Georgia!

Here is my sweet Georgia wearing her birthday dress I made for her, the scooter that Judy and Nat gave her, and her new Skechers tennis shoes that her Great Aunt Judith gave her.  She loves these three gifts the most she said.

Busy Life!

Life has been very busy here at the Morrison's home and business. My hubby Steve is now the a district leader in the Elks world, that is The Benevolent Order of Elks. He accepted a District Chairmanship and we have been traveling with the District Vice President visiting all of the lodges in the East Central District. The State convention was the last week in May and the National convention is the second week in July. The Bylaws dictate that the VP and his Chairman visit each lodge between those two conventions. We have been to 9 of the lodges so far and have 6 more to visit in the next two weeks. Each lodge visited we have hordorves, cocktails and dinner. Some weeks we visit three or two lodges. I can't remember he last time I prepared a dinner meal, cause we always come home with leftovers.

So far it has been more fun than I anticipated, but I sure have lost a lot of home time going on these visits.

I have several quilt pictures to post, as well as garden pictures. Maybe there will time this next week.

Today was my Birthday and I received many good wishes. My Granddaughter, Georgia just called to sing Happy Birthday to me. She is visiting her other Grandmother, so I won't see her until late next week.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Three Days at Home

I've been cooking, gardening, and sewing. Too bad we have had so much wind this weekend, I could have been outside more. I have almost finished the binding and sleeve for the Posh quilt. Picture to come soon. I'm planning to enter several quilts in the Kings County Fair.

Peonies and Oakleaf Hydrangeas

These beautiful flowers sit beneath a pecan tree at the east end of my front flower border.  I have a collection of David Austin roses and another collection of Martha Stewart roses in full bloom.  The Bachelor Buttons are shoulder high to me and wave in the breeze.  I am so looking forward to the back yard shade garden to bloom with pink and blue Hydrangeas.  I planted my vegetable garden last weekend and will show pictures of the progress soon.

There hasn't been too much quilting happening, since my father-in-law is visiting from Texas.  My sewing room has a Murphy Bed, and when we have a visitor my sewing room becomes a guest room.   My husbands father is 90 years old and gets around very well.  Right now he is playing a round of golf.

Best of the Valley Purchases

Yes, this will be another sewing project for Miss Georgia.  I seem to make her a new skirt or pants or dress about this time of the year.  I will try to have ready for her Birthday party on May 1st.  I am going on a sewing retreat and should be able to finish along with her Vintage Sheet Ruffle Quilt.  My plan is to make the dress and ruffled pants first and the ruffled skirt next.

Georgia's Flip Flop Quilt!

Here I am with Miss Georgia at the "Best of the Valley"quilt show last weekend.  The Flip Flop quilt I made for her 4th birthday won a Third Place ribbon in the small quilt appliqued category.  She was so very proud of her quilt and the ribbon, she told everyone where to look at it.  She will be five years old on May 5th - how time flies by.  Seems like she was just a baby girl yesterday.

Gramercy Park Quilt

The Gramercy Park quilt is completed and on my bed.  Elaine Berry and I started this project at least two years ago.  Elaine finished hers last year and entered it into the Best of the Valley quilt show.  I finished mine just after the close for the call for entries for this years quilt show.  So I will have to enter into next years show.  I love the flowers and the colors of this quilt.  I used a bamboo bat this time and the quilt has a very light weight feel to it.  Bobbie Jones of Nipomo, CA long arm quilted for me and I just love it.  Bobbi noted to me that the bamboo bat caused a lot of lint build-up in her bobbin case, so she had to clean the bobbin case often.  Now I need to add a label.