Doll Quilts

I'm sitting here in the early AM, all alone, in peace and quiet, listening to the rain and thunder outside. It's very soothing.

I am so enjoying the monthly doll quilt swap I'm enrolled in. (See sidebar , you should join, it's fun!!) The smaller things are appealing to me more and more, I guess because of the faster finishes. The theme for July was patriotic,and this is the quilt I made. It was deconstructed star blocks. I quilted it with red, white and blue variegated thread and tried a quilting method I saw online somewhere.

The quilt I received is beautiful!!! I love it. It was made by Meg in Virginia.

Isn't it pretty??You should consider joining this swap. It's fun!! (Did I say that already??)

I'm getting stuff moved around in the house since MIL moved. What a lot of stuff she had. I think she kept all the mail they received from 1960, lol. She also has every vase from every floral gift she ever received. So, we are going to have a yard sale in August. And whatever is left will go to Goodwill.

The only downside to all this moving around of stuff is that many things are coming in the house from my sewing room, so now I have to rearrange that too, lol.  But life is good!!

WilmaNC

Quilting Withdrawal

I am so wanting to go into the sewing room and sew!! But, some life changes have occurred. First just got back from a vacation at Marblehead Ohio, on Lake Erie. 2 grandchildren and their spouses and kids plus Dave and I made 11 people. We had a blast. My great grandchildren are all under 5. Have to show a picture. They are sooo sweet!!!

I hadn't seen them for quite a while, but when we saw them, the little one on the right came running to me!! A full heart for the whole week for sure!!! I did take an afternoon away from them to visit with a quilting friend. We went to her quilt shop, The Nautical Needle, in Port Clinton, OH. Really nice shop, and of course I just had to buy something. There was also a quilt show there on Saturday so Dave and I slipped over to look. If I ever had to move back to Ohio, Port Clinton would be the place.

So, needless to say, I cried most of the way home missing the babies. But son Jack was here when we arrived. Spent another day with him before he had to fly back to California. So, more crying.

Then the BIGGIE. MIL has moved to Ohio to live with Dave's sister. So for the first time in a long long time, we are footloose and fancy free. So this week all I have gotten done is go through papers, clear out "stuff" for a garage sale, and move things around. Yesterday I got the computer moved into the house from my sewing room in the garage. Today we are going to try to get the bedrooms changed around. And of course, despite MIL being a pain in the butt, I find I miss her. Lots more crying. And going through pictures etc brings back so many memories. It kind of feels like we got divorced, lol. But soon life will get back to normal.

Hopefully by next week things will be arranged and I can get back to doing some quilting. And some baking using my new mixer, lol.

Later,
WilmaNC

On my design wall, and a finish

I have actually been somewhat productive lately. Finished one quilt, and started piecing another. The finished one is the Peculiar Challenge quilt I did a while back. It came out nice. All that's left to do is sew on a hanging sleeve, as  this one will get a time on the wall in our bedroom. The quilting is just a freehand back and forth alternating directions with each small block. I did some sewing in the flowers to give the look of petals too.

The quilt I'm working on is called Fun and Games by Bloom Creek. I have had this pattern for quite a while, it is so pretty. I used one of my 30's prints charm pack, plus added a few from my stash. For the borders it asks for pin dots, which of course, I only had one, in grey. So had to go to sisters house and beg some from her, lol. I'll show more pictures as I progress. The missing corner is under the needle on my machine....

Going on vacation to the North Coast starting Monday. Know where that is?? Lake Erie, lol. Will get to see all of my grandkids and great grand children all at the same time!!! I will definitely show some pictures.

Later,
WilmaNC