Another stolen creation

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While Joey was sleeping, I thought I'd try this out. I had some scrap fabric I got from Joann's (from one of those bins). I didn't follow it exactly, and the edges could be a bit tidier, but it works (and it motivated the girls to clean up their mess of play dough).

I used some batting as the mattress filler, since the poly fill stuff made it  a little bulky. I sewed the blanket all the way around, so now it is like a sleeping bag. 

The girls love it!







FW: What we did this weekend

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We went into NYC - strolled through the 7th ave street fair, and walked through Central Park. Can't believe we were there JUST married 13 years ago! It turned out to be a perfect day.

Finished Play Mat

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Here is the finished play mat. Mel helped with all the ideas - the shimmering waves on the pond - that was her - isn't that a neat idea?

She loves playing with it. So does her sister. You can see the slight changes from one scene to the next (the 'hula hoop, the care bear in the house, the pet shop turned from its side).

It was a lot of fun making this. We'll be sure to make more!




I can't take credit

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I can't take credit for this idea - I got it here:

I started it today, just before Joey woke up from his nap. Mel and Jules were with me - they both helped me sew (Julia was on my lap helping me guide the piece through). Mel manned the pedal. 

I liked getting ideas from Mel - the 'dock' and what to put in the garden - the green blobs are 'cabbage'. I had to hand sew them together, then hand sew them onto the garden. 

Work in progress, but Mel thought it was the most amazing thing!









.....and after

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Our porch is done! It looks so much better - so glad we had that done! We're waiting for the guy to come back with an estimate for the deck - why do these guys flake out at the end? Esp when a job is waiting for them? We'll give him the benefit of the doubt......

So, you saw the before - here is a refresher. The first shot - this was below the stucco - this is what was supporting the porch! Most of these supports were rotten - the wood was soft and would just mush apart with my finger tip. Scary!






This is the final product - we ended up getting new downspouts, and new metal pieces along the gutters in the front. The photo above (with the blue ladder in the shot), shows the one corner they raised up two inches. 





3 down, 2 to go

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Yesterday, as promised, I made three pieces of the quilt I'm supposed to have finished by sometime in May. So, I still have Thursday and Friday to finish for the week.

Here are the three I made.