It's time for Thursday likes! Please visit LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to link up to more bloggers taking part in I Like Thursday. My husband and I went out to dinner last weekend. I haven't had a Bloody Mary in ages. It was so good. It had just the right amount of spice to it. We had a nice dinner too! I went shopping this past week and bought my shoes for my son's wedding. I've had my eye on these shoes for awhile now. Macy's had a great sale this past weekend so I grabbed them! I just need a purse to match. I think I'm going to try to wear pearl accessories also. The shoes ..read more

I finished quilting the quilt for my son and future daughter-in-law! The State Fair Sampler is done! I've been taking my time on these last few blocks. They're 12.5" blocks and easily finished in one sitting. I've decided it's always better to have a plan before I go to the longarm. It's quicker and I think I work better when my plan is already known.  I think my quilting improved as I made my way through this quilt. It doesn't matter because it's all done!!  I think the blocks speak for themselves so I won't include a narrative of what I quilted on them. I hope you enjoy my ..read more

 Happy Thursday! Please visit LeeAnna over at Not Afraid of Color to link up to more happy bloggers. This picture is one of my latest blocks I've quilted on my son's wedding quilt. I love how this came out. It was a pretty fast quilt motif to sew out with minimal marking. However, I hope you notice that I am at the end of the quilt. This block is on the left bottom corner of the quilt. I'm almost finished! I think I've been quilting this for close to 3 months. This is the largest quilt I've ever made or quilted on the longarm. It measures approximately 92" X 96". My husband h ..read more

I just added the second border to my Alaska quilt. I love the way the pattern extends into the border. It's a whole lot of more blocks to make but I think it frames the quilt in such a great way. Two sides left! Woo hoo!!! Our temperatures couldn't get above 60 this past weekend but today is close to 90! I had to put on the air conditioning. Our second floor was close to 80. That's not the best temperature for sleeping. I'm spending the rest of the day staying cool inside of my house ..read more

Boy, these weeks go by fast. It's time for I Like Thursday once again. Please visit LeeAnna to link up to more blogs taking part in Thursday posts. I got some wonderful gifts for Mother's Day. These roses were a gift from my daughter's boyfriend. He chose flowers that are not toxic to our cats. He's so thoughtful! I was pleasantly surprised!! My brother was home visiting for last week. It was so fun having him around, There's always lots of food when he's home. He left the morning of Mother's Day so my mom did get to see him. I wish he would come home more often!  I'm just ..read more

My brother was visiting the area last week so I didn't get much quilting done. I got this block done yesterday. I quilted lots of wishbone and arcs. I'm trying to make the quilting different in each block but it's almost impossible. I have my favorites but try to keep each block individual and a little unique. I realized I hadn't quilted too many feathers so I thought this block would look great with feathers to dress it up. I love the flowers in the corners. This block was very quick to quilt. I wish they were more like this! I finished this one up this morning.  I'm cutting my piece ..read more

 It's I Like Thursday time! We post happy and uplifting content every Thursday. You can visit LeeAnna over at Not Afraid of Color to link up to more blogs taking part. Our Spring has been typical for New England. We have some warm days only to be followed by cold days. It's like the weather just can't make up their mind! We're finally getting some color blooming around our house.  I received this gift mug from an old pharmacist friend. When we started our careers, all prescriptions had auxiliary labels to remind patients on how to take their meds. I don't think they're ..read more

I was a little nervous about this border. I wanted it to look like Edyta Sitar's border but there were no instructions. I'm happy to say it came out just as I had hoped. I have alternating beige and off white squares to create nice 4 patches where the border meets the body of the quilt. I've already started making more blocks for the remaining borders.   I've had a busy couple of days but hope things will calm down soon. I had jury duty yesterday but was dismissed late morning. So glad that's over!   ..read more

I've been working on making the border for Alaska. Edyta Sitar has a picture on her blog where she repeats one of the blocks as the border. I knew the corner blocks need to have a few colors changed to continue that dark blue edge. So, I made 4 blocks and auditioned them onto the edge of the quilt. It just didn't look right. There was too much beige!   After studying the picture, I realized that every other border block has 2 of the beige pieces changed to the very light background fabric. That creates a nice 4 patch between the border and the body of the quilt. I'm so glad I notic ..read more

 I missed I Like Thursday this past week. I went shopping for my Mother of the Groom dress. It was the second time I went to a bridal shop trying on gowns. The first time I went my daughter was with me. I liked the gowns but I only tried on 6 gowns and felt it wasn't enough to decide. I went to a different place Thursday with my daughter and future daughter-in-law and I found my dress! It's all ordered. What a relief! Now I'm back to my regular routine!  I wanted to show you some of the quilting on my son's wedding quilt. This picture is a card trick variation block. I tried some a ..read more