Thanksgiving 2012 next week.  Trying to get a pile of quilts done. No pictures at this time.

Just Love to Make Toys

I love to make little stuffed toys.  For church girls camp this year I made 25 little Zebra's one for each girl, and for the leaders that were there.

These Little turtles were a hit at last years Girls camp.  While sitting and making a cloth ball, I turned it rounded side up and said that could be a turtle, if it had legs, a tail and a head. They were small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.  I don't know what a group of turtles are call.  I think I can only do things in the masses. I make different size of balls, so I made a large turtle and the girls gave it to our Bishop, they all signed the bottom of the turtle.  My Niece was the Ward camp director.  When I took the turtles to her, Autumn her daughter fell in love with the turtles So I made her a couple of them while her mother was gone to camp and gave them to her.

Where did the last month go!!

Britt's purse

My granddaughter gave me a purse kit. I forgot and found that she had not included the pattern. Did a strange thing and decided to send purses to the granddaughters that live in the mountains.  Not remembering that the purse was the one I was given by the granddaughter, I sent it back to their home.  My daughter said she liked that purse better than the one on the box.  I did not get a picture taken of it so I can not post one but it was cute, Blue with fun fur on it, I guess I will have to ask for a picture. My daughter sent me the picture.  Lucked out that I sent the purse to the right house.

My Christmas gift list

I have so much scrap yarn that it is starting to go out the doors and windows.  People are so kind and give me yarn in my car, on my step, or tell me at Relief Society they have a couple of boxes for me.  I wish that I had a knitting machine so I could work faster.  Right now I have 3 projects started a purse for a little girl, a scarf for someone, and an Afgan that is knitted in strips.  These are just the knitting projects.They are sitting on the sofa next to me.  I spent the other day digging out project out of boxes and bags.  I found all those hooks and knitting needles with the yarn, must have one of every size. 

I decided to make for the Chamberlain side of the family things for the kids.  Fun little purses, bags, Barbie doll clothes, Hats, and different washclothes and dishclothes.  Not doing it for the Fife side to many people involved, but a few might get some where.

Alexis purse



Family History

The Luther and Louise Fife Family reunion 1959

This is the Leo Fife Family section of the Reunion.

We have really changed I was only 8 1/2 at the time.

Doing family history research is a great pastime.  I work in the Family History Center and it is a blast.  I have learned so much about using web sites and how to use a computer.  The people think I am trained very well.  If they only knew that I just look and see what each thing does.  I have never had a computer class.  Maybe I should go take one.

Collection information is a lot of fun.  Pictures of people, places, and headstones.  People really do not get the last one. Here are a few picture.

This is my Uncles headstone.

This headstone was sent to me via email of one of my husbands grandmother.  Susannah Poe wife of John Caviness. This stone is in  Iowa.  John remarried after Susannah died.  Not sure if I have his headstone or not.

I like to read death certificates, census, and other records.

Toni's Quilt Top

Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt.

My sister started a quilt many years ago.  It was a Grandmother Flower Garden quilt.  She had cut out all the center yellow pieces and next contrasting flower blocks. When she went to school (college) she gave me the box of blocks.

I stitched it together by hand one block at a time.  This project has taken a long time to finish and I have stuffed into that box and taken out many times.  This year I finally finished putting the last block in, time to give it back to her so she can get it quilted.  I hope the fabric is not rotten, it was started in about 1966-67.  Yeah an antique quilt top!

I have made several quilts with this pattern, but the blocks were a lot larger.  Each of my kids have a top waiting in line to be quilted.  I hope I live long enough.

I told them they were their wedding quilt.  Janet and Paula have been married about 13 years.  I really don't have room for the frames in this house.  Neck surgery has slowed me down also.

This is the quilt top Donald and Pam, that I just finished.