bits of sunshine

i hexagon you, or hexagons through the years

once upon a time, a long time ago, about four years ago, actually, i started making hexagons.

i used all sorts of fabric from my stash.  shirts and fat quarters and sheets, vintage fabrics and brand new, fabrics that have been across the ocean and back, fabrics that have probably never been anywhere out of the ordinary.  all fabrics that make me smile.

i cut and stitched and cut and stitched and cut and stitched.

i got ideas from this book.

i put one quilt together in time for christmas of 2011, for two very dear friends.

the other one stuck with me for years.  it went on road trips, it went to swim practice, it went to my mom's house, it spent time in our log home, it spent time on the road, it spent time at a girls' craft night.  it accompanied coffee and brownies and cookies and chocolate cake.  it listened to kiddos read and oversaw school-work.  it warmed my legs and made me smile.  i stitched and stitched and stitched.  every bit of it by hand.

the stem and leaf pattern was ben's idea.

zoe kept me company while i basted the binding.

and when i finished it, i kept it hanging around for a while.  i just wanted to look at it some more.

it just covers the top of a full-sized bed.  it's perfect for a nap or as a throw on the couch.

the back is a happy sheet that i found at goodwill.  the batting is a warm blanket from goodwill as well.

the *G is who it lives with now.  i sent it way across the sea.  the '13 is when i was hoping to have it finished.  it snuck over into '14 - but that's the way it is. 

here it is, all folded up with the quilt i received from *G as a house-warming present, three and a half years ago.  is it really only that long ago?  it feels like forever, not just three and a half years.  this quilt is so very loved.  if you scroll back through my blog, you'll see it here and there and everywhere.  i hope the one i sent off to far, far away will bring as much comfort and happiness to G as her dear quilt has brought to me. 

love and hugs and hexagons to you, G!

some people and their dogs

{of course the most lovely moment happened when my camera was not within reach . . . zoe was all relaxed on ben with her head tucked under his left arm . . . that's what made me grab my phone, but by then, the moment was on the way to being over . . . }



{isaac snapped these pictures of lola and i tonight.  why do dog's eyes catch the light like they do?  wow!  i wish the flash wouldn't have been on, maybe that would have made a difference?  anyway, i like these pictures of ben and i with our brown girls.}

just a little sunday morning snuggle

have a cozy, happy day!

have a cozy, happy day!

on wednesday

on tuesday

• zoe and lola got to know each other a bit better
• i was groggy from interrupted sleep - lola need to do her business and eat about three times through the night, and sometimes she just cried - she's just a baby
• lola lets us know when she has to go outside - we haven't had too many puppy messes to clean up - this is amazing!  she is only 6 weeks old!
• i have a scratch on my forehead from lola crawling over my face
• pretty sure we are all on a puppy-moon  :)
• we brought lola to meet our english grandma - grandpa wasn't home - but grandma loved lola so much, grandma and grandpa drove out together in the evening so they could hold and love on lola
• ben got zoe a new fetching toy, and she played so hard she was stiff last night

bits from tuesday not related to lola:

• ben started revamping the old shed that is going to become a new chicken coop
• maddie and isaac had choir practice
• the weather was beautiful
• ben and maddie burned the old stalks in my garden
• i taught my kiddos a thing or two (maddie did some nice creative writing.  isaac did some good rhyming {not rapping, just rhyming})
• hash for supper - yum
• dishes done, but house needing some attention . . .
• the four of us ended the day watching Secondhand Lions (it's a good one.  i'd recommend it, if you can handle robert duvall saying damn and hell - we just told our kids that he's a grumpy old man, so he says those things, but we don't say them - they don't sound nice.)
• made some new plans for the next few days, as things changed a bit when we got lola  (o.k. so that was related to the puppy . . . she's part of our life now . . . )

our wednesday is shaping up nicely here - even if it did get off to a slower start . . . i hope yours is, too!

on monday