Baby Chick Update

No, not the Peeps chicks.

The baby chicks are growing big. When they stretch their necks they are so tall, and they are getting fuzzy with feathers. The wings were about 1-1/2 inches long when we got them a few weeks ago, now they are 5-6 inches long when they spread them out. Their tail feathers are really starting to grow too.

Just when we think it might be warm enough to move them out to the garage we have a day like today -- SNOW! Jaycee and Gary found a chicken coup at IFA they want to go buy for them. I guess this adventure is here to stay. I must admit it has been fun watching them grow and learning how to take care of them.

And speaking of "chicks" -- here's an update on the new grandbabies. My husband has had a dream about all of our grandkids, whether boy or girl, and has been right on all. We have 2 grandbabies coming this summer. He had a dream he was putting a baby boy down for a nap a couple of weeks before Jamie found out her baby (#2 for her) was a boy. Jared's wife is expecting in July (#3 for them). Gary had a dream last week about a baby girl in a highchair with spaghetti all over her head. We told them about it on Sunday. On Monday they called to tell us the ultrasound shows a girl. That's 5 out of 5! I'm excited. I better get busy making some quilts for them. How fun to get to do both pink and blue.

Fun Spring Quilt

I bought a bundle of fabrics at a sale awhile ago and haven't known what to do with them until now. I saw this pattern in an April quilt magazine and thought I'd give it a try.

I love triangles. The blocks sew together so quick and easy. I'm thinking about doing a full size quilt for my daughter's bed. She wants black, red, and whites -- which could be really fun in this pattern.

When I get it bound I'll hang it in the entry way for spring -- if spring ever decides to come and stay.

Fun Easter Table Topper

Nann and Tracy (my sisters) had a sewing day Saturday. Tracy made me this table topper. I quilted it up Sunday while watching conference. I just LOVE conference weekend. It's so nice to listen to the talks and sew or quilt. (For those not LDS -- semiannual church wide meetings broadcast on TV.) I remember when I was younger Mom would put on a quilt and we would spend the weekend quilting together with mom and the girls. I also used to do handwork like embroidering dishtowels, etc. It's just not conference weekend for me unless I spend it this way.

We got this fabric in at Gary's store. I fussy cut squares and then made a quilt. I tried at least 100 times to get a good picture of it. :( I need to get out my camera manual and read up on it. I finished machine quilting it this weekend, and now we can make kits to sell at the store. I think we'll call it the "Outdoor Hunk Quilt."

It was a fun one -- what's not to love about cuddling up with so many good looking, muscular men?