Baby Quilt for Expected Grandson

Lord willing, we are expecting a grandson early this fall.

Of course I had to make a baby quilt.

The nursery theme is forest animals.  

I found this adorable print at a local quilt shop

and fussy cut the little critters.

The back is minky and I selected a fun print for the binding.

My daughter thinks it looks like snake skin and she loves it!

Work continues on our "new" home, we've been here about 18 months. We are currently remodeling the breezeway between our dining room and garage to include the laundry area.  Lots of work, hubby has been very busy, but we are making progress.  

No more carrying clothes to the basement, big smile!

Enjoy each day!

Carolyn

                                    The Lord bless you and keep you.

                                    Make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you.

                                    The Lord turn his face toward you.

                                    And give you peace.

                                                                                            Numbers 6:24-26

Where have I been?

Welcome to my much neglected blog.  

Many life changes have occurred since my last post, over 17 months ago.

We sold our home, purchased and moved to another. 

First snow in our new home.

Did lots of home repairs to both houses with more to come (bought a fixer, this will take time).

My hubs had a few job transitions but has landed in a really great position where his gifts and talents are being used to glorify our Heavenly Father.  

I spent many months working from home, but our office has moved to a new location so now I'm back working behind a desk.  

So many transitions, it just makes my head spin.

Did a little traveling, thanks to ministry training opportunities and a very generous airbnb ministry.  

Exploring the coast of Maine.

Outer Banks, NC

But you didn't come here to hear all this........I did manage to do a little creating too.

Sneak peak of my latest quilt.

Dusted off my crochet hooks.

Autumn pillow for our new sunroom.

Placemats, some fabric is vintage other's reproduction.

A buffalo check quilt for our living room.

A purse, one of my favorites!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to post again soon.  Stay safe and healthy!

Carolyn

Powder Room Update

We finally finished a makeover of our powder room.

I should say, my hubby, I was only the designer.

This project required replacing part of the vinyl floor covering

and replumbing the sink. The pipes were off center before.

So thankful for his handyness!

Here's an after picture.

And a close-up of this cute little sink (it helps to make

a tiny powder room feel a little larger) and

the vintage metal trash can our daughter gave me

for Christmas a few years go.

This is the before, but I forgot to take a picture until hubby

had removed the top & sink.

When this old cabinet was removed there was old vinyl flooring

under it. Thankfully, the previous owner of our home had

left us the extra pieces of the current vinyl flooring.

With the help of you-tube hubby was able to make a 

seamless fitting, unless we tell people they don't know

the floor was patched.

You can also see in this picture how the pipes were off 

center on this tiny wall, just 37 inches across.

What's next on the honey-do list?

Carolyn