Quilting, baking and other domestic things....

I seem to be very domestic right now. I'm super motivated to make quilts. I have made baby ones, but not "real" quilts. Just patchwork put together and backed with fabric. Today, I made a baby quilt for Addi Kate. I had started the 6" blocks a long time ago. So I picked that up and finished the quilt top. Then, I had a friend share with me about fusible interfacing or spray adhesive to use to "set" the top and back to the batting. That stuff is amazing! I adhered the quilt top and back to the batting and then machine quilted it. I am sewing the binding on the edges now by hand and it will be done. The last thing I'm going to do is hand embroider "YNana" on a corner square. I thought it would be nice for her when she is older to know I made it for her. :-)

I also made a cherry pie and ginger bread cookies for my hubby today. I found a great recipe for the ginger bread cookies on http://www.allrecipes.com/. It's my favorite recipe website. These cookies come out perfect every time. I also made a beef vegetable soup for dinner and it came out yummy. It's so easy, and I use just whatever is in my cabinet at the time. Throw it all together and cook until the flavors are all melded. Mmmmm... it's been a good cooking day too.

It has not, however, been a good work day. UGH! I have so much to do, I've put in so few hours lately and I absolutely have to get caught up!! So, we'll see how tomorrow goes. Hopefully I'll spend the day on work related things so I can get back to the business of sewing on my quilts.

Oh and I forgot the best part! In the midst of setting up my new craft area, I found two quilt tops my grandmother made. They are both hand pieced and appear to be pretty fragile. You have to understand, my grandmother was born in the late 1800's so these are very very old. I'm SO excited I found them!! I am going to find something to use for the backing and put them together. I found that my machine has some nice quilting stitches, and it will be fun to use them on the quilts. Yep, time to focus on work so I can get back to the fun!

And.... this coming weekend our church is having a conference that will last 5 days! We will get to hear TD Jakes and James Robison among others! It's going to be so good, and such a blessing! I have never heard either of them in person, we are super excited about that too. What a great way to start the year.

Still love living the Blessed Life!

~ Jessica