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I can't believe it is December already. I have been so busy with making samples for the Quilted Lily that I haven't gotten any thing made for myself.

I went on vacation to Ohio the last two weeks in November. It was too long but yet too short. I had 3 thanksgiving dinners, got to spend some time with my friend Ann in Amish county. That was the only time that I got to do any sewing. The picture I'm posting is what I started while visiting with Ann. I finally got it finished today. sure seems like there was a lot of work to get it from sart to finish.

The other picture is of my oldest son Parnelli and his girls: Shelby (20) and Bailey (16). and then there is the visiters that we had in our back yard a weekk ago.

I am going to be having carpitunnel surgery on the 14th. then maybe I will be able to go without surgery for a while. I am going to try to update more often. I just need to slow down and do it atleast a couple times a month.

Fall is finally here.

I have been busy working on several different things since I last posted. I have a couple of pictures that I will post. Plus I have some great pictures of my sewing room.

The thanksgiving wall hanging is all needle turn applique. I have been working on it off and on for a couple months. I'm in the process of quilting it now, hen i will go to the Quilted Lily to hang in the store. The other is Bright Christmas by Patrick Lose. It is hanging in the store to help kick off Party with Patrick that we are going o start in November.

I have also finishe hand quilting my Liberty wall hanging I will post a picture after I get it hung.

Guess that is it for now. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Fall is on it's way

It is hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of fall. It is starting to cool down a little bit but when it decides to rain it is still very humid.

I have been very busy working on samples for The Quilted Lily. That is the quilt store that I go to twice a week just to get out of the house and I also teach class there occasionally.

I'm so looking forward to Thanksgiving. I am going to go to visit my kids and friends the last 2 weeks of November. I think I might have Michael talked into flying up after me and staying a week. I will be cooking dinner at Parnelli's house and then probably doing the following day at Mario's for left overs. I'm sure that it will be very cold (at least to me) while I am there. The last time I was there 6 years ago for Thanksgiving it was snowing.

I guess I had better get busy and try to at least put away the stuff I brought home from the quilt store.

Happy Birthday to ME

Today I turn 61. I can remenber a time when I thought 30 was old now I am way over that and so are my children.

I have been working on a few things. A Thanksgiving wall hanging for the store. I read the book "Aloha Quilts" and fell in love with the way they are made so I have started one of those. I am also knitting a hat and fingerless gloves for Mike. Yes it does get cold here in the winter.

My shoulder is doing better but due to some staph infections that I can't seem to get rid of I have not been able to continue my PT. I have been on antibiatics off and on for the last 2+ months and they are totally kicking my butt. They finally started me on one for Mersa and it has done the trick and I am starting to feel better.

We are having a lot of rain here, usually in the afternoon and evenings. Still in the 90's during the day so I don't go out side much. It just wears me down.

We are hopefully going to go to Ohio for Thanksgiving. I am so looking forward to it.

Well that is alll for now I will post some new pixs when I get something finished.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

I have been very busy since I posted last. Back and forth to the doctors and PT. Only one more PT appointment and then that is done.

I have been working on my niece's quilt. I have one more border to put on then I just need to make sure I have enough fabric for the backing. I have also done a couple samples for the store and have some others to get done before Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I decided that I should sew together the DJ block that has been laying here for over a week. I have also been hand quilting my Liberty Garden wall hanging that I have had done since 2000.

I'm working on probably too many projects at the same time but I get bored so easily that I have to jump around. Eventually I will get something finished that belongs to me and not someone else.

It has been really hot here the past week. So I am staying in as much as possible. Busy week next week then everything should be back to normal. We are looking forward to our vacation in September.

Every one try to stay cool.

Finished another one

This is a Halloween quilt sample that I made for the shop. I also did a table runner that I didn't take a picture of. I am going to change it up a little and make one for fall and Christmas.

Today I got out a UFO that I finished appliquing in 2003. It is the first applique wall hanging I had done. I have it pin basted and have started hand quilting it. Boy am I ever rusty when it comes to hand quilting. I have a DJ triangle cut out but haven't had enough concentration to work on it. Maybe in a couple days.

I hope every one has a great week.

second consignment quilt

I am dropping this baby quilt off at the quilt store today. It is the second consignment quilt in 2 weeks. I can't wait to see what she might have for me today.

I have been working on my DJ blocks. Tuesday I got 2 blocks, 1 corner triangle and 2 triangles made. Last night I made another triangle and cut one out. It is about time I go excited about completeing something. I have made Tues. my DJ day. Wed is PT day and what ever I feel like doing and Thursday is working on other projects.

Girls are leaving

It doesn't seem possible that they have been here 3 weeks already. I hope that they had fun while they were here. There really is not a lot to do atound here that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

We will be leaving in a couple hours to go to Orlando to spend the night and maybe we will get to do something there before they leave tomorrow early afternoon.

