Long overdue post

 Time seems to elude me since March…. I spend a bit of time not sewing but I am back now.

Here are some kid quilts that are ready for donation:

These next quilts are the completed Quilty Hugs that are almost ready for giving.

All they need to to stitch down the label and a good wash. 

I have a pile of donated tops which makes me so happy.  People just want to sew and give these tops a good home!

Like so many quilters I have returned to cross stitch.  Here is a couple that I got back from framing. I love how they turned out!  Blogger decided to rotate my pictures ugh.

Life Update…my bladder cancer has returned to haunt me.  Waiting on a surgery date. It will be a simple out patient surgery with little to no down time.

Happy stitching everyone!

Long Time Gone

 I did not mean to be away so long.  Life has a way of doing that…

February took me on a trip to Panama which was fabulous. One of the highlights was seeing the Panama Canal in operation. We stayed in a eco lodge where everything was taken care of. So cool. 

Three weeks later and I was traveling to St John in the Virgin Islands. It was a action packed trip. Every day we hiked and snorkeled in the most beautiful aqua waters. We saw many beautiful sea creatures. I felt my age on this trip and didn’t like that. 

I think I have recovered for the most part and now need to get my studio in order. I started today by putting stuff where it belongs. I have things to do and a few quilting jobs to accomplish. 

Here are the quilts that have been completed in the last quarter. The Quilty hugs quilts will be delivered tomorrow as I will be in the area getting my car serviced. 

This is a baby quilt for a co worker who I loved.  She got married and had a little girl.  I designed this little quilt and love it.

This next one was donated by C. Thanks. 

The next three
were pieced and donated by Lisa T. Thanks Lisa. 

This next one is for me and my queen size bed. It was a leader ender challenge from Bonnie Hunter a few years back. I made so many blocks that I will have to make another quilt to use them up. 

Sorry I have been away so long. The cross stitch bug has bitten me and one of my posts will highlight some finishes. 

Hope everyone is well!  🐸

More Updates

 More quilting has been happening here of late.

Two kids quilts were completed and turned in.

Two QOV tops quilted.

I dropped off five quilts for my Quilty Hugs mission.  That felt wonderful.

I met a women who teaches quilting to adults and kids and was accepting fabric.  I came home and boxed up two boxes of various precuts (my cuts), scraps and assorted things.  My studio now looks amazing without all that stuff laying about.  

More lovelies!

 Time seems to be just flying by this year. I am going with the flow.  Here are some of my creations of late:

This one was a piece that used all my large and small triangles in conjunction with a 3.5 inch square.  I love it and it has already been turned in with about eight others quilts for kids  

Next is a top from Kitty of ALeftHandedQuilter.  This one is so pretty.  I used the orange peel quilting pattern.

CN from my guild made a top for Quilty Hugs.  It quilted up beautifully using the Baptist fan pattern. 

This next one is a top also donated by Nancy F.  She did not know where it came from but I know where it’s going. To Quilty Hugs. 

This next one was just the inner piece in which I added two borders to make it sing.  It will go to comfort a child.  Donated by Nancy F who loved the result. 

Some pretty flowers around my property. 

Come back for more pretties.  I have some QOV’s to quilt up so those will be next on the agenda.  🐸

The next batch of Quilty hugs

 Are well into the finishing stage. 

This was last years Moda’s breast cancer quilt.  Love it!

A couple of blocks in this next quilt are from Kitty from Alefthandedquilter.

And in the last post, the second set of photos at least two of those tops came from Kitty.  Thanks Kitty. 

I pulled this top off my top rack and quilted it after adding a fun Christmas cow border.

Nancy F donated this fun quilt top complete with a backing and binding made.  I just couldn’t resist quilting it.  Simple and so pretty!

I did quilt a couple love (kid) quilts but I’ll save them for the next post. Slowly I seem to be getting back into the groove.  I am learning to like days where I do nothing.  For years (lots of years), that would not have been tolerated. I am so hard on myself at times.  🐸