Electric Company

My kids are allowed 30 minutes of tv each weekday.  Currently all three of them are glued to Electric Company.  Which, for me, is WONDERFUL!  Electric Company starts at 5pm.  Perfectly timed.  Miss Mae gets home from school around 3, one of them needs to be dropped off at dance by 4, and we're home by 4:15.  Then the other two have 45 minutes to play and/or pick up their rooms.  The rule is - can't watch tv until the rooms are picked up.  Works like a charm. 

Here Muffin and The Boy are glued to the couch.  (Miss Mae's at Dance)

Now I can make dinner in peace.  :)

Love Letters

This month's block at the block lotto are "love letters"  Pieced or appliqued terms of endearment word blocks.    My first attempt was "Lover"  totally failed, tossed it in the trash.  My second one, "Cupcake" came out better.  Still not perfect, but getting there. 

Next was "Baby Doll"  Which I opted not to connect, so the winner can use them side-by-side or vertically.

Then I decided to try thin letters - I have an idea for a super long "love letters"  so I wanted to perfect the letters before attempting it.  So here's "Hunny Bunny".

I think this turned out super cute!  I'm only allowing myself to use fabrics from my stash for the block lotto, and I was totally thrilled to find a use for the polka dotted background.

Stay tuned for more!

I Won!!

I won the block lotto for January!  I was one of six winners!  The blocks are tic-tac-toe blocks and I've been playing with how to set them....I get 40 blocks.   This is what I came up with for 20 of the blocks.

I figured that the blocks are already wonky, I could frame them wonk-ish-ly (which also would also allow me to fix any of the blocks that aren't perfect.)  The blocks finish at 12". 

I'm not totally in love with the black, but it seems to pull the color out more....we'll see what happens when the blocks start arriving.  :)

Totally excited!