Some Favorite Quilts

Look what I found in a box of pics tucked away::
Broken Star quilt 2000-2001

MaryJanes Quilt, My take on an Amish flavor

Gift Baskets From all the chatters, at KC 99

Organized by Nancy, blocks were made round the world!

Paducah

This past week we did a road trip to Paducah, Ky !

We went to see the town, NOT the ZOO of the International Quilt Show.

We went to Hancocks of Paducah fabric store, like a warehouse of designer fabrics with designer prices.

We went down town to the river history of the city. Nice restored old buildings.

Elenor Burns has a shop there.. I did buy some fabric and enjoyed her samples on the walls.

From there we explored the quilt museum. It had wonderful artsy, complicated, masterpiece quilts.

The nicest part was cruising the big park with the trees in bloom ! Wish you were there Lin.

Coming home, was heavy rain and the roads we chose going far around St Louis and its flooding, were filling up. Anything that could be a mud puddle was !

Its always nice to do a trip... but nice to get home too.

This month a 55 yard roll of batting was delivered. I now have 5 finished Good Deeds ready to go !

shining star

Here's what I've been fussing over since Christmas. This will be the Holiday quilt to be given away by drawing to family next Christmas.

For those that do stash or scrap quilts this ALL fabric from the closet ! 1/3 yd this box.. 1/2 yd my box..... 1/4yd another box.. and the Christmas border print from Nancys box.

Now to get it hand quilted by then !

Part of January was spent making lined grocery/beach totes from donated upholstery fabric. I made 22 bags. We sold some to friends at work. Thank you to those that purchased them. I'm sure they will hold lots of good things for you. I used the proceeds for thread and batting.

Next up, is more Good Deeds that are on hangers in the closet. Its time to get EM done and put them to work.

quilt gifts

Christmas was very warm this year..

with several quilts made for family gifts.

tornadoes and hail in Jan

Crazy January

Its crazy around here

• both Puters needed pampering big $$

since Monday

• 4 tornado sirens & spiky hail
• Tues finally had couple guys come thru to price running a gas line. possibly hook up a gas stove.
• Wed the sewer backed up flooding my kitchen... on the phone for that thru Home Warranty people and trying to get someone down here..... they finally came today... here for 2 hours ,, rotor routed in 3 directions! to the street.
• Tim has a doozy cold all week and takin to much RX makes him scatterbrained mumbley,,, all while on the phone with ALL these things..... NUTZ
• Then the guy next door is getting new shingles.. so they came here for sales pitch, to inspect the roof..... of course some are needed.... call the Ins folks for possible hail damage.
• Wed nite Tim crashed the truck thru a state sign,, the bumper is hanging, the windshield a million pieces, and the roof and top of windshield have a deep kink. We get that checked out at shop and estimated on Mon.
• Diva got her hair done and is pretty now. I'm working on a million lil diamonds quilt top and cussing at it, among other things.
• The rest of Jan is canceled. ~~~~K

Winter Quilts

The red and green one was done for Christmas '05.

This blue snow flake is my own design inspired by a greeting card by Diane Phalen. Finished for '06 Holiday

This WinterQuilt, we will hold a drawing for the family members that show up for our BIG family Christmas next weekend!!! It has show stopping knife point triangles... the tapestry print in the center is hand quilted in snow drifts with red piping around the edges...... If I ever get back into show quilts, this will be a blue ribbon. ~~~~K