2017-06-19 16:27
Last night I got this awesome American Flag quilt loaded on the frame. I got the quilting started but it was very hot up there so I stopped. This belongs to a friend… Read More
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2017-06-17 10:00
Yesterday I trimmed up my SIL's hexie quilt so that I could start on the binding. I really didn't have to trim that much off. I was planning on doing a scalloped edge on it… Read More
2017-06-16 10:00
Another customer quilt finished! I don't have to do the binding on this one so it is ready to head back to it's owner in NC. I loved this quilt. I guess the colors we… Read More
2017-06-15 10:00
Yesterday was a long busy day. Mom came out and help me put up this kraut. We ended up with 46 quarts total and we are not finished yet. 38 quarts of regular kraut… Read More
2017-06-14 10:00
Yesterday was a good productive day! I got about half of this beautiful king size quilt top quilted! I am using a panto called, Mint Julep. I love this panto and it is… Read More
2017-06-13 10:00
Finally!...this baby is off the frame! Shew....it was on there way too long but all my fault. This is the beautiful Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt made by my SIL, Kellie… Read More
2017-06-12 10:00
After a wonderful Church service yesterday I came home and worked on some blocks. I ended up with 6 more blocks finished. This makes 11 blocks and I need 25. I'm lovi… Read More
2017-06-11 10:00
My weekend pretty much consisted of this! LOL! I had to pick it out because I had a big pleat in the backing. No clue how I did that. I've been longarming for a… Read More
2017-06-08 10:00
I can't begin to tell you how aggravated that I am right now! I should have had this quilt finished days ago. If you remember, I am on a tight schedule this month. Lo… Read More
2017-06-06 10:00
So here is my first block of the Fancy Fox quilt. Very fast and easy! I am making this for a customer as she wants it for her grandson due in a few months. I got it a… Read More
2017-06-05 12:08
Oh what a day! Shew....my plan was to get half of this hexie quilt quilted yesterday and that didn't happen. I mentioned before that I am on a very tight schedule this mont… Read More
2017-06-04 10:00
I worked hard yesterday getting everything ready to load this beautiful quilt top on the longarm. This is the beautiful hexie quilt made by my SIL, Kellie. I didn't have it loade… Read More
2017-06-03 10:00
I spent most of the day working on binding! I ended up cutting the binding 3" because the quilt was so thick after using cotton batting and fleece backing. 3" ended up being a pe… Read More
2017-06-02 10:00
I finished quilting this lovely customer quilt yesterday. It's so bright and cheery. She hand pieced this during her downtime at work. I believe she made this fo… Read More
2017-06-01 10:00
I bought this cute little fox pattern a few days ago as I need it for a customer quilt. This is the pattern that she picked out for her soon to be born grandson. Mine will be don… Read More
2017-05-30 10:00
First off, I let me show you this beautiful "I Spy" quilt that my SIL, Kellie made before I catch you up on everything else. She made this beautiful quilt for my youngest s… Read More
2017-05-26 10:45
I want to show you this beautiful customer quilt that I quilted. This belongs to a friend and also a co-worker of my SIL. A couple of years ago I taught my SIL to English Paper Piece… Read More
2017-05-25 10:00
Back in February hubby surprised me with a fabric shopping trip. This was just a few weeks before my birthday in March. He took me to Guhl's in Jackson Ohio. It's abo… Read More
2017-05-24 10:00
Here is my current progress on my Kindred Hexies. I have a bunch of them prepped and I am sewing some of them together. Sorry the pic is dark but it was late when I took th… Read More
2017-05-23 10:00
I am really enjoying being back to blogging. :) Thought I would show you my Kindred Hexies. My SIL, Kellie and I are both making a quilt with this shape. I have a bun… Read More
2017-05-22 10:00
A dear friend of mine contacted me several months back asking if I could make a Cross quilt out of her father's shirts that had passed away. I've made several of these memory qui… Read More
2017-05-21 10:43
Hi All! I'm back once again! Hope I still have some readers out there. I finally got the laptop fixed and I just found it really hard to type a blog post on the cell… Read More
2017-01-03 11:00
Sorry that I have been gone from blogland for so long. I received a message today stating that it had been 5months since I had posted. Lol! Life just got busy on me and things were jus… Read More
2016-08-03 10:09
A very proud but emotional morning...Hunter's first day of his Freshman year. Where has time gone? This is a very short blog post but I will have a longer post tomorr… Read More
2016-08-02 10:00
Here's a block update. I have a total of 103 of the Garlic Knot blocks finished. Now only 17 more blocks to go. I'm hoping that I will get those done today. Here… Read More
2016-07-31 10:00
