Rag time!!

Just finished a commission piece for a baby shower gift. I haven't done a rag quilt in a long time....forgot how time consuming it is. I think it turned out kind of cute though. She could decide between light pink/bright pink with green so I did light pink/green on one side and bright pink/darker green on the other side. I did free hand embroidery of little flowers periodically on some of the blocks. I used rag snips this time instead of sharp manicure scissors, wow...what a difference. My tendons are thanking me, not like last time.

O Canada !!

All of my kids have "Canada" t-shirt that they can exhibit in celebratory style on Canada Day! (July 1st) I am completely Canadian, do you think I have a shirt?? My family would be disgusted if they knew. I don't even have a plain red shirt I can wear. I have a USA shirt but no Canada shirt. So, this year in a mad fury to get ready for Canada Day I embroidered one for myself. Finished it just minutes before the celebration was to begin. Phew! Here is me with my big sister Jennie (actually my aunt suposedly) and my little Simon.

Also I have to post Gabriel's contribution he drew a moose for "pin the tail on the moose" game all by himself. We will make an artist out of him yet! He even used "eh" in proper context....maybe we'll make a Canadian out of him also, I guess technically he is half!

Eva's blessing!

Today I attended the baby blessing of my FABULOUS cousin Amber's baby girl. This is her third baby and her first girl after two boys...naturally I had to get in on the excitement and made baby Eva's blessing dress. I forgot how much I love to embroider...sewing is still my number one love though...next to my husband and boys of course. Eva looked darling in her long white, linen dress and the blessing was beautiful, very touching. Stephen had to work so the main challenge was keeping 4 boys semi-quiet for the duration of the meeting. They did pretty well though, thank goodness for pretzels and coloring books!