finished their wedding quilt - yay, mom!

I started with a fat quarter in the center and bordered like a crazy woman around and around.

Gavin said Stef likes black & blues.  Of course I added some gray & green - because I can.

The backing is a gray-on-gray dot.

It's coming your way, Stefanie, to Arizona.

Love you both,

mom

 

 



Do you ever buy a stack of fabrics you love, then you put it aside for a while, get it out later and "Swoon" on them all over again???
That's exactly what I've done with my fat quarters for my "Swoon" quilt.
Trish, at Notes of Sincerity, piled them up so pretty....I just had to show off post them again.

Thank you, Trish, they're still beautiful and you are the sweetest!  She is sewing my quilt top for me!!!

She will do the same for you.  Just go visit her here.