Snow!?!

This week I have been adding to my to make list as you can see -->

I have also finished a few things including my ornament exchange (to be posted later) and a baby quilt.

Here is the completed pile of quilt barf.

I quilted heats onto this quilt. It was the first time I have quilted anything other than striaght lines. My heats are pointed in places and are not that great but look okay considering I had no idea what I was doing.

Since it's almost dark when I get home I haven't been able to get a good overall picutre.

I used the Awesome Lap quilt patern from Moda Bakeshop and changed the colors to pinks, wines and browns to match the afghan I posted about here. I don't love this quitl as much as the other two that I have finsihed and I think it's because it doesn't have any borders so it doesn't seem complete. It reminds me of a picture that hasn't been matted before it was framed.

As per request from Texas, here is a picutre taken yesterday. We saw our first snow of the season about noon. It came just the way I prefer it, in huge flakes without a lot of wind and the temperature just above freezing.  Jason doens't like snow regardless of how it falls.

More Babies

I finally found a night that I was home early enough to take pictures of the afghan I finished. I found the yarn for this at Hobby Lobby on clearance. It turned out to be one of the softer afghans that I've completed. I ran out of the pink and had to use white for the border but I really like how it turned out. After playing with several different ribbon colors Jason and I decided that we liked the wine ribbon that was left over from our wedding. I decided to give this one to the neice due in December since we aren't certain if it will be a niece/nephew in March. I've also had another "family" baby to add to the crafting list due in April.

I also finished a few more pages in the 2009 scrapbook and almost done with the year. I have two Christmas' and New Years Eve left to do an then I need to print pictures and finish the wedding in October. For this layout I used my new Chomas Gel Pen holder to write the title.

I've started on a quilt to match the afghan above using this pattern. I love mixing and matching patterns so I usually go purchase my fabrics at the local quilt shop, Joanns or Hobby Lobby and cut down rather than purchasing precut fabrics as most of Moda's recipies call for.

Here is the initial stack.

This was a piece that I found that I thought would be great for a quilt especially as the child grows older.

This is the pile of trash otherwise know as "quilt vomit" At this point the pile is still growing.

I've currently have finished squaring up my blocks and I am ready to sew the strips together.

This past weekend I also taught myself to knit and have started a scarf for my niece for Christmas using this Ravelry pattern. Check back in for progress pictures of my quilt and my attempt at knitting.

Catching back up

Since it has been several weeks since my last post I split what would have been long post into two shorter ones. The second post is pictures of what is left of the combine that were taken two weeks ago.

During the last week I have:

*Decorated the front porch for fall. I found this very interesting pumpkin at the local greenhouse and bought it and the mums at their frost sale.

*We celebrate Halloween with our nieces and nephew and went trick or treating with them. We went to a adult party Saturday night which is why my brother-in-law has black "claws" which he is still trying to get back off.

*I completed another Christmas present. This is for the little witch picture above. Tinkerbell is her favorite thing ever and she loves to help me cook when she come over. My to-get-done list is slowly shrinking and I'm about finished with the next afghan and will hopefully be posting about it by the end of the week.

More Combine Pictures

Here is what the combine looks like in the daylight.