July 2017.....Week Two

Hamilton Missouri - Home of the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

Thirteen friends took a trip to Missouri for a 3 day retreat.  

We had a wonderful time - sewing, shopping; scavenger hunt, shopping; laughing, shopping; eating, shopping ----you get the idea.

Jenny and Ron with our group

 It was their Christmas in July Retreat so they brought each of us a small gift.

 And Jenny did her trunk show one evening.

Our hostesses did demos and entertained us with little skits a few times each day. 

Our meals were catered by some of the local citizens and for the most very tasty.

We had very nice Baby Lock Machines to use but I got very little sewing done.

 This is the quilt that was on the wall in my room.

At the end of the retreat we were invited to put all our purchases in bags and they shipped them home for us. 

 Lots of fun and something I would definitely do again.

July 2017... Week One

The Class of 1957 - South New Berlin, NY

I traveled to New York State to share the 60th High School Reunion of these fine friends. 

(I think it wonderful that they get together every year and have such  a close bond with one another.)

 My family moved after our Freshman year.  I graduated from another high school but they kindly invite me to their celebrations.

  We shared a fun boat ride on Otsego Lake and a wonderful meal at The Otesaga Resort in Cooperstown, NY.

My younger sister, Barb,  and I drove out to Hornell to see our older sister Janet.

She is recovering from a medical set back.  However she is making  some progress.

While at Barb's we were entertained by my great nephew and her grandson Ethan.

He played cards with us and here he is serenading me with "Getting to Know You" from the King and I.  He's a ton of fun and you can't help but smile when he's around.

My family, helped  me celebrate my birthday when I got back home.

Crossed Canoes

This is the crossed canoes quilt that I have on the machine right now.

I started the border but wasn't sure How I was going to proceed from there.  I'll have plenty of time to think about it before I have time to get back to quilting.

Going to take some time off for some vacation and it is just too hot to quilt right now.

 I'm going to look into having an A/C Unit installed.

Bindings and Church Doings

Well  - I sewed them all by machine but they are all done! How else could I get all four done in one day

Making bread at church.

Another 36 loaves ready to deliver.  We are usually done baking by 11AM and then they cool for a bit before they package them for delivery.

Our VBS starts this week .  It's call Fixer - Upper.

I just love the mural that P ,who heads up our Bread Ministry, made for them. 

 She used aluminum foil to make the metal parts of the tools.  Very Clever is she!!!

Another H Quilt and a Patriotic Quilt Quilted.

I just love this block.  So easy to make and fun to use all those quirky prints that you just can't help but buy.

I know Zoe is going to love it!

And here is a patriotic donation quilt that I finally quilted also.

Thanks to Mother Nature for a few cooler days to make the quilt cave bearable.

Donation Baby Quilt

 This was such a fun little quilt to make!

It was quilted in just an afternoon! 

I have the binding made from the inner border fabric ready to put on it.

Saw this on the net the other day.  And since I enjoyed Downton Abby..........

Mystery Quilt backing and Binding

I added the missing row to my mystery quilt and after many changes made a backing for it. 

 I used a set of batik blocks that I won at Capital Quilters Guid several years ago.  

They were pretty but the blocks varied quite a bit in size.  

I think the colors complement the top so it was a good way to use them up.

And I also sewed the binding down on this quilt that I quilted awhile back.

I have already put it on the bed.  It doesn't look as patriotic as I thought it would.

1. Took this picture in the evening and I did sew a label on it too!