Sewing Tuesday......

It's Tuesday, guess what we are doing!I'm once again working on a class I will teach next month at Piecemakers, "Bargello Placemats". Last week I sewed strips together making a tube This week, I cut strips of this tube and started the process of making my Bargello Placemats one strip at a timethen another

and anotherJust watching it grow..............................

And then at the end of the day this is what I accomplished

 Marylou's back at it once again,working on blocks for her beautiful Grandmothers Flower Garden, this quilt will win awards! I can't wait to see it finished. Victoria has started the process of sewing her strips for her placemats one strip at a time

through out the day.Victoria's strips are growing, I love the fabrics she picked, these are going to make beautiful placements.

Mom is busily working on connecting hexogons for our Grandmothers Flower Garden.

 While keeping a watchful eye on Carol's pressing

Yes that's right, Carol was able to join us today. What a blessing! It has been so long since we have been able to sew together. Carol jumped right in unsewing a few missewn blocks that misteriously appeared in her "Blue Ridge Beauty" earlier in the year while she wasn't watching.  Thank goodness you caught it in time Carol, unlike someone we know who had completely quilted the quilt only to find out that some of the blocks were misplaced. We want mention names, but I believe her initals are dsm. 

Judi is tucked in just behind Carol, sorry Judi I didn't get a closer picture of you at work on your Block of the Month (BOM) Quilt. Judi is calling this quilt her Barn Quilt. This quilt is going to be wonderful, I can't wait to see it finished. It is all applique` and what a job Judi is doing! Each block is BEAUTIFUL......

The only one missing was our friend Sue

Oh how we miss you! Sue is our long distance Tuesday Quilter. We had the pleasure of sewing with Sue for many years before she decided to move back North to Wisconsin to be closer to family. Hopefully Sue will continue sewing with us. This is a picture of Sue's Mystery Journey Quilt in progress. Sue started this quilt just before she moved and worked on it right along with us each month.  Another quilt that we worked on as a group was a quilt called Star Light  Sue makes beautiful quilts.

See why we love Tuesday? I am so very blessed to have each of these ladies in my life!

If it's Tuesday we must be sewing.......

Finally, after several month of not being able to come together to sew, we are at it again. Tuesday is our day to sew and we gather as a group to work on what ever project we need to work on. Each project is as diverse as is the person making the project, but we all call ourselves quilters.

Mom's a new comer to the group, she may not be a quilter yet, but give us some time and we will convert her. Today I have her working on English Paper Piecing. Someday we will have enough hexagons to make a "Scrappy Grandmothers Flower Garden".

Judi's is busy working on her Applique` today,a skill she has certainly mastered. This will be a  Calendar Quilt when she completes the project and you would not beleive the detail Judi has put into each of the blocks that will make up this quilt.

Victoria is working on a care quilt that our larger group, Piecemakers, has taken on as a project this year. We are making quilts for the Special School in Clinton, Victoria is the leader of this project. I am just amazed at the number of quilts that have been made so far and they are still coming in. Great going Victoria and all the other Piecemakers that are helping make this project a success. Mary Lou is busy hand sewing hexagons together adding to her "Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt" blocks. This quilt is going to be absoluatly beautiful when it is completed. Mary Lou shows us some of the fabric she has used to make her hexagons. Each piece has been fussy cut in order to get the perfect flower to make each hexagon.  I can't wait to see the completed quilt.

I worked most of the day cutting fabric and sewing strips together making a tube of fabric for a project I am teaching next month at Piecemakers called Bargello Placemats.Till next time, hope you have a wonderful day.

Move In Day Has Arrived

 Mom and Pam came up for a visit after our family reunion in Conway over the weekend. On Monday Pam and Mom headed to Little Rock with me leading the way, to begin the process of picking out furniture for the move. Pam had to head on home to go back to work, but Sheri sent a couple of workers over to help load the furniture for the move on Tuesday. By Tuesday at 11:30 we had Mom moved in.  Thankfully, Sunday night George and Josh got Mom's heater all set up.   On Wednesday, Dish Network arrived to hook up Mom's Television.  And on Thursday Sheri came up for a visit.

It Is Done!

One day shy of two months and Mom's Space is done! We started taking down trees on July 25, 2011 and the last touch was finished on September 24, 2011. Now the only thing we need now is Mom, and of course to make her life more comfortable, she is probably going to want some furniture.

Monday Randal, Doug, and Brandon returned to build the back porch and ramp. And finish up a few odds and ends. And on Tuesday they started on the door in my sewing room. As you can see my late door was a very large door with a very large opening.

