Accepting reality that my one bedroom apartment holds a small, but packed, fabric shop and that I am 75 years old. Wondering how soon I will be bored with this scrap project.  Realizing that I feel this way often in the middle of creating. Then, I found a bag with these 1.5 inch strips.  Long ago, my friends Kara and Melissa organized fabric from my scraps.  Kara was driving through town and took 2 GARBAGE bins of scraps from my house to her house in the Georgia mountains...Next time she came through, she brought them back.  OMG, they had transformed my scraps into a ..read more

Let There be Love Pat bought a new mountain house.  Look, there is a quilty barn star on it. Such a very good omen. Monday's surprise: Met a few friends for lunch.  I have to have an operation early this summer...and, I am so freaked out about it.  Felt so lonely and needed support.  So five of us met at a restaurant for brunch.  We have  been through some hard times together.  I did not know it was an operation party for me/??!!! One friend drove me there, one friend bought  me lunch, one friend had a selection of  these earrings for all of u ..read more

I made a quilt like this for a friend of mine with brain cancer.  She had it on her bed at the hospital which delighted me..It was even drapped at her wake. ..Four and a half inch squares with random logs around it...So scrappy and fun to make  I will probably make it big  enough to square off the blocks at 12 and a half inches.   While chatting with a friend on the phone, I messed around with this.  Gotta keep making them as they run out the door as staff gifts.  People here are so nice to  me. Below are the last of Wanda's scraps and those from reprodu ..read more

 I can control a potholder...a mini piece of art to give away.  I cannot control that for  me, 75 is too old to parent teenagers. No pictures from yesterday, but it was so good. My DIL brought me 6 children and an ooey gooey cake to celebrate Mother's Day early. A great idea so she could have all day today by herself. I could not control this, but I am eternally grateful for my healthy DIL I was visited  by 3 grandchildren 2 step-grandchildren and a friend of theirs: That was three 14 year olds, one 13 year old , one 17 year old and a five  year old. It was also, 5 ..read more

This is all in pieces but the main part .  Feeling a bit challenged...not right. I do like most of it, but the outside white border.  I want the first inside border but do not have enough of it. Thought I would put it out here for suggestions. Now I think I will piece the border with different whites...eg what is left of the inside border fabric with the other as filler.   This is my favorite part of quilting:  working with color and scraps to create. A great day today as I got out of myself.  Even the dentist visit was fun...OMG   What is wrong with ..read more

Aoife helps her daddy make and plant her window boxes.  Lucky Aoife to have a daddy like that. A gift tonight from Candace, just picked from her garden. "Just Jimmy".  It is like the color of the rose, "Whisky Mac".  My husband won a first place in a  rose competition for that 45  years ago. Wednesday Women today.  Linda saved my day by using her brain to organize a backing for my grey hexie quilt.  Looks like my big quilt days are numbered as I can no longer get up from the floor due to arthritis pain.  And my remaining one shoulder needs replaceme ..read more

  If a miracle ever happens and I feel the urge to straighten up.....This is usually what happens.. Distraction.  I found a few  unfinished bowl cozies under a pile.... The other side. Cleaning is so over-rated xo ..read more

 Oh, Happy Day Our Aoife playing with her wonderful used $10 dollhouse....Don't have to be rich to enjoy. Below, the $25 used playhouse in my girl's back yard.  Of course, it did come full of wasps..but a little elbow grease and a lot of love  made it perfect!! All found in Portland Market Place by my daughter. More  fun tonight with Wanda's  scraps...Making you know what!!! Love in process...... On Amazon I found these little spray bottles for my starch water.  I can take these in my travel kit for Sit and Sews...Four in a package....gave two to my sister.&nb ..read more

First things first:  Hancock's of  Paducah has a lot of reproduction prints for $4.99 in their sale section. https://www.hancocks-paducah.com/SALES Our visit to Gastonia to see Eithne...She lives in such a lovely period house there.. Eithne has her interfacings, etc. in this hanging. One more fun potholder. Above lovely Australian fabric scraps from our Wanda Already a potholder has  been created and chosen from my potholder basket at my front door. Borders...OK  one set of borders...on this quilt.  Got too tired or lazy to apply the last two.. I did however ..read more

Inspite of the thunder storms, today, I took myself to the Modern Quilt Guild sit and sew.  It was at the library around the  corner from me.  I was going to stay home, but......So glad I went.  Look at the new friend I met....Jenny.  She has been making these awesome EPPs with Liberty of London fabric.  A talented, new to quilting quilter, young and pretty.and creative.....Just  what our guild needs. Aoife on a sunny day in Portland....allowing her dog Rosie to sit with her. Sad to say, there has started a sibling rivalry between the two of them, as Ros ..read more