Work in Progress: Sept 18

I took a break from sewing Farmer's Wife blocks this last week so I could get GeoDad's birthday present together. He now has a fancy new double-sided apron and a pair of oven mitts. I should be able to call this a finish, but the thumbs in the oven mitts are very tight on him. I will be making at least one more that he doesn't have to pry them off.

I used the Man'Z Domain pattern from Wing and a Prayer. My favourite part of this pattern was the strap for hanging BBQ tools that sits as an accent piece in front of the pockets. We discussed using the pockets for beer and BBQ sauce. He is all set to grill.

The front, with pockets and tool hanging strap. Beer fabric from the Man Cave Line. Pocket is Kona Black

The back, no pockets and no beer fabric, perfect for the cooking greasy breakfast after a good BBQ night.

Monkey modeling the oven mitt.

I used 2 different breakfast  sandwich prints just to keep it interesting.

LB all covered in yogurt. This is the cheeky sort of grin I get when I look over at him while I type posts in the morning.

Linking up with Freshly Pieced for Work in Progress Wednesday.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I am up to. Have a great week everyone.

GeoMama

Work In Progress: Sept 11

It has been a couple weeks since I have had a chance to blog about my quilting. So here is what I have been doing. For my silly little hexagon project I now have a total of 430 white on white hexies to go with my 364 colored hexies already sewn into flowers. My rough estimate for the project is to end with a queen size top so I think I need 1000 more white ones.

I have done a few more blocks on my Farmer's Wife Quilt as well. Here are the 6 new ones.

Block 38 - Four Winds	Block 84 - Spool	Block 61 - Northern Lights
Block 34 - Flock	Block 21 - Contrary Wife	Block 71 - Puss in the Corner

And all 13 finished together:

Its good that the colors of these blocks keep me happy because I am doing a lot of stitch ripping to get seams and corners to line up properly. 

Linking up with Freshly Pieced 

Happy sewing and enjoy the last bits of summer.

GeoMama

Happy Birthday Little Buddy

My sweet little LB turned one this week. We took him to the Calgary Zoo for the first time and then had some family over dinner and cake.

Devil's Food Cake with mixed berry icing for filling, oreo cookie crumb coated tire and sprinkles in the box of the truck

He had a grin while we sang to him. He loves to hear us singing. 

He smeared cake all over and then finished eating his potatoes from dinner. 

He thinks the Little People Parking Garage is for climbing on top of.

LB was pretty exhausted by the time we had cake and opened presents, but I think he had a good time. It has been a crazy busy year, but we all got through it. I wish him all best as a 1 year old and I am so excited to watch him learn and grow this year.

Kisses for LB

GeoMama