Round Robin

Well, here is a picture of my medallion for the round robin @ Q&N. It has been done and mailed for a while. I am just now getting around to posting a picture of it! Today I finished the border for Deb's block and getting it ready to mail on Monday to Denise.

I have to admit it sounds kinda strange for me to be talking about Deb and Denise on here because I have 2 sisters with those names. Small world after all, huh?

When this is all done I will post pictures of the borders that I have done too. But for right now they will just be my little secret.

Hope you enjoy and I will post more pictures later!

My Favorite Quilt Block

This is a picture that I wanted to share of a quilt block I made for a swap on Block Central. It's called Squire Smith's Choice. I made this because that was my grandmother's maiden name. The fabric choice was 30's Reproductions and the swap was for your favorite quilt block. So I did a little research and found this block that originated from the late 1800's. And since we were doing 30's repro. I thought it would be appropriate with the name and everything. I paper pieced it and I must admit that it is only the second time I paper pieced anything. I also had to enlarge it. The pattern was for a 6" block and I needed a 12" block. So there were alot of firsts for me in the making of this block. I learned alot and had fun too. Now the drawing for these is April 15th so maybe I will be lucky and win too! Enjoy!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, this has been an exciting month! My sweet husband finally broke down and bought a brand new boat! We have almost always owned a boat of one kind or another, but this is our first brand new one! And crappie season is upon us so we will be on the lake alot very soon! I still have alot of sewing to do, but I will get it done and still have time to fish!

My daughter got a sewing machine the other day and is going to try to learn to sew. I know, I'm a bad mother for not teaching her before now. But she is just now asking. When she was younger she was too interested in other things. BOYS, FRIENDS and anything that didn't have to do with me or the family life! Now she is my best friend. She has found out that false friends leave you in times of trouble. Don't get me wrong, she has other friends too, but we are just closer now than ever before! It's a good thing!

I got my medallion done for the round robin and it is gone to it's first stop. I am waiting patiently on the one I am to work on to arrive. I am soooo looking forward to seeing how mine turns out! I have seen some pretty awesome finished tops from previous round robins and I can't wait til we all get done!

Well, this is my post for February! Hope all is well with the world in your neck of the woods! See you next month!

Happy New Year!

This year I am going to try to post an update atleast once a month. Hopefully it will happen!

The past year has been pretty busy. Since I started this blog we have been on the go quite a bit! In November we went to Illinois to deer hunt. And might I say that was soooo fun! I killed my first buck! Then in December I had surgery and was off work for 3 weeks. So I am just now getting back in the swing of things. But Christmas was a blast with the grandkids! We bought our grandson an electric 4wheeler and he loves it! Goes all over the yard! SOOOO fun watching him!

At the end of the year I started to do Happy Blocks with the gals on BC. Boy those are some nice blocks. One of these days I AM going to win! Maybe I can start posting pictures of the blocks that I make each month so you can see them. I'll try, okay? January's blocks are already in the mail so I'll start with next months blocks!

This month I also signed up to do a Round Robin on Q&N. I am REALLY looking forward to that. I've never done one and it will be a huge surprise when I get my block back and it is a finished top! I barely beat the deadline to sign up by one day and the ladies there are so nice. They were eager for more people so I go in at the last minute! I'll keep you posted on how things turn out.

Gotta go for now! See you when I get some pictures to upload!

Well, this is a first for me. I've never blogged before and am in the process of learning how all this works! I will be playing around with it for a few days in my spare time. So be patient! I hope to learn how to post pictures of my quilts, flowers and of course the grandkids! Check back later!