Sickos.

Willow and I are sick.

It's crappy.

All she wants to do is eat popsicles.

We don't have any popsicles.

I happen to look like death, so I doubt we'll be venturing out for popsicles any time soon.

We just have some pretty bad cough/cold situations.

Thank goodness we don't have the flu.

That would be way crappier.

Oh, and I sound like a 80-year-old woman who's been smoking since her teens.

Not pretty.

And, Willow keeps tricking me.

I think she's coming in for a hug, some nice momma-lovin' with her said little sickie-face...

and then she just uses me as a snot rag.

Not nice.

I've gone through several shirts today.

Despite the sickies, I've got some fun things to share.

These cute little pants for my soon-to-be nephew, Cash:

Aren't they so much fun?

And each pair is reversible... so it's like she got 8 pairs of pants instead of 4!

I can't wait to make them in little girly colors for my lovie...

I used the Quick Change Trousers pattern from AMH's Handmade Beginnings book.

Let me tell you... SO EASY!

SO!

I didn't plan on making so many pairs, but I did.

That's how easy/quick/fun they are to make.

And then I made little onesies to match all of them:

I don't have the best pictures, I know.

I was in a crazy hurry to send these to Texas in time for my sister's shower.

I had to harass her for a week for an address...

and then when I finally got it from her, she gave me the wrong zip so the box didn't even get there in time :(

I was bummed.

I'm missing my sister... ever have those days?

Especially right now, because we're both preggers... due less than 4 weeks apart.

Which would be totally fun IF one of us didn't live in Texas and the other in Michigan.

And, since our due dates are so close, I can't be there for Baby Cash's delivery, she can't be here for mine.

Double bummer.

I'm totally jealous of my mom.

She's going to Texas for 2 weeks.

She gets to be there.

Not fair.

Yup, I'm gonna whine about because I want to and I'm sick so I can.

Ok, on with it.

I've also got this little pillow cover to share:

It's actually on its way to Rachel of p.s. i quilt as we speak...

She needed one.

It's similar to the Happy Pillow I made earlier this year.

Rachel's on the left, Happy Pillow on the right

And, I added some hand-stitching like I did on the Happy Pillow as well.

I'm slightly addicted to hand-quilting these days.

And I must say, practice does make perfect.

Not that my stitches are perfect... just saying I definitely see a difference from my first projects.

If anyone is looking into trying out hand-quilting, I suggest checking this out.

It's oh-so-helpful and Anna Maria Horner is the bomb, obviously.

However,

I seem to be finding other things to hand-quilt instead of my big huge projects that I should be working on... namely the girls' quilts.

I need to get on those.

Time is running out.

Oh, other fun news!

My Hunting Camp Quilt was featured over at Modern Day Quilts!

Go check out all the other super-cool quilts, there's LOTS!

And if you haven't entered already, go enter yourself in the

LAZY SUNDAY GIVEAWAY!

I think that's about all for today...

I did something kinda cool... I think.

So, remember this Happy Pillow?

No?

Ok, well I made it out of an extra Dresden Plate I had just sitting around.

It's all hand-stitched and cool stuff like that.

And I LOVE it.

And it's staying in my house, with me, which I love even more.

Well, turns out I entered it in a pillow contest over at Sew, Mama, Sew.

Remember when I was trapped inside my house for days on end?

Yeah, that's when I did it.

That's when I entered my Happy little pillow cover.

Here's a funny story.

I checked Sew, Mama, Sew just about every day to see if my pillow made it as a

"Pillow of the Day,"

which is the contest I thought I had entered.

Well, yesterday came and went, and my Happy pillow still hadn't made it, and therefore, my hopes were dashed.

BUT WAIT... there is a Pillow Contest as well?

My hopes are back to undashed!

Yesterday was the unveiling of the Top 20 pillows for the "Words to Live By" category, and I had to wait until today to see if my hand-stitched ray of sunshine made it.

Guess what?

I made it into the Top 20!

So now there's a voting thing happening, and people can go vote for their 2 favorite pillows.

... GO VOTE!

...and if it happens to be for my pillow, well, that would just be fantastic now wouldn't it?

Here's the part that makes it kinda cool:

I told my Hubby about not making Pillow of the Day.

I was bummed.

Like everysinglemorning when I checked the website.

For about 2 weeks.

I think he was getting a tad sick of hearing about it the disappointment.

Then I told him about the actual contest that was happening and how I still had a glimmer of hope.

I'm sure he was just as pumped as me.

Well, anyways, this morning I caught him checking the website to see if my pillow made it...

(and that's how I know I did something kinda cool.)