Winter Solstice Quilt

Mom finished taking a border off the quilt for me

it was brown and just not right

I had them say "cheese"

Mom did but Ann was too busy watching the parking lot

this was my very last piece

that could be deconstructed in any way

need to find something else for her hands to do

I'll be giving this to my sister when she comes to visit

stitched it about 20 years ago

not my colors anymore...

Happy Weekend!

Monday I'll be posting the photos from

the Sheep Challenge

in Lori Brechlins Out Of Hand Hookers Challenge Group

on Facebook

I offered up a little doodle

wait until you see all the sweet pieces...



Color Choices

when I started stitching these

I couldn't decide on a color scheme

so I stitched both

the blue and brown 

will have blue borders

blue or brown binding?

probably brown

the green and red

will have red borders

green binding

After 5 days off

I go back to work today...bleh!

would much rather stay home and stitch

it's still cold 

with more on the way

UFO Evidence

these ufo's have reached the quilted state

only binding and maybe labels left

top row needs quilted

middle row might need narrow sashing

bottom row has a way to go

some sort of Chinese Coins design

will finish with the rows today

then add border

my little sweetie

checking my hand for a snack

seriously...

where's the snack?

A Fine Companion

Melrose might look calm

but his tail was swishing a mile a minute

the crows in a nearby tree had his full attention

he chattered away to them for half the morning...

I spent my time next to him at the sewing room table

working on small quilts...

cutting borders, pressing blocks

deciding which UFO to work on next

Olivia you ask?

sound asleep on a pile of freshly dried wool

on the kitchen counter

my fault for setting it there

instead of taking it to the wool room

I'm feeling so much better with a change in meds

Energy and a Clear Head 

make all the difference

planning on sharing some of my

small quilts 

in progress tomorrow

there are just

so 

very 

many 

of 

them

!!!

Hooking and Quilting

these pumpkins were for sale on eBay

a few years ago...

I don't remember who the seller was...

though I've hooked some myself

these are still my favorites

I'm almost finished with the giveaway rug

soon to start some small fall items 

with pumpkins galore!

This stencil is on my eBay watch list...

considering it for hand quilting

many of my little quilts

I know I could draw my own stipple pattern

but will I?

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

After x rays, tapping and probing 

it looks like my sinuses are causing the pain

started on antibiotics yesterday

now I

 no longer feel like poking myself in the eardrum

with a pointy stick...

rarely do I have sinus issues 

so no netty pot...

will look in to one just in case

 thanks for your warm thought and good ideas