Good Books

Every night...

when the work is done...

and the kids are tucked in...

I like to sit and read!!!

 

This book has caught me!

I may need to curl up during the daytime too!!!

 

This historical novel unveils the private lives

of the Lincolns from

their white house days

to the end of Mary Todd Lincoln's life.

It's told from the perspective of

the First lady's confidante and friend,

Her dressmaker Elizabeth Keckley.

 

What have YOU been reading???

I'm always looking for a good READ!

 

 

Number 5

I was able to get the 5th

orphan block quilt top together!!!

 

This one has the feel of SPRING!!!

Flowers...gardens....houses....butterflies!!!

I have really enjoyed finding blocks that

kind of  GO TOGETHER!

Using these donated ORPHAN blocks!

 

There are some oddballs in the group....

but doesn't that make life a quilt interesting????

Thanks to YOU!!!!

We now have FIVE beautiful,

unique, full of LOVE QUILTS!!!

 

I hope to quilt them soon

and get them sent off

to the quilt drive for SANDY victims!!!

 

Thank YOU for being so generous!!!

 

 

 

Happiness

Happy.

My daughter picked up a needle and thread this week!

They look kind of like snowflakes!

Happy.

I get to babysit sweet granddaughter.

It's a JOY even though my design floor

(behind her in the photo)

Never stays PUT!!

;/

 

Happy.

Serving a lunch twice a month at church

to senior citizens always

puts a smile on MY face!

Happy.

My new recipe for chicken turned out!!!

 

I didn't even try it out BEFORE serving it to others!!!

;)

Happy.

There was enough for everyone!!!

Happy.

Someone made these little jello molds!

Almost TOO beautiful to EAT!

 

Happy Friday to YOU!!!.

 

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Almost THERE!

I'm adding a pretty green binding on my dump and sew today.

I think it kind of goes with that little bit of green

used in the backing fabric.

And...

I LIKE green!

I also like BIRDS!

I AM jumping AHEAD of myself a bit!

 

See?

I'm not even DONE with the quilting!

and look at that!!!

I missed a SPOT!!!

LOL!!!

That's O.K.

 

Having the BINDING on will make traveling

and quilting

less FUZZY!!!

Wool batting seems to cling to ME!!!

The GREEN binding fabric

is one my FOUND FABRICS!!!

 

Found fabrics are those that you SPY

when you LEAST expect it!!

When you're NOT looking for fabric!!!

 

This one was a SHEET in it's prior life!!!

 

A little more quilting...

A little more stitching to get the binding on....

A little more TIME with one of my

FAVORITE quilts!!!!

Heartfelt quilt

One Heartfelt Charity quilt

IN PROGRESS!!!

In other words.....

All spread out on my living room floor!! ;)

 

I'm using orphan blocks from YOU

and loving the way

this quilt says "WE CARE"!!!

 

It needs some FINE tuning...

but I think it's going to be

A WINNER!!!

 

Don't you??

 

It's AMAZING to me

how quilt blocks from

ALL over the world

 can COME TOGETHER

in such a cohesive way!!!!

Home again!

I just returned from a ***wonderful*** family trip!

We spent a long weekend

In La Quinta, Ca.

There were 5 of us who had to

SQUEEZE into our van

for the drive....

 

Five people

PLUS duffle bags and food!!!

We were packed to the GILLS!!!

But....

I still NEEDED some projects to work on, right??

right!!!

 

The above photo shows the projects I brought!

 

I worried that after squeezing it ALL IN

I wouldn't have time to work on them!

 

But...

I did!!!

 

Between tennis, hiking, cooking, swimming.....

 

During REST TIME...

I did some weaving!!!

 

I'm so glad I took my loom!

 

Then I hand stitched the binding on this one!

 

Last, but not least,

I made progress on this handquilted treasure!'

My dump and sew quilt! ;)

The END is in sight friends!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

 

I was so pleased to get things done

WITHOUT a sewing machine!

 

Hey!!!

We even had another family picture taken!!!

 

Two pictures of everyone together within 2 weeks!!!

THAT won't happen again!!!

;)

 

 

Purple Pinwheels

Here's my very first finish for 2013!

A quilt that began ONLY because

someone gave me her leftover triangles

from a quilt she had made!

I began by sewing them into pinwheels...

and kept going!!!

I RARELY know where a quilt is going to take me!

It's always an ADVENTURE!!!

 

I DID learn while making this quilt...

that pinwheels LIKE to go the same way!

Hopefully I'll put my thinking cap on

the next time I attempt pinwheels.

:/

You'll notice MINE don't GO the same way!

Ah well.....

I marched on and finished it!

I doubt the new owner will have

ANY idea the mistake I made!!!

LOL!!!

 

Pretty vines!

Loop-de-loop lines in the quilting!

and.....

Almost READY to give away!!!

 

I'll be stitching the binding down this week!

 

We're getting away as a family

RIGHT before

school, work and schedules!!!

 

Have a great weekend!