http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:53:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been awhile since new fabric has arrived at our house. I have been busy saving away for some landscaping for our front and backyard. Our goal was reached for the yard and while there are a few more things that I would like to do I really needed ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/07/03/new-fabric/ I have had a pillow case dress pattern for a very long time but I had never tried it. The perfect occasion arose so sew I did! I am excited about the way they turned out! These are for a friend but I am anxious to make one for Sister ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/07/03/pillowcase-dress/ I hear the word, again, often these days with the garden in full bloom. It seems as though we have an abundance of squash and there are only so many ways a person can make squash. I am still in the camp of, it is delicious! I am surprised but ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/07/03/again/ Yes, it is not officially here yet but the kids are out of school and the days are warmer so the feel of summer is in the air minus the humidity (it shall arrive soon though). We have been busy out in the backyard this spring working away on jobs ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/06/07/summer/ Brad and I escaped a few weekends ago to Asheville NC. It was a wonderful little getaway! We ended up staying downtown and having a yummy dinner at a local Italian resturaunt which was super tasty. I was hesitant to go to Biltmore as we have been in the ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/31/escape/ We got to celebrate brother this weekend and although I do not have any pictures of his finished quilt (he is all cozy with it in dreamland right now) I do have some pictures from his firetruck party! It was a fun little party with friends, sun, fun and cupcakes. ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/31/celebrate/ This was my second shirt of the day. Yes, it looks bad but the first one looked equally as bad although it had no blood on it! The first shirt spent the morning in the garden and then got caught in a rain storm in the middle of mowing. The ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/29/all-in-a-days-work/ With sister's quilt done it is time to move onto brother's quilt for his birthday. I was a little burned out after sister's birthday quilt and I had fabric that I loved for brothers quilt that I did not want to cut up so his will be pretty simple but ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/20/birthday-quilt-time-again/ This past week I got the incredible privilege of attending a luncheon with some friends where the guest speakers were Ron Hall and Denver Moore who are the authors of the book, Same Kind of Different As Me. Many wonderful people in our lives worked to make this possible as ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/15/woo-hoo/ Yes, odd title for a post but it speaks of the day! The sunshine greeted us this morning which was wonderful everyone needed another break from the rain that we continue to have. After rest time (I was gone this morning but I will post on that in a little ... http://www.oywiththepoodlesalready.com/2009/05/12/sunshine-paint-and-the-need-to-mow/