Weekend Rewind

I got an unexpected visit from my mom and grandma this weekend...as their A/C was out and it was way too hot in the house to stay there...they figured if they were going to be out of the house...they might as well make a trip to see me....which was really nice...

on Saturday we took a trip up to Durant, OK to the Choctaw Casino for a little slot machine fun and to check out the new resort...which looks pretty amazing....and the pool area looks super awesome...and I didn't lose any money...I left with what I went in with which for me is unusual....

After they headed back this morning, I started working on a project that has a deadline....I've got a month or so to finish it....and it's out of a great fabric line Bar Harbor and a super cute pattern....

here's the beginnings of the blocks.....the colors and pattern are so cute.....can't wait to finish this one up!!

Well Read Wednesday 2

the book for this week is a book by Jennifer Weiner....

if you haven't read anything by her...you should....

do you remember the movie a few years ago with Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine? In Her Shoes? That's based on a book by the same name by Jennifer Weiner...

she writes great emotion and humor in her books....and she focuses on relationships and how they affect the characters....all of her books are excellent...

the newest is no exception....I picked it up last week at B&N....and finished it over the weekend....

it's about two friends who had a falling out in high school and what happens when one of them shows up on the others doorstep years later needing her old friends help....

Current Inspiration

I have two books that are currently serving as my inspiration...

one book I've had around for a while and the other is brand new...

Joel Dewberry's book Sewn Spaces is just as awesome as his fabric lines!! Have ya'll gotten your hands on it yet?? You should go out and get it if you haven't...some really great projects...including some reversible fabric boxes that are just what I mentioned I need in the last post....

I've had Jelly Roll Quilts since I started on my quilting adventure...it was the first quilting book I purchased....

it was love at first sight for me with the Daisy Chain pattern...

so here is the progress so far...

all the strips are done...it's time to make the blocks...



I'm still really in love with this design...really really in love actually...

Weekend Rewind

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend....

mine was relaxing, yet productive...

I put the finishing touches on my bedroom spruce up...

pillows I started here, all done and on the bed..

I finished them with simple envelope style....in the opposing solid color from the solid on the front of each pillow...

here's a quick snapshot of my finished spruce up of my bedroom...

I added new white tables as nightstands...and simple lamps with different lamps shades as I didn't want everything to be all match-y match-y...isn't the Liberty of London shade on the right just adorable??

I'm super happy with the way it turned out...I think after looking at the pictures though that I need something over the bed since doing away with a headboard....and that it would be adorable to have fabric storage in the bright lime and fuchsia under the white nightstand for storage and to tie in the colors from the pillows...so guess that i'll be working this week??

after finishing up my room...I decided I deserved to pamper myself a bit by getting a manicure and pedicure...it was so relaxing...and the bright coral I choose for my nails and toes makes me smile

I also went to see 'Get Him To The Greek'....hilarious....and Russell Brand not only makes me laugh but I love his accent....

and this evening I'm enjoying The Next Food Network Star and Design Star....back to back...I'm in heaven...

and here is lil sneak peak at the fabrics in a quilt i'm working on...

Have a great Monday ya'll!!!

Well Read Wednesday

I'm totally a book lover...I read a lot...

I won't tell you how much...or you'll totally think I'm a nerd...

I know I'm not alone in loving Stephenie Meyer....she's a freaking genius...she writes characters that the world falls in love with...I mean look at the Twilight saga...

is there anyone on the planet who hasn't read the Twilight books?? Or seen the movies??

p.s. i can't wait for then end of the month for Eclipse to get to the theaters...

well...the amazing Ms. Meyer has a new novella out...

cover art via stepheniemeyer.com

I picked this book up at Barnes & Noble on Saturday....

and I'll just tell ya...I finished it rather quickly...one of my favorite things about any book is how an author gets you to invest in the characters...and while this book is a little different in that you know some of these characters from another book....I was totally into all the characters even the ones I didn't know before hand...and I couldn't put this book down...

this is a quick and riveting read...it would be a great beach or pool read over summer vacation!!

so go out and pick it up if you haven't already...and an added bonus $1 from each book purchase goes to the American Red Cross...so it's a fantastic fast read and a donation to a good cause all at the same time...

have any of ya'll read it??

Guess Who's Back...

guess who's back...back again...

i totally heart me some Eminem...so i just had to use that line...

hope ya'll have been well while I was away on my bloggy break...

I thought a LOT about my blog over the last week or so...

I had decided to take a break and think about my blog because my posts were getting fewer and there was more time elapsing between posts...

I'm an over-thinker....I over analyze and over think everything...it's one of the things that I think makes me really good at what I do for a living and has helped me in my career....looking at everything from every possible angle is a great asset in a manager...but it makes me doubt myself in other arenas...

being the over thinker that I am I started by looking at why I started my blog in the first place...I had just taken a class and learned about quilting...I was in love with quilting...and also just discovered this online world of quilty and crafty blogs....which were so full of unbelievably talented and amazing women that create them...and I realized that I wanted to talk about the projects I was working on...but I really wanted to be part of this world of these amazingly talented and kind women...

then I needed to look at where I was at this point in my life and in this journey....I've mentioned that I just got a pretty big promotion at work and that I'm a bit of workaholic...I also have a lot of pride and can be an all or nothing type...if I do something I want to be the best and give it my all...and I'll be the first to admit that my blog was suffering in the battle between work and blog...

so I thought and decided that I still love quilting and still want to be a quilty-bloggy rockstar like the amazing women that I rush to read everyday....

and again being me the over-thinker....I had to think of a way to be able give my blog the attention that it needed...and so I devised a plan...it would be easy for me to post more regularly if I had pre-planned post themes for different days...

so here we go on a new adventure here in Red Dirt Girl World....so Wednesday will be Well Read Wednesdays....which for me being a very avid reader this won't be difficult at all...

hope ya'll will continue to take the time to read about me, my projects, and my life here in Red Dirt Girl world...

Blog Break

If you haven't noticed...I've been a little absent...

life has kept me from my blog...but soon i will be back...

on June 15th...to be precise