Happy New Year.

Happy New Year to all.

I must say sorry to anyone who has come by my site in the past few months. Time slips away from me. I plan to try a little harder in 2010. What will it bring?

First purchased quilt

This is my first purchased quilt. I found it at Mosquito Creek Antique Shopp in Indiana over the Fourth. It is almost completely hand stitched and quilted. Only 9 seams done by machine. I paid $125.00 for it. Donnie the Antique store owner got it in an estate sale from a 90 yo women. I just wonder why she didn't sign it. I love it. The plaid clothes type fabrics make me think she was a seamstress as well as a quilter. I love the Bubble gum pink.

It is quilted in a wonderful variety of patterns. About 1 and 1/2 inches apart. What was she doing during all the stitching time?

It has found a good home with me. I just can't believe that she had no family that wanted it and wound up in an estate sale.

This is Lily. She and her sister just take my breath and energy away. It is late and I couldn't go to sleep so I got up and played around with my pictures. I took this one yesterday May 31, she is now 3 yrs and 1 week old. She has the biggest brown eyes and the deepest dimples when she smiles.

I guess it is time to try to go to sleep. I have to go to work in a few hours.

Hug someone close

Charlotte

Proud Mother

One of my friends said yesterday that she woke up to a misty morning outside and that it reminded her of her daughter named Misti and then she got misty. I wrote back to her that, We as Mothers get misty one minute thinking of our children then in another minute we are proud of them and full of happiness, Or at least that was the gist. I don't have the memory I used to. Here is my proud mother moment, it happened Friday. My son Brian graduated from the SC Department of Corrections Academy.

He and his little girls came over yesterday and we took this picture, Avory is 21 months now, her big sister turned 3 last Sunday. Avory got on the bike without help.

Lily was having fun in the Tupperware cabinet a few weeks ago. She sure was having fun. These girls are the sunshine of my life and I am so proud of the way Brian and Mandy are rearing them.

Another Finshed Top.

Today I finished the top Works in Yellow and Blue. Here is a pic. Someone on one of the quilt sites I follow asked the question last week. Do you have to have a cat to blog about quilts, or something like that. I did not have the wrinkles out of this one until Garfunkle was on it.

I don't think that I have posted a pic of the finished pattern Orange Crush by Bonnie K. Hunter of Quiltville.com. Mine I call Strawberry Limeaide. here it is. My neighborhood friend and quilting buddy decided the last border choice for me. I was so completely tired of working on it that I just threw the fabrics to her and said pick. I like it but I some how think that the lime or pink on the outside would have been better although I am going to bind it in the pink, lime and aqua strips, So that will liven up the outside.

My wonderful kids gave me this for Mother's day. To the left. It is so pretty and now I don't have my wine on my kitchen counter anymore. I had fun buying extra wine just to put in it. The wine glasses in it are my everyday ones from Kmart, I think. I didn't put my crystal in it cause I was nervous that the grandbabies might sneek in there and play with them. I keep the door closed but you just never know.

Time now for me to go to bed. Hug someone you love, Good night.

Here are the two cuties that have their Nana totally wrapped around their little fingers. I just got home from sitting with them so their Dad could go have some male bonding time with his best friend. They were asleep the whole time so I had a chunk of time to myself. I don't get that often. I took my computer to rearrange all my picture folders and my hand quilting. This is last years picture. They are now soon to be 3 and 20 months.

This past Monday I started walking on our treadmill again. I told myself I was going to walk every day. Well, on Wednesday I broke the $*%# belt. So now it is going to cost me $200.00 to get a new one. My son came over and helped his dad take it apart and look up the price on the net. He didn't want to order until he could talk to the shop so he will do that Monday for me. That treadmill has been a good one and I can't see getting rid of it. Another one to replace it would be 3 or 4 times the cost to put a new belt on it. My husband uses it at least 3 times a week. He is diabetic. My hat goes off to him. He is great with his diet and his exercise. The hardest part for me and exercise is just getting started. I would rather take all my free time and quilt, read or plan new quilts. I know I have to start the exercise again or I won't live long enough to make all the quilts I want.

Hug someone you love,
Charlotte

When am I ever going to learn?

When? That is my question to myself. I joined Twitter, and Facebook this last week. I haven't made time to keep my blog up to date in months. Do I really think that I will be any better at twittering or facebooking. Twitter and Facebook are a little faster to jot a note off to someone. My blog is mostly for myself. Yet I know there are people who will stumble upon it so I can't just use it like a diary. My older sister will look at my blog but I have no hopes of her joining Facebook.

I have finished the pieced part of the Orange crush borders, In my case it has to be called Strawberry lime. I would have gotten them sewn on today but I baby sat my two cute grand girls. Almost 3 and 19 months old. I love them dearly but they sure wear this 52 yo out. Maybe I can get the borders on tomorrow. I think I'll go cut the strips that make the pieced section match the center. If I have my math right I have to cut them 1.5 inches. That small of a border scares me. Some times you just have to trust and jump.

Did you notice the boo boo in the blue and yellow. It is now turned right. I should have a picture soon of the completed center. It is done I just have to get the right light to snap a pic. I have to go shopping ( Oh Darn ) for the right blue for the border. I am toying with some applique ideas. I don't think a pieced border would add to it.

Hug someone you love and goodnight.

working in yellow and blue

Here is a little something I have been working on in my so little spare time. I just got some of my photos up loaded after a really long break. I started putting the blocks together at Bonnie's July 4th weekend of 2008. I have finished my Orange Crush to the stage of needing borders. I have the Tobacco Road also to the step of needing it's Borders. The Crush has all the parts ready to sew together. I am still pulling and cutting lights for the flying geese on Tobacco Road. During the time I was catching up on Old Tobacco Road, after I had put it down for way too long,

I was recovering from hand surgery. My Local sewing buddy and wonderful friend, finished cutting all the bricks for me to put it together. I couldn't use the rotary cutter for a few weeks before surgery due to the pain it caused and I couldn't raise the presser foot with my hand for about a month before I had the surgery so I had put my knee lift on my machine. I was able to sew the day after surgery while my hand was in a half cast. I bought a Janome 6600 August 29 last summer.

Time to say Goodnight, Blogging Friends.