Quilting Frame

So I was told I could pin my quilt to the floor but it sounded kind of annoying and like a pain. I looked it up online and wow it must take forever to do it that way. I have no patience for anything like that. But since Joel can make anything he said he would make me a frame.
Here it is!



So the only problem is finding those darn tacks for it. I ended up getting little ones that are miserable! I keep bending them and they are driving me crazy! So next time I am in Idaho we will have to pick some up. We went everywhere today looking for them...even craft stores didn't have any. We have probably looked at 7 stores. I am grateful for this wonderful frame and a wonderful husband that always is surprising me and impressing me how he can fix anything. Another example, he fixed the door to our garage just yesterday. :)

My Distraction During Games

A couple of weeks ago my niece Tasia and I went to the store and bought some fabric for a little quilt. Since Joel and Kaleb were playing games we decided we were going to do crafty stuff. We made some rock magnets with her name and flowers for her locker at school.

So now whenever Joel is playing games I work on my quilt. It is a nice distraction since I can't stand to just sit around and watch him play his fairy princess game.This is the first start of my quilt. I liked deciding what design goes where. Since it is my first pieced quilt it is just a small one. Maybe someday I will make a bigger one.




I have now finished the front part of the quilt. Here it is!

It is not perfect. I don't cut as straight as I would like and I don't really sew that straight...it must just take practice. I told Joel now I need to finish it but we don't have frame. So he is going to make one then he can play lots more games. In the meantime we got more fabric to make another little one while waiting for the frame. I think I will try and do the next one more precise.

The Shelf is done!!!!!!!

In the fall, we went to Burley on one of our many visits there we brought back the shadow box of all Joel's scout badges and scout stuff. So I found a place to hang it. Then we decided since we were putting it up and there was lots of space on the wall next to it we should hang up the eagle blanket his Mom made him. So I was going to see if I could find one to buy and Joel said he would make one. It has taken a couple of months but it is now done....and it looks amazing!!
Here it is with the eagle blanket!!





Here is an up close picture of the shelf. It matches the bookshelf that Joel made us. It has a nice big top that I can put pictures of Joel on. I love to have pictures around :) All I need is to find some pictures of him from when he was in scouts. I have two from when he was pretty young. I am hoping to get a couple more. So if anyone has one I would love to scan it and get a copy.

Here is a picture of the complete wall. Joel did a beautiful job. I love it!!

Ice Skating

Joel and I went ice skating with some friends of ours, Sarah and Troy.

Here is a picture of me skating. I was really cautious at first. I was bundled up in six layers with my ballet tights to keep me warm. It was so nice to be warm.

Here is Joel skating. He is only wearing a light jacket and a t-shirt.



Joel got really good. He was even able to skate backwards...he has some skills on ice.



Joel got really confident on the ice...he even raced Sarah.

That was the outcome of the race.... Then he stood up really fast and I was making sure he was okay. He started to black out cuz he got up too fast. So I had to hurry and get him to the seat. I definitely could not have caught him. He was all of a sudden going really pale.

Joel after he has sat for a little while. Starting to get some color back...

It was a pretty fun night. Plus it was free =)

Stockings

We looked all over for stockings that we liked....we didn't find anything. So Joel had this great idea that I could make us some. So I attempted it. The first one I made I actually sewed the top shut. The second one I made looked ok but was smaller then I had pictured it. I hate when I forget to count the seams when I am cutting the material. Then I had figured out how I wanted to make them.
Joel said he wanted a yeti-which I had no clue what that was.
So here is the yeti!



I love snowmen so I made mine a snowman. I just need to find something orange to make the carrot nose. Here is mine.