Montage Medley

The local quilt store that I sometimes teach at comissioned me to make this as a sample for a new fabric line. It looks really hard but in truth it is not. There are no HST's. all the blocks are made from a 9.5 in. square. The design comes from the way it is laid out on the fabric. So all the squares are on the bias.

Took me probably two full days to make from start to finish. I think the hardest part was trying to figure out how to lay out the blocks.

Tuesday, June 7th 2011

Bailey will be arriving around 2:oo this afternoon. (Granddaughter_

My PT has been going great. Just one more week with the sling on then the hard PT starts. I haven't been able to do much since I can't use my hand, but I have started a Yoyo acent pillow that I saw in a magizine a few months ago and I have started working on my Dear Jane blocks again.

I started the DJ quilt in 2003 with a group of other women from an online group that we all belonged to. Margaret had a great idea for a support goup for us that have just put it away. Sometimes it helps to work on something that others are working on. Things go a little farther then they would have and you get the support for those days that everything seems to go wrong.

I have 92 center blocks done and 1 corner triangle. I have started working on the triangle blocks along with the rest of the center blocks since there seems to be about as many of them as center blocks. I will post a picture of what I have done maybe over the weekend. The bad thing about the blocks that I have left to do is that they are all paper pieced or done by hand. And anyone that knows me knows that I hate paper piecing.

Got to finish getting ready to leave for the airport. It is a 2 hour drive, my sister is driving me because I am still not allowed to drive that far on my own.

I hope every one has a wonderful day. I know that I will.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

It has been almost 6 weeks since I had my shoulder surgery. Since I am not allowed to do any thing except PT there has not been any sewing, beading or anything else done. so I am getting very bored. I started doing some yoyo's today to make a throw pillow. It is going to be in black and white. Will post a picture after I get all of them made and start laying them out.

My Grandaughter Bailey and her friend Katie will be here in the 7th to stay for a month, so I have been doing what I can with one hand to get the room ready for them. That means shoving the quilt frame against the windows to make room for their bed. I am really excited about them coming. I'm sure we will have a wonderful time. I wll still be doing PT twice a week while they are here but that is not going to be a problem.

I will post more when I get something else to post.

April 24, 2011

Well it has been a month since I posted anything. My health has not been great the last month. I am going for surgery in my shoulder next Friday the 29th. I am hoping that will take care of hat problem. My granddaughter Bailey and a friend are coming next month to spend a month with me. We are all excited about that.

I have been working on somethings including getting the red and black quilt done, took a beading cleass, gave a bargello class and I have been working on my bargello. I bouth the book when I was in Ohio last June. I am almost half way done.

March 23,2011

Finally got this Christmas Block of the month almost done. Just can't decide if I should

put another border on it or not. Then just need to quilt it by hand. Bought this in 2004 in Lancaster, Ohio.

March 20, 2011

Boy does time sure fly. It seems like I haven't gotten much accomplished but I have been trucking along the best that I can when I can get a little bit of the pain under control.
The pictures I have added this time are of my first bargello and the next class that I will be teaching at the quilt shop in Vero. And a lighthouse curtain that a friend of mine wanted me to make for her.

I almost have my christmas BOM done. I have 3 more blocks to put the sahsings on then just need to put them together, add a border or two and quilt it.

I have been working since November on my Granddaughters quilt that she was to get for chrismas last but it has become the quilt form you know where. Hopefully I will be able to get it done soon.

Until next time every one have a great day.

Feb. 2, 2011

Not much to report. We have had another cold winter, killing most all of our plants and one tree. I have daffidills popping up throught the ground, the cooler temps have been good for them. as soo as the bloom I will post a picture.

Finally finished cutting and sewing together the strips for my bargello quilt. I will start cutting for rows probably Monday.

Went to the pain management doctore on the 1st. he gave me a low dose of moraphine tablets to take for a month and sent me for an MRI of my right shoulder. Started taking the pills this morning but after 2 pills today still not much change. maybe it will take a few days to get in my system.

Will post pictures of the bargello when I start putting them together.

Still working on my block of the month christams quilt from 2004. only have 3 or 4 more blocks to go. will post pictures soon.

Jan. 14, 2011

Happy New Year!!! Just a little late but this is the first chance that I have had to post any thing. I have started a Christmas block of the month that I bought in 2004 and never started. I already have 5 blocks done. They are all needle turn applique. I have set several goals for the new year. I just have to make myself stick to it.

I still have one quilt to quilt and get mailed out that was supposed to be a christmas present. They know something is coming but doesn'tknow what it is.

I tought my first quilting class on the 4th. I am finishing that up today and then onward and upward.