It is our pleasure to announce the newest member of the Robinson family - Dodger Dash Robinson. More information to follow (Mom and Dad are tired after 4 hours in the car) but here are some quick pictures to tide you over. He's a 1-2 year old Boston who's had a rough life, but he's as sweet as can be and just wants to love and play.
Poor Cricket. He suffers from some major seasonal allergies this time of year. We give him 3 Benadryl pills every day but it still doesn't help. In order to stop him from scratching all the fur away around his eyes, we have to 'cone' him. He is NOT happy with us when this occurs. But, as parents, we do what is best for him no matter how hard it is. He's better today, so the cone came off. But I couldn't resist posting this picture of him...
Yesterday I had a day of sewing with my mom and finally got to put my new sewing machine to use. For my first project, I've decided to make a baby quilt for a good friend. Ambitious you say? Absolutely. But when you have an amazing teacher like my mom, its easy!! We started by 'shopping' for material in my mom's craft room. All those years of buying material really came in handy. :) She had everything I needed (and then some!). I decided on a pallete of pinks and greens. After putting all the blocks together on the 'design wall', I moved to the sewing machine and began sewing. I was like a duck to water! After a few hours though, my eyes started getting tired so I stopped. I managed to get a lot done though and can't WAIT to go back and work on it some more. Besides a few seams not exactly matching up, I think I did a great job. Of course, mad props to my mom - she's a great teacher. For our next session, we'll add a border of cream, then a border of pink (as seen to the right in the picture). The pink we use for the border will also be used for the backing. Then we'll bind it with a pretty green fabric. After that, I'll do some machine quilting and quilt 'in the ditch' (i.e., along the seams). It'll probably take a few weeks (maybe even months) but thankfully, my friend isn't due to the summer. I'll keep you updated on my progress.
