Thangles

I've got 11 of the 12 thangles blocks finished. Next weekend I'll get the final block and setting kit and put this one together.

In Memory of Chase Austin Ruffner

The infant son (4 months old) of a young Christian couple in our community suddenly passed away yesterday afternoon.. No known health issues. Evidently he stopped breathing while taking an afternoon nap. Please pray for the parents, grandparents, and 3 year old sister. If you would like to contribute to his memorial fund to help them with the burial costs click on the icon below.

I finished the quilting on this quilt. Love it. The back is pretty neat also. Click on it to enlarge and you can see the quilting design and the signatures.

Leaves and acorns

I am making good progress on quilting using the Autumn Oaks pantograph. It is pretty dense but really fairly easy. As you can see my co-workers signed the back of the quilt with their retirement congrats. I am very happy with the results so far.

Top Finished

Met my goal to get it finished before I go to bed!

random thoughts

You can never go back. I often find myself wishing for the past. Simpler times. Some events prompt these thoughts. One such event - we celebrated the 60th birthday of a dear friend last night. The picture slide show took me back....the friendships, the dear ones who have gone on, the simple lives we led. Where sitting outside with friends was a normal way to pass the evening hours in the summer. Playing rook, riding in Cade's Cove, church - Sunday morning, Sunday evening, Wednesday evening, Friday night football, I could go on and on. Yes, we have more material things now - better cars, nicer homes, more money to spend....but some relationships are gone. Some have changed. Makes me sad. But, you can't go back. Hard for me sometimes. I'm not complaining. I know I am very blessed. Maybe just wanting to say - choose your steps carefully, you can never go back and change your footprints.

New projects

The fall quilt is one my friend, Wanda, made. I needed some quilting practice so I quilted it for her using the "Lithe" pantograph and Mother Goose thread. The table runner is one I stitched up today. The picture doesn't do it justice; it is really pretty.

Custom Quilted

I finished the scrap quilt. Well, actually I still have one side to bind but wanted to get a picture while it was still daylight. I did lots and lots of custom quilting on this one, practicing my skills. My feathers are pretty bad. Guess that means I need more practicing!

TV Stand

Back a few weeks ago we got a new TV. I gave away our old entertainment center and the old TV after I hurt my back lifting it. We ordered a new TV stand. It is awesome and was unbelieveably easy to to put together. I love it! In one of these pictures you can see how it folds open. Cool, huh? Easy to put together, good quality, looks good, and delivered to my door with no shipping costs or tax. Can't beat that.

Scrap Quilt Progress

I finished the scrap quilt top. Now, to get it quilted.

Know why I love hardwood floors?

The short answer is because they are easy to clean.

The long answer is because when your hunter kitty slips past you with his maimed bunny rabbit catch who is dripping blood and who hops from the back door, through the living room, through the dining room, through the kitchen, to the back hallway and back to the kitchen, the blood splatters are easy to remove with your handy-dandy Shark steam mop!

A nice bed

Cats and quilts. They go together like peanut butter and jelly. No, that isn't a "real" quilt on the machine, it is my practice piece. So, I let Jesse get up there and go to sleep. Looks comfy.

Quilting History Book

One of the blogs I follow (great one - MaryQuilts) organizes her quilting in folders on her blog site. I wanted to share how I capture my quilting experience. The pictures show my quilt book, the introductory page, how I sometimes add fabric scraps, slide "thank you" notes inside the sleeve with the picture and description of the quilt. Sometimes I just love to look through my book and remember all the fun stuff I've made. The quilt on the cover isn't one of mine. It is a "hope to, one day" quilt.

Wedding Gift

I couldn't remember if I had ever posted a picture of this quilt. The pattern was from a book called "Cookies and Quilts" but I don't remember the name of it. I used the Lithe pantograph for the quilting. I finished it some time ago, but didn't want to post a picture just in case the recipient happened to go to my blog. I gave it to her yesterday and she really liked it.