Party Time~

It's the day after all the wonderful festivities and sadly, the party's over. But, we had fun while it lasted.
Swimming by the fountain. Kyler loves to be under water and loves to swim.

Uncle Tim throwing you up in the air. Kyler loved it and wanted more.

Up he went, and down he came, smiling the whole time.

Where did he go??!!

Brother Jack going down the slide and being caught by Aunt Amber.

Cousin Allies turn.

Baby Reid sat this party out and enjoyed being loved by friends and family.

One can never get enough attention. : )

Grandchildren are the best of life!! We are so blessed to have the love and friendship of friends and family. Thank you for everything. I try to never take any of it for granted. Life is a gift.

Lets Eat!! The above is a basket that I received when I was weaving and doing swaps. I use it every year and remember the love that went into creating it.

After the party's over, the guest are gone and the food is eaten, let us not forget why we came together on this day, the 4th Of July. Thank you for all that have served and are serving today. God Bless America!!

Waste Not, Want Not

PJ's are something I have been making for my grandchildren for a few years now. Allie is my oldest and she is 5 years old. I started the Jammie's around the time she turned 2.
I have a great pattern for the tops and the bottoms, but found that following the measurements the pattern gave me for fabric was off.
Now, I will admit, it could (and probably was) me that was off, although I have been sewing since I was in high school and I am not telling how many decades that was. The point is, I know how to read a pattern.
After laying out the fabric and the pattern, I was short fabric. This is something that I don't find any fun. I have a choice of going back for more fabric, or trying to improvise using something that might match.
After this, I just began to buy several yards of what I wanted and no longer paid any attention to the suggested yardage......hence, WAAAAAY TO MUCH OF A GOOD THING.
Not wanting to waste all this sweet, cute, precious and adorable flannel, we are talking about flannel here, I decided to pull out the patterns and see what I could come up with.
Long pj's, short pj's, (it is summer, after all) and in between pj's. Don't laugh, haven't you ever seen capri Jammie's before? : )

I managed to get all of these made for Jenna, she's 2 years old and is Allies sister. I didn't have enough fabric for Allie, as the crotch is where I ran into trouble. Allies' larger size would not fit the fabric lengthwise and I didn't have enough left over to fold crosswise. I think there may be 8, yes 8 Jammie bottoms here!!
Oh Jenna, you lucky girl!!

I was able to squeeze these two pair out for Allie. The strawberry shortcake are long, but the cute kitties are a capri length.
Now, it doesn't stop there my fellow bloggers, oh no, not yet.
I also made 8 pair for my grand sons, Jack and Kyler. I can't show you those because they are already wearing them, BUT, I can show you what I made with the little extra I had after the Jammie's.

I cut out 6 inch squares and decided to make a rag quilt. Now, don't hold your breath for this, and don't get me wrong, the quilt WILL happen, but they may be in college before they get it. HA!!
Just goes to show you, waste not, want not, but beware, you create a lot more work for yourself in the end, but it is satisfying and I love to see the little ones wearing something grandma made with love.

LIFE IS GOOD

You just can't have a bad day when you see these sweet faces.
These are my grandchildren. Allie is five, her sister Jenna is two and the twins, Jack and Kyler are three.
Yes, I am so blessed and life is good.
I want to let you know that I have had some trouble with my computer, had it cleaned up and now am trying to get everything back to normal. I haven't been able to leave comments, I don't know why, but my blogger friends that have the comment boxes at the bottom of a post are the ones I am having trouble with. I am so very sorry, you are not being neglected by me, as I am visiting and seeing what you have been up to.
I am trying to work out the kinks but I think I may need some assistance.
I will be away from the computer until closer to the Christmas Holidays and so I wish all of you the Merriest Christmas full of love, warmth and of course, family and friendship.