Some books are written in which the animals talk.

Which is a fine concept and very entertaining indeed.

However, if I were to write a book in which quilts could talk,

the story would go something like this . . .

"Sit by me, pleeezze sit by me.  We'll have a long conversation about my many travels, the classes I've been to, the walls I've graced, and (ohh, shiver) the storage boxes I've waited in.  Dark and scary were those storage bins!  But I'm out now and (ahhh, very big sigh) the clean, clear air is wonderful.  We love it here in the mountains.  Ohhh yes, come sit by me."

 "Pffft, whadda ya braggin on Basket.  Sounds like yous got moh miles thanst sense.  Chust 'cause yous been sum places 'n seen sum things, dont mean ta rest ta us ist chopt liva."

"I got moh shine thanst yous Basket."  "Tis at ol scrap bin thats I'm frum 'n proud tuvit!"  "Chust hope she'st finished wid me soon.  That wuld be guud.  Ahhh yes'sirree-Bob it wuud."

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What are your quilts talking about?

Until then, keep stitchin' . . . .

Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy.

There's a bit of frost this morning, so I thought I'd share a picture of the garden to remind us that winter will be passing.  The garden catalogs should be showing up any day now.

I'm taking a poll by the way.  Do you have a particular favorite seed company that never fails?  We'd love to know all about it.  Leave a comment won't you.

On the quilting side of the news, and indeed this is news . . .

the 1990 pineapple is pinned.

 Oh I know you find this hard to believe.

 I personally am still in shock over the fact, but yes, it's done.

With the help of my favorite cheerleader, Dolly.

Wishing you all a warm, sunshiny day no matter how much snow is on the ground.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Combating the doldrums with quilts.

Except for today, we've been experiencing typical gray, drizzly, dreary, winter weather.

Curl up with a book and take a nap weather.   Know what I mean?

So after putting away Xmas, I brought out the BIG guns.  Color!

High-energy color.

Stop in your tracks and soak it in color.

Quilts make a house a home, don't you think?

We're almost ready for company.  And curling up with a good book to take a nap.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Weather, go figure.

 
 Last Saturday, we had fluffy snow.

Today the front door is open, the laundry is drying on the porch, and I'm wearing short sleeves.

And sewing of course.

For all of our neighbors to the west dealing with the major ice storm . . .

Dolly and I ask you to stay home, be safe, and bring all your furry friends inside.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Thursday musings

Small windows of sewing time allow me to work on the green/yellow blocks.

Then I discovered this bin of units of 6.  What were these for?  I have no idea.  A border for something probably.  Now that my photographic memory is out of film, I really do need to write myself notes.

An idea from pinterest popped up, and I came up with this.  Just an idea, still deciding.  However, it sure would use up a LOT of 2" squares.  A goal of mine for 2017.

That's the beauty of winter. Time to play around with ideas while the garden sleeps.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in a jar . . .

Or would you rather be a Quilter?

Evidently . . . .

I'm a quilter.  Especially since I cannot seem to stick to one project at a time.  My excuse of course being, I'm trying to empty the 2" strip bins.

Hah, we've heard that one before.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Ahhh yes, snow day do-ins!

I'm up to 20 blocks, yeah!  That means I've sewed 960 more squares together.  Many were cut on Saturday.

Of course, now that I see it on the wall, I've decided twin size will be better. So 10 more blocks are required.  And it looks like I'll be cutting more squares.

When I talked to my neighbors up the hill today, they mentioned we hit 0 degrees last night.

Hearing that, Dolly asked me to remind everyone to check on their outside critters, provide warm hay, a house, and check on water often.  Hypothermia happens.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

New snow.

 These photos are for Lynda.

 The weatherman was right,

 At least 3 inches.

 It's 26 degrees out right now, rather brisk.

A good day for staying inside to sew.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

New year, new project.

 This idea was inspired by a left over section of an old project.

It hung on the design wall until I could get to it.  As you know, the holidays were excessively busy this year.

The green 2" strips residing in my closet have been waiting awhile to be cut into squares.  As have the yellows.  For some reason I find yellows difficult to collect.

Do you recognize the bright yellow stripe from the 1970s

Have you been looking for a good book to listen to?  Then I recommend this one.

A very slow pace, good for a frosty winter day while sewing.  If you're a long-time reader, you'll recognize some of the characters.  Slow books often bore me, but I really enjoyed this one.

You'll recognize these characters also.  All in new homes now.  I still miss them.

Temps are dipping down into the 20s tonight with a chance of snow this coming weekend.  It's time to find some new books.  If you listen to Overdrive Downloadable Books, do you have any recommendations?

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Hello, woof, is anyone out there?

 Please help.  I cannot find my momma.

 She cleaned for company and filled the sewing room with extra stuff.

I think she's buried in here somewhere.

I heard the sewing machine humming.  She mentioned fabric therapy . . .having to sew 25 patches.  Many 25 patches.

If you hear from her, let her know I want my supper with beef gravy please.

Woof!  Dolly