Jacob modeling

I was making a skirt for a 2 year old girl, but didn't have a model handy, so Jacob tried on the skirt. He looks a little small for it, but it worked. At the bottom is the finished product. I don't know how it will hold up with repeated washings. I also made a little ball to go with it.

Refuge House Quilt Tops

Here we are with the very first Refuge House quilt tops complete. They look nicer than I thought they would. Now we have to figure out how to put the backing on and bind them. We are going to go without batting because they will be sent to a warm climate, so we want these to be used, and not put away because they are too heavy. As we pieced together these tops, we realized that quilting creates a story. There is a story that goes with each of the fabrics. The imperfectly done pieces remind us of the learning process, and even remind us of who put together the quilt. It has been a great experience so far. Our goal is to get 5-6 done by the end of September. After that, school starts for a lot of us and we may have less time to devote to our quilting group.

Jacob's first birthday

Yesterday we had Jacob's birthday party. It was his first birthday and it was actually on the day he was born. This year has gone by fast. It's hard to believe that this boy was the little baby we brought home almost a year ago. Now he is doing a funny little army crawl and loves scooting around in his walker. He also loves anything with buttons like phones, remotes and computers.

He came 6 weeks early so he took us all by surprise. My parents were on their way to visit me for my baby shower and they arrived 4 hours after he was born. The party yesterday was a lot of fun. Jacob had a great time with all of his friends. He didn't actually get to eat his cupcake, but I made him watermelon sorbet that he did get to enjoy. I'll have more pictures of the party to share later as I go through them, but here are some to start with.