She's Here!!

Kensie Leigh Sharp

5/12/11  6:26 pm

8 lbs 10 oz

21.5 inches

The pictures say it all!

Kensie - Day 2

Mom and Kensie - less than one hour old

Proud Daddy

On the way home.  Such a sweetie

Proud Nana

Just Waiting for Baby

Today is the day, but the hospital has called twice and postponed the "show-up" time.  Apparently there are no beds.  So, we are just sitting around waiting for the call to let us know when to show up.  Of course if Baby Sharp decides to come before then, we will just go!!

More news later..............

On the Road Again

 I hit the road again yesterday, driving back to South Carolina.  The baby is due any day and I wanted to be here when it happened.  It was a long day -- 7:00 am -  5:00 pm (CDT) driving, road construction, delays around Atlanta, but I made it safely and that is what counts.  I finished the binding on the baby quilt here last night.  This is a picture of the finished quilt and the baby's room.

On a quilty note, my plans for today include cutting out blocks for a swap with one of my Yahoo Groups, Threads of Friendship.  The block is "Road to California".  The block is not that complicated so I should be able to cut out and sew the 10 blocks in time for the May 20 deadline.

Easter Week

Wow, it has been a while since I posted.  Things have been very busy.  I spent Easter with my kids and grand kids.  We had a great time.  If you are following my blog you know that I am very close to being a "nana" for the third time.  On my Easter visit I was very fortunate to be able to attend a baby shower for my DIL.  The shower was given by her church family.  We had the event at Olive Garden.  I met such a nice group of ladies that obviously loved her very much.  The pictures below are from the "party".  The cupcakes were so cute with the little monkeys hanging around them.

The grand kids and I went to the South Carolina children's museum,  it has a name, but I cannot remember it.  They had such a good time playing firemen, shopping for groceries, riding tractors, and driving cars. 

In addition to all of this fun I was fortunate to spend a day with my DIL's parents and grandparents.  We had a fantastic home cooked meal -- corn, butterbeans, chicken and dumplings, turkey and dressing, roast, deviled eggs, mash potatoes, etc.  I am sure I left something out. Oh yes, fresh strawberry cake and another cake that I cannot remember the name, but both were delicious.  They live in a beautiful location in the northern part of SC.  The guineas were also having a feast outside.  I have not seen these birds since I was a kid at my own grandparents' home in Mississippi.

I enjoyed this time with my family.



Baby Quilt and Blooms in April

The last few evenings have been spent designing (trying to design) a baby quilt for my soon-to-be granddaughter.  Nothing I had in mind worked out so I am back to nine patch and snow balls.  Those are always  a "safe" bet.  I have most of the nine patches completed, but still have about 16 snowballs to make.  The picture below shows the two blocks.

This project will be put on hold for a week.  I am going for a visit to see my grandkids.  This will be the first Easter that I have spent with them since I moved to MS in 2004.  I usually go earlier in the year for the grandkids birthdays, but this year it worked out for me to go now.  With a new grandbaby due in early May, I will be making this trip again soon.  Seeing Nana two months in a row will not be a bad thing. Huh?

My Christmas cactus plants, in my window at work, actually bloomed again this week.  I love these plants.  While the blooms are not as many, they are still beautiful.

I forgot to post the picture of my first daffodil bloom.  It bloomed the middle of March.  I had planted several bulbs in December, but we have so many squirrels I expected to never see a single flower.  Mother Nature prevailed.  There is something about a daffodil that gives you hope that Spring is just around the corner.

Happy Easter everyone.  Have a wonderful time with your family.

Bits and Pieces of the Weekend

Welcome to my new followers.  Thanks for your interest.

This weekend has been spent catching up on several projects.

I am participating in a year-long swap with the scratchingpost yahoo group.  Each month 50 of us send out cupcakes to those having a birthday during the current month.  The picture below shows cupcakes that I sent out for the April birthday girls.

We are also doing a "Cuppa Joe" swap.  I have received about 10-12 cups, but have not taken a picture of them.  Sometimes in the next month I will get them out and share them with you.

I have also finished the next block in the AccuquiltGO! quilt-along.  Block 4 is tumblers.  We made six sets of three tumblers sewn together, and a long strip of tumblers.  These blocks were made using our light

 and darks neutrals.  My dark neutral has an obvious directional print.  I cut two of the tumblers out in the wrong direction.  Since I used up all of my originally chosen dark, I had to pick out another design to complete the blocks.  I found the perfect color in my stash - Handspray by RJR Fabrics.  If any additional dark neutrals are used in the quilt-a-long, this is the fabric I will be using.  I think it blends in quiet well.  What do you think?

The "Just Needles" group of Pascagoula is making a couple of quilts.  The focus fabric chosen is the floral fabric seen in the picture below.  Isn't it beautiful!!  I chose to combine it with the green and purple fabric shown.  I loved how the "Lovers Knot" block turned out in this color combination.  Click on the picture to get a better view of the fabrics.



I had made this pattern earlier this month for a secret project that I cannot share at this time.  I just loved the pattern, so I made it again with this color combination.  The picture does not do the colors justice.

Just One Star

Information on this endeavor can be found at http://modafabrics.blogspot.com/. 

The Sandstitchers Quilt Guild is participating in this worthy cause.  I have completed two blocks, one is shown below.  If you have some time, please consider participating.  I feel confident that they will more than meet their goal of 1800 star blocks.