Running Through July!

 Where does the time go! The meadow next door is already on the 2nd cutting of hay!

I've started working on the Bjorn Bear quilt for our little Gummy Bear. I chose fabrics while I was out shop hopping in the colors of gummy bears, did you know the original Haribo gummy bears only come in 5 colors? Red, orange, green, yellow and clear. 

It's an Elizabeth Hartman pattern, so there are a ton of tiny pieces. But it's so cute! Here's the link to the pattern Link

I had to make 12 bears! I'm sure glad I didn't make the bigger quilt option!

Here's the first one! It takes a little over 2 hours for me to get one bear cut out and sewn. Cutting is the real time taker on these little guys!

Iris is always so helpful.

Every time I lay out the blocks she comes running in to help!

Thanks loads Iris.

Here we go, all spray basted on the garage door. 

Ooo those Bears are cute!

That little bear with glasses is adorable!

Ok ready to quilt! I'm thinking something more squarish than my usual meandering. So Square meandering! With a nice soft faux minky backing. 

SO cute! All done and out on the porch for pictures!

Loving those bears, and I think DD will love them too!

Those cute bees on the soft backing, get it? Bears and Bees and honey? SO cute!

On the 11the Pa fell down at the Legion and we thought he broke a hip or something. After 3 hours in the VA ER, they determined that he's just clumsy and nothing was broken. Just badly bent. 

Thank goodness! And DD came with the kids and they mowed my lawn for me! Look at her mowing like a boss, with little gummy bear along for the ride HAHA!

Just a few more days left in July! Wonder if little gummy bear will wait for August?

Hay There!

 The folks across the street are fixing to bale their 1st cutting of hay. Doesn't it look so neat and tidy all swept up into rows? I snapped this quick picture on my way to work. When I got off work, I did this......

 Loaded pallets up in Wellie for DDs latest project. I gotta say backing Wellie up to a dock door was a different experience!

 SO this morning I unloaded the pallets....I hope I got enough.  I tried to pick heavy ones-thinking they were better than pine boards...and ones with some wear and character to them. At my work we pretty much get new, clean pallets, so it took a couple of days to find some not new looking ones.

DD has a vision of a pallet wood wall...like this sorta.....

I dare you to google "Pallet Wood Wall" and wait until you see all the folks who used pallets for decor. It is pretty amazing.

OK Just one More

This is my fav of all of em...so far. I just love how the camels look with the kings aboard them.

See that camel is acting like a camel! Love it!

BTW.. Hey. Diane see, there's hay. I think you got cheated with your cow that looks like a hippo and no hay. Just sayin'.

My cow looks ready to moo. I do wonder who thought it was a good idea for Joseph to have a big stick though....guess he's gonna keep those camels in line yessirreee.

Hay Expo 2011

So first it was the church to church tractor ride, what a great group!

Then it's time to re group and have a beverage.

Look at these cute shirts some of the guys had made!

Nobody beats the church ladies for their pies all ready for dinner, and here's the clean up crew! What a great group of ladies!

Then there was church under the big tent.

With music by our own Tracy on guitar and who would have guessed, but here's Susie with her Bass Ukelele! That's gotta be a first at the Hay Expo!

A few announcements after the prayer and then it's off to the tractor parade and bale a little hay!