it's beginning to feel like fall ...

Where has this year gone???? I can't believe that Fall is upon us so soon. And it feels like it this morning. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this time of year because of the weather. Warmish days and cool nights. I've noticed that a lot of people out in blogland have started their fall decorating and it's got me in the mood. I guess I'll try to work on that this weekend. One thing I wish I had made in my 20 years of quilting is a fall bedquilt for my bed. I have one that I use for Winter, one for Spring and one for Summer....could be that I need to go shop for some beautiful fabric for this...hmmmm....we'll see.

Here is a picture of one of the blocks from the quilt I am making for my Mom for Sisters Scraps in Amarillo, Tx.



I've made some progress on this quilt in the last few days and I finished up row L on my Dear Jane quilt. I've still got to get the blocks sashed and added but the end is near and that's exciting. Also finished up a gift for my Mom for a house warming present. I need to finish making birthday siggies for Oct thru Dec so I can get that off of my plate. Siggie swaps are great fun but I find that they take me away from sewing that I really enjoy.

Have a wonderful day!

my mom's quilt

Good Friday morning. I thought I'd show you a couple of pictures of the quilt that my Mother's Grandmother made for her. She handpieced it I'm sure and then my Grandma had it quilted by machine in an all over pattern. I never knew this Grandmother...she was my Granddads mom...she passed away right before I was born.
We used this quilt all of the time when I was little and it shows. The fabric is thin in various places and the binding is just awful. It's that double fold binding that you buy in little packages at Walmart or Hancocks. I didn't come from a family of big quilters so I really treasure this quilt. Both of my Grandmothers did sew but they hated quilting. I do have quilts that they both made though...they thought it was a chore, imagine that...LOL I'll post pics of those quilts in a later post.

I hope and pray that everyone is safe from Hurricane Ike. It will probably affect our weather tomorrow afternoon, which affects my work plans. Oh well I've learned to roll with the punches. Also let me just add....I'm really getting sick of the presidential campaign...if you can call it that. That's all I'm gonna say! Have a great day.

New cleaning lady

Well tomorrow I have a cleaning lady coming. I hope that it is a better experience that merry maids was. Actually I hope that she does a great job so that I don't have to feel guilty about hiring someone to do what I usually take care of around here. This time of year I just don't have a lot of extra time so I've decided that I will try this...we'll see if it's worth it.

Here is a picture of 3 completed blocks from the quilt that I am making from Sisters Scraps (nice store) in Amarillo, Tx.



Geez I'm tired tonight. I'll post more tomorrow.

not much quilting done

The group of quilters that I meet with weekly met last night and we had a blast. Only a couple of people accomplished something and I wasn't one of them...lol
We were celebrating Kathy's birthday with good food, yummy cake and wine (several glasses for me which is highly unusual).

This is a very unique group of ladies that are my friends. I am by far the youngest but I think I've always been somewhat of an old soul. Sharon, Kathy, Paulette and Linda...my life is enriched because of you all.

my blog list

Does anyone that reads my blog know why my blog list is down at the very bottom of the page??? I'm not really computer savvy but I searched for help on this from Blogger and couldn't find anything that I could understand.

Hi again!

What a busy, busy week...whew! But I got through it okay, even managed to spend a little time in my sewing room....yeah! Next week will be more of the same, another home football game on Saturday. I am the manager/buyer for a spirit store located across the street from Oklahoma State University so my life, in the fall, revolves around college football. Enough about that, let's get on to the important things in life!

I finished another of my Truly Scrumptious blocks from Cinderberry Stitches, http://www.cinderberrystitches.com/.



These blocks are so much fun to make and I like the fact that I'm using left overs from another quilt that I made. It just so happens that the original was made from this same fabric. I've seen it done as a BOM from a store in California (can't remember the name right now) out of different fabrics and it was just a cute.

Just previewed this post and noticed that in the above & below pictures that you could see my messy, messy sewing area. Sorry about that! I also noticed my DJ stuff sticking out. I did make a DJ block this morning and hope to get several more done this afternoon. I'm really ready to get back to my red and white Nearly Insane blocks, but I'm not sure when that will happen.

Have you ever felt obligated to buy something at your quilt store before? Well I did/do when I go to one particular store, probably because the owner has gotten to know me over time and most of the time I really want what I buy, but in the next picture you will see a fat quarter bundle that I don't really like all that well. I bought it because I was asked by the owner if she should carry some civil war reproductions (no one in our area really does) and I replied YES, because I love CW repros. Well several weeks later I walk in the store and she basically said here's the bundle that you ordered and I felt obligated to buy it. I did get my 20% birthday discount but that was still $80 that I didn't plan on spending. Well anyway I think I've found a pattern that will work for this fabric, what do you think?

Now I just need to pick up the rest of the fabric to make this and I'll have another complete project in a bag waiting for me to have more time...lol

The weather here is very fall like...I LOVE it and I hope that it doesn't get too hot today and we have to break down and turn the A/C back on. Have a great Sunday everyone.

just a little progress

Well I did have a pretty good weekend, in spite of having a troop of kids here for most of it...lol They pretty much stay to themselves unless they get hungry. Now, I have three daughters and they can put away some food when they're really hungry, but those teenage boys can do some damage. I couldn't afford to feed three teenage boys on a regular basis. I guess that's why God gave me girls...and they come with their own set of issues.

The top 2 pictures are of the little sewing purse that I made for my friend Kathy. It was fun and easy to make. I need one for myself now!

The 3rd picture is a block that I prepared for applique. It is from a bom from www.sistersscraps.com in Amarillo, Texas. I tried to put the other blocks that I've finished in another post, but for some reason they wouldn't load. I also finished a couple of DJ blocks and worked on a secret project ...hehehe

Time to go and cook supper...I wish I was a gourmet cook or even liked to cook. The family probably wishes it too.