Christmas with Calise

While in Shipshewana in October, I saw this minkee at the Cuddle corner.

My son is in the Army and deployed to Afghanistan right now. We thought this pink camo minkee would make a cute strippie quilt for his daughter, Calise.

I bought some pink and brown minkee at Joann's when they were on sale and sewed the strips together with my serger, loaded it on the longarm and got it quilted in time to give it to her last weekend.

Calise is two and she has a stuffed doll that has his picture on it, called a Daddy Doll. Julie saw this cute already-made-up little blanket while I was getting my fabric cut, and so I bought it for her Daddy Doll. Here's the very sleepy little girl with her daddy doll and cozy minkee blankets.

We also got her a Melissa & Doug dollhouse for Christmas and I think she likes it!

Ahh, Spending Time With Family!

Memorial Day weekend we drove down to Ekron, KY to visit with Jeff, Dane and Calise. We wanted to spend some time with them before Jeff's deployment. We had a great time, although there just never seems to be enough time.

Calise loves to be outside and she especially loves to swing with help from her daddy.

 It appears that she likes the rocking chair we got her for Christmas, although I have heard that she likes to stand on it also.

 What a sweet smile!

 Nana's purse is just her size, although the handle is a bit long.

Jeff's unit right before they left last Saturday. Their deployment was move up a week, so they didn't have quite as much time to prepare as they thought.

 One last hug for daddy!

See you in 9 short months, daddy!

Calise's First Birthday

My granddaughter, Calise, turned had her first birthday this past weekend and there was a beautiful party to attend. I wanted to make her a minkee/flannel quilt, thank to a suggestion from Julie, and I found this fabric all stitched together at Joann's. I appliqued her name in fleece to add another texture.

Just a meander for the quilting.

The backing is minkee too.

Her she is with her quilt:

And with her cousin, Liz

With Liz and Drew:

She doesn't care too much for icing

 Dané's Mom Elaine, Dané(Calise's mom), Jeff(Calise's dad), Aunt Julie

Liz, Calise, Drew, Aunt Debbie, Dané's Dad, Jerry, Elaine, Dané, Jeff, Loretta and Julie

Back from Vacation

I had a wonderful visit with Jeff, Dané and Calise. It was hard to say goodbye yesterday morning, but it's good to be home. Here are a few more pics from the week.

Napping in her swing:


A kiss from daddy in his uniform:


Mommy and Daddy ready to leave for date night:

More Calise

Here are the pillows I made for her room. The leaves were sighed by friends and family at her baby shower.


A few more pics

Stashbusting 2011 - #40

Fabric Added this week - 0 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date - 99.625 yards

Fabric Used this week - 8.25 yards
Fabric Used Year to Date - 190.75 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 91.175 yards

It was a good week with some finishes, a king size finished with binding and pillowcases, and a queen size top and a lap quilt top finished.

Yesterday at my visit to quilt camp, I completed these to make some pillows for Calise's room. The leaves were signed by friends and family at the baby shower.


I also assembled the leftover blocks from Jeff and Danés quilt into this lap quilt.



And made the scrappy red binding for it:



Here's a corner of the queen size:

Calise Update

They spent the day and night at the hospital getting some special lighting for her jaundice. I hope everything is fine this morning and they are able to come home today. Here are some more pics of the little sweetheart.



Calise and her daddy:


Daddy loves me!


Calise and mommy!

It's a Girl!

My son Jeff and his wife Dané are parents. Their new daughter Calise Ann Davis was born yesterday at 9:26pm. She weighes 6lb 13oz and is 19.5 inched long, and I can't wait to meet her. It will be a couple weeks before that happens as they are 13 hours away.