She is Done, 1030 pm Wednesday night......she is not perfect...she is finished....a long journey, even
if it was only 7 months from start to finish....determination, regardless of
how I felt, got her finished....
I must admit I enjoyed the two Farmer's Wife Quilts I did more than Dear Jane.....250 blocks is a long tedious paper pieced Trail but, I am glad for the paper patterns that I could use for them......sew, she is
done. She is marked off my bucket list.....the scallops are bond and this time, hand sewn. My daughters Swoon is also finished and has binding on it. Ready to ship to Ohio this fall.
Leah's Swoon
This is a very good day to have a good day.
We pray those is Florida will be safe in the coming storm and some areas already feeling the affects. We will get up to 5 inches here also......people are
Jane Scallops
already getting ready for the storm. Being from the Midwest I am not sure
why you get ready for 5 inches of rain.....we live on a bluff with no rivers near
by.....i do admit the drainage systems here are not that adequate so rain does do
damage in places.
Please enjoy Labor Day Weekend and the last bit of summer..........here we are
clapping our hands.......we are ready for cooler days ahead.
I am bound to bind Jane Baby....it is very good to feel she is really finished..... Finished is BETTER than perfect..........
Weekend....HOT.....Dry....heat....swimming....quilting.....
loving on our Golden Sunny Boy......Quilt Jewelry.
There was serious storms last week.....tornadoes with no deaths in Indiana
and Ohio....a miracle......and then flooding in NE Iowa....and flooding in
Indianapolis...so much rain....no where to go!!
Sunny Boy
Love Our Little Pool
Love quilts on frame before I unpin it!
begin the process of scallops
YEY!! it worked!!
To God Be The Glory!
Hope you connect or enjoy our video of The Village Church on Exodus....it is so awesome......
Elation Day!! It was yesterday! Still feelin' it!!
My Dear Jane Baby (with attitude) got her souls last stitch at 530 pm
August 25th 2016!!! Started her journey in February and as some of
you may know I have had sciatica since I started her. I would love
to say the pain is gone....when I finished her up....but it is not, but it
is improving. I am going up stairs better now....we are strengthening
the smaller Gluteal Muscle.....my nights can still be problematic....
but I keep Quilting....just shorter times standing at my Suziebell or sitting
at the sewing machine....
So, I am happy to say I have 3 heirloom quilts ready for our 3 kids.....my gift
to them....later....2 Farmer Wives and 1 Dear Jane.....
I am figuring out what top to do next....I think it will be my Granny Square I
Last Stitch to Complete her "Soul"
pieced a couple years ago while snowbound in our cabin in Indiana.
My hub did finish the back metal roof....we did the pressure washer on theback siding (SC has a problem with algae growing on siding in summer)....
next job?....get the plastic up on our gothic greenhouse so we can order the2nd one.....retirement is a journey.....you have to have energy for!!!
Enjoy the photos and please have a blessed day.....rejoice in the Lord!!
Now this is the sure way to do a Dear Jane or a Farmer's Wife Quilt.....
Jane Baby getting it's Soul in Stitches
I am over half way through the Quilting Process.....so many blocks......so many more designs to figure out!!......JANE!!!.....I even said Good Morning Jane yesterday...to her......
Just Amazing Art Work of God
Life is Amazing.....Quilting is My Journey now.....enjoying Sunsets with my best friend and Hub.....Blessings!!!
Are you busy finishing up the summertime? Painting? Getting kids
ready for school? Quilts for fall Birthdays?........
Just thought I would share an older link Cluck Cluck Sew You just
have to love these quilts!!!
Recently, I purchased an new Stencil from Cindy Needham
I love her work and all she offers to help us finish a quilt top with great ideas of quilting it.
Have a Sweet Creative Monday-Friday kind of week!!
Leah Day did a great job in comparing Surface Marking a Quilt in this video.....so many ideas are popping into my thread bare longarmed brain!! How about you?
I am working on my married daughters Swoon Quilt....
Leah's Swoon
Some Clouds Do bring Us Rain
......with sciatica going on I work in shorter intervals than I did before this ugly attack....I am swimming everyday if the thunderstorms give me a break this summer in SC!!.
....we are NOT complaining about the rain......the holistic DR that I am going to started me on Thyroid support as my level finally fell below normal...it has been low normal before....so T3 is getting some attention and with that he hopes to see my sugar levels come down and THEY ARE!!....so that will help with my nerve inflammation also.....the Chiropractor moved me to every 2 weeks as he see progress in muscle memory with my adjustment to my L4.....rt leg shorter than left leg due to right hip higher than the left.....I still think it was growing up in a large family that always had babies to carry on my rt hip as I grew up.....even my Mom entered in and had 3 girls after she was 41....making my life spicey for sure!!........
Take care of your priformis muscle as you sit and quilt....stretch, exercise, use a good therapeutic chair cushion....don't go where I have been since February!!...
Have a blessed day......IT IS A GOOD DAY TO HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!
