It's been a while (again) since my last post. Many things have gone in that have kept me away from the blog. My fingers have remained pretty busy though.
As April ended, Angela announced that May's Rainbow Scrap color would be orange. I quickly dug out my orange scraps, my English paper pieces, and my EPP caddy. I knew it would be just the thing to take on our upcoming trip to Wilmington NC. The last of my brother's kids was getting married on May 2.
So, working in the car along the way, working more in the hotel in between wedding events, and then working along the way home from my brother's house in Lexington NC, I cut, glued, and stitched. I ended up getting almost all of the Grandmother's Jewels completed by the time we got home and then I did finish them up.
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One week later .... Now where was I? Ah, Grandmother's Orange Jewels!
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| My Favorite Jewel |
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| Five Orange Jewels |
I also finished up the jewels for Pink Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
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| Quite a Stack of Jewels |
As I began earlier in this post, we went to Wilmington NC for my niece's wedding. We had a wonderful trip and I saw "long-lost" cousins, I enjoyed quiet one-on-one breakfasts with my daughter, and I loved spending time with friends & family.
We finally met face-to-face Mom's great-granddaughter Everleigh, my niece's daughter. She was born the end of November and is at the great age of 5 months -- aware of her surroundings, you don't have to be too careful holding her, full of life and personality!
Since we were here for a wedding, let's see a few pictures from the wedding weekend.
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The Bride Preparing with
Her Twin Sister |
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Mom Seeing Her Granddaughter
Before the Ceremony |
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| Exchange of Vows |
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My Brother's Three Girls!
His 2 Daughters and His 1st Grandbaby (Everleigh) |
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The Bride & Groom
Let's Party!!! |
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My Beautiful Cousin and Her Debonair Husband
Came in From New York |
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My Handsome Cousin and His Lovely Wife
Came in From Connecticut |
So many old memories shared and new ones made. We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to reconnect. Mom was beside herself!
After the wedding weekend, my son & his family joined us for an extra couple of days at my brother's house in Lexington NC. We had so much fun there too. We loved feeding the chickens!
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| Three of the Five Young Ones |
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| Mom Feeding a Leghorn |
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Jacob, my Grandson, Feeding Chickens
Notice the Dog Keeping Watch! |
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| Chicken Frenzy! |
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| Both Grandsons Enjoying the Chickens |
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The Quilt Fred & I Slept Under
My Sister-in-Law's Great-Grandmother's Quilt |
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Close-Up of One of the Blocks
Hand-Pieced and Hand-Quilted |
John & Karen recently bought a couple of jet skis to go with their house on High Rock Lake. My son & daughter-in-law learned how to run them and off they went! |
| Jared |
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| Amanda |
What about the boys? Want to go for a ride too? |
| Jared & Brody |
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| Amanda & Jacob |
When we got home, I managed to have a UFO finished just in time for the monthly TAS (The Applique Society) meeting. Meet Daphne, a table runner made in a class by Katrina Hadjimichael from Austrailia!I think that pretty much catches us up on where I've been, things I've sewn, and happy to be home again. Our trip was full of memories to last a life-time!
If you've stayed with me this long, please join Angela at SoScrappy to see what others have shared with their orange scraps. I'm sure they've been more productive than me!
