The walls are coming up!

The Guest House is actually taking shape! Pa hung Sheetrock on the ceiling and in the bathroom last week and we've painted the Sheetrock and have actually got one wall covered in the siding that I picked! Oh, and I got the two quilt tops ready to quilt for the reunion! Yippee! I'll show you the quilt tops first!

This is a queen size Carpenters Star in Batiks... Easy, but very striking, I think!

This is my take on Missouri Star Quilt Company's Sunny Skies. It a Twin size quilt, and I think the kids will like it...

Next is some eye candy from my yard this week...

Lastly, a timeline of getting the wallboard up in the Guest house!

Woot! Woot!

Finished!

Love how it came out!

And I even got one of the Christmas for kids quilts in and out

Of the longarm today!

Wedding flimsy

I just finished the flimsy for a wedding quilt for an old classmate of mine. His daughter is getting married and he wanted a quilt to give her as a gift. Her colors were the colors of peacock feathers. I think it's beautiful! Can't wait to get it into the longarm!!!!

It's 81"x 98" so it should fit a queen or full amply!

I hand embroidered the initial T in the centers of the

Corners blocks ... The pattern is the traditional Dresden 

Plate in variations of teals and purples.

And I used a buttonhole stitch from my Bernina in beige 

around the center and outside edge of the petals. Hope

She loves it!

Laundry Day

There are times I really enjoy laundry day... No really, I really mean it this time! 😃

I enjoy it because on laundry day I need to be close to the washer and dryer...that means while I'm not changing loads, sorting, folding or hanging up there is some precious time to sew!!!! A friend of mine has been making 5 in 5 quilts for our church's Christmas kids program. I looked on YouTube and the closest thing to what she is doing that I could find is called 5 O'clock quilt...then I changed the block sizes to work for what I wanted... I haven't put the border on yet, but it's kinda cute and very easy!!! This without borders is 48"x 60"

Mostly purples and pinks, I think it will be great for just about any age girl!

Now to find some border and backing material!

Christmas Kids

We've started making quilts for our Christmas Kids at church... One of our ladies has already made 2 tops, and I was able to quilt them some all they have left is to get the binding done....

The first one is a racing team sponsored by Corn Flakes...

I love the bright colors!!!

This second one is a pretty Turning Twenty variation with 

Feathered swirls for the quilting... Very nice!

Camper quilt

This is one of two tops a friend asked me to quilt for her... They will be used camping on their land... They are alike except this one has one extra row... The dark blue is twill I believe, and the design material looks like Chintz. It's a very pretty quilt top that is very heavy and will probably last forever! The quilting was hard to get the tension exactly right... Had to rip out a lot and redo, but I do like how it came out!

This is on a queen bed... Big!

Free motion flowers in blank blocks...

Various fillers in design block...

Backing and binding...

Pink Baby Quilt...

Latest finish for a friend....

Progress report...

The guest house is coming along... We received the water heater through FedEx on Friday, and I got a little insulation up while Marvin framed in the bathroom over the weekend...

Most of the electrical was done last week... So this week I've been working on a quilt top....

All the parts are made and this is what I have completed so far...

It's a Missouri Star Quilt Co. Design that I believe is called Sunny Skies, I think...😉

Awesome Day!

I finished Laura's baby quilt just in time... She's scheduled for delivery tomorrow! I think it came out pretty cute!

The grey on the pink material is kitties...

I only outlined everything, which still takes quite a bit of time and more than secures everything!

The next thing that happened was totally awesome! The building on skids that we bought last week was delivered... What a cool process!

The yellow and brown one on the back of the trailer is ours!

Their trailer is an amazing piece of equipment that made 

getting the building onto the ground look easy!

From this, to this...

In a matter of moments! Now, how do they get it out of the street?

By something called a mule!

Rotating the back end onto the yard...

Pulling it back into the slot...

Lining it up straight to the house front and side...and property line!

A very short time later...

Leveled and ready for our end of the work... Electricity 

will come first!

God is good... And hopefully, soon our guests will be 

more comfortable when they visit!