granmas smart quilt

Our second great-grandbaby is on the way thanks to grandson Kyle and Allison!  I decided to try my first I-Spy quilt, so much fun to make and hopefully fun for the baby too.

Granma's Smart Quilt

 the beginning of a lifetime of

exploration and discovery

 made by 'great-grandma'

Susan Tidwell

 2019

  

a software blanket for

you to drag and drop along the way

a hotspot for cold days, your default address

your personal domain for a crash or a quick reboot

a fun chatroom, or a picnic surface for a byte of cookies

surf this cuddly browser, YOU are the driver of this search engine

scroll and find the patch of a cloud or spyware or red phish/blue phish

Ideas of things to do with the Smart Quilt 

(for the baby at an older age, or for Kyle):

FIND something with eyes

FIND something red

FIND something that starts with Z

FIND something that is in the sky

FIND something with wheels

FIND something to eat

family baby shower

ring around the Posey

Granddaughter Sarah and Matthew have been together since that first prom date way back in May 2010. This April they are getting married! Congratulations go to the happy couple, along with the traditional gifts of wedding quilt from Granma Susan and the handcrafted Chef Helper from Granpa Buddy! We hope you enjoy many many years of happiness!

santa Buddy

Grandpa Buddy a.k.a. Santa was busy in the work shop for a few days before Christmas. We were all banned from going inside, and even when he left for a few hours he put a sign on the door.

He had googled wooden quilt designs and came across this beautiful Tumblin Blocks pattern made with different colors of wood (no stain), the light is pine (the knotty pine from our recent bedroom redo), there is oak, cedar, and walnut. The pieces all fit together perfectly, much better than if I made this pattern with fabric!  It is an optical illusion - do you see the 3-D tumbling blocks or do you see the star? 

here's your sign

peacelovequilt

When your kids ask what you want for Christmas and you give them specifics - “a sign like this one on Etsy but too much $ maybe you could make one and here is what I want it to say and look like, and two generations come together to make it happen! #heresyoursign #patchwork #diy #teamwork

AND while planning this sign - the kids/grandkids asked Grandpa Buddy to cut a piece of wood for it, and can you cut 2 just in case?  Someone apparently remembered way back in the summer when Buddy said he wanted to put up a sign on the property 'Tidwell Forest'.

Great job everyone - 1) to remember that and file it away, 2) to get him to cut out his own sign, 3) painting and personalizing the sign, it is just what he had in mind!

#engaged

wedding snapshots

I have not seen the official pictures yet, but there are many unofficial pictures popping up on social media, and I will use some of them, thanks all!

The preparation - Madison helping the guys with strange buttons and pocket squares, Sarah helping Allison with makeup, Melissa running around decorating tables, Madison decorating the arbor, a true family affair.

I thought I would cry, had tissues in my pocket, but it was so much fun, the bride was laughing, the groom was laughing, and only got serious once during the ceremony.

The raindrops fell mixing with the tears, tears of joy and remembrance, as the story was told of the ring on her finger, the history of Allison's grandmothers ring that was now encircling her finger. But mostly tears of joy and laughter, so much laughter

The giggles and the nerves, the grooms ring almost going on the wrong hand, when "pssst Kyle" and he turns away from his bride and looks back to the crowd and several people lift their left hands and whisper LEFT HAND.

Allison held out hope for her outside ceremony even with threat of rain, and the sprinkles did not dampen her mood or spirit, she said it was "perfect".

The only time I did choke up a little, caught me by surprise, when the couple was introduced at the reception - Mr. & Mrs…. Okay it is real!

The party afterwards, the good food, good times, the little ones running around, dancing.

The sparkler finale sendoff was the perfect ending to a perfect day. 

Congratulations! Kyle and Allison 02/11/2018