Summer, Santa, and Sunbonnet Sue......

Isn't it great to have summer? Today, we've been enjoying just sitting outside and watching the birds in the birdbath, listening to the wind chimes, enjoying the flowers and watching the grass grow. (At least after I went to the grocery store and replenished the frig and cupboards!) We did have to put the umbrella up on our little table when it started getting a bit warm though.

And because it's summer, of course we have lots of Christmas fabric at Fab-Etc! This is the panel and piecing around it that I tried to take a picture of the other day. It's still not a great picture, but you can kind of get the idea! Diane has been putting that together for us from a free pattern that comes from Clothworks. We decided not to put the large outer border on...looks good, don't you think? Come and see it in person, though, because it really looks a lot better than this picture!

And I have been playing a bit with the Sunbonnet Sue fabric we have. Lori came in on Saturday and showed me what she had come up with to do with those darling little girls and said I was free to do the same. We had some different "go with" fabrics and ideas, but thanks to Lori, I think I'll end up with a pretty cute crib-sized blankie!

Well, the pork chops are just about tender enough, so think I'll go peel some spuds and clean the broccoli. Maybe we'll take our plates outside and enjoy the early evening sounds! Hope your weekend was/is wonderful!