Ok, I can't find any pictures, but...... we're leaving in just a bit for our week in SC to visit my family. Just hoping all is well here while we are gone. Will try to check in while we're down there, but will probably be short sweet posts. I have a 5 y/o niece and a 2 y/o nephew along with those adorable twins I shared pics with earlier that I will be busy with the next week! I do have some sewing to take on the plane, so not going completely without any sewing!! Actually, I have 3 different projects in my bag, so I'll have plenty to do! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
We are meeting dh's great aunt for supper this afternoon before we go to our dd and dsil's to spend the night. They will be taking us to the airport bright and early in the morning. Looking forward to that almost as much as the trip itself. Sad, but dh's family doesn't not try to stay close like I think they should. Anyway, nice to be seeing Aunt June today. Will post about it later in the week when I get a minute on Dad's pc!

Now time to go! til next time..........BYE!!!

Ok, no pictures yet, but............ DMIL is home from the hospital. Thursday night, the picture was very bleak, but Friday afternoon, when dh and I went to visit, we ended up bringing her home. She is still a very sick "little old lady", but trying so hard to be her normal self. I laugh about the little old lady comment because when we got home with her Friday evening, she was walking up the 4 steps to her porch and having a little difficulty because she is weak. She said, "I feel like a little old lady." and I told her she WAS a little old lady.......hehe.........she's 79 years old and weighs 89 lbs.......doesn't that sound like a little old lady to you all? I love her dearly and it is horrible to think that we'll probably be losing her in the not so distant future.
She has a condition called Cardiomyopathy. It has to do with the heart not pumping out enough blood with each beat, therefore the excess blood backs up into her heart and lungs. There is really not much they can do for it, other than give her meds and hope for the best. They mentioned putting in a Defibulator(I KNOW that's not spelled correctly), but she told them ABSOLUTELY not. Not sure if she's worried about the surgery or if it's because she believes that when it's her time, she's ready, she doesn't want it prolonged. We will respect her wishes, though and just hope and pray for the best.
My son in law told me to tell her she HAS to hang on to see the baby. This will be her first great grandbaby! Her DH has like 13, but this is the first on her side. We hope that gives her the incentive to follow dr's orders and eat right and take care of herself. Your continued prayers are also greatly appreciated.
Now that she seems to be doing better, I guess we will be going on our planned trip to see my family after all. We fly out on Sunday, so not sure I'll be doing much in the way of quilting til we get back. I am hoping to go catch up with all of you this week, though.
I retired from the job of pres. of our quilt guild and became the Block of the Month Chairperson. I think I shook them up a bit this evening when I told them we were going to go outside our comfort zone and do some things we haven't done with our BOM program b4. We started tonight with a block made from templates. It seems like ALL the blocks we have done in the past few years have been rotary cut. Now, don't get me wrong, I DO love my rotary cutter and rulers, but I wanted us to explore some other aspects of quilting! I have a really big thing planned for them in October! I gave them fair warning October was going to be awesome, but didn't give any clues! I'm going to have fun with this BOM program!! I really hope I don't scare any of them off! But I think they need to be challenged. They all seemed up for it and even were excited about this months' block!
Well, it's going on 10 pm and 3:30 comes really early, so I'd better get to bed. (((Hugs))) to all and I'll try to do some catching up tomorrow evening!

Hi all, I haven't been here lately because we have had company from out of town. DH's sister, who hadn't been here in 8 years, came up from Oklahoma City to visit. The day she was to leave, DMIL had a heart attack and things aren't looking good right now. I hope to be back with you all next week. I just ask for prayers for my DMIL and family. Thank you.

((((Hugs))))) Ann

Not quilty fabric, but....... I found these 2 pieces of flannel in the remnant bin at the Mennonite fabric store this morning and thought they'd be adorable for the outer layer of the fitted cloth diapers I'm making for the baby. I'm sure you all know how it is..you see something that you just CAN'T resist! And these will work for a boy or a girl. Now I just have to figure out the waterproof layer I will put between this pretty fabric and the inner absorbant layers. I found a great site online that gave a free pattern to make them. They are sure a far cry from the diapers hubby and I folded and put on OUR kids!(those were his words when he saw the ones I had bought).