Just to let you know my posts are a few days behind. This post will go up on Sunday but it's really Friday. This is just a little easier for me to get some posts done.So to… Read More
2016-07-30 10:00
I know you are shaking your head but I started a new quilt. LOL! Actually, I think this one will go rather quickly. No pattern really but just a traditional block tha… Read More
2016-07-29 10:00
A couple days late but here is the Quilt Shop that I mentioned in my last post. Sarah's Thimble in Virginia Beach. When I found out that we were going to Virginia Bea… Read More
2016-07-27 10:00
We spent a few days at Virginia Beach! It was very nice and we all had a blast. It's amazing what a few days away can do for a person. It was so nice to have th… Read More
2016-07-20 10:10
Yesterday I posted full pics of this hand pieced customer quilt. Now this big baby completely finished and it's ready to deliver!!! Yesterday I cut, pieced, and hand sewed… Read More
2016-07-19 10:37
Yesterday I quilted this huge customer quilt! I didn't even get it all in the photo but it measures something like 104x104. This was her first quilt and she completely hand… Read More
2016-07-16 10:00
I worked on a couple hexagon blocks yesterday. I only finished 2 of them but that is still progress. I added them to the pile. I need to prep more hexagons beca… Read More
2016-07-15 10:27
First off...LEO came home! If you read my last post you know that our boxer, Leo ran off and was missing. He did eventually come home. He had followed that female stray off… Read More
2016-07-06 10:20
Another customer quilt off the frame. This is a special quilt because when I picked it up and we unfolded it, you could see how special it was in the owners eyes. They gleamed with… Read More
2016-07-02 10:00
It's been several days since I posted but I've just been busy. Hunter turned 14 on June 30th but we had his party last Saturday, June 25th since Richard was off work. Hunter had… Read More
2016-06-22 10:00
Finally....I got this beautiful quilt off of the frame! This is a customer quilt, actually it belongs to my aunt. I think it is beautiful!It took me a while to get it finished as… Read More
2016-06-19 10:00
One of my favorite quilt tops has been quilted! I call this quilt, Sweet Annie because the fabric was sent to me by a dear friend and her name is Annie. I can't put into wo… Read More
2016-06-17 10:00
Let me catch you up on what I have been doing. I've been playing around with my longarm. I found out that a fellow blogger, Dora also has a Nolting longarm so she has given… Read More
2016-06-14 10:06
Another pic of my big girl! :) We are taking some time to get to know each other. She sure is different than my other one. All is going well. I've had a f… Read More
2016-06-11 14:30
This big girl came to live with me yesterday!!! I can't tell you how excited that I am. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know that my mid-arm broke down a y… Read More
2016-05-28 10:00
Here is a little update on some of my hexie progress. I didn't do all of this yesterday but I did about half of the cream hexies. You know me...when I should be clean… Read More
2016-05-26 10:00
I got more of my sewing room cleaned yesterday. Richard and Hunter took the old longarm frame and machine down for me and moved it to the balcony area. With that out I was… Read More
2016-05-25 10:00
This was the state of my sewing room when I went to bed last night. I am doing some deep cleaning before my dear friend gets here in 2 weeks. I have stuff strung out everyw… Read More
2016-05-24 10:07
First off, I want to thank everyone for your prayers and well wishes and also for welcoming me back to blogging. I am trusting in the Lord and I know whatever his will is will be. &nbs&hell…Read More
2016-05-23 11:20
Not sure if anyone is still reading my blog but if you are.....I'M BACK!!! It's been almost 4 months since I have posted so I will just do a quick update with what has been going… Read More
2016-02-08 12:15
What's on my design wall? So if you are wondering why I have been having videos on my blog...well...it started out as a school project for one of the boys and then they really en… Read More
2016-01-31 05:51
Shew....what an evening! LOL! I've attached a little video about my evening at the Yo-Yo Quilt Class. It started out very stressful but ended on a good note. On… Read More
2016-01-31 05:51
Shew....what an evening! LOL! I've attached a little video about my evening at the Yo-Yo Quilt Class. It started out very stressful but ended on a good note. On… Read More
2016-01-27 11:18
This is a short little video of the snowstorm here on the farm. We ended up with 18" of snow. I know that several places got a lot more but here in KY that is a pretty big snow… Read More
2016-01-11 10:00
I had another hexie class or Grandmother's Flower Garden class a few weeks ago. This class was held in the meeting room at one of the local fire departments. It was small b… Read More
2015-12-24 00:45
Merry Christmas!Have a wonderful and Blessed Christmas! Read More
