OneMoreQuilt

I am having a wonderful week.  My sister is here for a visit and we are having a great time.  We are talking, eating, planning quilting projects and catching up on everything!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

As it happens, today is also my birthday!  I was fortunate enough to  see my son, my daughter-in-law, my daughter and my grandson today!  My husband and I enjoy their visits and had a great day.

Happy Quilting,
Laurel

Best Bird's Nest EverLast year on April second, I talked about using threads and scraps to help the birds.

I am a pretty frugal quilter and use up every bit of fabric and thread that I can.  I love to make scrap quilts and not only use my own scraps but several of my quilter friends save their scraps for me!!!

It feels very good to be getting back to some of my regular activities.  I love gardening and it felt really good to be able to get outside and weed one of my flower gardens.  The one I worked on is not huge but it was satisfying to be able to get it done.  We have had rain for a few days so the weeds came out easily, the sun felt wonderful, the breeze was warm and it felt great to get my hands in the dirt again!!!

My sister has finished another quilt top!!!  I am very excited that she is planning a trip to visit me and quilt this quilt.

Since the last quilt top she made disappeared from the mail and I recieved an empty box, she will not mail this one to me.   I'm sorry she experienced trouble with the mail, but I am very happy that I get a visit out of the deal!I love the idea that we will be working on this project together. 

Besides finishing her quilt, I am making a list of the other things I'd like to do while she's here.  I am feeling better and want to do more so my list is becoming so long that we probably will not be able to complete half of it !  Part of the fun is planning and my long list will at least give my sister some choices.

When I became ill and had my surgery, I knew that I would not be able to work with my longarm machine for awhile.  I worried about disappointing people who were counting on me to work on their projects.  I also knew it would be hard when people called with a new project and I would have to tell them that I was unable to finish it for them.

TurtlesI am feeling much better since the antibiotics are working to kill the nasty infection I've been fighting.  I'm feeling so good in fact that I am napping less and working more.  When I accomplish a chore or two I reward myself with some sewing.

This is the newest Quilts For Kids quilt top that I finished today.  I am assembling as many quilt tops as I can and when I can work with my long arm maching again (I'm counting on very soon!!!) I'll have a bunch of quilt tops ready to go and I can quilt till my heart's content!!!

I am feeling pretty good today! 

While watching television today I saw that commercial with the little baby who does trading on his computer and speaks with an adult voice.  In this one he is standing in his crib and says he is in solitary confinement.  I noticed a quilt hanging on the side of the crib.

The quilt is simple and very pretty.  It is made entirely of tan, off-white, and light brown squares.  The squares look to be six or eight inches.

I like the look of this quilt so today I started cutting six inch squares to make one of my own.  I can't do alot at once yet but it felt good to have my rotary cutter back in my hand!

Happy Quilting,
Laurel

Wow!!!  This has been a whirlwind  year so far.  Last week I had further complications which landed me back in the hospital for another surgery.

I had a very nice room.....as hospital rooms go.....with lots of windows.  I'm a country girl so the view of the city was not what I'm used to!!!  One morning, at the beginning of this week, I looked out at the parking garage structure and saw an interesting pattern emerge through the opened blinds.  The pattern formed when the blinds crossed the pillars and safety cables of the levals of the parking garage.

Photo courtesy of jinxmcc on FlickrLast night, it was one of those nights. Generally, life has been pretty good to me, but every once in a while it sneaks up and snaps with teeth. I was feeling upset, unsettled, and not entirely safe, even though I knew the last was in my head. I wan't actually in physical danger. I've been packing to move. Most of my life is in boxes, and that seems to make everything a little harder to deal with.