Pictures from the October AtlMQG Meeting

Since I am having issues getting this pictures to load unto our website...I thought I would just put them here and then put a link to this post on our website. (I am sorry I am not computer savvy enough to make this easy, so we just have to go with what I can do!!)

Here is a quilt that Beth made


Another quilt by Beth


Here is Beth's art quilt (Sorry for the reflection-it was framed!)


This is Andi's current quilt project (a quilt for her bed)


Some blocks Ellen collected in an online swap...there are some AMAZING ones in there!!


Here is a picture of the group as we are getting ready to start the meeting


Here is a pictures of Karen's most recent art quilt, and she showed us the process that she went through when putting it together. (Karen's month to lead the meeting is going to be a fun one, with tons to learn, I can feel it!!)


Here is Karen's fall table runner she made


Here is Pam's art quilt that she did for her work


Here is Krystina's quilt she made while participating in the sew-a-thon at WhipStitch. (So cute, and all made in one night!!)


Nicole's Color wheel quilt...I LOVE this and want to make one so bad!!!


Here are the other two yellow blocks I did for the Textile Museum Project


Here are all the blocks that we collected (there are a few more coming) for the Textile Museum Quilt we are doing...so excited to see how this turns out!

Beautiful Fall weather is here again!

So the cooler weather has come back (With a nice warming up in the middle of the day...so pretty much the perfect weather for Fall!) and I have, as usual, been keeping crazy busy.

All I have to remember this full Fall weekend is the sniffles and a slightly sore throat (from lack of sleep and the cooler weather I wanted) and a two pictures (one of which I stole from my sister's blog)...so I will just share with you a few of the great memories I made during this event-full weekend!

I spent the night at my parents on Thursday night (and got to see my nephews and older sister who were in town visiting) then spent Friday morning helping to set up Stilesboro Academy for Hannah's 16th Birthday Party. Friday afternoon I got a few hours in at work before changing and heading into Atlanta for a good friend's 30th birthday party! (Happy Birthday Mary Beth!) I left the party early to head back up to the 'rents because my third sister was there as well, so all four Binkley girls were together at mom and dad's on Friday night! It was great! I love my sisters more than words can say and it was so wonderful to spend a night all together!


Saturday I ran some errands, finished setting up for the party, did a wedding rehearsal, and still made it back out to Stilesboro Academy in time for the big birthday party. I wish I had pictures...the set up was great, the cake was awesome, and the birthday girl was pleased with the end result so it was a great night! (I do have a close up of my costume...you can't see the full dress, but you get to see my mask, which was pretty fan-tab-ulous if you ask me! I am so glad to have a mom involved in theater so that anything I need is only a trip to the storage unit away!!) It was a late night, but worth it, and a total blast!


Sunday was the wedding day. It was a lovely Fall wedding with pumpkins and fall colors...truly beautiful and a perfect day for it! I was even out the door after clean up before 10:30 so that was nice because I was able to spend a few moments with Kev before falling asleep and starting a new work week Monday morning.

Where did the Fall weather go?

Today I am willing the wonderful, cool, crisp, fall weather to come back.
It has decided to be hot here again, and I was ready for the Fall!!



Here is to the hope that pretending like it is cool weather time (I am listening to Christmas music today on Pandora, and wearing winter boots.) will trick the weather into getting cooler again!!

(Although, I did take advantage of the beautiful and warm weather on Saturday...I will share more on that later!)

Georgia Textile Museum Quilt Project

I wanted to share my 12 1/2" blocks that I finished last night for the AtlMQG project we are doing for the Georgia Textile Museum, before I turn them in on Sunday.

I had fun with them, and may try to get another one (in pale yellow) done if I have the time before our meeting.

Lots going on here, even more than usual, but nothing I can talk about here. Please just keep Kev & me in your prayers-that we will have the wisdom and strength needed for whatever happens.

(I know that is annoying to ask for prayer and not say what for, I always thought when people had a prayer request they should give all the details so we would know how to pray, but I really can't on this one!! You can always call me for details if you want. I just don't think I should put them online! Sorry world wide web, I love you and all, but there is a time and place for everything...and this is not one of those things that you can be a part of!)

Fall is here...

It has finally started to feel like Fall here in GA!!

The weather has cooled down and it feels wonderful!

Friday evening Kev and I went to Atlanta to watch the Braves!! It was fun, but cold!! (I had on shorts, but thankfully had a little sweater with me to at least stay kinda warm!!)


Saturday I put out our Halloween decor, took Kevin to the airport, (He is hiking the Grand Canyon and then visiting Zion National Park with his best friend from grade school!) ran a few errands, did a wedding rehearsal and then hung out (and spent the night) with Mare. (It was fun, but I have got to remember to get some sleep before I work a wedding, I was exhausted on Sunday!!)

Sunday I worked a wedding for an adorable couple: Caleb and Amy. The wedding had a Fall/Vintage theme and I loved it. (The cake toppers were two too cute owls, my sister Mary would absolutely LOVE them!!)



Monday night I worked on the quilt back for the baby quilt top I had finished Thursday night. (I didn't end up making it to the shower because I had to be at the wedding early, but I guess that is a good thing since I hadn't finished the present yet!!) Now I need to decide how I want to quilt it and deliver it to the mom-to-be!!

