A February Finish

It is finally a quilt. Eight long years in the making and "I FINISHED IT". Kind of hard for me to believe. I guess it hasn't sunk in my brain yet. Love this quilt and I have loved working on it but come on...eight years. I'm thinking the reason that it took so long is, as much as I loved working on it, I would get really bored with it also. When I would get it out to work on it I would work so passionately that I would burn out quickly. For some it may look like a panel, or what I call a "cheater", but believe me, I would never work this long and hard on a cheater.

The idea grew in my head for a few months then I bought a piece of sky fabric and a piece of grass fabric. I hung them on my design wall and waited for my creativity. All I knew from that point was that I wanted a white picket fence. So with that in mind I let it grow with tree fabric, flower fabric, cat fabric and many, many others.


I'm going to hang this over my bed so I can enjoy it every day. Btw, that is my dog Harley in the lower right hand corner, giving his approval. You all have a great day.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

I have no idea how the middle of February got here so fast. Seems like I just got the Christmas decorations put away. After a very warm and spring-like two weeks the weatherman is promising snow flurries today, so perhaps "Punxsutawney Phil" was right when he predicted six more weeks of winter.

I have been busy with valentine quilt ideas, even bought some pink fabric at JoAnn's. The past couple of days I've needed idle hand work to keep me busy so carried this piece with me and am doing blanket-stitch around each heart, in white floss.

This is all old fabric from my stash. The borders are not sewn on, I just draped them across the edges for effect. I think I will probably use one of my new pinks for the border. I have also finished this table topper and need to get it sandwiched for another "carry along" to work on. I love the reds in this...

These Danish Hearts are so fast and easy I'm thinking I should make a couple more to put away for Christmas or birthday gifts.


Our younger daughter had surgery yesterday and is home and doing well. However, my 87 year old mother-in-law fell on Thursday and broke her pelvis so she may be hospitalized for a while. I'm worried that this will be the end of her independence. Please keep both of my loved ones in your prayers. Thank you very much.

My Favorite Season

I hate summer, always have, probably always will. I am always too hot and I hate to sweat. As soon as I start sweating, I start itching. If it never got above 60 degrees, and that is being very generous, I could tolerate summer. I get a little cranky in the spring cause it is just a tease of nice weather before the bomb of heat arrives. I enjoy fall cause I know the heat is ending and winter is on the way. I love winter. It is filled with wonderful holidays, Steeler football, and if we are lucky, as we have been this year, it is filled with lots of snow. I am never, ever ready to give up the snow. But! Come February I am ready for the best season of all.....NASCAR SEASON!

Last night was the Bud Shootout, which resulted in this...

just one of the many exciting moments of the race. And I was glued to the tv. It was an exiting race. However, the season doesn't officially begin until next Saturday night with the "Daytona 500". WooHoo...this girl is excited. Do we have any other NASCAR fans out there?

On the sewing front I've been in the mood to make Valentine things. I didn't have anything particular in mind so started looking through some of my books when I came across these Danish Heart blocks. They were actually in one of the Christmas books that I purchased last fall called "Comfort and Joy" by Mary Hickey. She designed a lovely Scandinavian quilt with these hearts, which I will probably make later, but for now I am making the hearts into a table topper. I am working on the fourth heart and I think they are turning out really cute. Not sure how I'm putting them together, perhaps some sashing or perhaps not. I think a couple of lovely borders would be perfect. I have also made a set in shades of pink.



I don't have a sewing room, so it is necessary for me to use my dining room for all my crafts and I always have helpers. This is our big guy, Ford, who loves to squeeze himself into small spaces. I would say he is doing a wonderful job of that here, in a box of scraps.

And this beautiful little lady is his sister Fritz. Yep, she is the one who disappeared for three weeks. She sticks pretty close to me now that she is back home.

I'm pretty sure I could get a lot more work done if I didn't have so many helpers. There are two more cats around here that help just as much as these two.

GO STEETERS

And soon to be

Super Bowl Champions

2009