Moving On from His OPUS

Gary's Opus

Old Glory

Sometimes life just happens in ways you had no idea it would be.  This is what is going on here.  First of all ,our son needs a kidney and since Obama care changed things for people, that is a change no one was ready for; LEAST of all, the medical world.  Unaware to him and all waiting  transplant patients; they were thrown into this new care under Medicare.  He has a disease that is multifocal and not curable, he needs a kidney as soon as he can. He is maintained at around 10% function with cycled Peritoneal Dialysis at night for 10 hours.
 God is blessing him and his family; they are close to having half of the 20% (for him $60,000) in a Fund. He needs this set aside to even go forward in finding a match.  He may be the first kidney transplant at IU in Indianapolis, Indiana that accomplished a fund for a kidney.  I know it is humbling for him but he will be so glad to walk on in his life after the "transplant"....finishing up his last 6 months of his Masters' there in Bloomington.  So, that is our #1 change at this time.

Shop Entrance....or was going to be :)

Fig Tree Quilt......my Fav!!

  Second change is our auctioning of our cabin.  We built it ourselves and there are years of work and blood, sweat and tears, as they say, put into it.  My husbands perseverance and talent and devotion is nothing less than amazing to me and for him to be able to walk away from it, is also a testimony of his character.  His love for family and his Lord comes first.
  In a few weeks, we will be moving back to a farm in SC that we renovated and began to make into a horse farm a few years ago. We actually have already taken the first load down.  ALL my fabric is there!!  We hope to finish the property and then sell it as a horse farm. SO,  after we have finished these two "works" we feel we can then decide where we will settle down to retire in.

  The first thing we will do is rent a Bush Hog in SC after more than 2 years of weeds, trees and growth welcome us back there!!......and fire ant hills  :(.......
  But I will quilt....we will love....we will dream......and with health....and energy we will go forward....our God will lead us.....we want to serve Him totally with our lives; where ever we may roam.....

Swoon Barn Quilts

  I will miss my quilting studio.....it was wonderful....and I am most grateful for the experience of loving my husband like I do and to build this "OPUS" with him......we may build again, if God allows it; but nothing like this.....built for a  BB.....a haven of Hope and Joy.....

  To Our God Be All The Glory....for Great things HE has done......

  Quilted Blessings!!!   Karen The Quilter

My husband wants to add: "the cabin has been a goal and a dream but, now, has to become something of Greater Value; an extension of Love to someone who is Loved....."  Gary The Builder 

Shiloh and Sunny

"“This is what the LORD says—the LORD who made the earth, who formed and established it, whose name is the LORD: Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come."

Jeremiah 33:2-3 (NLT)

Always loving to Swim

Inspiration

                                  I am again inspired this morning.....

                                   First, though I am Heading to:

                                  pick up my SC friend's quilt and put the binding on
                                  today and finish up a small quilt on my longarm; of
                                  course, so I can load my HOUSE quilt back onto
                                  the frame to finish it so, of course!! another top is
                                  ready to be finished....it is that way in a Quilter's
                                  Cabin, such as mine is.

Quilts By Emily

                           
                                   

                                    Emily's Quilt  is a  neat way to cut up a full sized
                                  block and make it into, yet again, another block!
                                  Please click on the label and it will take you to her
                                  blog.

                                  Now, that's Inspiration !! at my Quilter's Cabin.

                                  Please, Enjoy my "find" this morning and may you
                                  have a Quilted sort of day with tons of Blessings!!
                                 

Sunday and Quilt Candy

This Blesses me!!  A way to use your orphan blocks.  wink!!
                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carla-Grace And Favour     

OR.. try a straight line design like this....So Ctue!!

Hyacinth Quilt Designs

Any way you look at Quilt Candy it is truly


Delicious!!!

Bag Lady

I am just in that kind of mood.....I want to make a new bag.....and Craftsy.com supplied that pattern for just 1$.....you can't go wrong.

1$ Craftsy Pattern

  So, that is what I am going to do today; after I do my studies and then finish up a few "please organize me!" duties....I should be ready to roll into my bag project after lunch!....but really; why not bag it today with me!!....the Bag Ladies you could say!.....  another great "bag lady"....ChrisWDesigns  a great find for me today!!  Please Enjoy my new found treasures too!!

 If you are in a Big Bag It Mood like I am in!!

  Also a have to do:  bind my friend's quilt....a must !!

With a Scrappy Binding!!

Going to SC 

Let us just say....it is IN The Bag!


Go Girls!  You Rock!!








