a two day glimpse.

as promised...

mister jackson's 1st day of school pic.

gotta ♥ that smirk.

yall know the one...

the "do you HAVE to take my picture & put it on your blog" smirk.

yeah...everything is blogable in the griffith house.

i've been sketching like my life depends on it.

and i took these 26 lovelies and hacked them to bits!!!
{for the cottage quilting bee.}

and for those inquiring minds...
fabrics=arabella by pat sloan for p&b textiles.

p.s. only 19 more days until my birthday!!!

yayyy!!!

bees & news.

this little lovely is for tina.

this block made me fall in love with the red & yellow combo.

this hot little number is for barb.

all i could think about was watermelons while i worked on this.

{i hate watermelons but i heart this block.}

this spiffy block is for adina.
i love the color scheme here.

i could make a dozen quilts with it.

this amazing block is for john.
you have no idea how much i LOVE these fabrics.

they are SO soft. SO soft.

maybe john will just give me this quilt when it's finished.

{a girl can dream can't she???}

this nifty block is also for john.
he picks the best fabrics to play with!!!
not. even. joking.

and last...
this starry block is for donna.
i love this block...alot.

i'm SUPER glad to have these blocks done.
i hope that they are all loved.

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okay...so i have good news & bad news.
i'll tell yall the bad news first...

the bad news:
my SUPER awesome news has to be postponed until next week.
sorry yall.

the good news:
trust me when i say yall need to stop by tomorrow.
just trust me.

another productive day.

these rainbow blocks are for ashley ann.

aren't they fun?!?

she told us to make whatever blocks we wanted.

i went completely improv...and i like them!!!

and this wuthering heights house block is for carolyn.

{it's not really called that, but it SO reminds me of the book.}

these blocks are for cottage quilting bee. {for may.}

so that's one bee already done for the month!!!

{still have bee inspired blocks to go, but still waiting on the fabrics.}

i also quilted 4 doll quilts today!!!

...AND...

i made a little present for a quilty pal.

i'll share that as soon as i know it's in the right hands.
promise.

so there you have it...another productive day.

yayyy yayyy yayyy.

march madness: quilting bee style

see what happens when you take a little break?!?

you become productive.

well i, rachel, become productive.

i'm still taking that break...

but while my internet is being user friendly, i wanted to show yall these.

the mermaid lagoon.

made for nettie.

{this is my march block for the cottage quilting bee.}

the cat block with reversibility powers.
made for viv.
{this is another march block for the cottage quilting bee.}

and the reptilian house.
for dianah.
{this is my march block for bee inspired.}

march is also MY month for bee inspired.
i've already started getting my blocks back.

they're most beautiful pinwheel blocks EVER...man i ♥ pinwheels!!!
i wanna wait to show yall ALL of them.
so be on the lookout for those.