Quilts….
I am a blanket/quilt type of girl. I re
ly on them to keep me cozy and warm during these winter months. My history with special blankets and quilts goes way back into the year 1980 when some of the best people I know were born.
I was gifted with a beautiful blanket with puffy chickens on it, I believe my grandma Lowman made it. It soon was named The Chicky Blanket. I loved my Chicky and still do. Of course, I no longer sleep with the Chicky Blanket, but when I was younger I used it to sleep with but also as a place for my index finger to flick when I was thinking or nervous. The cool crisp fabric just made this so easy.
Jump to 1992 when big tank tops and jorts were in. I was gifted my first real quilt. My grandma Lowman made quilts for each of her marvelous grandchildren. My cousin Megan loved the Seattle Seahawks (and still does) and of course her quilt reflected that with Seahawk blues and greens. My quilt was like a grown up version of The Chicky Blanket…so fancy that I had to wait a while for it because G.Low wanted to put in it in a quilt show.
In 2003, Peggy Wilbur, who had fixed The Chicky Blanket on many occasions, gave me a True Chicky Quilt for college graduation. She had just gotten into quilting and put me on her list of people to give one to! It was a very sweet, sentimental gift mostly because I had no idea she was doing it for me and I know all the time and effort it takes to make a quilt.
There is a quilting club at Hilltop that I have a not-so-secret desire to
join. When somebody moves, get married, has a baby or does something super special, the quilting club gifts them with a quilt. Welp, HB decided to tie the knot in 2008 and the quilters at Hilltop gave me a beautiful quilt!
With all the wedding planning going on in the Spring & Summer of ’08, one of my super-great-I’m-not-sure-if -I’ll-follow-through-on-it-ideas 
was to incorporate fabric into the wedding (maybe napkins, table center pieces, bread basket covers, or whatever suited my fancy) and eventually turn it into a quilt with Peggy’s help. So, my mom and I went hog-wild and bought some fabric – before we knew what it’d get used for. (Life’s more fun that way…try it some time). In the end, the fabric got used for many of the things listed above, most importantly on the tables.
About that wedding quilt, I haven’t quite made it yet. I finally pulled the 
fabric out of the closet and discovered that some of it is….moldy. Turns out there was a wet tablecloth that got put in the bag with the fabric. Most of it is salvagable, I think. I’m looking foward to making this quilt with Peggy, and even if I can’t use all the wedding fabric, I’ve got some other ideas. I’ve always wanted a cowboy/cowgirl quilt, anyhow.
family
Rest Your Head Here
As I sat down on the couch today my favorite pug decided to join me. Sydney loves the back of our couch and spends hours gazing out the window. Apparently, my head and shoulder only made her job a bit easier. What a strange dog we have.
Pug Life
Tennis Balled
Sparky left HBHQ this morning after Flip and Janet got back from their winter excursion. Being the good dog owners that we are, we thought we’d get Sydney used to being the only dog in the house by getting out her toys that were in hiding during Sparky’s stay.
Sydney seemed a little mixed about the toys, so we decided to play a game of “Pug In The Middle” with the tennis ball. Basically, it’s keep away with a fancy name. Hannah and I sit on opposite ends of the hallway and roll the ball back and forth at various speeds while the pug in the middle tries to get the tennis ball.
Sydney was pretty into the game, and proved to be semi-skilled at it. Before long she was resembling Patrick Roy in his goal keeping hey-day.
“Okay, time to step it up a notch”, I thought to myself, and introduced the bounce pass. Perfect. The second coming of Roy wasn’t able to stop it, but she seemed to have a plan for the next pass, because she crouched down low to the floor with her tail wagging at full speed while she waited for Hannah’s return volley.
I should point out that neither Hannah nor myself really want to be the one who lets the pug in the middle win, even if she does slightly resemble a talented hockey goal tender.
When Hannah saw Sydney crouch down she knew she had to put a little extra on it to sneak by.
BLAM!
Hannah scorched a one hopper that that Sydney ended up taking directly in the face. I can’t tell for certain, but I think Sydney’s nose just got a little flatter. What I do know is that she’s walking around like a boxer who just finished up 10 rounds. Left eye at half mast. I’m pretty sure she got a little Dunlop fuzz in there, and isn’t too pleased.
Actually, she’s refusing to re-enter the game. So much for my goal-tending pug on YouTube video.
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