Baby Gifts

 Gifts for two babies born to co-workers at the ROTC unit.  I was going to do something a little more girly for the baby girl, but DH reminded me that the Army is an equal opportunity employer!

Design from Embroidery Garden.

2010's First Finish

This might be cheating, since everything but the binding and the label were done in 2009, but here it is:

 (It's so hard to get serious help around here!)  This quilt is the Orange Crush! mystery from Quiltville.  The original pattern called for using orange in the main blocks.  I wanted to use up this unfortunate avocado green that I'd hand dyed, thus the Guacamole! name.  I think the colors turned out rather well!  It really looks like a guy-quilt.  This one is for Scott (right) for his bigger bed in his apartment (a year and a half after he moved there).  I don't think his feet will stick out of this one!  This is the largest quilt I've made, 100x100 inches.

I finished hand-sewing the binding down at my sister's house, and I had a little extra help to place the label.

After a little "chat" I did manage a suitable photo of the assistants.

As for using up that avocado?  I think it's multiplying... there's still more left!

Updates on Master Bath project

I haven't shared pictures of the progress on the bathroom.  Sorry.  These are from just before Christmas, during installation.

The shower doors are really nice!

Vanity, sink, and mirror.

The tall portion of the vanity.  I put an electrical outlet inside to take care of the rechargeable razor and toothbrush.  The bottom holds a tip-out laundry bin.

Bottom of the vanity.  We found the box of knobs and added them later.

Closet doors.  An upgrade from the bifolds, and you can get to the outside edges easier.  No magic pixie dust to make a bigger closet, I'm afraid.

And I'm excited about this!  We cut down the mirror that was in the bathroom previously, and I used a portion of it for this quilt rack!  The shelf now houses a portion of the sheep collection that had been pastured in the "North 40" box for a while.

The contractor is coming Friday to finish up.  He had an unfortunate incident on the new carpet with a can of stain while touching up the mouldings around the door to the bathroom, so a replacement carpet is coming.  He'll add handles to the closet doors as well. 

We installed curtain rods in the bath and bedroom yesterday, and installed some of the accessories.  I'm still waiting for the towel bar to come in the mail, and I have to shorten a pair of panels to make a valance yet.  I'm still looking for lamps to add to the bedroom, and I have some fabric to make a set of pillowcases to match the quilt, but all in all, pretty close to done!

Christmas Storm 2009

This is working on the ridge left by the snowplow.  I'm glad DH likes working with power tools.  Here they are taking advantage of a lull in the weather to chip away at the first layer.  We are still in for more to come.

This gives a little better angle of the drift across the driveway...

 Then it's time to play...

Snowballs.

For Scott, it was time to play PS3.  Stuart made candy with Rice Krispies, peanut butter, and marshmallow creme.  We were supposed to coat them with chocolate almond bark, but I didn't have any of that in the house.  With the weather as it was, we had to get by with what was on hand.... chocolate chips!  No prizes for appearance, but they are already gone, so they passed the taste test! 

Now we're back to more snow, and I'm inside by the fire, snug as we can be, with a ham in the oven for supper. 

Christmas blessings to everyone!

Christmas Blessings to you and Yours

My baby

Yes.

My darling baby ;o)

Infidels. All of them.