Quilts finished..........

Here are a few quilts that I finished up and put in the library quilt show, along with a few others. Dawn helped my out quilting some of the baby quilts, like this one:
and this one:

Here is a machine-applique little table topper, a Kim Diehl pattern. It is not quilted, just "tied" with buttons.


A patriotic table runner, which I quilted on my own sewing machine. I think I was very brave to try it, inspired by Jamie, who is doing her own quilting. Not too bad, I guess.
This is larger than it looks, about 58 inches across. I big-stitched the colored areas, and then Dawn machine quilted the background. It was a sample for my disappearing 9-patch class.
This is another D9P baby quilt, machine quilted by Dawn.

Now I have to put away the quilty stuff for a while, but I do have a few projects to take with me :)

Girl Fun

Skinny Laura is holding chubby Ian. He is already nearly 3 months old. Aren't they cute?

We had a quickly planned sister vacation. It was lovely to get together with my girls, and gracious of Greg to leave home for a couple of days so we could have just girl time.
Can you tell whose feet are whose?
Besides shopping, eating, playing "chopped", crafts, and other activities, we all had a massage. It seemed to be a popular activity! If you want to see more pictures, just ask me.
Laura talked Greg and I into coming to her to get our teeth cleaned. She is an amazing dental hygenist, gentle, thorough, and quick. We highly recommend her!

Tidbits

New Year's Day will always be a party with this family. Little Josh turned two, and his brothers were as excited as he was. And here are my three cute piano student boys who did a great job at the piano recital.
And while we are gone to Nauvoo, I will especially miss my book club. We have great food, and great discussions. The members range in age from the 20's to the 70's. And sometimes it is hard to get a word in!

This is our little Ian Teancum, who is our newest grandchild, born in November. I will have to put a new picture of him soon, as he has grown chubby!