My Heart is Blue

I first saw this heart quilt at Blue Elephant Stitches and immediately fell in love with it.  I wanted to make it in a bigger size as a quilt but me, math and measurements..bleh, I figured it out but was a little too afraid to actually jump in and do it in fear that it would be off.. so I put it aside, until I saw A Crafty Fox did the same quilt but much larger (go check hers out..so pretty)  I decided it was doable and I started on it that same night and got it pieced within a week...HOWEVER..this thing is monstrous! I was not expecting it to be THAT big and I am not sure if it is the batting I have or if I am doing something wrong or if it is just tooo big for me, but it keeps bunching in the back and things keep going one direction while I am trying to go another.. and it's all pinned.  So I've put it aside again, and if anyone has any suggestion on quilting something so big on a home machine... please feel free to let me know.

Chocolate and Clouds

I love Amazon, I especially love Amazon Prime. I was able to find some really inexpensive art projects for my daughter and I to do together - This being one of them. Melissa and Doug products have been littering my house since I've ahd my daughter and to see that they have these awesome wooden craft projects made me super excited. They are durable and definitely kid friendly (adult too). Something I will definitely be keeping to show her when she gets older.

Anyhow... after a long day and I got my son asleep, my little monkey and I set off to make chocolate and clouds ( chocolate pudding and whipped cream) and to do our art project.

I usually do this on a Saturday night since I know she doesn't have to get up early we can stay up late as we like.

Things need -

Jello Instant pudding mix

cool whip

Melissa and Doug project

I don't have a picture to show of our desert but needless to say she had a blast making it as much as she did eating it. And as for the project it self... I think she was so excited to play with the dolls she may have missed a few circles in coloring.. either way it was a very enjoyable couple of hours that just the two of us had together.