Hello all!

These are some things I've been working on.  I'm shopping my stash and using only what I have on hand. 

A little cowboy quilt top with the sheriff's badges for a baby whose grandpa was a long-time sheriff.

A little knitted baby sweater  - trying to learn new…

My friend Joanie crossed over the Rainbow Bridge Saturday night.

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As part of my commitment to finishing older UFOs, I looked through the drawers of an entertainment center I have in my sewing room to see what I could find that could be finished fairly quickly.  This was a New Year's Eve mystery from 2003 & was supposed to be 4 placemats with a log cabin block on one end & a plain block with an appliqued daisy in a flower pot on the other.  I had only made the 4 log cabin blocks so I decided to make 4 more log cabin blocks plus put a plain block in…

My daughter decided 2 years ago to go back to school to get her Associates Degree. She has been a single mother since her 2 boys were very young so it was not always easy to work & go to school, but her dad & I are very proud of her for sticking with it.  We are encouraging her to continue on to get at least a 4 yr degree.  She will officially graduate on Friday night & her oldest son will graduate from high school on Sunday.   I gave her this flag quilt as a symbol that we can…

We have been busy with opening the lake house. The weather is finally turning to the good. Getting flowers in and feeding the birds! We have a very rare bird feeding at our feeder...it is an Indigo Bunting. My hubby remembers seeing one when he was a little boy. Sure hope they nest in our bushes and stick around!…

Vintage Stitchers met this past week.…

The decoupagae project is complete!  I am very happy that I finally made time to cover the case for my custom painted green featherweight!  I used quilting gift wrap I had purchased at a quilt show, the design is by Jennifer Chiaverini....Elm Creek Quilts, Loyal Union Sampler. (I have read all the books in the…