Block Party Quilt Along Giveaway!

Over at Block Party

they're starting a quilt along

by having a giveaway.

Click on over to learn

how the quilt along will work

and to enter the giveaway.

I really want

that painted bird fabric!

Dewdrop?

Our school writing assignment:
Write a poem from a photo.

A shimmering dome
Of fragile existence
Condemned to slide
From its temporal perch.
A lost civilization.
Atlantis, on the back of a leaf.

by jane

Reluctant Reader Reads

FOUND Margaret Peterson Haddix Book Trailer

Book Trailers from COS Productions | MySpace Video

My eleven year old daughter is a reluctant reader.
THIS new series has totally captured her imagination.
The video gives a preview of BOOK 1 ~ FOUND.
BOOK 2 ~ SENT just arrived in the mail.
Guess what my little girl is doing on this cold, rainy day?
She is curled up in a chair READING!

Candy Bags

Followed this tutorial to make fun candy bags for my grandboys and daughter.

Happy Birthday Julia Ruth!

Happy Birthday to my firstborn daughter,
26 years ago today!
I am blessed beyond measure to call this delightful,
Godly young woman my daughter, sister, and friend!

Birthday Dolls

Moonchild dolls for our birthdays. The darkhaired doll is Jaimee's and the redhaired doll is mine. My doll's name is Caddie for Caddie Woodlawn and Jaimee's doll is Lennye because she loved the name of one of my blog readers. [I don't even know how you say your name, Lennye, but we pronounce it LEN-AY. is that right?]

Birthday Quilt

I showed you this quilt when the top was first pieced and I was keeping it a secret.
Now it is quilted and the birthday girl has it on her bed, keeping her warm
because her room is COLD!
[the photos aren't that great but you can click on them to see the detail]

Birthday Cake

A giant cupcake birthday cake!

Birthday Party Pumpkins

Pumpkins created at the birthday party!

Stop over at WINK....we're posting again!

GIVEAWAY WINNER!!!

The birthday girl picked a winner!!
Congratulations Beth!!!
And thanks to ALL of you who played along!!

GIVEAWAY!

This is a fabric pumpkin I hand stitched. [click on the photo to see it in detail] It stands about 6" high to the top of the stem and is about 7.5" wide. It is stuffed with Cluster Stuff, a really great stuffing that I got at Walmart. This is also the project that we will be doing at Jaimee's 11th birthday party this next Saturday.

I will put all your names in a hat and have the birthday girl pick the winning name at her party! So just leave a comment on this post and this cute fabric pumpkin could be yours! And thanks for coming to Fifty Four plus TWO more! I really appreciate each and every one of you for taking the time to come to my tiny corner of Blogdom.

Happy Birthday BLOG and ME!

Birthday Flowers
from my Kentucky children/grandchildren!
[THANK YOU J&A, Max, Evan, Liam}

I started my blog two years ago today!
I will be having a giveaway soon
so check back to comment to win!

My Little Village Quilt

For Amy's Quilt Festival!
I am reposting this Little Village Quilt to join in Amy's Bloggers Quilt Festival.

These little houses have become the new thing around the quilting internet and so I had to try my hand at a few houses and it quickly became this Little Village Quilt!
Here it is in all it's whimsical quilted glory! I had so much fun making this crib/lap size quilt. I hand quilted around each house and tree shape using perle cotton. I straight quilted the white sashing and free motion quilted the borders.
Click on photos for large detail.
Thanks Amy for letting me showcase my quilt!

Caddie Woodlawn

FATHER SPEAKS

"Perhaps mother was a little hasty today, Caddie," he said. "She really loves you very much, and, you see, she expects more of you than she would of someone she didn't care about. It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their rough way! A woman's task is to teach them gentleness and courtesy and love and kindness. It's a big task, too, Caddie -- harder than cutting trees or building mills or damming rivers. It takes nerve and courage and patience, but good women have those things. They have them just as much as the men who build bridges and carve roads through the wilderness. A woman's work is something fine and noble to grow up to, and it is just as important as a man's. But no man could ever do it so well. I don't want you to be the silly, affected person with fine clothes and manners whom folks sometimes call a lady. I want you to be a woman with a wise and understanding heart, healthy in body and honest in mind. Do you think you would like to be growing up into that woman now? How about it, Caddie, have we run with the colts long enough?"

Jelly Man Kelly

Remembering when my children were young........
I'd love to hear my grandsons singing along with this one.

Ice Cream Cone

Riding bikes with my daughter
during these beautiful fall days;
heading towards the nearest Dairy Queen.
Nothing makes me feel more like a child again
than these small $1.29 cent cones.