Pointless Quilter

My nephew graduates from high school this year.  I decided to let him pick a pattern and colors and I think he did great.  This is his quilt. Simple straight line quilting. Saw a tutorial on Pinterest how to make the label in the binding. This is a pattern from Connecting Threads called Move Over.  I added one extra set of colors to make it a bit wider and also made it a little longer.  Wanted it to fit his dorm bed.  I also used a great wool flannel for the back.  A pretty simple pattern as long as you keep your strips in order. I also finished our guilds mystery quilt.  It's not due until August so I'm ahead of the game here too.  I found some fabrics in my stash for the front and back!  Love when that happens.  The fabrics were actually from a kit that I got from a friendship group member that passed away a few years ago.  I realized I wouldn't make her pattern so de-constructed her kit. Only one of these was on my 2017 Goal list of quilts I wanted to

I spent the last week in Arizona to meet my new and only Great Niece.  I took my dad as he wanted to hold his great granddaughter.  My sisters and my brother also went so it was kind of a mini reunion.  Here's she is.  She is such a good baby. I got to babysit her for an hour and what fun it was. I had never been to Arizona so I got to see some great things.  We spent a couple hours on Lake Saguero.  Saguero is the type of cactus all around the lake. So stinkin' cute. There was some fishing.  This is my brother-in-law (aka Grandpa now) My nephew Garrett with my dad.  Garrett is another nephew, the brother of the baby's dad.    We also took a trip to Sedona. And to the Phoenix Botanical Gardens.  Who knew cacti could be so beautiful. Me and my two sister.   And we got to visit some old friends. A friend of ours from high school and church in San Jose. And a great neighbor from San Jose -one of my moms best friends. An