March is always such a busy month for me. Lots of birthdays in March in my family and spring break. We take the grandkids camping every spring break. My sister Susan always has an annual St Patrick's Day Gathering at her place. I hate to miss it. Everyone always has such fun and she makes the best corned beef and cabbage. Don and I just got back from spring break camping. The weather is usually warm but this time it was chilly down here. Now that we are back, the weather is beautiful. My sister Joanie and her husband will be down next week for a visit. I just finished her quilt. It's my goal to make a quilt for each of my siblings( only 7 more to go). This time I practiced machine quilting other than straight lines. I am taking a great class on Craftsy.com on machine quilting. It really is more difficult that I thought it would be. I did my usual 1/4 in inside the block and then did a border of hearts on the outside border with some hearts inside the quilt. I'm not 100% happy with it but then I'm such a perfectionist I know I will always find fault somewhere in my quilting. I will put a picture of it on our blog as soon as I can find where I put my camera. I joined a quilting group this past month. The group is called "Quilts of Valor" and they have chapters all over the U.S. We meet twice a month for 4 hours and everyone is busy doing something whether its putting blocks together, cutting, sewing strips, etc. All the quilts get sent to VA hospitals here and abroad and to Afganistan. We actually have a married couple in our group. I tried to get hubby to go but sewing isnt' his thing. It did give me an idea of making him a military quilt with his military info on it. He is a Viet Nam vet.
Sister Susan and Mimi, her granddaughter went to a quilting museum in Kentucky this past week. She said it was a wonderful trip and her mind was blown from all the ideas she got and quilts she saw. I'm hoping one of them will write us a blog on their visit. Susan and I have been talking about having a gathering of family members for a quilting bee sometimes maybe this summer. I am hoping all the quilting cousins will come. It should be alot of fun. She and Dick live out near Sullivan Mo and their farm is so relaxing and peaceful. We will keep you all posted on a date. In the meantime, keep sewing cousins and share with us your works of art.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Happy St Patrick's Day
March is always such a busy month for me. Lots of birthdays in March in my family and spring break. We take the grandkids camping every spring break. My sister Susan always has an annual St Patrick's Day Gathering at her place. I hate to miss it. Everyone always has such fun and she makes the best corned beef and cabbage. Don and I just got back from spring break camping. The weather is usually warm but this time it was chilly down here. Now that we are back, the weather is beautiful. My sister Joanie and her husband will be down next week for a visit. I just finished her quilt. It's my goal to make a quilt for each of my siblings( only 7 more to go). This time I practiced machine quilting other than straight lines. I am taking a great class on Craftsy.com on machine quilting. It really is more difficult that I thought it would be. I did my usual 1/4 in inside the block and then did a border of hearts on the outside border with some hearts inside the quilt. I'm not 100% happy with it but then I'm such a perfectionist I know I will always find fault somewhere in my quilting. I will put a picture of it on our blog as soon as I can find where I put my camera. I joined a quilting group this past month. The group is called "Quilts of Valor" and they have chapters all over the U.S. We meet twice a month for 4 hours and everyone is busy doing something whether its putting blocks together, cutting, sewing strips, etc. All the quilts get sent to VA hospitals here and abroad and to Afganistan. We actually have a married couple in our group. I tried to get hubby to go but sewing isnt' his thing. It did give me an idea of making him a military quilt with his military info on it. He is a Viet Nam vet.
Sister Susan and Mimi, her granddaughter went to a quilting museum in Kentucky this past week. She said it was a wonderful trip and her mind was blown from all the ideas she got and quilts she saw. I'm hoping one of them will write us a blog on their visit. Susan and I have been talking about having a gathering of family members for a quilting bee sometimes maybe this summer. I am hoping all the quilting cousins will come. It should be alot of fun. She and Dick live out near Sullivan Mo and their farm is so relaxing and peaceful. We will keep you all posted on a date. In the meantime, keep sewing cousins and share with us your works of art.
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