Merry Little Christmas...

Bought this panel at the Waco quilt show.

Finished! Put the backing on, quilted it up. Binding. Whoala! Done...


Just love it! Kinda on the large size as you can see!

Magnolia update...

Kelly and I went out last week to see what’s up in the Magnolia area.

Dropped her car off at dealer for oil change.. went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast... stopped at Silos...

Not too many people here yet... kinda early.

Here’s the entry was decorated for Winter. The whole place was gorgeous.


Then we walked over to check out Magnolia Press... the new coffee shop. Another gorgeous place! Well done Joanna! Still working on the back half, it’s not open yet... gonna be her furniture design store also a new patio to sit out and chat while drinking your coffee...it’s not open yet either. 

Then we hit a couple of antique stores... lots of fun!

Quilts of Valor...

Finished 2 quilts for Quilts of Valor. First one was made from scraps using the fast no match stars.

Went together really, really fast.

The 2nd was a kit from the lady who is in charge of Quilts Of Valor in this area. She came to our guild and asked for people to sew them together.

My neighbor picked it up a while ago hoping to sew it up. After 4 months, I grabbed it from her and just did it. She has her plate full so I helped her out.
The waiting list here in Texas is unbelievable. Over 500 service men and woman waiting to receive a quilt. I think they are in demand all over and are looking for people to help.

Baylor Weekend...

Kids came for the weekend so they could go to all the Baylor Football festivities. So while they were gone, Mark and I babysat.

Mr Sloan is eating real people food now. He absolutely loved Rice-a-Roni chicken flavored rice. I couldn’t shovel it in fast enough. Let’s just say a bath was the only option after he was done eating. 

And John John went on a hunt for new things. He found all different kinds of acorns. 

The big acorns were his favorite. He also found all different kinds and colors of leaves.  

They might be back next weekend for another football game. Can’t wait!

Neighbor quilt...

Woke up today and decided to finish off the quilt for the neighbor.

3 hours in, she texted me and asked for a picture of it.  That’s weird, how’d she know I was working on it. Turns out, her father-in-law took a turn for the worst and her husband was getting on a plane at 6:00 tomorrow morning.  She just needed a picture to show her mother-in-law on what was coming her way.  Told her don’t worry about it, it WILL be done by tonight. 

It is extra long.  He is a tall gentleman and that’s what she wanted. It looks awkward to me but oh well. 
Measures 43x73...
Since I was pinched for time, this evening after I finished it up,  I ran down the street to whip up a label. Our computer is on the fritz and didn’t have time to mess with it. Sandy to the rescue!

I truely don’t like my name on there so big but I was over ruled. These were all the things she wanted on there.


Can barely see it, but there is a dotted line from Virginia to Texas with a button around each city.


Washed it up... I wanted to wash it so if it turned pink from that RED backing, I could fix it. I used ‘orvis’ (I swear by this soap) and 5 color catchers. She bought all the fabric and  it was all lower quality fabric from Joann’s. Not my choice at all. That many were not needed at all. Color catchers were a light pink. Shocking!!

So that’s done... now onto the next project.

Stuff...

Been quite busy around here lately. We have been trying to finish up projects...here is the shed all painted up.. still have to do a little touch up... ground is still so soggy to use a ladder in some spots. We have a couple other projects also... garage cabinets, security cameras, window estimates... things like that.

Went to Fort Worth to see “Menopause”. If you haven’t seen it, put it on your list of things of MUST see and do. I want to see it again!

Went to Houston Quilt Show.... simply amazing! I give props to whoever had the vision to to hang these the way they did. 

These were taken 10 mins before closing. We went back after dinner...That’s why you don’t see very many people. During the day.. a wall of people everywhere.

DINNER!

Then Halloweeen came in the middle of all this.....

This picture is taken from second floor. This is one small portion of what’s to see. To get the full effect I would have taken 6 more of these and not overlapped any pictures at all.  Just huge! The first day we easily hit 15,000 steps by the time we got back to the hotel.


I have been working on my quilt of a million half square triangles... middle is done, working on borders. 

Then a neighbor came and asked to do a quilt for family member who is not doing so well.

It’s just laying out here, gave her many options and she chose this layout.  Kind of a rush quilt, needs it by the 22nd.. better get busy! I also have a greenhouse to assemble before the next freeze comes.