Here are the finished lapquilts (finally!) Joey's stringy has been finished a while but I wanted to show them both together! Lily's was hand quilted so it took ,a while longer to finish! :D

K x

Oooh! Nice! They looked thrilled!

Was the applique also done by hand?

Thanks Celeste, yes it was - over freezer paper, needle turn!

K x

Very nice. I love them both and the kids they look thrilled to death.

You've outdone yourself! They're gorgeous! The kids look quite happy with them too!

Thats a lovely picture of the kids with their quilts K....I bet those quilts will be treasured now, is the weather still abit nippy up your end or are you starting to warm up now?? :D

Those smiles say it all! :) Beautiful! :)

Beautiful kids! So cute and adorable! Look at those happy cherub faces!!
Oh, sorry, was supposed to comment on the quilt. They are pretty too! :) :) Great job!!!

Those are great, a big success :D

Izy, NWMK!!! 'nippy up my end'!!! painful! :lol:

I've been gardening this morning in a vest top and jeans!!!! It's clear blue sunshine and in the twenties! Beautiful! Kids are off on Wednesdays so they're doing their little gardens as well - just been planting onion sets and sowed 2 rows of early carrots (under polytunnel - not going to be fooled, I'm sure winter will have a final fling! :wink: )

K x

Thanks Terri! But don't be fooled by those cherub faces, they can be little devils! :D

K x

Thanks everyone!!!

K x

Not those 2 sweet angels! No way!! lol

OK, I'll put 'em on the next plane - within a week you'll agree with me! Well actually Joey is pretty good but Lily can be a monster!!! Then she does her cute baby talk 'Oh mumma, Lila didn't MEAN it!'

K x

Those are beautiful!!!

They are really beautiful! Oh, and so are the quilts...

Thank you!

K x

How precious are those ! and the quilts are very nice also :lol: Great job all the way around
Sharon

Thanks Sharon!

K x

LMAO!!! Oh, they'd have a great time here ! They could play outside and chase the lizards! lol
Oh, that little girl of yours would be spoiled rottener! Hubby just loves kids! And there's something about little blondes...they LOVE hubby!

Oh, and guess what??? Hubby says I can go and visit you when we get back to the states! WOOHOO!!! I can go see you, Elle and Izy!! YIPPEE!!!!

oh my. look at those happy faces. you did good mom :D

They look very happy with their new cuddle quilts!! Can't say I blame them! i would be too if I got one of those pretty quilts!

Love those quilts. And you can tell by the kids faces they love them too. Cuties. Really like the applique on the pink one.

I love them both, and it's obvsious that the kids do, too! Well done!

DOUBLE YIPEE!!! :D :D :D

K x

Thanks ladies, for all your generous comments!

K x

Both the quilts and kids are adorable!!!!! Great job!

Your 20 is different than the states 20 right? Couldn't dig up the ground at 20 degrees around here.

Yes, sorry beachlady, 20 celsius, I'm not sure but i think that's in the 70s?

K x

Yes, sorry beachlady, 20 celsius, I'm not sure but i think that's in the 70s?

K x

Just found a converter, it was 23 celsius which is 74 F° ish!

K x

Those are just darling kids! I would worry about a child if he/she wasn't a little stinker once in a while. They gotta learn now right?

I love those quilts. You did a great job making them.

Thanks Red and you're absolutely right - in fact, when they're naughty it's all I can do not to laugh a lot of the time! I tell 'em off then go hide and have a private chuckle! LOL Lily's favourite trick at the moment - locking her brother in the stable - the bolt is on the outside and he can't reach over! Luckily he's quite easy going, a lot of big brothers wouldn't take some of what he puts up with!

K x

AND today Joey was outside at 8.30am because I gave them a patch each in the veggie plot to grow some seeds. Well, he was there, getting out every little weed and stone and diggin and raking til the soil was like cake crumbs! Then Lily saunters out about 10am, takes one look at her patch of weeds and demands that he swap patches with her!! He nearly did it too only I wouldn't let him! Oh, I hope he doesn't end up with some woman who walks all over him when he's grown up!! (My mummy hackles are going up at the very thought!) It's funny how two kids can be so different, same parents, same raising!

K x

My 9 year old grandson is like your Joey. His "big" sister and girl cousin run over him on a regular basis. I think he's decided it's just easier to go along with what the "women" want -- until he gets mad and then watch out :-) :-)

The quilts are lovely, and the kids LOOK beautiful also. I love your stories about them. :lol: They do sound like typical kids. I grew up in a large family, as the oldest of 7 and I don't have any kids of my own, so I do remember things, but have no recent experiences. You all keep me in stitches!!!! :lol:

Quilts are lovely, kids are thrilled with them - result!

The kids and quilts are gorgeous!

Very, very nice. The kids look so happy!

Since I was talking about my garden, here's some pics. Today I was 'sowing' instead of 'sewing'! :D

K x

Oh it sounds so idyllic, the weather is about the same here, no complaints, we had a bit of a breeze today which kept the heat down while we were working in the garden too!!

OMG sometimes I just don't think how something 'could' be interpreted, I guess you had your knickers on so no draughts up the Kyber!! :lol:

K, just saw the pictures of the garden and barn..my god you got a hacienda there, I am so envious that you can grow veg, I used to have an allotment back in the UK and you have brought back so many memories with the kids :D

I have an area marked out for growing veg., but since we decided to rent out the villa during the summer, no point :( :( :(