Chelsie's Quilt

Drumroll please......I have finally finished this quilt, which is a gift to a good friend. I started it long ago, and then gave it some time to breath. I am so glad that i did because in the time that it sat on my sewing desk, I have changed it so much from where it originally started, The pictures definitely do not do it justice, I didn't take pictures of the back but it's just a plain green fleece.

Close up

Closer up

Popples

I've finally finished this quilt. It's all from fabric from my stash, which includes this Popples pattern from my grandmas stash. I started making this a long, long time ago, then i hated it. So, i remembered some advice from an old blog friend. If she is not particularly fond of a quilt she has made, she will hide it away for 6 months and then take it out again. That is precisely what i did with this quilt, i am more fond of it now than i was 6 months ago. Anyways, this is the front

Close up

And the back, a fun rainbow fleece. Trust me, it makes more sense in person. I would love to sell this beauty, i think it would make a super cute girls baby blanket. The only problem is that the Popple fabric is so old, i'm afraid that it won't be very durable (I have learned this the hard way in the past).

Sod Saturday

Today we finally started the large job of fixing up our backyard. We moved all the rock to the sides of the house and garage, tore up the landscape fabric (which was soaked in four years worth of dog urine. disgusting). New soil, new sod, we were a little short but it's still exciting to see a backyard that we can actually use. Now we just need some plants and flowers to distract from how small the yard itself is.

Dad and Olive goofing around.

Olive enjoying her new "bed"

My Girl

I love my girl, Olive. She's pretty much the most perfect dog in the world.

This is what rollerblading two days in a row does to Olive.

Spring

I did some gardening the other day in my front yard, some new annuals for the flower bed and pots on the porch. I noticed that some stuff from last year is growing back, i have no idea what it is but i'm excited to see what it ends up being.

Proof that so far, there are signs of life in one of my lilacs, some budding, YAY! The other one however is taking it's sweet time.

Chaise New Outfit

I got this wonderful chaise off of Kijiji a long time ago, it was this olive green microfibre color. The color was just too bland and boring so this weekend i made a custom blue slipcover, It was actually an easy process making this slipcover and i couldn't be happier with the results.
BEFORE

AFTER eeeeeee!

I just had to include this picture, this is in the same living room as the chaise, which has been redecorated as well, It's black, white and blue. Love it!