Surprise...Surprise

Last night I was surprised by my friends with a dinner.........

We had such fun talking and laughing and talking about quilting...........

They also surprised me with a wall hanging........... Just the thing for my new studio.....

I am fortunate to have such wonderful friends....

I will do some close up shots of the quilt later....... It is a real treasure.

One Flower Wednesday/Thursday

Well, here I am once again posting Wednesday's flowers on Thursday. I just can't keep up sometimes. I keep reminding myself that this is not a contest.

I have some Hexies all ready to become flowers. I have enough sewn or prepped for the blue and white strips for my table runner.



These are the latest finished flowers I made... Now to get them sewn together and ready to put the blue and brown flowers in between them........... I might get this finished soon.

The Maple Table

This is for my sister.......... We had a discussion today about tables and I promised her a picture of the Maple Table........ My grandfather made this one...... Great end table and the drawers hold knitting or whatever I am working on at the time......



This is the Thangles 2010 BOM. I got the sashing cut and placed....... Now to sew them together and make the Friendship Stars that are the cornerstones..........

Tomorrow I will finish packing the living room and I might even get some sewing done.

Blocks are Complete

Yesterday afternoon I slipped upstairs long enough to finish the last of the blocks for 2010 Thangles BOM................ I also purchased the finishing kit to go with this quilt and I might even find some time to get the sashing made and the corner stones done.


Today will find me finishing the packing in the family room............. I am packing all the things that will go into storage first. That will leave the lamps and such that will have to be packed last. It will be good to have one room completed..............

Happy St. Patrick's Day..............

I thought I would whip up a batch of sugar cookies for St. Patrick's day.......


And finish a hat and mitten set in honor of the Day..............



Dave Nichols, our moving representative came by to get the signed contract...............


And to bring moving boxes.............. I set up a table in the guest room downstairs and I will be packing in there....... Since I had so many gift boxes I thought I would use them to hold the fragile tchatkeys from around the house.............


Lem has already taken the pictures off the walls.......................


Now to get these boxes filled and ready to go................

Celebrating

Our prayers have been answered. God's timing is always perfect even if we mortals do want to rush it a bit.

We no longer have to leave home while strangers wander through our home. We have sold it at last.................

Life will be busy for the next month. The movers will arrive on April 7th...............

I am off now to start packing..................

Design Wall Monday

On Monday, Judy at Patchwork Times hosts Design Wall Monday.

Today I actually have something different on my design wall.

Four blocks of sixteen are complete from my JANUARY MONOCHROMATIC QUILT CHALLENGE.

And the February blocks are complete for the Thangles BOM that I signed up for this year.


This is not the final placement. That will be decided when the other twelve blocks are complete.


No, I have not finished the Thangles quilt from 2009 or 2010 but I have started 2011. Who knows I could finish them all this year........... Time will tell.

Thank you Judy for this opportunity to share. You can go HERE to see what others are up to these days.

Late Again..............

I got my eight Hexagons finished on Wednesday but never got them posted....... If all goes as planned I will have the eight mug mats finished this weekend.......................

Time will tell.