monday finishes

Birthday Stash! What a great gift of fabric from my friend Sherry in MN... We had a lovely time, and Boy! does she have me pegged with a gift of yummy fabrics!

I Recvd the 9 patch quilt back from Linda, I just love it. So I am now getting that binding on ASAP and shipping it off to them this week. I Really am so happy with this quilt. It looks so good.


These two Quilts, I sent off to Owen's Big sisters. One for each of them...
And some Stickers for Owen. I can't imagine what it must be like for the girls either, and thought they might need a little extra something special too.

They are going to be doing a benefit in May, perhaps I'll make another quilt for them to raffle... Anyone wanna help? ;-)



I started cutting another quilt... I had an idea, and now have changed my mind! hmmm, now to make these pieces work into something different...

Darn those Girls Scout cookies! They just have to come out a week before we go on vacation...
Boxes of them seem to disappear right before your eyes!
(and right to the hips!)

weekend ponderings

I tried to take a better picture, the light was not very good, and I made sure to crop out the top of my design wall! Tonya was worried I was putting the Bumble beans words into the quilt. Silly girl. oh well, I needed a laugh.

I was also running out the door for the weekend, so the quilt is NOT straight in the picture, but in reality it is... And there is about three more rows to be put on here... This is what I got done on Friday....

I, of course, should have been finishing some backings for the last 3 UFO's I have sitting here. But why bother...? It's so much more fun to start something new....

I'm going to be making two quilts, for two special little girls. One, may get this...

So, HMMM, trying to figure out a border for this very SWEET colored
Rays of Light quilt.
Do we like piano keys? or to much?

I'm all out of the light pink gingham... And I'm trying to make do with what I have... which is lots of green, and yellow, and little bit of hot pink...

Any other ideas?

weekend again!

Thanks to American Idol, I get a lot of sit down and hand sew time! I've been working on this for myself for about a year. I was down to just needing to quilt the borders, and I just never knew what to do with it...I finally decided to do a diagonal lattice pattern all around. I thought maybe I was nuts, as it seems like a whole lot of work, but the straight lines go very quickly. I can't wait to have this quilt finished. I've never hand quilted a quilt out quite so extensively as this one. (except for B's Gee's Bend quilt, but that was very random.... this is very sort of old fashioned...) Hey, I'm learning!



I'm also working on this today... Rays of Light quilt with Yellow, pink, and green... I know, what am I thinking! Trying to think outside the box, well, Blocks.... perhaps...

I think mostly because I am so SUN deprived I can not stand it. But also, looking forward to a best friend coming to visit, (who has a pink yellow and green room in her house), and some of the fabrics are from B's nursery curtains and crib sheets... trying to find the HAPPY in this Shitty weather... Sorry. There is no better word to use...

Thank goodness it's Friday!

As for sweet Owen, He has been managing since his surgery. They are once again going to be doing chemo for another year, and have pretty much been told that his cancer will not be cured. They are focusing on spending and enjoying every moments they will have left with him, and thanking God for whatever time that is.

No wonder I'm in a bad mood. Heartbreaking.

thursday's UFO

Remember this quilt? I asked you all for help deciding what to do with it? well. the RIGHT side one... Old post here.

BLUE GARDEN QUILT:

I'm just finished the last side of binding on this UFO. I am so happy with the way it turned out! It is becoming a favorite... I'm loving the variegated thread. It made the dark brown so much more interesting.

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Thank you so much all of you for sending some power thoughts up for my little buddy Owen. His surgery went pretty well, despite losing a lot of blood.
He's resting, recovering, and am told this is still a very iffy time. So please keep those thoughts flowing for him. thanks to all of you!

prayers

This is my friends sweet son, Owen. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers, They need all they can get right now.

Owen has been fighting cancer for the 2 years,pretty well until the last few days..He went in for an MRI yesterday, and they found an aggressive growing tumor in his brain... and they are doing surgery today at 3pm.

I've made quilts, I've donated, and prayed... It's hard to know what else you can do from so far away.

PLEASE THROW LOTS & LOTS OF HAPPY THOUGHTS OUT TO THE UNIVERSE FOR HIM TODAY!!