More quilting

I know you are all wondering what is going on with my machine. Well let me show you.

Alex's quilt is finally done.







And since binding was impossible to do in a timely manner by hand, I decided to use my machine and do a "baseball" stitch all the way around. It didn't turn out perfect, but at least he will get the quilt today instead of next year. :-).




I posted this quilt when I first finished the top. It is a bitter sweet quilt for me cause I hate it. It is very loud. But, I also love it. I went outside my comfort zone to complete this quilt. I have never made anything so "loud" and pushed myself to take the pattern and make it my own. Well then I quilted it myself on my machine. I put flowers in the centers of the four patches and did some squigglies around the outside. I have had several people offer to take it off my hands, but because of everything that I put in it, I just can't see it leave my hands.
I still have to hand do the binding, but we will see how long that takes :-).


Now it's time to see what other unfinished projects I have, and what I can do to finish them. It feels really good to get these off my plate!

Fingerprint Friday

Fingerprint Friday

I saw another good idea for a new post series every Friday. I have an incredibly blessed life so I hope to never run out of things to share... I will probably forget to post, but then again, maybe not.

There's a song by Steven Curtis Chapman called "Fingerprints", that goes:


"I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God.


Just look at you
You're a wonder in the making
Oh, and God's not through, no
In fact, He's just getting started…"



I know last week I said my boys, but I think I will focus on each of them invidually first since they are amazing blessings in my life.

There are so many things I can say about David. We met when he was barely 18. Three months later we choose to date. I had a three year old, but he didn't see that as a hinderance. 18 months later we became Man & Wife. One month later I was diagnosised with Lupus.

I see God's fingerprints in David every time I look at him. God is teaching him so much right now, how to be a strong leader, a loving husband and a good dad. It is amazing to watch him grow in so many ways. I look forward to every day to see how he will grow that day. He is such a blessing to me in so many ways.

Ok- so maybe I'm not so good at this fingerprint thing- but I hope to get better :-)

Fingerprint Friday

I saw another good idea for a new post series every Friday. I have an incredibly blessed life so I hope to never run out of things to share... I will probably forget to post, but then again, maybe not.

There's a song by Steven Curtis Chapman called "Fingerprints", that goes:


"I can see the fingerprints of God
When I look at you
I can see the fingerprints of God
And I know it's true
You're a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of God.


Just look at you
You're a wonder in the making
Oh, and God's not through, no
In fact, He's just getting started…"



The men in my life. Being Married, and a mom I work hard at making sure they are headed in the right direction. With all three relationships I seek God's direction and pray that His fingerprint will remain strong.

Lots of rain in Seattle

I found these pictures on the web and I am completely shocked...

This is Snoqualmie Falls on a normal day:



And this is from yesterday:




That is completely crazy!! I can't believe how much rain and snow melt we are dealing with in January!! Lots of people are dealing with flooding. It's a little crazy around here and the rain keeps coming.

Pretty good two days

Ok, so yesterday was probably one of the best days I've had. At 8:00am Alex got home from being gone a week. I was so happy to see him, we talked for a while about his week and his holiday's with his other family and it was great to see him smile. I missed him so much.
We went to church and the lesson in Sunday School was SO good. It was on discipline, and I can't wait for next week. Plus the Daniels came so I "volunteered" to hold their new born for the morning. (Ok, it wasn't volunteering, I took him, but they don't mind and I get my baby fix).

We came home from church and instead of my Sunday nap in my room I curled up on the couch with David to watch football- and I fell asleep.

I had a hair appointment and while I was waiting I got a free hand massage. I'm telling you it was WONDERFUL.

Then we got Josiah ready for bed and went to Jeremy & Jennifer Williams house (in the snow) to play five crowns. I was so desperate to play that we risked getting stuck to go beat them at the game.

And today it just got better. One of my directors had told me that he had an amazing Christmas gift for me, he had told me he and his wife were really excited for me to get it and when he showed up today I was excited to open it.

He gave me the concert book from Bryan Adams 1985 World Tour AND some photos that his wife's friend took from close to the stage. It is SOOOO cool- words cannot describe the excitement!! (Yes I know I'm a nerd).




So totally cool! I think I need to get a shadow box now to put some of this stuff in!!