A Newborn

Yesterday, Dec 20th was our baby's actual due date (I know that is approximate) but we're using it to mark his progess.  Little Alan Vincent is no longer a preemie.  We can now call him a newborn.  And today his mom dressed him in newborn clothes as he has outgrown preemie clothes - right on schedule.  At left: holding hands with grandma in hospital. Then home at 9 days at a tiny weight of 4 lbs, he's now closing in on 6 pounds five weeks five days from birthdate.

The Runner Done

Actually, I finished this Sunday night as our favorite program wasn't on and had an hour to finish it.  Yep, this went together in a snap, but I did have to bury a few threads today, so I went ahead and call it finished today.  Took 2 fat quarters and cut four 9" blocks.  Made then the Rotary Cutting Revolution way (I love Anita Solomon's techniques). Assembled three and the fourth just cut it with no stitching (I'm loving this kind of construction).  The fourth block was used to make the points.  And here it is finished: 

It measures 10 x 40 and is for a family member for valentine's day.  I continued the flower theme in the block quilting motif:

Design Wall 12/20

I think I went a little crazy this weekend.  With all the posting about cleaning up my sewing area, finding ufos, and moving books and sorting them - I had this great urge to do something new again - and found myself making a new project - LOL.  Actually, I picked up one of the blocks I made from the rotary cutting revolution book and before I knew it I had the makings of a table runner.  I'll post a photo just as soon as Google gets back online - must be a ton of people using it right now, cuz it keeps saying service not available right now.

Okay finally got it to load.  Were any of you having a problem uploading photos.  I had to log out and log in several times before it would do it.