Yesterday

 Haven't we all wanted to make a slipcover for our car!!!
This one was awesome!

Okay.... International Quilt Festival is exhausting and I seem to get older every year.
And whereas we use to stay til it closed at 7 pm.... yesterday we left about 5:30ish....
I say that before I show you my photo..... I'm so glad I'm in charge of the photos I show you!

 I look best in an altered photo! ha!
We are approaching the time of no more pictures of moi!

 Although... I suspect the key to enjoying getting older is to dress as wild as you can..
I may have to change my style...

 ...isn't she cute! I asked her if I could take her picture!

...for a good cause.....

 Maybe I should have bought these?

Next post will have some pictures of quilts.... that I was allowed to photograph... so many wonderful ones you can't take pictures of!!!

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, I Love You Tomorrow!

Okay........tomorrow BFF Virginia and I go to the International Quilt Festival Houston for our 25th year in a row.  Never missed (knock on wood)!!!  I always do a blog post about it...and will do so Friday.

I googled images of same to see if I can find some crowd shots.... and I will post those below.

I must say they had to have been taken before it opened one morning or as it was closing....

because otherwise that place is PACKED!

  So ... I found these shots on Google Images.....

 As I looked through them I wondered if I would see us there... we've certainly been there enough...

 There are thousands of vendor booths (where we spend most of our time)...
Below is the outside of the convention center - with the baseball stadium at the end of the street...

SOOOOOOOO....
I decided to "google" images for international quilt festival houston linda and virginia....

well.......sure enough...we are sprinkled throughout there......

 and below is a trio.... I've photographed them at least the last three years...
will look for them tomorrow.... please note their headbands... I think they are 3 generations.

Pumpkins Are Our Friends

 Remember the velvet pumpkins?

We all made them or lusted after them the last couple of years.

I need to remember to buy some wonderful dyed velvet at International Quilt Festival

 in a couple of  weeks,

 so I can make some for gifts!

But today I made another kind of pumpkin....

a book pumpkin!

I saw it here with a tutorial....
Her's looks better than mine.... I'm still hoping my pages will relax a bit.

You should make one!

It's not the kind of thing I'll probably do more than once.... takes some time!

Hexagon Swap

The QB5 Swap Group.... also known as The Queen Bees.... recently did a Hexagon Swap...

(beehives.....duh!)

We were to use a vintage photo of ourselves on a hexagon shape so we could make a book with pictures of one another...

Links to QB5 blogs are found on the right side of the blog...

Below is Carole's

(Madness and Mess)

Carole is primarily a quilter and she used fabric in her piece.

Next is Margaret's.....  (Alice and Camilla)

...and Nathalie's.... (An Artist's Legacy)

Patty's.....(Magpie's Nest)....

Mine..(photo from the 70's...)....

I was totally inspired by Messie Jessie.
I love her dresses.... mine is simply a whisper of what she does.

It was fun to see what photos we each chose..... and our different take on the challenge....

They look great together and I'll probably bind them with some other pieces we've already made.

Cardboard Rolls Keep Rolling In....

Source: themayberryhomejournal.blogspot.com via Merlaine on Pinterest

Remember my stars that I was making? ha! Guess I'm going to be expanding on those. Found this on Pinterest tonight. It came from here!!!

Hot Glue

 I was hot gluing some felt flowers.... and you know how it is.... you start looking around to see what else you can hot glue...

So I ended up making a bunch of these stars out of paper towel rolls I had saved....

glad that's done!!!

 and here is my latest yarn wreath.... need to find just the RIGHT bow for this one.....

those dark flowers are a dark purple (in case it doesn't show)

  and, as promised, a few pics from last Saturday's baby shower for my daughter....

(sangria for those of us not pregnant people)

Where I've Been

 I've been a bad blogger...
Things have been so busy here...
That adorable girl above is my sweeeeet daughter-in-law
(my cute son sitting by her)

below is my pregnant daughter and her crazy, good looking husband....
(yes, they read my blog)

 Football season is always a busy time for my family..... we are great fans..

and...then there is the approaching due date for Ashley Jo....

I made curtains for her nursery.... below is the only photo I took....

 and some great friends gave me a little First Time Grandmother Shower.....

 isn't that sweet ------>

.....a baby shower with my daughter this weekend! Pictures to come!

I promise this won't become a baby blog!!!

Really!

(pinkie swear)