Counting Down . . . Still

Countdown Clock #1:
18 Days

Countdown Clock #2:
41 Days

Countdown Clock #3:
101 Days
(This one is subject to Change)

The Ava Ceremony

The Ava Ceremony

Hopefully the link above posted correctly. If not try this...

http://42976.activeboard.com/t34406856/traditional-ava-ceremony-of-samoa/

This is the ceremony Ava was named for. Pretty interesting.

Visions of Sugar Plums

After discovering that the tacking part of the quilt had to be done outside and finding that out so late, I had to unpin about half of the massive quilt (which couldn't even fit fully on the frames) and bring it inside the house. With a busy week at school coming up I put off working on the quilt until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, hoping that I would have it ALL done by the very next morning (if not sooner) because Ava was to spend all day in Odomville.

I got started at nine Wednesday morning!

Here is the quilt back up on the frames.

The first tack!

Most of it done!

I got it all done Wednesday except sewing the hem.

Ava walked in Grandpa's house Thursday morning when I was about half way done with the sewing.

Rounding the last curve!

ITS ALL DONE! Because of the size of the king size flat sheet that I used as the bottom of the quilt, I had to take off one row and one column. So its only 9 x 9. Still HUGE, though!

I LOVE IT!

I cannot wait until Christmas when he open it!

Counting Down

Countdown Clock Number One:
27 Days

Countdown Clock Number Two:
50 Days

Countdown Clock Number Three:
110 Days

Slowly, but surely!

Pins & Needles - A Lot of Them!

After half a day of trying to figure out how - where, rather - I was going to get this quilt done was ridiculous!

Bedroom 1? Bedroom 2? Living room? Dining room? Church? Outside, even? But rain, etc. then Grandpa came up with an idea that didn't even cross my mind...

The carport!! But I need to get a tarp because I had to unpin about half of it to just get it into the breezeway! Jeez!!!

Let me say this, though...

THIS QUILT IS SO AMAZING!!! I LOVE IT!!!

D-U-N spells Done!

Welp, I've done it! I am 100% done with the top part of Ava's quilt! Check it out!

Can I just say that this thing is HUGE! Holy smokes yall! My Grandpa has a king size bed and this thing hangs over that ginormous bed by two squares on BOTH sides and by three at the bottom! Just the top part of this quilt is wicked heavy.

It is massive! I love it!

I cannot wait to snuggle with him under this bad boy!

Half Way Mark!

I am officially half way done with the topic of Ava's quilt!

He called last night and asked what I was doing and I almost slipped... I did tell him that I was working on his Christmas present, though. :) Its looking so good!! I LOVE it!!