Christmas Quilt

Finally a day to sit down in front of this computer.  It seems like the days just fly by and I don’t think that is going to stop any time soon.  I can’t imagine ever being bored, that word just isn’t in my vocabulary.
I finally finished my Christmas quilt.  Yay!  It’s off to the quilters today! Working with one inch squares was a bit daunting at times and they aren’t all perfect but I don’t think quilts are made to be perfect, they are made to be used and enjoyed.  I remember one quilt I made for T when she was just a toddler and it had a GAZILLION pieces and I mean a gazillion and the first night she slept with it on her bed she threw up ALL OVER IT!
This quilt was fun though, I like appliqué so putting on all the trees and satin stitching around them had me right in appliqué heaven.  I have been sewing more lately as I have moved one of my sewing machine upstairs from the basement so that I can enjoy the sunshine, birds, squirrels etc while I sew.  Much nicer.


The backing.


I love Moda fabric.


Now on to the next project which is a wall hanging for friends that are adopting a child.  He will arrive in about nine months and they are just so excited and happy!!


We had our Awana closing program at church Sunday night. They are off for the summer months and will continue in the fall.  My younger sister Jill received flowers for being the one person in the 29 years we have had Awana that has worked in it for 28 years! (The first year she and her husband were still living in Miami.) I was blubbering so didn’t get a picture……..  I blubbered a lot that night.  They put together a slide show with pictures from the 28 years and there are numerous people that are no longer with us as they passed away, some young, some old.  There were lots of fun pictures too, I don’t remember being so young……..
Here is Funsize at about ten years old!  Cute or what?!

We used to have dress up nights and my sister would make costumes for me and the Hubs.

I could see without trifocals back then, amazing!

The Hubs and I worked in the program for 22 years and Son and DIL have picked up where we left off.  It thrills our hearts to say the least.  :o)
Now I am off to the stable to see the boys. The stalls are ready here with lots of nice sweet smelling shavings in each stall. We need to get the water turned back on and the feeders washed. The fences have all been repaired from the ravages of our hard winter and the gates that were hit by the snowplow have been repaired.  I need to pick up some grain and we have plenty of hay in to last through the summer and fall.  We are still battling the raccoons that are living in the hay loft.  We thought they had left when the yard man was cleaning up there but noticed today that the door has been opened about six inches so we know they are back.   They are baaaaaacck!  What movie is that from?
Now to get around and visit, I have lots of catching up to do! :o)