Sew Day...

 Today we had sew day...two of my sisters were there, my mom and my nieces and nephew...Rose worked on her pin wale corduroy  jacket...it is full lined and coming together beautifully...

 I am making Lori Holt's spool quilt, so I cut out the blocks while I decide how I want to do the borders...

 There are a lot of spool quilts out there right now...I have not got Camille Roskelley's spool quilt pattern yet, but I will cause I love it...but right now, I am making Lori's spool quilt and loving it...

 My mom brought her embroidered Hocus Pocus blocks to trim up, so I helped her with that.  This is a CrabApple Hill pattern and they suggest using freezer paper and give some tips on how to center your embroidery for a real professional result....love that tip!!!

 My sister, Carolyn worked on cutting out Swoon.  Swoon is one of my most favorite patterns right now...just love those big blocks and the impact...

I laid out all of my postage stamp star blocks...yes the blocks are all made!!!  I made it super duper scrappy and just used what I had on hand.  It has been really fun to put together.  It will have yet another scrappy element with a piano keys border...The pops of color just make my heart sing...

My niece, Kristi, sewed a pair of pillowcases...She tries to really avoid sewing if at all possible, so this was a really great thing and they looked great!!!

Sew Day and Ward Campouts....

Don't you just love this little scrap quilt--my sister, Rose, built this out of her scrap pile. It is a big girl quilt for the big girl bed for my niece for her birthday in September. It just lacks borders and quilting.

Some scenic shots from the ward campout this weekend. We have a church camp near us called Cinnamon Creek and it is really nice. It has bathrooms nearby and a nice covered patio/seating area for a large crowd to have dinner or breakfast. It really was beautiful and very restful...

This is Porcupine Dam/Resevoir on the way to the campout. The water and mountains were just beautiful....

We pulled all of our camping equipment in one of these handcarts. Pretty handy indeed...

Another view of the dam/resevoir and the mountains...

Some interesting information about the resevoir I thought you might like...we're going camping again in 2 weeks for 3 days....can't wait!!! Oh the communing with nature!!!

Tea Parties and Such...

Every month, we have "sew day" and I decided that 4 times a year, we would have a dolly tea party. Here is the table set and ready for the kids..Don't you love my fresh flowers--especially prepared for the tea party by my little niece who is 4 years old. It sports tulips and dandelions...

Some of the guests of honor...

We did a photo shoot for our dollies outside. It was a perfect spring afternoon....This is Liz with my niece...

My dear little Ruthie...

Miss Molly B'golly...




Samantha...

My niece with all her dollies...



Kit and Ruthie--BFF--best friends forever...We had a lot of fun and look forward to the next time in a couple of months that we will have another tea party!! We did get some sewing done too!!