Rainy Days, Beautiful Quilts

I am so thankful our area of the country escaped all the bad weather.  We have had 3 days of rain, rain, rain.  I am hoping it will stop soon, the rivers and creeks are out of their banks. 

On this dreary day, I think s few beautiful quilts will lift the spirit!

These are a few more of Lisa's quilts.  Lisa is a great piecer and that makes my job so easy.  Oh, she loved her hedgehog quilt!

I think this quilt was made with a layer cake.  It looks like it would be easy to make.  I quilted this with the Drunken Feathers Pantograph with white thread.

This has got to be one of the most adorable quilts I've seen.  Sundresses! 

I quilted this with the Popcorn Pantograph with white thread.

Last but not least, this cute baby quilt.

 You can't tell what the middle of the quilt is so I took a close up.

 But wait, it gets better!  Do you see the Three Blind Mice? 

Tomorrow the QBees will come and I will hear about Momma Barb's trip to Paducah!  I am sure she and Gladys had a wonderful time. 

First 5K of the Season

This past Saturday we opened our 5K season with the Ridgewood Elementary Rabbit Run.  This run benefits the Elementary School and the running club that was started 4 years ago.  This year there were 28 children under the age of 11 that participated and a total of 110 participants!  A great turn out!

This year I was very happy to have my daughter and son-in-law join the fun!  They both did very well.  Here we are after we got home from the event.

 

 

Amanda, Keegan, Jeff & Carol

 

 

I had Amanda take a picture of Jeff and I.  It is fun to see how we have changed year to year!

 

 

Yes, we are getting older, but I also believe we are getting better :)  I ran the 5K in 36:13 which was 3:30 minutes faster than the same run last year.  I was amazed at how much I improved.  Jeff ran in 27:08, 30 seconds faster than last year.  His goal is to break the 27:00 mark this year.  I am hoping to go under 35:00.

 

Not only did my children run, but so did my niece Jianna. 

 

 

Jianna's Dad (my youngest brother, Jason) ran cross country when he was in high school.  He longer no runs due to two knee surgeries.  He is there to support his daughter and in my book that is what counts.  Jianna place third in her age group, 11 and under.  I am so proud of her!

 

Our next run is right here in my little town on Saturday, May 3rd. 

 







Mondays Quilt

I received 4 quilts from Lisa and she said this was her least favorite and I could quilt it however I wanted. 
I find this quilt adorable because I love hedgehogs!  They are my new favorite thing.

I quilted it with the Clover Meadow Pantograph using white thread. 
I was also a lovely day to take photos outside.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

Happy Easter to all who follow my blog!

Sometimes it is nice not to have any plans for the day and just sit outside in the beautiful warm sunshine.  I have been alternating between the shade and sunshine.  I have to find that perfect spot!

My son-in-law, Keegan, made sausage gravy and biscuits for breakfast, we contributed scrambled eggs and coffee and we enjoyed our brunch on the lower patio in the sunshine.  We ate on the "good china" which is original Desert Rose Franciscan Ware.  Amanda and I enjoyed our coffee in the very small dainty cups.

Jeff took photos of items I am listing in my Etsy shop:  Sweet Peas & Possum.  Now to write the descriptions and get them posted.  Here is a sneak peek of the yoga mat bags I have made.

 

 

I think I am going to sit here on the deck and enjoy the quietness of the day!



How About A Quilt Show?

It is a cold day in Ohio again!  I thought it would be a good day to show you some of the quilts I have quilted for others.
Enjoy the show!!

 

The previous two quilts were not quilted at the time of the photo.

Thimbleberries Sampler

As I am looking through these photos, I am amazed at how many quilts I quilted this past year.  More to follow!

QBee Saturday...continued

There is so much that goes on when the QBees get together that I can't post it all.  I sure hope Gladys of www.gladysgab.blogspot.com posts what she has too!

Mitzi was working on this adorable baby quilt.  It was a kit and turned out to be pretty small.  Mitzi decided to add a tumbling block border.

Mitzi also bought a new sewing machine!!

It is a Brother Project Runway.

While Barb Bond was cleaning out the attic of her mother-in-laws old farmhouse, she ran across this box.

How many of us would have just thrown it away without looking inside?  But, something told Barb to look inside.  She saw this....

but what else was in there?   Barb found hand pieced blocks!!!!  She set them with a really dark blue and I think it is beautiful!

She is going to have this hand quilted as I think it should be.  They really don't know who made the blocks, but it most likely was Ron's Grandmother as his Mother did not quilt.  The precision of the stitches and seam allowances is amazing.  I am sure whoever made these blocks is happy they have been put into a quilt top and the quilt will be treasured for years to come.

Barb also worked on a rag ladybug.  This is for her almost 2 year old granddaughter.

 

I have had a Rubbermaid tub full of homespun fabrics that was given to me after a dear friend passed away.  I added it up, and there have/or will be 11, yes, eleven quilts made from her fabric.  Some were rag quilts, Jeff and I have matching pieced four-patch quilts, a Scrappy Mountain Majesties and I am planning on making two more that have already been cut out. 

 

As I was cutting the last two quilts, I threw the scraps in a pile because I just couldn't throw them away.  OK, why not make a Crumb quilt!!!  So I did.

Here is close up of the crumb blocks.



I was able to get this quilted today.  Hopefully I'll get it bound within the next few days!

 

I love the days I get to spend with my QBees!