I Spy quilt

After getting the yard mowed, I was able to get started on my first I Spy quilt.  This one will be for our 3 1/2 year old grand-daughter.  She does not speak, and hopefully this little quilt and the game of I Spy will aid her in learning to talk.  The pattern is Twisted Happy Blocks...very quick and easy to sew together!  

Another dreary, cloudy day...is it time for a nap?

I Spy

Aren't these wonderful?  I participated in an I Spy Swap with Sandra at Sew in Peace, and won the kitty!  What a fantastic surprise when I opened my package.  It looks like there may be a few I Spy Quilts in my future...I now have 240  5-inch charms.  Sounds like a good summer project for some little quilts for grandkids and charity quilts.   

Time......

Where does all my time go????   Not much sewing going on here...life seems rather fractured and harried right now.  Maybe I am just trying to get too much done..who knows?  
I have finished a T-shirt quilt for my nephew for his high-school graduation.  It is ready to go to the quilter!  Yeah!!!  I am his favorite aunt (smile) and his other favorite aunt donated the t-shirts.  Jared loves classic rockers, like Aerosmith, Guns and Roses, Kiss, White Snake....and Carissa had been to several of the concerts.  She donated the shirts and I made the quilt.  I found some great fabric for the borders and the backing...rock and roll with all kinds of  guitars on it. 

I have managed to get a couple of my Civil War Blocks done....still have so many to catch up on!



Along with planting flowers outdoors,  I am still working on my Flowers quilt when the raindrops are falling outdoors!  Today looks to be a stormy day, and the roofers were supposed to come put on our new roof today.  We had tennis ball size hail the first of April, and every home on our street is getting a new roof.  The grace in all of this, is that we still have homes with a roof to repair, unlike so many that are being devistated by flooding and tornadoes. 

My cute little helper....what little boy does not like to get his hands in the mud?

Hope everyone is doing something fun today!  I need to do some serious cleaning in my sewing room...looks like a bomb went off in it!

April Showers

Several years ago, Linda Brannock designed this wonderful BOM.  I started it when I worked at the Liberty Quilt Shop, it made its way into a box, and of course it became another UFO.  It has always been one of my favorite primitive quilts, don't know why it never got finished. Linda said that she had always wanted a flower garden so that she could go out and pick a boquet of fresh cut flowers anytime.  I have visited her garden a few times, and it is amazing!  My hope is to have a yard full of flowers someday, too.  It is a work in progess, just like this quilt! Hopefully it will be completed sometime this summer.

I had more pics to upload, but blogger would not cooperate...oh well!  

Reflections from Mary at the cross

It is Good Friday, and I came across this lovely writing.  I have oftened wondered, as a mother, what it must have been like for Mary to see her son hanging on that cross.   This tells it so well.

Blessings to all of you and your family!

Refrigerator art

My 2 year old grandson came over to spend the day.  Jack had fun making an Easter chick to hang on the refrigerator....don't you love that cheesy grin?  My daughter had knee surgery a week ago, and she is still imoblized and it is a bit hard to run after a 2 year old on crutches!   Lots of physical therapy this week, so on my days off, I try to help out with driving her to the appointments and taking care of Jack.  So, not much sewing going on in the sewing room!

I did manage to finish a pillow that  Jan Patek offered on her website... I think this is the link for the pattern.  It was nice to do some hand-work and hand-quilting, although something is wrong with my right hand...lots of pain.  That's the other reason for no sewing or cutting in my sewing room... wahhh!

Thought I would let it get some rest and see if that helps, it is not an injury, just a pain that has been coming on for the last few months and has become much worse.  Arthiritis????  It really has me bummed out!  Guess I should go to the doctor, but that is usually a last resort for me....I just don't feel like they listen or try to figure out what is going on...guess I have to find the right one!

Last weekend, we took a much needed little trip...Spring Break!  We traveled to Nashville and Memphis.  After the show at the Grand Ole Opry, we took the back stage tour...as we were walking down the hall, Trace Adkins walked out of his dressing room.  Now that is one tall dude!  And I did not have my camera with me....wahhhh!  During the day, we went down Broadway and visited the Honky Tonks, listened to music....who knows, maybe we saw the next country superstar???  On to Memphis, to visit Graceland.  I was surprised at how ordinary Elvis's mansion is...and of course it is stuck in the 70's decor.  

Hopefully there will be some sewing room time soon!  I am so far behind on my Civil War blocks.

Off to do a bit of blog-hopping while Jack naps!

Summer Breeze

Can you tell what is on my mind?  Summer breezes!  I finished quilting this fresh, little quilt last week.  I had a box of Robin Pandolph fat quarters, just waiting for the right quilt to inspire me to use them.  When I saw this in Kim's book, Scrap-Basket Surprises....I knew I needed to make this one! 

And I finished hand-quilting my little "Garden Path" quilt!  This is from Lori Smith's wonderful book,  Fat Quarter Quilting. 

Have any of you made a weighted blanket?  My daughter has requested one for my 6 year old grandson.  I did see the article in American Patchwork and Quilting, and downloaded the free pattern.  Any tips any of you might have?  Also...we are heading to Nashville, Tennessee for a few days...any good quilt shops I should look for in the area?

Hope the sun is shining in your neighborhood!  Have not seen it for several days here!!!