One of the Greatest Finds this year for me, are these Advent Barns at....Lilys Quilts she has the downloads on her blog...all 24....just wonderful! Check this FIND out, if you can.
The sun is shining and that does help living in NW Indiana in December...being thankful, even for the grey.....because it is the neutral color scheme...the naturals....and isn't there a blue jay or a cardinal that may be occupying your space this winter?....maybe to cheer you up on the grey-tone days?.....I think so!!!!
Another great FIND are these great pictures of a homestead built in the 1890's. It is close to the time my Grandfather was born in 1894... Oh, how I still miss him. This FIND was at the Star Stitch Blog; a blog for cross stitch associated with the Kansas City Star Quilts it has been a great source of patterns for decades now.
I do Hope you enjoy my musings and FINDS as much as I do and did..........
So, sew, get busy girlfriend!!.....keep those hands and hearts busy!....Quilted Blessings! Karen
December 26, 2013
December 25, 2013
The Greatest Gift
Open |
Ann has traveled the road to Bethlehem through her own pain and then rejoicing..
She gave us our first Advent Journey and we will never be the same; thanks to her and God. I wanted to share her book...you can find it on Amazon...give it to yourself or someone you love as a belated Christmas Gift, but then God is never late; He is always on Time....He is Time.....He is the Birth on the rags in the Manger....the blood on the "filthy rags" that we cannot atone ourselves....as Ann so well puts it.....
My parents use to read Readers' Digest.....may I suggest that we Digest by Reading Gods' Word and find people like Ann to also read.....
"Grace is weightless".....just ask the Angels that Day in Bethlehem.....
We can live in that weightless place....His Sovereign Will...Oh,....Amazing Grace!!.....
Quilted Blessings!! Have a Blessed Day.... Karen
Are you doing any hand work today?....quilting?.....knitting..... I am working on a paper pieced Star of Bethlehem today..... Ham to enter the over soon.....eating a simple ham and salad supper later with my best friend...Gary.........
December 24, 2013
Christmas Quilts
I had every intention of making a Christmas Quilt this year but time got away from me. We decided to paint the stairway to the loft and finish putting up pictures on that...I decided to order Vintage posters of the WW1 era on the American Red Cross and the need for women to knit Sox for the war effort. These will look pretty cool, I think; plus add Norman Rockwell pictures and family picture collages....well, hub got sick in the middle of that and started working nights.....SO!!..... we have the ladders up and really, we are almost done but just not alot of get up and go left after his severe cold and now it is time to go back to work after a few days off. He needed rest to "get over it".....ha, funny how that remark is used in others areas of our lives so often....or atleast in our thoughts....
Rabbit trail....sorry!
So, here are some Christmas Quilts from Pinterest.....I looked at the web sites with each one but was not that excited to share them too....so just enjoy the quilts....and I hope that Jesus is warming your hearts this Christmas Eve and tomorrow Christmas Day.....Christmas is really all about forgiveness.....Forgiveness that will be coming as our King grows up to be Gods' man that will take our sins to the Cross....but for now,we can rejoice in the baby...God from the Womb that came to be our Sovereign Messiah and King......God Bless You.....Quilted Blessings too.......I will be doing some quilting tomorrow.....families are all home in their own warm abodes spending time with the kids they are raising and have raised......we rejoice in our warm cabin and a nursing job for my dedicated and faithful, loving husband and best friend.....Karen
Rabbit trail....sorry!
So, here are some Christmas Quilts from Pinterest.....I looked at the web sites with each one but was not that excited to share them too....so just enjoy the quilts....and I hope that Jesus is warming your hearts this Christmas Eve and tomorrow Christmas Day.....Christmas is really all about forgiveness.....Forgiveness that will be coming as our King grows up to be Gods' man that will take our sins to the Cross....but for now,we can rejoice in the baby...God from the Womb that came to be our Sovereign Messiah and King......God Bless You.....Quilted Blessings too.......I will be doing some quilting tomorrow.....families are all home in their own warm abodes spending time with the kids they are raising and have raised......we rejoice in our warm cabin and a nursing job for my dedicated and faithful, loving husband and best friend.....Karen
December 23, 2013
Helping Hands
As life goes on, we can help another person up...we can do that through just listening and praying to our Creator for their needs known and unknown.I had a sweet call from my older sister tonight, we had so much fun and lots of work together those years on Cherry Street. A large family to work and care for...she quilts with arthritis now, it hurts?....yes, but she keeps going on...Love her.