2015-12-22 18:01
Today I am posting a little video for you! LOL! Hope you can understand me with my sinus infection and my Kentucky accent. :) Didn't feel like typing it all out so I… Read More
2015-12-14 12:54
Hi guys! I thought I would check in and let you all know that I am still around. :) I've been dealing with some tendonitis in my left wrist. So I took some time… Read More
2015-10-25 09:00
I know it's been about 10 days since I posted last but sometimes life just gets in the way. Anyway, I want to show you this little project that I just finished.My dear friend, An… Read More
2015-10-15 09:00
Let me take you on a walk! I've mentioned before that if I walk through the woods that my mom is close by. I can't see her house from mine and it takes a few minutes longer… Read More
2015-10-07 23:04
Good News!!!! I started a second blog to go along with my quilting blog! I will be posting on BOTH blogs! My second blog is called, Kristie's Pantry. It is all about… Read More
2015-10-07 09:00
I haven't been doing a very good job of blogging lately. Things have just been crazy around here and I haven't been feeling the best in the world either....low potassium and high… Read More
2015-09-25 09:00
It's been a little over a week since I have posted so I will catch you up on things. Not a lot of sewing but I have been busy. First up...look at the back bumper on my… Read More
2015-09-16 09:00
I'm making a little more progress on my Remember quilt blocks. These are large 20" blocks. Only 2 of these have the machine applique done on them. The other 2 need to… Read More
2015-09-14 09:00
Another block for my "Remember" quilt. I'm loving this so far! Sunday I switched back and forth between this quilt and my Trail Mix. Both are by Edyta Sitar. I… Read More
2015-09-13 09:00
I decided to try out a new block from another Edyta Sitar pattern. Right now she is my favorite designer. I have a few of her patterns but each of them so far take some wor… Read More
2015-09-10 10:05
I am one happy woman! My Facebook was blowing up with messages from people asking if there was going to be another class. I was also tagged in several photos showing the hexie fl… Read More
2015-09-09 09:00
Hexie class review....I had a blast! I hope everyone else did too. Hunter was with me and he took the photos. I am most comfortable when talking about quilting… Read More
2015-09-08 09:00
I started cutting some diamonds from the strip sets for my Trail Mix quilt. Honestly this is all that I got cut. LOL! This is just from one strip set so they will be… Read More
2015-09-07 09:00
So what do you do when your brother calls and asks if you want to go to the lake after Church on Sunday? Well...when you are stressed out after finding out that your water issues… Read More
2015-09-03 09:00
Yesterday was a much better day than Wednesday! Thank God! :) I had a rather busy day actually. I worked on my dishes and laundry that piled up from the day of… Read More
2015-09-02 09:00
Ever have one of those days where you just wish you could start it over or just curl up in a ball and cry? Well I had one of those days yesterday. When I first got up I had… Read More
2015-08-30 09:00
I got all 20 of my big strip sets finished!!! I was hoping that I would get them done yesterday and I did! Now I am moving on to the next step of making 17 of the sma… Read More
2015-08-29 09:00
It was a busy day yesterday. I accomplished lots of cleaning in the house and also got some sewing done. I may be a little slow going on this project but I have a million other t… Read More
2015-08-28 09:00
So far I have 7 of the 20 big strip sets needed for my Trail Mix quilt. I have all of the strips cut, just need to get them sewn together. I also have a postage stamp block… Read More
2015-08-26 09:00
I took a break early yesterday morning to do some cutting before I did anymore canning. I am starting a new quilt!!! It is a Craftsy class with Edyta Sitar called, Trail Mi… Read More
2015-08-24 09:10
Will I ever quilt again? Shew, I don't know. Right now it doesn't seem like it. All I have been doing lately is work on my canning. I love canning but I do get… Read More
2015-08-21 09:00
I taught my Hexie class Wednesday night!!! Oh, it was wonderful! I thought that I might get nervous but I didn't. Quilts is one subject that I can talk about all day… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It's been a couple of weeks since I have posted so this is a photo heavy post. First off let me start with some quilting stuff. My dear friend, Janet sent me some Civi… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It has been a long day. This morning we lost one of our goats, Cocoa. She was our favorite and it has been really hard on Hunter as they were play buddies. :(Here is… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I am working on 3 of these quilts! This is the beginning of 1 of 3. It is called, Anchors Aweigh and the fabric line is Tula Pink's. It is a big anchor. One qui… Read More
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