Sounds like a wonderful experience! So happy for you and I'm sure your DH is by your side guiding the process for you. :)

Shirting is just wonderful to work with. It's so soft and smooth. I wish, like woven plaids, there were more of them in the stores these days. But this quilt is inspirational and fits right in with the theme of Bonnie Hunter's new book about gleaning fabric from recycled shirts. I hope this isn't a bit of a threadjack but, after all, I'm sure those Civil War era wives and sweethearts were saving and reusing every scrap they could. Here is a link that might be useful: Scraps and Shirttails

Wisrose, I don't know if this will work, but I just added a link to flickr so you can go see a bigger pic. This is actually my 3rd GOG, and I am loving it! The only thing that I find a 'bummer' is when the grout bleeds under the glass, so when gluing your glass pieces on the glass itself, you have to make sure you put glue on the edges or this will happen, it still looks pretty good though, and I guess the more we do the better at it we get! Just click on the word "flickr" and there click on the pic and to see it even bigger click on "all sizes" on top! Here is a link that might be useful: flickr

Big hugggs!! I too hope your BF can get a parenting plan soon and will do something to move it faster. Your lives, your family time will be much more relaxing if he does. Your story sounds too familiar. This too happened to my brother at about age 6 of his daughter. BM was so controlling. There was no parenting plan, but of course a child support order. His wife was at her wits end. He didn't want to set clear boundaries with BM in fear that she would take his child away. He let her tell him when he could see his daughter, on her terms, which ended up almost being never. She refused to allow his wife, my SIL who actually was never a threat to their daughter at all. Only a threat to BM in BMs mind. She would call and call. She demanded this and that. So finally he gave up. He just decided his daughter was not worth all of the fighting and the turmoil from BM. He didn't stand up to her and my SIL was do fed up with HIM allowing this woman to control him and his family just to see his child a few times a year. Now she is 15 and she is a bitter teen who thinks her dad walked out on her. No doubt thanks to her mom. She was alienated from our entire family. He had no means to fight for parental rights. He regrets it but until she is older and maybe the bitterness has worn off, he is not in her life except for the occassional medical bill and a text needing to ask a question about something. I hope for your BF and SDs sake that he sets clear boundaries. Gets a parenting plan in place and enforces it. She can't do anything to him that she isn't already doing. She is already making him and you miserable. She is winning! Your SD is worth it for him to take off work to fight for his rights! I also think counseling for you would be beneficial. Especially since you may be pregnant. Remember during pregnancy your hormones are going crazy directions and you may be overly emotional about sensitive subjects. Or even not so sensitive subjects ... Counseling is a wonderful resource for me. A lot of people think I am wack for even talking about therapy. 'only crazy people go to therapy'. Absolutely not true. I'm more sane than anyone I know because I did what I needed to do. I sought help. I fixed my inner issues that weren't brought on by me. I learned to forgive, which is a very powerful tool. And to relax. To thank my blessings big or small. To see a different perspective. It helped me so much and it's a great release. It's confidential and I don't have to worry about being judged if I show a weakness. Check it out. At least it may help to clear up anything inside your head that you can't deal with with anyone else. Good luck! Don't give up, take care of you and those babies. If your BF is interested try couples therapy. Maybe hearing from someone else what a disservice he is doing to you as his partner, that might make him realize what he needs to do. Giving up on his daughter should not be an option for him though.