Wedding shower

The weekend of June 14 my niece Jennifer, my mom, Phyllis and I put on a wedding shower for my youngest niece who is getting married in August in NYC.  We worried about how to have a shower where she wouldn't have to figure out how to get everything back to NYC.  Shipping to her residence isn't possible as items can't be left as they would sit on the stoop.  And sending it to her work address would mean having to schlep the items home on the train.  So we decided to have a gift card shower for her and Jason.  That way they can get exactly what they need/want.

We had the perfect day.  The Friday before it was only about 54 degrees and very cloudy all day. Saturday found us with clear sunny sky, and temperatures in the 70's.  So we were able to have the shower out in my mother's backyard.  It turned out very nice and I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

 

Gift table

 

Refreshments were set up on the porch.

 

 

A few of the guests.  These were former co-workers of my sister-in-law.

 

 



 

Bride to be Denise

 



 

Denise with Grandma Beard

 



Chloe Centino, Jason's mom, Denise, and Rebecca Beard, Denise's mom

 

Grandma Beard with the grand and great grand daughters.

 

Pamela with daughter Molly, Denise and Jennifer

 

Hand dyed fabric challenge

Our challenge in our variable star group this year was to do something with our hand dyed fabrics.  We shared our results at our June 10 meeting.  The challenge was to use the hand dyed fabrics we have made over the last, oh, 20 years?  We could add one other fabric if we wanted.

 

I think this was Jo Langes.

 

This was Carol Schon's.  Sorry for the blurry picture.

 

One of 3 that our overachiever, Pam Marcis did.

 

 

 

#2 of Pam's

 

 



#3 of Pam's

 

 

My challenge

 

 

 

Barb Kantner's quilt

 

 

 

Rosanne Brower's

 

 

Big 60

So a couple of weekends ago I threw myself a 60th birthday party.  I figured surviving to this age rated a party as there were times in my life I didn't think I would see 35 let alone 60.  But as life has gone on and I have come to accept my singlehood instead of pining for the relationships/marriages that my friends have, I've grown comfortable.  Now I fully expect to see 85 at a minimum.

I had the party at SmittenDust which is a friends business in an old brick building in Dimondale.

I had fun making table runners, whose fabric will be used to make quilts for children in local hospitals through our guild's heart warmer's program.  The vases on the tables will get reused for my niece's bridal shower in June.  I had family, quilting friends and highschool friends.  And I think everyone had a pretty good time.

Quilting friends

 

 

Family



High school friends