wednesday's delight

My ALL MINE QUILT is complete.

I may not have finished much this summer, but I am thrilled to have this one done!

the colors are pretty intense in the sunlight!
I just realized my crazy shadow on that photo above. I look like a VERY TALL statue....

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But this one shows the color spot on. Thanks again Kathie for starting me on this gift!

And WOW!

How about that moon last night!

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goodies!~

One last day to comment for The GIVEAWAY! Click link at right!

Hubby came out today with all my goodies that get sent to the city! I have some more REDS!! yippeee! Hubby is so great that he dug out my scrap reds for me. He thinks it made him sound "Trained" that he'd do that for me (on the blog.)
I said, it's just because he's such a great husband!

I sent my ALL MINE Quilt off to be quilted. I'm so thrilled to have it back. Now I'll bind it and be snuggle dup in my scrappy memories! I love the feathers all over it. I'll show the whole thing to you all when it's done.

PIXIEDUST BLOCKS! Look at these lovelies!
Top LEft, Anne's block,Sarah's Block,
and bottom, Rachael's Block

Amanda Jean is showing her studio space all nice and neat and tidy. I thought I'd be brave and show mine when it's in complete disarray. This is my Painting studio at my house, which for now has been turned into a sewing room for the summer. my REAL studio is in NYC.
This room is pretty small and I have 6 tops that I am rotating working on at once...
You can see I have all my Art stuff, canvases shoved into a corner, frames are tucked here and there, drawings laying out where they won't get squashed...and then all my fabric...

it won't look like this by the end of today. I finally have a day to do a little work...
And since this room is so small, i go out my sliding doors and lay everything on the lawn.
(when it is not raining!)

UPDATES:
Also. So many of you did the 9 patch gather with me last year, the quilt was donated to be sold for Love without boundaries, helping children in China who need medical care so that they can then be adopted to families... (see old posts here ) The money raised from that quilt has helped two children so far. And I wanted to update you as to what has been happeneing!
First: Meet Dessie!

I received a short update indicating Dessie received heart surgery today. The update did not include details, but did say the surgery was successful! I have asked for more information and post surgery photos. I will update you again as soon as I receive any more information.

I did receive a few new before surgery photos of Dessie. They are attached. Isn't she precious!

Thank you so much for supporting Dessie and giving her this opportunity for a healthy heart!

Anne Little
Heart Surgery Coordinator
Love Without Boundaries Foundation
http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/



Thanks again quilt bloggers for all your help!

ALL MINE

So, here's the story on this one.
Awhile back I offered up a bag of scraps to try to manage my overflowing bins of scraps.... Kathie at inspiredbyantiquequilts, snatched them up and started making these crumb tumblers from the scraps, and I just couldn't believe it. They were so beautiful looking at all the memories of those scraps, it was a little shocking how moved I was.

Low and behold, She then made this small top with the green tumblers and it arrived back in my mailbox.

All those scraps? Came from making clothes and quilts for B over the years,

Eye spy anyone?

So guess what?


This is mommy's lap quilt now. MINE MINE MINE.
I used all my favorite fabrics and colors to finish off what kathie started...
I stayed up til 1am last night finishing all those little triangles. I just couldn't wait to get it done...

And now I can look at it and recall so many wonderful memories for years to come.

Thank you, so much Kathie!

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