Have you ever met a Quilt and knew it was love at first sight?
Well, this was it for me this weekend.....Oh BTW HAPPY BLESSED 4TH!! Tiffany is just so talented..and remind me that yes, you can crochet around cotton....
My Mom did it all the time with hankies, etc.
So, here you go.......Are you in LOVE TOO!!?
SIGH!!
SEW! IT IS JUST GREAT! to know there is yet, another way to use Charms or Layer Cakes....right!....enjoy her tutorial.....so awesome.
Here are a few pics we got on our phone of the Grands this weekend...celebrating.....I went swimming for my therapy of hip....love my little pool..does the trick for me!
Wishing our families were all closer together so we could enjoy holidays together.......
Our sleeping Roomey is our 2nd born Grand...she is a busy gal, horses, work and college in the fall....helping Gramps on the little farm we have.....
Enjoy!! the photos.....I have my daughters Swoon loaded now and ready to start quilting....all in moderation sew my hip and leg does not BARK!!.....
BLESSINGS TO YOU!!!.......
SWEET CORA AND MILLIE
SWEET CAROLINE
YES, she sleeps with my 1800 Reproduction Fabs!!
Linda's Swoon all ready to see it's new owner!
Our Little Pool Haven
Time for Swim Therapy
Neighbors new Thoroughbred....Dixie
Hope you had a safe and sweet 4th......OUR NATION'S 240TH!!!,,,,,,,
It is always a goooooood Quilted Feeling....like the old song I am
hooked on a feeling......to see a Quilt finished up.
Using the French General fabrics I think this Swoon is unique and
specially made for a dear, close friend.....
In the Process
Now completed, ready for binding
Please enjoy the following video on some trupanto . Angela Huffman
at Quilted Joy is such a blessing to me.
Yes, Dear Jane was Born Again....on my DR table....230 pm today...Relief starts the minute you stitch the last stitch into a quilt that has taken your time and love and life for 4 months. When I started Dear Jane I knew it was a total commitment and had heard and even
Now, how to Quilt Her?!
repeated the phrase, No Pain No Jane. My body took it literally, when
after I started it February 12th of this year I soon came down with
Sciatica .... I felt like I had the flu....my legs were weak and then I had no stamina in my right leg especially. Piriformis Syndrome must involved too, according to my night time pain in my hip......not much sleep in 4 months.....
Always Enjoy Music while you Quilt and Play.....Enjoy it below...
Auditioned on our bed.....
We tried different things ourselves, thinking whatever it was, it would leave soon. We finished up the kitchen and the new bathroom too and I quilted on Jane Baby.....Finally, as God would lead us,
we found what we needed.
I tried deep and painful muscle massage first and then acupuncture; along with seeing our holistic MD.....he is getting my blood sugars back into normal ranges too....so now we are at the Chiropractor two times a week.
My sacrum is twisted and my left leg is longer than my right leg....the sciatic nerve runs from your ankles to your brain....I guess this was a NO BRAINER for some, but I have been blessed with good health....no issues, even with heavy hard days and nights as a Nurse...but...it is what it is.
I am just preaching a little as us quilters need more exercises in our life....develop a
NEW PATTERN!!...in your life.....please, never experience what I have....
It may take 4 months to get this conquered.....good news is my xrays showed a
very good spine; slightly swayed inward....but no arthritis.....
So, I am done teaching......I took a few pics with my Iphone of the top on
our bed....over 5200 pieces and 226 fabrics involved....and a Crazy Lady who
lives and loves to Quilt.....
I must add.....my Hub......he is a saint....our vows of for Better or Worse, Richer or Poorer, in Sickness and in Health......46 years......Perfect.
My Perfect Companion....My Gary.....
Summer Cooling on Sunny's Pond
Cleaned up DR Table......wink!
Reflections on the Pond
Horse Fencing
Our Granddaughter came to stay with us....she is going to go to college here in Aiken.....working at Papa Johns....she loves horses....she is helping her Gramps put in posts for our fencing for boarding horses....her dream.....a small income for her and us....
God's Timing.....there is a Season for Everything Under The Sun.........
Blessings!!!!Quilted, of Course!!
Here is it Memorial Day again. What are your plans?
I thank God for my Veteran Hub who served in the VietNam War.
Our first child, Leah, was born while he was gone....a long year....and
I am grateful for all Military Soldiers and Sailors. Our oldest son served
in the Marine Reserve and then active Army for 11 year. Our oldest
Granddaughter, his daughter, is now serving in the Navy...getting
her training now.
Rejoice in our freedom...our ability to serve God and Man.....and to
get up each morning to decide how to use that day....today I am working on my last block
row of Jane baby....then my triangle border....and my hub and Grandgal that
is staying with us for now are going to start putting in more fence posts to
board self care horses in; Lord willing.
Blessings to day in whatever you may be doing or where ever you may
be going!!.....Yes, i am still with my sciatica but on a good cream and predisone now....hoping....my hubs heel is still barking.....so it goes!! we are thankful anyways!!
