Wedding quilt...work in progress

So...here is what I have done so far. These are 162 of the 243 strips (3 squares per strip) that will ultimately get sewn together into 81 blocks. I am trying to keep them as random as possible for the most color diversity. The dark brown triangles are the unifying theme. Once I get the blocks pieced, I will then have the challenge of arranging them. Right now I am leaning toward this type of layout, which gives you those visuals diagonals.Of course, I did need some immediate gratification and sewed this block together just to get an idea of what one would look like.

And while my Bernina was smoking, Miss Graycie found a new spot to nap, on another work in progress...perhaps to remind me that this sweater is almost finished!

More doll and food pictures

Here is Miss Revlon ready for Easter in her pale blue gingham shirtwaist dress trimmed with matching baby rickrack.

For some reason, the idea of edible flowers has always appealed to me. I recently planted two nasturtium plants...this is a picture of my first harvest :-)

Wedding quilt

I am making a quilt as a wedding gift for my daughter, Katie, and her fiance, Kyle, who are getting married October 19. These are the fabrics I am using. She chose some of them from the Hancock's of Paducah catalog when she was here at Christmas, and I added some to have enough variety. This is the pattern I am using:

Even though fabrics are for the most part contemporary, I wanted to use a fairly traditional pattern. Some of the fabrics are Amy Butler, some Moda and I even snuck in an April Cornell. I will post a photo of work in progress when I finish piecing the 486 half triangles together (did I mention I'm making a king-size? :-)

Miss Revlon in another outfit

My mother made all these fantastic doll clothes for Christmas, 1957. I am the process of photographing them all to post on the Yahoo! GlamourDolls board, so I will be sharing them here as well. This is Miss Revlon in her black velvet slacks and a red top...a very elegant 50s look.

St. Patrick's Day dinner

...was corned beef and cabbage of course. It looked so nice that I had to take a picture!

My Miss Revlon doll

I got this doll for Christmas in 1957 along with a complete wardrobe handmade by my mother. I have been washing, ironing and mending her clothes, and recently purchased a doll trunk to store them in. Hopefully someday my grandchildren will appreciate this :-) This outfit is her turquoise pinwale corduroy coat and polished cotton dress.

The first post is always the hardest...

I have started several "blogs," but have not been happy with them for one reason or another...
appearance, ability to include photos, etc. I am hoping that this one will be different...and better! As a test of the photo issue, I have chosen one of my husband, Mike, and me taken in Japan last November.