Around the Blocks

It's official! Elijah starts his new job on Monday! This is truly such a wonderful answer to our prayers. The guy is going to let him...

This is a pic of my next project. It will be a gift for later this fall. I am using Moda's Madiera charm squares and using Heather Mou...

It looks like Elijah is going to have a job at a chemical plant!! It isn't a chemist position, but it is a job!!! Thank you Lord! It ...

My trip to Louisville got postponed until tomorrow. We couldn't get Jake in to see the vet until later this afternoon. So, I finished ...

I decided to get started on quilting the Quilt of Valor (QOV) quilt I received yesterday. Volunteer piecers and long armers get together to...

I made these little cell phone covers tonight. One will go as a gift to my son's girlfriend when I go visit next week. I think she wil...

Another picture of the finished blue and white quilt. I washed and dried it so it has puckered up nicely around all the quilting. I've...

I finally finished the quilting on this one. This is the most I've ever done on one quilt. I think I used 12 bobbins of thread. Feath...

I've completed 6 rows; only 6 more to do. I am not sure that I am really getting better at this. Jim is bored silly today. He is stil...

Well, since I don't have much $$ in this blue and white quilt top, I decided to go for it and try my hand at feathers. I won't get ...

My patient has been so good that I was able to do some sewing yesterday and this morning (husband Jim had foot surgery on Monday). I am dow...

I can't wait to put this one together. The 12 Thangles blocks will be put inside star blocks and then surrounded with some other beauti...

Elijah and Katie were in for a short visit this weekend. Elijah is preaching in a church service tonight. I think 8 of the "preacher ...

Well, we finally got a tree. A new pre-lit artificial one. It has those new LED lights which are almost flourescent! It is up, but not dec...

I can't believe I haven't done any sewing today. The reason is I was captivated by a book I was reading. I don't read that muc...