On a quilty note, I did stop at the quilt shop and picked up Block #7 of my Harvest Spice BOM. 2 more months and all of the blocks will be done. Maybe THEN, the shop owner will sell me some of the fabric so I can start my applique blocks! She kind of got this worried look in her eyes when I told her of my plan to change out the big blocks. I think she feared that I wouldn't buy the printed panels that are a part of the whole thing. I told her I'd use them for pillows or something. She looked relieved!

Ok, it's going on 11 pm, and anyone who knows me, knows it's WAAAY past my bedtime, Friday night or not! lol Will be up late tomorrow evening, too, as we are meeting friends at the big town fireworks celebration. Have a great weekend, everyone!

How I spent my holiday... Dh had to work, and I haven't seen ds in days, so I spent the 4th of July all day BY MYSELF! I brought the card table into the living room, brought in my sewing machine and sewed ALL DAY LONG! It was heaven! This quilt is one our guild made to present to the Widows Support group on the Army base here. I was supposed to have had it done in May, but when I contacted their director, she asked for us to hold on to it and present it to them at some kind of ceremony they are having in September. So, with all that's been going on in my life, I hadn't got around to binding it. I got it out to bind today and upon closer inspection, decided it needed a little more quilting. I quilted this on my machine, just quilting in the ditch and some stars in the blue field of the flag. That left the centers of the blocks to "puffy" for me, so I went along the edges of the white squares and between them. It was well worth it because now I am pleased with it. The white squares are signature blocks for the names of lost loved ones. I designed this in my EQ5 program. All that's left is to hand stitch the binding down. YEAA!!!

Here is my June Block of the Month. 3 more blocks and then all the blocks will be done. I hope to go get July's block this weekend. I tried to get some fabric to work on my setting squares which if you'll remember, I've decided to applique instead of using the pre printed panels, but she wouldn't sell me any yet. Says she's not selling any of the line til she has all of the BOM's cut. Kind of silly if you ask me, surely she could buy more, but that's her choice, so I just have to live with it for now. It's not like I don't have enough to do without those! hehe.

I also worked on quilting the Eagle I showed a while back. I will show you a picture of that later in the week. I got all but the mountains and trees quilted. Started on the mountains 2 or 3 times, but kept ripping them out because I hated it. Finally just gave up and decided to wait til later. Had enough frogstitching for one day! (rippit rippit)

Hope you all are having a wonderful 4th. We will probably do nothing tonight, since we both have to work tomorrow. Our town has a big celebration Saturday night which we'll probably attend because a friend of ours' band is going to be playing. We may come home after watching them and just watch the fireworks from our own backyard. Funny how bad traffic can be in such a small town. It's ridiculous. And I'd just as soon avoid it. In fact, we MAY even walk to the park. Not like it's that far! To be decided later!

Quilters Carryall... This is a bag I made several years ago. It is great for carrying to quilt classes or sew nights with the guild. It holds all of your quilt tools neatly organized and also has a pocket big enough for your 24" ruler and an 18x24" cutting mat. I made 2 of them, one for myself and one for a dear friend's birthday.

Since there hasn't been anything quilting going on here these past 3 weeks, I thought I'd share these pictures. I'm REALLY hoping to get to sew tomorrow while dh is on the river with his buddy. Then I'll also have Tuesday to myself. The dumb powers that be at dh's job decided to give them a 3 day weekend and make them work on the 4th, so I'll have a day to myself that day, too. Oh well, not a big deal, I guess, since we both have to work on Wednesday. No big 4th of July celebrations for us on Tuesday night. We may go over to some friends and spend a quiet evening in the pool, but not even sure we'll be up to that. Hope all of you have a very safe and happy 4th!

I may not be going to celebrate with a big bang, but I will take a few moments that day to thank God for allowing me to be born in this wonderful country where we have all of the young men and women willing to fight for US. To all of you who have loved ones over "there", Thank You and more importantly, thank THEM.