The Deep Freeze Continues...

We woke up this morning to 5" of snow that covers the 2" inches of pure ice we've had for 4 days. Needless to say we are having our 4th day of cancelled school and other events. Steve braved the elements in search of a snow shovel but they were all gone. He did find one last year for the church. We watched in amusement as he returned and could not get the truck up the driveway. Well we are supposed to reach the 40's sometime this weekend and thaw out. It will be a welcome relief!

The Deep Freeze

In Texas we are used to hot weather and cold weather is short lived. Well, this week the kids have missed three days of school and counting because of an ice storm that hit three nights ago. We have two inches of ice and a layer of snow on top. We have ventured out by sliding down our driveway and getting a running start to get back up. Tyler's Eagle project was supposed to be in two days but he has rescheduled it to next week. It is supposed to be a little warmer. We have had rolling blackouts in our city and my new furnace cannot keep up because there is not enough natural gas pressure due to the high demand. Yesterday it was colder here than in Wisconsin. With the Super Bowl here on Sunday it was said that the Green Bay Packers brought their cold weather here. Well, it could be worse. We could live in Chicago.

Custom Quilt

This is the latest quilt I've done. It took forever. The customer wanted each one inch square outlined (stitch in the ditch). I love how it turned out.

Christmas Eve

Well, this is our version of the Christmas Story. Dixie has a bath mat tied to her so she can be a sheep. She didn't seem to mind much. Tyler played two parts. We'll need to improve on our costumes next year.

It's Sew Cool!

Sophie saved Capri Sun pouches in addition to Emma gathering them up from friends at lunch. She sewed it together on New Year's Eve. I was tired of her watching so much television. We know that all her friends will want one when they see it!

A Quilting We Will Go

Fun quilts that I have recently done for customers.

Emma's first quilt

Emma made her first quilt for her friend, Holly. Emma sewed all the squares into rows and after sewing 4 of the rows together she asked me to help her. She quilted it on my quilting machine and I did the binding. She had a lot of fun making it.