Another busy weekend and week....

On Friday afternoon I got off work early and drove up to Cartersville to meet with Hannah and Eva as we work on the plans for her 16th birthday masquerade party. I think this is going to be a fun one!!(Check out the cool old building she is having it at! I love it!)


After that meeting I went by the civic center where they were having a quilt show (I went right as they were closing, so all I had time for was to quickly run through and get a few pictures.) There was a wide variety of styles and patterns on display. I just love quilts!!







Late Friday evening was the rehearsal and then all day was spent at Stonewall Manor for the wedding of Erin and Justin Gravitt. It was a beautiful day! (Here is their cake!)


Sunday my mom came over and we did some rearranging and clearing out of "stuff"...I still have more to do, and I need to hang some of the artwork we rearranged, but it feels good to have a change.
(Friday I found this pillow at TJ Maxx, and I wanted to buy it something fierce...but it was pretty expensive & I had already blown the budget on a gorgeous gray winter wool coat! (I will show pic's when I have the weather needed to wear it!!) I need to find some similar fabric, so I can make some pillows for our couch!)


Monday evening on my way home I saw this beauty! (It was amazing, so bright and you could see it all the way from one side to the other-with a faint double in there as well!! I had stopped at the grocery store on my way home and everyone was in awe and snapping photos with their phones! It really made me smile, not only because of the beautiful & amazing rainbow, but also because of the reaction from everyone-young and old alike-when seeing it!)


Then I worked on getting some fabric cut and sewn together for a baby quilt...I need it for a shower this weekend! Yikes! We will see if I get it done in time!!


Tuesday I went to Andi's for a "Girls night in" party and we dyed some doilies that Nicole had picked up, and did some Sharpie tye-dye. (We all got a little high off of the fumes-but it was fun!!) I did my tye-dye work on a piece of white fabric...I am not sure what I want to do with it yet..maybe a mini quilt back, or I can fussy cut out the designs and use it in a quilt!

Life...& what has been keeping me away!

I don't mean to be bad at this whole blogging thing, I really do have great intentions, but apparently I just don't have enough time to get everything done that I like to think it possible!! (Just check out my wedding blog...I haven't posted ONE THING since my first post-I really have so much to say, just no time to type it up and post it!!)

Life has been keeping me really busy, with some fun times enjoying our "vacation", some long drives (see uhaul pic below), work, saying yes to even more projects that are added to my overcrowded "to do" list, fabric shopping (I just can't say no to a good deal!!), tv watching (So excited for all the Fall shows that are back-Glee, Vampire Diaries and The Big Bang Theory are my 3 favs!!) and of course weddings!! (Fall is a big wedding season!!)

I love my life, but I could really use more time-I just don't know what it is that I would give up to make more time!! I like everything that I do...and really just want to keep adding more on!! I wish I could give up some sleep, but I can't function if I don't get enough sleep, so that one can't go by the wayside!!



Over the 2nd weekend in Sept, Mom, Dad, Travis, Kevin and I drove up to Indy and back to move some of my grandparent's furniture/etc. down here since they are moving into a small apartment. (We left around 7:30AM on Saturday, and got back to C-ville and returned the Uhaul trailer by 6PM on Sunday-I think we spent as much or MORE time in the car than we did in Indy!!) (There is a too funny MIRACLE story that goes along with this weekend as well. Friday night we loaded up our living room furniture and drove it up to Kelsey & Travis' house near Chattanooga. When we got there around 11PM we saw that we were missing a couch cushion. Kev figured we just left it at our house, but I was pretty sure it was on the side of the road somewhere. There wasn't really anything we could do about it at this point, and we had to get up early the next morning and drive up to Indy, so we were just PRAYING it was at home!! Mary called us Saturday morning on her way down to Marietta and so we told her to keep an eye out for it just in case...she was in a hurry and said she wouldn't have time even if she did see it. A few minutes later she called back to say she had found the cushion!! She had seen it nearly immediately after getting off the phone and so she went back to get it. (She was on I75 mind you, so she had to go around to the other side of the Hwy to get it and then loop back around to go back the way she was needing to go!!) It truly is a miracle that she happened to call right before driving by it, so that she would know and remember to look for it, that she saw it, and that it was perfectly fine! (It spent the night on the side of the Interstate, but thankfully it didn't rain that night!) Kels sprayed it with Lysol and Fabreze so that she wouldn't be weird-ed out about using it!! Praise God for the little miracles that come our way!!


(My green fingernails!! I painted them green last weekend because green was a big part of the wedding I did last weekend at Stonewall Manor. I thought it was a nice way to blend in with the wedding!!)




Fabric scraps I stuffed into a bag from Tiny Stitches in Marietta.
(It was $5 a bag for as much as you could stuff in there of these little scraps!) I needed some yellow and brown scraps for one of those extra "to do list" projects I added recently and then just stuffed as much of the other cute fabric scraps I could in there!! I really love a good challenge!!
(I also went over to Hancock Fabrics and got some great fabric from their sale rack as well. Now I have been busy washing it all...I am not looking forward to all the ironing I now have to do!!)