A little info on the pictures .........

The quilt is embroidery squares with words about Christmas. I got the pattern free as a BOM from Gail Pan Designs and then I used the Christmas fabric Glace' to finish the blocks and border. I am really happy with the results, haven't a clue on how to quilt it. Any idea's!

The table runner is talked about in the post below. I really love the fabric. It feels like a wonderfully soft linen, it is a linen but only 55% and 45% cotton. It is really soft and yummy. It made a get Valentine table runner .....

Some sewing

A few days ago I joined the new site "Wool Crazy Sew Along" . I am quite excited about it, I love working with wool and I recently had signed up for a BOM with Sierra Cottons and Wools in Bishop, CA. We are making the same wool quilt that the sew along is going to be doing. So I just thought how perfect, I can gain new information on any problems they may run into and share my problems and successes with them.

I also recently made a table runner from "French General" fabric. The pattern idea I found on Strawberry-Patches blog. Suzanne had done a tutorial on it before Christmas. I was real pleased with the results. That website is www.strawberry-patches.com, and there is a blog you access from that site and you will find the tutorial in past posts before Christmas.

Started a new Bible Study last night. Looks like it will be fun. Lots of new ladies and a new study for me. I have never done one of Priscilla Shirer's studies before.

I also got a chance to see Darlene's quilt for her "Round-robin" they did last fall. It is just absolutely beautiful. They all did such a nice job. I think I am going to try and make one similar to hers. She started with a basket block set on point. Then appliqued with flowers and leaves in the basket. It was lovely and I will look for something similar.

My daughter-inlaw is still on the road, almost through New Mexico. So she doesn't have too much further to go and the weather will be better. I am praying for her safety. This is a very difficult time for both of them and they will just have to find a way to work through it. As much as I would like to jump in and say come on kids, lets quit poking one another.

Today is my great grandbaby's 1st birthday......Alexa is one year old. Oh my how the time flies.

Have a wonderful day, think I will get to sewing being as it is a rainy day. LOL

Well here we are ..... new day and new life for my son. I hope all works out wonderfully for him in his new life. We all face changes now and we will all do what we can to make the best of it. It is a sad time, but that happens in our lives in many different ways.

I haven't accomplished one thing in the last 24 hours. I start out every day with great intentions and then the whole plan falls apart. I don't know what happens to me....I have lost my ....mojo..... . Maybe tomorrow things will be better.

New Year.......... Year 2010

Well I certainly dropped the ball on that promise. I do think maybe, just maybe I will get with it this year. Year 2010 can you believe it. We had a wonderful Christmas, went to Newport Beach, CA and spent the holiday with my brother and his family. Something we have done for the past several years. They have young children, so it makes Christmas much more fun. The food was great, the company was great, and the weather was perfect, as it always is in NPB.

So a few weeks have passed in the new year and the month of January, and I have accomplished absolutely nothing. I recently was introduced to Facebook and have totally wasted all my time playing on Facebook.

My son has been driving through our town on his trips to Yuma and Southern California for the past 3 months. It has been such a joy to be able to cook for him and to share my life with him. He lived in Virginia for 24 years and moved to west coast about a 1 year ago. So this has been sorta a new thing for us to be together this often. While he lived in Virginia, we visited with them usually once a year. But this new thing has brought him my way once a week. It feels just like he lives down the street. Very fun.... very thankful.