All Over The Place

If you can't tell already by the title, this post is going to be a little "All Over The Place". First off, last time I wrote about my quilt I was contemplating ripping out the top stitching and redoing it. Well I did. I never did find a "free motion foot" for my sewing machine, which has only reassured the thought that I should invest in a brand new sewing machine of my own...with all the parts. Any who, because I couldn't find a free motion foot, I decided to keep my lines straight...diagonal, but straight. It took so many painful hours picking out the top stitching, but it was so worth it. I left in a few of our little swirls, but this is how it turned out.

I am so proud of how it turned out.
This is what "Luck" looks like...PURE LUCK.
I had this much thread left after finishing my quilt's top stitching.

As if I don't have a thousand different projects going on at once, I started a "Rag Quilt" for my new little nephew who's scheduled to make his big debut sometime in late Sept/early Oct. The quilt is Dr. Seuss themed. So it's very colorful and busy, perse. But I love how it's turning out so far.
Just piecing and pinning together

This is after top stitching over each individual square (big AND small) and then combining to make groups of three (one big square to every 2 little squares)

Then this is after combining all my groups of three.
Back-Smooth

Front-"Rag" Style ( I just hadn't cut the excess seam into "rags" yet)

More to come on this baby quilt. I'm either needing to add another row or two, OR add a border all around. I'm a little undecided, so this sits on my dining room table and waits while I brainstorm, and work on other projects of course.

Moving on....Did I tell you Chris bought a Harley?
Chris has been bugging me and bugging me about getting a new bike, so finally I told him-"well we have no room in the garage, so if you are going to get a new bike, 1) you have to sell 2 of the four motorcyles that are in our garage right now, 2)use the money you get from the selling of those 2 bikes for a down payment, and 3) stay within a said amount of $$$". I told him all this thinking there was NO WAY he was going to sell his BMW OR his dirt bike, and there'd be no way he could get a nice bike in our budget range. I was SO WRONG. Chris has a friend named Kelly who works at Harley Davidson. He was selling his Harley so he could get a new one. So Chris jumped on it. Everything on the bike is custom except for the frame. Chris is IN LOVE. And I guess it helps that we got a steal of a deal on it.
Chris sold his dirt bike AND his Beamer. I know I was beside myself too. The dirt bike was on KSL for like an hour and it was sold. The beamer sold within a day or so. That's when I knew he was serious. And that's when he came home with this.

I have to admit, it's a very nice bike. And Clay loves it too. Don't ask me what the model is though, I have no clue.
Currently as we speak, Chris is on a 7 day motorcycle trip with his buddies riding up to Glacier, Montana.

He sent me these two pictures this morning of "Old Faithful" erupting, at Yellowstone National Park. I am so jealous.

Lucky Duck.

Clay's first day of Kindergarten was Thursday, August 2nd. His teacher's name is Mrs. Loeffler. He has a few kids in his class that also go to Daycare with him at Mother's Helper. But his most favorite part of it all is "packing a lunch" and "riding the school bus". He catches the bus at the next door neighbor's house in the morning, has a half day at Kindergarten, and then Mother's Helper picks him up (with another bus) to take him to daycare.

Chris currently has my little point and shoot camera on his motorcycle trip with him. So I'll have to post the pics when Chris gets back of Cody waiting with Clay at the bus stop and then one of Clay getting on the bus.

Cody playing hide n' seek in my couch cushions. If he weren't so darn cute, he would be in BIG trouble! :)

And finally, two weekends ago (July 27th thru July 30th) Chris's sisters-Jessica and Brianne were in town, so we decided to get family pictures done. The last time we had family pictures done with Chris's side of the family, I think Clay was one and Cody wasn't even thought of, so we were long over due.

We also snuck in a few of just our family.

The Grandkids

JCPenny's did a great job, huh? I think I'm going to get our family pic done on canvas this time, but I haven't ordered it yet cause I'm a little bit chicken. I am so obsessed with frames, so what if I don't like it? What if it looks too "bare"?

So that's my totally random post. Stay tuned for my post regarding my wagon project.