Fun and Deadlines....

I have become "deadline driven" of late! Had to get the BOM blocks done by the 23rd of May. Shop Hop "stuff" had to be ready. Then, we started tackling a few projects that we wanted to be ready for Hop, so to make me even more driven, I made deadlines for them to be given to various of our professional longarm quilters! That's what this first picture is about. I bought the line of French Farmhouse from Andover with this quilt that I saw in the book in mind! Well, the fabric came, but minus three pieces - arrrgh! So, last week I found out that the missing pieces were coming out of New York, so I figured it was safe to start the quilt! Cut out last Sunday and finished the top today - because I told Dani Fisk that I would have it ready tomorrow....still have to cut the batting and put two pieces together for the back, but that will be a piece of cake - right? There have been a few others like that previously, but I neglected to get pictures BQ (Before Quilting!) So, I'll try and show them AQ. We're shooting for a new look around here soon.

Another "deadline" of sorts was our middle grandson, Benson's 6th birthday party last Saturday at Jump Planet in Bothell. Wow - what fun!! 20 or so 2 to 6 year olds bouncing on large inflatable "stuff". Our daughter, Lydia, had this great idea. She had each person come up and get their picture taken with Benson when he opened their gift and then she enclosed it with the Thank You's. You might be able to tell from the look on his face that ours was at the bottom of the stack! My job was to take that paper plate and write down the gift and giver. We got to see all of our kids/grandkids in one afternoon - what a special day!

Hope your weekend was wonderful. My mom came over for a pot roast dinner and we had a great visit. And I've traded laundry all the time for watering my pots in the evening! Well, I did do some laundry too this weekend. Hope your week is good....me? I'm off and running to make the next deadline!