This is the beginnings of my RAIL FENCE quilt. It's my first quilt and I'm very excited. NERVOUS....but excited. I had gotten a few blocks cut out last night at Craft night and my sister in law laid them out on the floor to see the "Rails" come to life. LOL The rails are the solid red and mustard in the quilt. IT's a queen sized quilt and so that in itself is a challenge. LOL





Me trying to cut the blocks myself after my teacher (Hubby's aunt) shows me how.








Hubby's other aunt is making a quilt too...hers is a Snowball quilt and in blues. VERY NICE choice of fabrics. It will be beautiful. I'll make sure that I snap a pic of hers when it's done too.

Tomorrow is Girls night out (Crafting night) at Tammy's. I have about 9 more strips to sew and then I'm all ready to make them into blocks with my teachers (Therese and Debbie) I want to get them cut tomorrow and lay them out on the floor to see it come to life a bit. LOL I can't wait to get it done now that I see the 4 strips sewn together. It looks so nice.

Finished a project for an online trade with someone. She is making me 2 black "amish" bonnets and I made her a mini painted wall quilt (ragged) for her bathroom. Her theme is Outhouses and so the painted picture in the center is an outhouse scene. It turned out cute I think...I hope she likes it. She saw the painted portion, but I didn't show her the completed project. I'll post a picture later...I have it saved on the other computer. LOL I'm on the laptop right now.

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Every Thursday night we have a crafting "girls night out" at someone's house that is in the craft night. Last night was my turn to host it. I am a beginner quilter and this is my first "REAL" quilt. I've made small ragged quilts and such, but not pieced together and sewn ones before. The quilt I am making is called a "Rail Fence" quilt and my husbands two aunts are helping me make it.







Here is a look at the material I chose for the quilt. The two solids are the "rails".





Sewing up a storm...LOL


I can't wait to show you all the quilt pieced together and then finished...I'm sooo excited. This is a great way to use up an evening when it's cold outside..then you can use it to keep you warm afterwards..LOL

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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!!!!!
This valentines day was great. I was surprised for the first time since my second daughters birth with flowers...yip, I don't get them often and the past 5 Valentines days I've pretty much told dh not to get me anything...ie Chocolates etc..but this time without even hinting I wanted anything...I got flowers. Roses at that. LOL I loved it when I turned the corner of the diningroom and there with a mushy wife card were 3 red roses. I can't forget that today at 11:30am my "second gift" was delivered...LOL A NEW DISHWASHER. That one I knew I was getting. I hope you all had or are having a great Valentines day wherever you are or whatever you're doing. HUGS

Taracotta

New dishwasher and the beautiful red roses from hubby

This picture is of the livingroom with fireplace and the diningroom. It's open concept is what I loved about this house. I have started to decorate, but will be taking off the wallpaper on the fireplace wall to paint it a nice country mustard color to compliment the mustard in the quilt shown on the rack.

This is another view of the diningroom...the quilt rack was just made for me by a woodworker here in Dartmouth, N.S. that by being shown by a picture in a magazine was able to replicate it. I will be staining the shelf, but painting the rest a matte black and distressing it for a more primitive look. It should POP off the mustard walls when finished.




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You all must be thinking, "IT'S ABOUT TIME SHE WRITES IN HER BLOG AGAIN". LOL I know...it's been a CRAZY couple of months since we arrived in Nova Scotia. I arrived with my girls in November, settled into a PMQ (military housing) for part of November up until January 16th when we purchased a home. YIP....We found a house in Dartmouth, N.S. that just yelled, "BUY ME" and so we did. I love it here and the house is getting set up as we speak, Hubby is upstairs putting up blinds in the girls rooms and Just finished putting up new wall sconces in the livingroom that scream "country primitive" and not the other ones that used to be there that just screamed. LOL I have a couple of pictures I can share with you all to give you an idea of what my house is like...it's country/primitive and getting cozier every day. We are now in this home for at least 5 to 10 years and we're all glad of that. I will be letting the gardening go this Spring in regards to the multitude of school kids that pass through my yard to get to the school that is just down the hill from our house. Yes, the only thing that annoys me about our new home is the lack of respect by ALL the kids that use the yard as their passway instead of the side walk that they could be using. Not to fret though...hubby has said that we will put up a fence so that they will HAVE to use the sidewalk and then I can go a plantin' all I want and not worry about my gardens getting trampled. The girls however, love the fact that their school is just down the hill and they can now come home for lunch every day to the house and have a visit with "Moi". I have big plans for the next 10 years of living in this house and then it will be sad...as we'll be moving out just when we have it the way we want. BUT...at least until then we can say we made it ours and didn't settle for what the previous owners did to it. Here's a few pics until I can decorate it some more and show it off in more of it's glory...and not just half done. I'll try to be better at posting.


This fireplace was one of the things that sealed the deal. I love that I can "prim it up" and that it makes the family room so cozy with out even being lit up. The wall behind it has wallpaper right now, but it will be painted a nice dark mustard color to compliment a quilt that I have that has reds, greens and mustards in it.



This is a view of the dining area that is off the kitchen, it has a tile floor pattern that makes it look like a rug has been laid, but it's actually made of tile. As you can see we were still in the process of unpacking and placing things where they were to go, messy, but you get the idea.


This is one of the views of the kitchen. It has the counter top burners and the wall oven.




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Well...Christmas is just around the corner and if you're like me..you can't stand not giving your gifts early and seeing the people's reactions. LOL I opted to give my inlaws their gifts early to see their faces when they opened their gifts. I painted them each a wreath for their doors and I must say that I think they liked them. LOL I gave Dan's parents the church scene wreath, Della (his oldest sister) the wreath with barn and ol' wheel by the post, and his youngest sister the old water wheel house. The last picture of the barn and wheel against the post is a bit washed out compared to what it really looks like, it's really bright. Unlike the picture. I really enjoyed doing them and also sold some, gave some of the church scene as a gift to my Nannie and Grandpi that I will see over the holidays when with my family this year. We're going to be going to mom and dad's for Christmas this year and I think that it will be a Christmas that will be so special in my heart. My Grandmother, Father and Nannie all had brushes with death and were spared through prayer and in my eyes miracles. I will say this..."Thank you Lord for sparing them". I now know how short life can be and that you should always cherish those you have in the NOW and tell them you love them every day.

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