Quickly the guys stared enclosing the opening to the size of the new door.Added the

outside wallalong with insulation and then........

the door.Next came the cedar

to cover the insulationand framing the door.

Along with replacing the oak boards on the outside wall.

James and Johnathon returned on Thursday to run the gas line, so the Plumbers are done. Now Mom's space is ready for a heater. More shopping to do........

Stacy returned on Saturday to attach the vanity doors and drawer covers and now the vanity is done.The vanity light is hung and is waiting on a mirror from Mom's Towel racks are attached and the shower curtain is in placeBeside furniture the only thing missing is Mom. Next comes the move............

It's Later Than You Think

I was reading a devotional this morning that really touched base with me. I'd like to share some of it with you. The writer, Luci Swindoll, said when she was a child, her family had a chiming clock that had been handed down through the generations, a well loved treasure. This clock chime kept them on schedule with everyday routines, like meal time, wake up time, and bedtime. Many nights, from their respective bedrooms each member of the family would call out the number of chimes until the last one stopped.

One night, after all had gone to bed about midnight, the clock began to gong and they started counting: "Nine....ten....eleven....twelve." Just as they shouted TWELVE! the clock struck thirteen. They could hardly believe their ears. Where on earth did that come from? Then in perfect unison, they all called out: "It's later than you think!"

Isn't that a problem for many of us? We are always running out of time. We hurry through life trying to get everything done: working over time, eating fast food in the car, racing down the highway. We've all studied Time Management along with Multi Tasking. Everyday chores encourage us to hurry. We can do our laundry twice as fast as our grandmothers did; We can travel coast to coast faster than our ancestors every dreamed; Even a simple handwritten letter that use to take hours to write can now be done with a few keystrokes and the press or a button or the click of the mouse. And yet, we seem to have less time than our grandparents did. What has happened?

In our journey to save time, we're losing something important, the value of time. Our grandparents always had time for our parents as well as the grandchildren; They emphasized family meal time with beautifully served meals, they had time for family reunions setting under the shad trees having long conversations and thoroughly enjoying each others company. They had time for everything in life that was important, because they took time to live.....

Let today be the very day, do something that takes a bit of extra time to do and do it. Do it for yourself. Do it for a family member. Do it for a neighbor or friend. Do it for the Lord.....Don't wait for another time. Rejoice in this day and be glad! Tonight, your clock could strike thirteen.

Whenever you find yourself in a hurry, bring this Scripture to mind, and rejoice in the Lord!

   "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."  Psalm 118:24

We Are Ever So Close......

 We are getting there. The floors are down, the last of the painting is done and the closet doors are up.

Kind of dark, but the next one is better

The bathroom tile is also downWe are waiting on the plumber to come back the first of next week. The vanity is in, but we are waiting on the doors and the drawer covers to arrive.

The deck rails are up and the steps are in place.

And it rained today, or should I say sprinkled. Either way we have moisture!

The cedar covering the window openings that were removed in the back bedroom is installed. I am now in the process of cleaning this room and getting the furniture back in its place.

Next week they will replace the sliding glass door in my sewing room and build the back porch. It won't be long.......

IT DEPENDS WHOSE HANDS IT’S IN

As I was studying my Sunday School Lesson this morning I came across an illustration that spoke to me and I want to share it with you.

IT DEPENDS WHOSE HANDS IT’S IN

A basketball in my hands is worth about $19
A basketball in Michael Jordan’s hands is
worth about $33 million
It depends whose hands it’s in..........

A baseball in my hands is worth about $6
A baseball in Mark McGuire’s hands is worth $19 million
It depends whose hands it’s in............

A tennis racket is useless in my hands
A tennis racket in Pete Sampras’ hands
is a Wimbledon Championship
It depends whose hands it’s in..........

A rod in my hands will keep away a wild animal
A rod in Moses’ hands will part the mighty sea
It depends whose hands it’s in..........

A sling shot in my hands is a kid’s toy
A sling shot in David’s hand is a mighty weapon.
It depends whose hands it’s in.............

Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in my hands
is a couple of fish sandwiches.
Two fish and 5 loaves of bread in God’s
hands will feed thousands

It depends whose hands it’s in............

Nails in my hands might produce a birdhouse
Nails in Jesus Christ’s hands will produce
salvation for the entire world.
It depends whose hands it’s in............

As you see now it depends whose hands it’s in.
So put your concerns, your worries, your fears,
your hopes, your dreams, your families and
your relationships in God’s hands because

It depends whose hands it’s in.(Author Unknown)