Petting Zoo

This week is spring break here in Virginia, and although Gracie is not in public school, she has friends that are. So we took the opportunity to have a picnic lunch and lots of fun playing at a park with several friends on Monday!

Also with spring break going on, there are fun things to do all around town. After gymnastics classes on Tuesday, we met my Mom at the mall and participated in the small petting zoo they had there, rode the train and had lunch.

The girls had fun petting and holding the animals! Here are some pictures from Tuesday:

8 years in the making....

Well, here is a finished project that we have been enjoying for a few months now! I pieced the top of this quilt during the winter of 2003. I'm not sure why I didn't finish it then; I had a LOT more free time than I do now!!

Fast forward to this winter....the quilt top had been pinned together with the batting and backing for a while, so the only thing left was to quilt it. I fully intended to hand quilt it, but I realized if I waited to hand quilt it, it still might be years before we got to use it. It is tied for now, and at some point in the future, I may quilt it.

The back is long strips of the same fabrics on the front, so it is reversible.

I also re-made the pillow shams. They were only tied, not sewn, so they had to be re-adjusted regularly. 

Here is before:

And after:

Now the rest of my day involves planting flowers and prepping food for a brunch I'm having tomorrow. Hopefully I will remember to get my camera out so I can share pictures with you!