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How, during one of the worst droughts in South Texas history, can this beautiful Amaryllid be blooming right outside our front door? We haven't been watering that much. I guess it is just a hardier species than most. It has two beautiful blooms on it and will soon have two more.
The drought has destroyed any plants I put in my cement urn near the front porch. I finally gave up and put in some artificial plants to at least give us some color. It almost looks natural--it might fool people who don't realize that nothing else is in this kind of shape.
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I had a stack of 4.5"' squares that I had cut out for some I Spy baby quilts. I finally got around to making two quilts, and didn't have enough left over for another. So I used them for these little things. They are only 14" square, not counting the ribbons. I've heard them called "church quilts," "woobies" or "bankies" according to how juvenile the person is who describes them. Babies seem to like all the ribbon tags around the edges.
Some people are afraid that babies might get their fingers caught in the ribbon loops. These loops are 4" pieces folded in half, so they are really too big to get fingers caught, and too small to get a little fist through. If the mother has a worry about it, she can always just snip open the loops at the fold.
These quilts and "woobies" are not for any particular baby; I just wanted to have some baby gifts ready to go when another baby comes along. I have a large extended family so there will always be another baby eventually. I have the larger quilt tops done but I haven't sandwiched them or quilted them yet.
I need to make some gifts for the weddings that will be coming along, too. That's a project for later, though. I have a list of projects I want to do first. Isn't that always the case?
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