quilting

I am almost finished with a baby quilt. I was just getting ready to roll over the binding from the back when I noticed the sides said, "not suitable for children's sleepwear." There went the rollover binding. I now need to make a biding and sew it to the front and back. The side should have said, "Not suitable for rollover binding." Oh well, it's almost finished and that's what really matters. My monochromatic quilt is coming along nicely. I have one more strip to sew to the blocks and then the blocks are finished. I was sewing last Tuesday on a very productive day. When I was driving to a birthday party I realized I had sewed 18 of the 28 pieces right to left instead of left to right. That meant I got to tear out 153" of thread in order to continue with the blocks. Good thing I'm collecting thread for my art piece. :-)

I have now decided it is time to clean out my storage unit. After having it for 6 years and really not knowing what's in it I'm going to tackle the project. Things I want to get rid of will go to a good home, some things I can sell, and the rest I need to use. I did look inside and discover that I have about 7+ boxes of books. I know that doesn't come as a surprise to you, but I was semi-surprised I had that many stashed away. I have always wanted a library in my house and it looks like I'm going to get one. I had hoped to clean out the unit before I went to Denver, but alas that isn't going to happen. I think I'll wait till September when it's a little cooler.

Summer school is almost over and I can't wait. This also means that I'll head to Denver for 3 weeks. I am taking as much quilting fabric as I am clothes and one week we'll even be camping. Don't worry, some of the fabric is just to cut out so that Mom can help.

I had the privilege of babysitting twice last week and that was fantastic. On Wednesday the kids and I were rough housing and the youngest one was getting a little too rough. I stopped and reminded him he needed to be kind. Remembering he's only 2 1/2, I asked him if he knew what kind meant. He said yes and as his lip hung down and he started to cry he said it meant being, "reverent." I said that was close enough and the playing continued. I was asked to bring over Pete's Dragon when I came back on Friday. I did and they were both so excited. The only problem was that the oldest one didn't want her parents to go, so after the 4th time of needing hugs, she stood on the stairs and continued to cry. The younger one came over, put his hands on his hips and just rolled his eyes at his sister. It was adorable. We then watched the movie. Listening to the 2 yr. old say the same things his sister did when she watched it at that age was so cute.