Through the lens of…

… a four year old’s camera.  I had shown you recently a picture of Miss Baby snapping pictures with her camera.

I finally had a few moments to sort through the images downloaded from Miss Baby’s Crayola Camera (This camera actually works, albeit with limited resolution – click here for more details).  These are the art-sier presentable shots from her recent picture set.

No — your eyes aren’t out of focus as you scroll through the pictures.  Miss Baby hasn’t mastered the art of holding the camera still while snapping the shots.

I am pretty sure she didn’t ask this couple’s permission before snapping their picture.   I am not quite sure what compelled her to take the picture.

And this is the “professional head shot” my daughter took of me, with part of my head cut off!  I intend to send this to any editors asking for an updated head shot of me, ha!

Lightheartedness aside, my little one is growing up way too fast.  When asked not to grow up so fast, she informed me with all seriousness and sincerity she didn’t have time to stop growing… and this week, we received this in the mail.

Can you tell I am entering a new phase of motherhood?  It’s all good and fine except I am not quite ready…

Thanks for stopping by!  Some of you had asked about Miss Baby, and I hope you have enjoyed the little update on her. 

Come back tomorrow for another magazine featured project!!  Till tomorrow!

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Cupcake Necklace

Miss Baby thinks she has arrived…

The cupcake pendant is hand sculpted by a glass artisan in North Carolina, and can be purchased here.  I know some of you have daughters and granddaughters around the same age as Miss Baby, and thought you might like a gift idea or two from time to time.

Thanks for stopping by.  I am getting ready to start another quilt today.  Will have previews for you in a day or two.  Later, Friends!

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“Those are not flowers…”

This was how our conversation unfolded —

Me (referring to the reds amidst the green):  WOW, those are beautiful flowers!

Miss Baby:  Those are not flowers, those are my parents!

On closer inspection, those were indeed people she drew.  She had drawn her family.  The reds denote our clown noses and mouths.  I was quite flattered at her artistic interpretation of how I look!  I guess in her estimation, I have quite the hair…

while in reality, I am so much more conservative in my hairstyle.  

So glad you stopped by.  I hope you enjoyed my Miss Baby funny!  Come back again – for I have recently magazine projects to share!  Gotta run!

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He is RISEN,

He is RISEN indeed!

“… I have come that they may have life,

and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)

Have a blessed Resurrection Sunday!

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Look what I got in the mail…

… these adorable thread holders!

They are made from timber, and adorned with imagery from Lynette Anderson’s artwork. They are sold through Little Quilt Shop.

I love these thread holders because they are larger and sturdier than the plastic ones I have been using.  You know you want these thread holders especially if you do any sort of handwork.  Click here to order, or click here for the current giveaway of a pack of the very same thread holders!

While you are there, do check out Lynette’s patterns – it seems like this talented Australian lady has a gabazillion of them.  I love Lynette’s heirloomy  approach to designing – the imagery in her artwork draws from her memories from childhood as well as her family life.  Right now, my favorite pattern from Lynette’s stash is her Pirate Treasure.  Miss Baby would be a pirate ANYTIME over being a princess.  She is always drawing a map to the ultimate treasure chest.  So, seeing Lynette’s pirate pattern brought a smile to my face.

I hope you enjoy visiting Lynette’s site!  Leave a comment to let her know you appreciate her work.  So, curious and nosy mind here would like to know if you have heard of Lynette before today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a stupendous day, Dear Friends!

p.s.  In case you are wondering… that’s the progress of my Three French Hens ornament.  Miss Baby’s version is just not doing it for me.   But of course I wouldn’t tell my Miss Precious that…

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The Chronicle of Miss Baby’s Paper Sticker Quilt

It’s really straining this Mom’s imagination (!) when she has to come up with a craft to make everyday for school.  So, I resorted to quilt-making one day this past week for Miss Baby’s school craft.  I took the opportunity to teach her the front, back and binding of a quilt.

I drafted a staggered chain-4-patch-block layout, and asked Miss Baby to color the chain blocks.  She told me a few times she was ready to quit (Haha!  That’s exactly how I feel when I have made the same block for the umpteenth time!), but perseverance is the name of the game of quilting before the fun part…

… stickers!  Miss Baby got to use stickers to fill in the rest of the quilt layout.

Notice Miss Baby’s quilt has an Amish mistake here.  “Ooops” was her response!  There is a practice within the Amish community of intentionally placing a mistake into every quilt,  illustrating that only God is perfect and people are not.  Thus the things people make are therefore, by definition, imperfect.

Then, I let Miss Baby pick out a “backing” for the quilt from my paper stash.  We then glued the quilt front to the quilt back, and trimmed an extra 1/8″ all around for…

… the binding!   The binding is marked using a marker.  Can you tell where Miss Baby did the binding, and where I did the binding?  Miss Baby quickly lost interest in finishing up with the binding.  As a good Mom (ahem!), I went ahead and finish up the binding for her, just like many of you have done for your quilting friends or family who don’t care to bind their quilts.

Thanks for stopping by and looking at Miss Baby’s paper sticker quilt.  I hope the quilt brings a smile to your face as you start out your new week!  Hugs to you all.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day, Friends!!

Miss Baby and I made these hanging wreaths as our after-school craft a few days ago.

A heart garland with added monkeys, also made by Miss Baby.

And these are the handmade Valentines I made for a party Miss Baby and I attended.

Here the Valentines are as “far as the eyes can see”… I made 30 of them, and it took me only 4 hours, ha!

We will be back to something quilty tomorrow.  Meanwhile, I am waiting rather impatiently for 4-5 of my recently featured projects to return to me.  I shall share the projects as I receive them.  I wish you all a very sweet and blessed day!   God bless.

Are you doing anything special today?

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Bountiful: Fabrics Sneak Peek

Hello Friends,

After the family goes to bed tonight, I will be cutting into these fabrics for my Bountiful quilt.  I am seriously in love with that top fabric.

I want to say a BIG “Thank You” for all your encouraging words on my home-schooling Miss Baby for the next few months.  Yes, it is quite demanding time-wise as I am trying my best to stick with schedules.  Here is a photo I sent to my family overseas showing them Miss Baby’s algebra worksheet!

I have got to run as I felt sick again earlier this week, and am trying to play catch up!  Come back tomorrow – I think I have another recently featured quilt to show!  I hope your week has gone well so far.  See you tomorrow.

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Post – “Iron Man” Quilt confession

Hello Friends,

I hope you are doing well.  I enjoyed reading all your comments left on my “Iron Man” quilt post.

Post “Iron Man” day has been a cleaning day for me.  I also have a confession.  Miss Baby and I love Christmas so much that we have been dilly-dallying on putting up the rest of the Christmas stuff.  I managed to stow away quite a bit of Christmas things today.  I have just a little left to pack, and Christmas will be officially over for us.

As to how to handle this — I think I shall do the tacky thing and leave those stickers up for the next Christmas.

So I am curious if there are any of you that still have your Christmas stuff up…

Thanks for stopping by.  Till tomorrow.

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Wooly Food Art

Hello Friends, I hope you are doing well.  I know many of you knit or crochet in addition to quilt!  So I thought Kate Jenkin’s (from Brighton, UK) wooly works of art might tickle your fancy.

Here you see her knitted fish and chips dinner.

[image source:  Daily Mail, UK]

Click here to view additional pictures of Ms. Jenkin’s food art.

So, I am curious how many of you knit/crochet.  I can work a tapestry needle, but I am a total klutz when it comes to knitting or crochet.

Thanks for stopping by.  I shall chat with you again tomorrow.

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