A Bonus!  Weave Your Sqaures

Moda Bake Shop Jelly Roll Rug

It's A Wrap

 Progress!! Building, Staining and Quilting.  Our life together....it's a Wrap!!

It IS a Wrap!!

  First BOM of 9 total...for 2014.....Pat Sloan.....AWESOME!!!......

Still working on my House Quilt

 Love love love this man!!! below......saw him at his locker in 9th grade!.....45 years later with marriage and 5 years of dating.....woooooooooohooooo 50 years!!.....Adore Him!!!............

 Blessings!!!!!   Kar

West Porch All complete now....a Wrap!

Our Son's Update

Wanted to update you on our son Kevin, who is waiting on a kidney transplant.  He is still in the search for a match; his brother may be part of a 3 way match, since his kidney isn't a great match, then he can give his to someone he does match with and the person that would be a match for Kevin would give his to our ill son.

Favorite Restaurant

              There is a Fund Raising Update link on their blog that gives information, if anyone would want to help them at this point.  The basic price of the surgery is 260,000$ right now and with Obamacare changing things for those waiting on a transplant list, he now has to raise 20% of that price.  I am SURE more and more ill patients will be finding themselves in this poorly planned coverage and situation.  It certainly DID NOT have to be like this for people.....not here in the good Ol' USA...but times have changed and people who thought they had the answers, didn't and don't.  So, unless each State can change some laws and coverage this is what we will see and hear about more and more.
  He is young enough to fall into the area of getting a transplant.....those that are "older" I am sure will have a more difficult time.  He has also found out that no one really knows how this "care" works and who is taking care of what....the more people he calls, the more confused everyone gets.  So, they just went ahead with the fund raiser....he and his wife have no access to this fund; it is all handled professionally and accounted for.  To protect them and the people who may decide to contribute.

Last Year At Easter

Kid and Him with LP Quilt

   Thank you for taking the time to read about it.  He is on Peritoneal Dialysis with a Cycler at night now....so, he is free of dialysis during the day....he has had some tough months but recently has a routine with his care.  He only has the last 6 months left of his Masters' Study at IU, but had to put it on hold last year due to his health and energy level.  He can only begin it in January of the year....the department he is in understands his plight but it would be such a gift to him to have the transplant work out soon and be ready "to roll" with his study in January and then Graduate and get on with his life and care of his family......he went to Bloomington 5 years ago and completed his Bachelors' Study in Informatics and is pursuing his Masters' in that same subject.  IU is the best University in America with that sort of degree.

Older Brother Willing to Transplant

   He and his family are amazing and keep staying focused.  May God be with them every minute of every day and bless them each doubly.
  I have offered what I can do best....to donate a Quilt to be Raffled for his fund......waiting to hear if that is possible at this time......either way,  I am !!......you know us Moms!!......
  Have a great and awesome day!!  God is STILL on the throne.  In these tumultuous times of crisis and danger in the World as we see it; my answer that I can do right now in life is to create quilts that can keep someone warm with comfort and love.
  For God So Loved the World that HE gave His only son.......as our son's become closer in a journey they never planned but God did and has.....keeping God on the throne.....

Just for fun now:
I love this pillow I found today.....so many ideas with this....check it out....Crazy Mom Quilts    so sweet!!!

  Blessings!!!

Last Years' Walk

Loving It!

When life settles down a bit I am going to try this  Quilt As You Go .   

Contented

It is with Cori at Lets' Eat Grandpa.  The name really caught me as we use to call our Grandpa to supper atleast 15 minutes ahead of time....He had to take off his cap (I have hanging in the hallway on a hook) and scratch his head...put the cap back on...and "maybe" head to the back laundry room to wash up to eat.  He lived across the street in his own little home, but weeded our gardens and ate with and was always helping us with homework at the kitchen table....then he would put his cap back on and head home to sleep.....eat Breakfast at home...and return to help Mom with the 3 little ones she had born to our family in her 40's, make us 8....
Anyways!!.....the tutorial is great and I LOVE the way you just quilt it as you go, seriously....neat way to make hot pads...anything really that would come to your imagination!!.
We are heading to our son's in Bloomington tomorrow to take them out to supper and then run back home.....busy, busy!....everyone is busy!!

It rained all day today....OOOH, I smell popcorn popping...Hub just got off the phone with our son in Maryland....got caught up on all the Grandy news and he and his wife's.
I rejoice in Threads and Fabric and the satisfaction and contentment I find in Quilt Creations as
I share this calls colors and stitches in the photo above!......God bless!!!