I can't believe it has been two years since I posted my first blog entry. . .wow, time sure flies! These past two years have seen plenty of changes;
#1 my sister moved in with us to help me with my mom, six weeks later my mom died. She was 85 years old and very tired.
#2 My oldest son and my grandson moved in with us and he and his wife divorced.
#3 I quit driving a school bus to stay home and take care of our grandson, Max.
#4 My youngest son moved back home from college and his girlfriend moved in too. They had a baby girl, Sophia this past June. Both new mom and dad are still going to college and doing well.
#5 Our middle son and his wife divorced and he moved back home too!
#6 About the same time the middle son moved in, the oldest son and grandson moved out.
#7 Number one son got married to a wonderful lady and great step-mom to our grandson in December 2012.
#8 Youngest son, girlfriend and grand-daughter are in the process of moving to Wenatchee, WA so he can attend the Radiologic Technologist Program at Wenatchee Valley College starting in April of this year. Can you say REVOLVING DOOR? I am exhausted again just writing this.
I took some time off from genealogy and quilting to just recover and deal with all of the events in our lives.
But now I am back! I made a Day & Night Quilt for my grand-niece.
The pattern is from Eleanor Burns "Quilt in a Day". It is made with powder blue and dark blue batik fabric.
Then I made a chevron quilt with a pattern from a tutorial at
Missouri Star Quilt Company
This was a gift for my youngest son's girlfriend.
I made it with a layer cake of Kona Snow by Robert Kaufman, and a layer cake of Good Morning! by Me and My Sister for Moda Fabrics. I love how it turned out, and it went together so quickly. I currently piece my quilts but I do not quilt them. I send them out to Celia Benzel in Spokane, WA to have that portion done. She does a wonderful job on them. Maybe someday I will attempt that, but not now.
I have made a few more, but I'll save that for next week.
Now I am working on block's from the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt. I have made 11 of the 90 that I am going to be making to complete my top. More on this later. . .
I hope you have a great day and week! Happy stitching!