Finish Friday {Ranch Quilt}

I made this as a gift for My Guy's Sister and Brother-in-law's
25th Wedding Anniversary

I completed this quilt in December

(while I was doing these, crazy, I know!).

Their Silver Anniversary Celebration with

friends and family was at their ranch in Colorado.

I shipped in plenty of time and they opened it at thier party.

This quilt was out of my comfort zone...

I generally steer clear of batik's, but I wanted a rustic-ranchy feel.

I think I got just that! I really love how it turned out :).

{Work in progress}

You may not kow this about me, but I hand-quilt all my quilts.

Yes, good old-fashioned quilt frames and needle and quilting thread.

I just love the "puff" of a hand quilted quilt... SO SOFT!

Waiting for binding

{See the beauty she's lying on?... stay tuned!}

I hand stitched this label (that light bulb is their company logo)

Brown minky on the back <3!

I know this quilt will get lots of cuddle time by the fireplace.

ENJOY!

{sew} Modern Monday

American Girl Beds {made by me}

I have 5 {great} nieces

{+2 more coming this Spring}

The oldest is 7 and the youngest is 1

The older 4 are in love with American Girls

and Santa had confirmed delivery.

I asked the girls their absolute favorite color and Auntie got busy!

I'm not one to brag about my work, but these turned out FAR cuter than I could have EVER imagined!

I bought the beds here and was more than happy with the beds and the service (they gave me a deal on the shipping cause I was buying 5).

Sorry for the picture overload... I just can't help myself ;)

Taelynn's

Scrappy ticker-tape pattern

Adilynn's

Hand stitched heart

Gabrielle's

Tumbler pattern w/ her name hand stitched

Stella's

Star pattern

Isabelle's

Cheveron pattern. She's only one year old and when she received it she was laying in it :). She LOVES the little pillow and insists on sleeping with it. Too cute!

 And there they are... getting their "rest"... they're gonna need it!

 I even made American Girl gift tags :).

{I gave these to the girls at the Family Christmas Party}

I enjoyed every minute of making these.

There is love in every stitch!

With 2 more baby girls coming in 2012, I'll be doing it again and

I CAN'T WAIT!

xoxoxo


{sew} modern monday

Family Pictures {2011}

There we are...

{2 more coming this Spring, both GIRLS!}

 My Boy and I

 The Parents :)

Sorry for the picture overload, but I have a lot of favorites

My Bro and his family {+bun in the oven}

 Mr. Bryce {2 years old}

 Gabrielle and Stella {age 5 and 3, their sister is the other bun in the oven}

 My Sister Heidi and her family

 My Sis and Bro-in-law and their Grandkids

 Her Daughters {Jentry, Tara & Jenny}

 Jenny & Jeremy

 Jentry and Tae {age 7}

 {The Kids}

Carson {mine} 9, Bryce 2, Junior 5, Gabby 5, Stella 3,

Adilynn 7, Taelynn 7, Isabelle 1

After pics, my Sister Heidi hosted our Family Chrismas Party.

It was a blast, we played "Minute To Win It", the kids acted out the nativity (adorable!),

the kids opened their gifts from each other {more on that later ;)}. And we ate and ate and ate some more,

my sister is a wonderful cook!

Merry Christmas ALL!

Fun Day :)

The day of family pics and the family Christmas party

I took these two kiddos and headed out for a little fun (also so my sister could put the finishing touches on the house and dinner).

3-D/Glow-in-the-dark mini golf

Best cousins... They love each other.

They are just over 2 years apart.

 My boy!

 I love my TaeTae

 Taelynn wanted her picture with Dorothy 

 Bumper cars (Tae's driving one too, somewhere)

Carson played lazer tag, Tae was going to but changed her mind when they played the video of what to do. It had a dark/sci-fi feel to it... I didn't blame her, I wouldn't have wanted to either. 

Good, good kids! Love you guys xoxoxo!

Bloggers' Quilt Festival: My entry "Something Blue"

Welcome, Blogger's Quilt Festival visitors! I want to share a quilt I made for my BFF Alisha, for her wedding gift. (Yes, I blogged it a few months ago.)

When I seen this fabric, I screamed Alisha to me.

Aqua, Brown and Orange

Backing is white linen

Binding is aqua

Hand-quilted (with love!)

You would never know by looking at these pictures that it's ~124* outside!

The label is my favorite part of this quilt! It says "Something Blue ~ made for my best friend on her wedding day. june 25, 2011  <3 robin"

And there it is... ready to be shipped off to a buffalo ranch in Montana. 

Thanks for looking!