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The schedule is out!  My quilt is in the BROWN (aka Chocolate) group.

October 26 - November 3, 2019

Houston International Market and Festival, Houston, Texas

PREMIER OF THE ENTIRE…

I know many of us are always battling the weight issues...I also know that many of us love our M and Ms!!

This may clarify things

We have moved back to the house. Will do long weekends at the lake. It definitely turned cooler. The leaves are turning after this weekend with frost...they will really turn. Have a few projects in mind...have been ask to teach a church group to make pillowcases for the children's hospital and the local nursing home. The first thing will be to oil and clean their machines! They looked like deer in headlights when I asked the last time they cleaned their machines! lol I bought several packs…

Yesterday I went to a small quilt show put on by a guild I used to belong to.  The membership in this guild is dwindling and it has sure affected the quality of their show!  While most of the quilts were nicely done, there were not nearly as many as in years past.  Kinda sad actually.  It was nice seeing some of the ladies who still belong and they all asked me to come back, but that is not going to happen.  Funny thing happened though.  I met one of their newer members & found out she…

This past week most of my time was involved either in preparing for the new arrival or getting him ready to appear in his first story. I made a pair of pajama bottoms for Billy and another one for Emil. I'm using a purchased T-shirt to go with each. (The cute bear fabric came from…

Hello everyone,

So sorry about not logging on here...life got busy.

I also cannot do pictures because I have them on my one drive,,,and cannot put them on here..

I finished 3 prs  knitting socks. One for DH and 2 prs for me,,,lots of errors,,so no one has them yet..LOL

We also…

I gave my new embroidery machine a run for it's money last night.  Now I'm sure every one has an idea of what I am making for my grandson.  So far Mario and Bowser are finished.  I still have several more characters to stitch out but I will be getting them done within the month.…

I have been stitching this for the past year. It always feels so good to take that last stitch! 

This is a gift to our family doctor. He has given us such great care for the past 40 years. Our son and family also go to him. He has been a great friend and asset to our community. He and his wife will greatly appreciate it.…

As some of you know I have been trying to make a quilt for my grandson.  The quilt part is finished but I needed to make some embroidered  designs to applique onto the quilt.  I had a singer quantum 6000 that I loved but the special bobbin for rewinding the bobbin thread broke and I couldn't find any online anywhere.  So that machine went bye-bye and I bought a Brother PE800 machine.  Well I have been trying and trying and trying to get my designs to stitch out without much luck.  Yesterday…

Life in an RV is a little to cramped for me.  I have been working on a few things.  Besides buying a sitdown quilting machine, I also bought a new embroidery machine.  I've been working on some designs that I hope to get embroidered soon.  It's the quilt I've been planning for Aiden for the last couple years.  I've got the designs ready and hoping the in-laws will let me use their dinning table to work on.  If that works out I just might get the quilt finished in time for Christmas.  My…

This is an amazing quilt and truly deserved the win! Over 5000 pieces!!!! Years ago, someone stoled a quilt from the show. Just walked out the back door. Never did recover it...

This was well guarded and seemed like there were more entries this year. Always fun to see the handiwork of all ages!…

This week saw a little progress on the whole cloth quilt.…

Well, guess who this belongs to?!! Finally finished. First time I experimented with the lettering stitch on my sewing machine, too. Trial and error, but I like how her name on the cuff came out. The back is made with her daddy's army camo.…

     I can hardly believe it's been2 years since I last blogged.  I'll have to try harder.  But you know how it is...life gets in the way.  So this year I made Izzy's Choice.  Designed by Jeana Kimball, this delightful quilt was just the ticket to get me through recovery from surgery.  I had prepped the entire quilt, which is just the way I work, and got busy as soon as I was healthy enough.  After all the applique was finished, I handquilted each block and border as separate units.  Then I…

We'll start with Veronika's exterior. Her dress is done.