Recent happenings

Here is a sample of Matt playing his sax:







I finshed my civil war blocks of the week:




Ready to embark on month 12. I think this will be the most challenging set of blocks that I have ever done.




This week I finished month 11 of the star light BOM.

www.civilwarquilts.blogspot.com

I Can't believe it! One month has already gone by and I have 4/5 blocks done. This is Barbara Brackman's civil war BOW. Each week she posts a new lesson about the civil war and put up a quilt block to go with it.

Calling everyone!! On Feb 12th @ 6:30pm, we will be having our first Valentine Fiesta Dinner!
What is this?? It will be a pot luck dinner for EVERYONE. You will need to make or bring something Mexican to eat.
You do NOT have to be a couple to participate. It is open to the community. This is a great time of fun, food & fellowship!!
It will be held at:
Abundant Life Church
2100 Hannan Rd
Canton, Mi 48188
734-722-7688

Quilting Time

Diane's Round Robin. I added the last row. Now to send it to Canada.

Donna's Round Robin. This one gets sent to California.

Today we had an awesome time in church. I am very thank-full.
I have the best bunch of ladies to work with. They never complain and pitch right in and help me in what ever I feel like doing at the church. They are the best cooks in the whole wide world and can throw a church dinner for 150 together in a drop of a hat.
This is my Wed. Nite class bunch. Sister Ann is the teacher.


www.abundantlife-church.com

This week my goals are as follows:
1). Change domain servers and get a new website. I don't care for how this site is running.
2). Do another block from Barbara Brackman's web site.
3). Do the LAST block from my BOM I started in 2010, and cut out the flower appliques.
4). clean my quilt room so I can find my cricut and then change the bulletin boards at church.
I can't find a thing in this place!!

What are your plans?? Have a great week!

BOM

This is an interesting site! I love Barbara Brackman. I bought several of her fabric lines in the past.
I am thinking about following along.


http://civilwarquilts.blogspot.com/

Catch up

*I have a special quilt on the frame. It is very special because it contains fabric from my father-in-laws clothes. I hope to get this done and give it to someone in the family. I can't mention names cause they read my blog...LOL
*Church has taken up quite a bit of time. Work & family leave little time for quilting. I did do some sewing this week. I am working on a twilight quilt as well.
*I joined a birthday swap for 2010. I have over 20 blocks that people sent to me. I will get a photo soon. It is going to be a cool quilt! I asked for valentine day theme 12.5 inch squares. You should see what I got!!
*I joined weight watchers in December...YOu ask why?? Cause I couldn't take it any more and I got scared I would gain even more weight over the holiday. To date I have lost 20 pounds.
My body needs to catch up with the weight loss. Who would have ever thought! I need new clothes too, but that will have to wait.

Have a great day!

Lots of photos!!

round robin- I added the pot & vines & braided border.
round robin- I added the flying geese.
round robin- I added the stars
scrappy house block swap


Busy, Busy, Busy!! that's all I can say.
Since my last post, we have become the senior pastor's at our church. This is a very exciting time!
I made 2 quilts, and did 3 round rounds and have 2 more to do. Here is some photos and the link to our church.
www.abundantlife-church.com

Life Happened

Home coming: Jesse & Jessica.

Baby blanket using the quilt as u go technique.

Personalized baby wipes

Baby tote I made. Embroidered name & teddy on front. Cool colors! who would have thought lilac, brown and teal could go for a boy?

JESSE RUNNING IN HIS FIRST VARSITY :::TOUCHDOWN:::

Do you remember how I said: "I am making a quilt for myself?" Well, forget it! A baby shower came along, then I forgot all about Christmas! Yes Christmas! So this am I am loading up a quilt on the frame and going to get crackling. This past week brought Jesse's home coming, his first varsity touch down & baby shower. For the baby shower I did something different. I got an idea from my niece Kelley. You take a baby wipes plastic box & hot glue fabric & embellish, embroider name and walla~ a personalised case. (see photo)

I came across this blog today. I am going to make a quilt!! That is nothing new in itself! But it is for me. BY the word "me" I mean my family. We need some warm quilts to snuggle under & when we had company come visit recently, I realized we needed more quilts. I ran out of batting and since they closed our Hancocks, Joanne's and Minnesota fabric shops I decided to buy off the internet. I got a pretty good deal on wool batting. I bought three! I can't find my usb cord for my camera. I have new pictures I need to show you!