Snow

December for the last week and a half has been non-stop snow. I can't belive how much has fallen in such a short time!. We were not able to go to DSIL Diane's house on Christmas eve-we had to work that night and the snow would not permit even going for a short time! We have one car to use as the other one is buried under four feet of show and even if we dug it out, it would never make it down the alley.
Well, I have been making Happy blocks for the newest Heartstrings project and made a QOV top to quilt and send to Alycia with Heartstrings for her 400 quilt for the soldiers project. It is something very happy and creative to focus on. I also am going to package up some of my quilt tops and send to Cricket for her Annie's house project. She brings them to the house for homeless women and they tie them and then use them for thier house. Great causes all! So over all, I am frustrated with the snow, but happy to have quilting and giving to others to focus on.

oops

I meant to title this October-Almost over already, but I hit a wrong button, and it posted before I could write! The quilt show was as always wonderful, and by Sunday afternoon, I was ready to be done. I bought some very noce batiks, so I'm making a batik scrappy, and will have enough for another batik project later. I also bought some hand dyed marbled fabric-costly, but nice and I made a wall hanging with it-waiting to quilt it. I bought a pattern for an origami kimono quilt that I will make a wall hanging with-then of course, I had to go to the fabric store for more Asian fabrics to fill out the choices of fabrics for the wall hanging.
I have only finished two quilts this month! And I haven't listed anything on etsy for awhile. I did give my sister in law three quilts to give to some needy kids she knows. Another family got torn apart by meth abuse. The two girls are living with their gram, and next door to my sis, so we gave them each a quilt. I'll post the pix later. My turquoise Heart strings went to an 11 year old girl with leukemia. She is over in Seattle getting chemo treatments, so the quilt will keep her warm and comforted. I hope and pray she will come through it ok.
Our water bed sprung a leak a couple days ago, so now Shara and I are dealing with that. We have to order a new bed, and a pump to get all the water out of the old one. What a mess! I think our bedroom carpeting is ruined-the bed leaked all over the floor. And it smells very bad too! So, we will have to sleep wherever we can! My weekend will be spent cleaning up the basement. I will make time for my quilting, because I can't keep sane without it!

October-Almost over

Quilts For Quilt Show in October

I have been busy getting lots of quilts finished for the show in October, some new ones for etsy, and some to give to Hospice House and Sally House.

At this time, I want to show the ones I'm putting in the Show.

The Mariner's Compass is at last quilted. I taught myself to do fre mothin feather's before I tried it on the actual quilt. It has a feather border and feathers around the compass.

I am also showing a paper foundation pieced heart quilt, The pattern is from Feb 2008 Quiltmaker magazine. I got the magazine in Dec 2007-when I was in the middle of sewing Chritmas gifts. It motivated me to get them done so I could make this quit!

Backyard Birdhouses is another one that is paper foundation pieced. The pattern is from a book I checked out at the wsq library. It was alot of fun to make.

The Pines and Vines Sampler is from a pattern of the month club I belong to. I love the varitey of patterns and techniques it has.

New Pictures,2

Time for New Pictures again. First, the memory quilt of Brindle is done. We do miss him and there will never be another dog like him. We do enjoy shring the memories. I was not able to get puppy pictures on the quilt of him. The quality of the ones I had was not too good as they were pre-digital. (How did we survive without a digital camera?).

Here is the quilt and some detailed pictures. The one at the top of the quilt is my very favorite of him.

I want to include some pictures of the other two dogs in our lives-Boxer, who is an 8 year old Akita. He seems to miss Brindle, but is enjoying his new companion. Walter is the new dog we got after Brindle died. He is sure alot of fun, and we love him. He is an Aussie/Springer mix. We miss Brindle, and the two we have now are appreciated all the more because of our loss.

The first picture here os of Boxer-he is about 85 lbs.

The next picture os of Walter-he is around 45 lbs

Busy start for May

Another month come and gone! This month, we went through some changes-a loss and a new member of the family. Our 10yr old dog Brindle was ill, so we took him to the vet. He was found to have a tumor with mets to the liver. After several days of agonizing whether to let him have surgery or not, we decided to let him go. We put him to sleep on may 7th.
We also got another dog that same week. This one is an Aussie mix like the older one. He's alot of fun and definately a puppy! I'll post some pictures some time soon.
Of course, quilting always gets involved one way or another, so I started a memory quilt of Brindle. I'll post a pix when it is done.
My finished quilts have been slowed down now for awhile, but I hope to have the angel cat one done and on the etsy site for sale soon. Also finishe the paper pieced dragon one.
Well peace out until later!
Mary

New Pictures!

Ok! I have some new pictures to share.

First, a look at a work in progress. It is from the book "Cute as a Button Quilts".

Since I'm on a cat quilt phase, I'm making Purr-fect Angels

Second, a crumb quilt I plan to donate to Sallie House-the home for children who are displaced from their homes as a result of abuse. I try to donate one or two quilts for this at each of my guild's meetings.

Third, I have my turquoise strings quilt done at last. Now I have to figure out who to give it to. I'll look locally first, but I can always give to Heartstrings Project for them to decide where it should go.

Last, I have my Dog and Cat Scrappy quilt done, and I'm posting it and another quilt on etsy today.

Wow...I've been busy since my machine was fixed!

Mary