End of April

Can't believe it's the end of April. So anxious for warm weather to plant my veggie garden. It's all prepped and ready for the plants. The garden looks lonely, with just a few rows of lettuce and lots of dirt. Went to Masters Gardeners event in town on Saturday and saw all these incredibly healthy, beautiful tomato and pepper plants. I wanted to buy all of them. But have to wait a few weeks until the ground warms up and frost warnings are over.

Have been doing some knitting and sewing but not as much as I'd like. Still working on baby sweaters and some sewing projects. I start my new quilting class next Tuesday which I'm so excited about. I've made quilts for family and babies but I really want to learn all the tricks of quilting. The real deal!

Having book club girls here tonight for our monthly meeting. We read "The Help" which was a terrific novel and would recommend it. So off I go to start cooking my "famous" beef barley stew/soup which everyone asks for.

Coasters 2009

Here are the coaster sets that I made for gifts this Christmas. I made four in each set which is great for those icy, drippy glasses to catch the water and save your end tables from water stains. They are 100% cotton and washable.

Doilies 2009

These are a few of the knitted doilies that I made for family and friends for Christmas 2009. They were fun to make and turned out so much like crocheted ones. I was very pleased.

Gloves/Hats 2009

New Year 2009

Not an exciting title for sure, but just a little insight into this coming year. I've worked on many projects for Christmas gifts, some of which include knitting bags for my crafty friends, socks, hats, fingerless gloves. It seemed like the projects were just rolling off my fingers!!! Have lots of surprise ideas for this year.

Hope everyone has a wonderful new year.

Denise's baby washclothes and burp towels

Baby Bailey, my first great niece, is about to be born anyday and I finished all her gifts. So enjoyed making the quilt, baby washcloths, burb towels, receiving blanket, sweaters/socks and knitted blanket. Oh my gosh...did I really do that many things. It was sooooo much fun and now ready to work on Baby Cooper's things. Will keep you posted on my new projects as they get finished.

Knitting

Good morning everyone...

I finished the multi colored with pink trim baby sweater! Yeah!!! it's done...have to look for blue yarn now for baby boy on his way. Today is beautiful..the sun is shining and I'm off for a walk. Hope I can make it to 3 miles! It's been a while since I've been on the road walking. Too much going on in our lives to hit the road....Hugs to everyone.

Sweater for baby girl

Well I'm on the sleeve of the baby sweater I'm knitting for baby girl great niece. Just found out my other niece is having another boy...that's okay...boys are special too! Can't wait to pull out the blue yarn and finish up with the pink stuff. Have to find out what Trish's theme for baby boy is going to be so I can make another baby quilt....so much to do...hope I have enough time.

Just finished watching Nim's Island...hey, anyone out there...it was a sweet movie. Loved it! Recommend it for laughs!!!

Lady D