Quilt for baby

This is the finished quilt for great grandbaby, due in June. I finished it this morning.
Have a sinus infection that just started so have had to rest several times today.

Signs of spring

It is a rainy cold day but these flowers look cheerful anyway. I have been talking on the telephone to several family members since I got home from the meeting yesterday so have not done any knitting. But it is great to catch up with family. My cousin's son is in the Peace Corp in Armenia and is visiting Germany right now. We have family roots in Germany on the Battson side of the family but I have been told that the name was not originally Battson. It was changed with immigration to U.S. I would like to know what it was originally.

Saturday Sky

We had a meeting today of our North West Georgia Knitters group. Four of us were there at Barnes & Noble. We talked and worked on our knitting and then went to Panera Bread for lunch and Michael's for shopping. I always enjoy getting together with knitting buddies.

organizing the basement

We have been organizing the basement. Riley is afraid to come down the stairs so he sits at the very top and looks pitiful while we work. We got storage shelves and now all my roving is in plastic boxes and stored together so I can find things easily. We are throwing out stuff and donating stuff and it looks much better but we are not through yet. It feels good to get organized.

Bad Weather

The weather has been terrible here in the Southeast. Alabama, Tennessee, and Kentucky were hit by tornadoes and 52 people were killed. Many others were injured. The storm went north and south of us here in Rome, Ga. We had rain and heavy winds but no damage.

Hillary Clinton won this county in the primary yesterday but Obama and McCain carried the state. It will be an interesting race for president.

My baby quilt is all put together and ready for quilting.

Reading

Pillars of the Earth is a really interesting book. It has everything, romance, knights in armor, intrigue, building a cathedral, survival, development of the wool industry and many other things. I have always loved reading and thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I had to order more yarn for the baby blanket. Since I knew the dye lot would not match I ordered a lighter pink and it looks good with the darker pink. The quilt top is finished, just have to put it together and quilt.