God holds us in the hallow of His hand. Time does age us all...one day at a time; as a 100 year old, handsome man once told me from his hospital bed...bright and cheerful....he was content with his Century of living and ready to meet his Lord. That is sweet and I am SURE he had struggles along the way...many, as we all do. Learning to live in His presence may be the whole purpose of belonging in His family....just lean down and help that person....you will find them if you look for them....of course, one of my answers to a need is to give them a quilt too....
God bless you in the way that you need this Christmas....43 years ago I had just given birth to our first baby....a girl....and her Daddy was in a far off land in a war that no one wanted but over 50,000 gave their young lives for.....we had our first anniversary with him on his bunk and me on his parents farm...making cassettes of baby noises to send to him and pictures galore...my family reached into my life then....loved me and loved my baby and loved my husband....Love Is The Greatest Gift....given to us in Bethlehem...with a tiny human heart that would grow into a man that would be pierced on the Cross and shed once and for all....for us all......He reached down and "helped" us all.......... Praise Be!!.....maybe Mary was a quilter?....I bet she was!!.....Blessings! and have a blessed blessed Christmas Eve and Day......Karen
God holds us in the hallow of His hand. Time does age us all...one day at a time; as a 100 year old, handsome man once told me from his hospital bed...bright and cheerful....he was content with his Century of living and ready to meet his Lord. That is sweet and I am SURE he had struggles along the way...many, as we all do. Learning to live in His presence may be the whole purpose of belonging in His family....just lean down and help that person....you will find them if you look for them....of course, one of my answers to a need is to give them a quilt too....
God bless you in the way that you need this Christmas....43 years ago I had just given birth to our first baby....a girl....and her Daddy was in a far off land in a war that no one wanted but over 50,000 gave their young lives for.....we had our first anniversary with him on his bunk and me on his parents farm...making cassettes of baby noises to send to him and pictures galore...my family reached into my life then....loved me and loved my baby and loved my husband....Love Is The Greatest Gift....given to us in Bethlehem...with a tiny human heart that would grow into a man that would be pierced on the Cross and shed once and for all....for us all......He reached down and "helped" us all.......... Praise Be!!.....maybe Mary was a quilter?....I bet she was!!.....Blessings! and have a blessed blessed Christmas Eve and Day......Karen
December 16, 2013
Cabin Fever.......Quilt Displays
Love the Alternating White Clams!! |
I also think a ladder at some point and where will also be used.......yikes!!....don't run away from me Honey-do hubby!!!......Blessings!! Karen
December 15, 2013
Quilt Pins and Charms
Love Normans' Paintings!! |
Fabric Pine Cones?......Wonderful
Wonderful!! |
This is something to do today.....
Tomorrow?....
I hope to audition my hanging quilt by our fireplace soon!....my handy hub just started working a new shift at the hospital and has a cold...so, yes, patience is a virtue....
I remember my Mom standing over my shoulder, as I was learning to sew....saying, Karen you must learn patience.....then she would sit down and undo what I had done wrong with me watching...I did learn and I think she was learning patience too....haha.!!.....
I am on her lap here....Easter I bet!.....oldest Brother is taking the picture....notice our new TV behind us....he told me that the clown on Happy Doody Hour was INSIDE the TV!.....Oh, how I believed him!!
Quilted Blessings...we are blessed so we can be THAT blessing!....Karen
Its' So good!! |
December 10, 2013
Hibernation Is NOT just for Bears!
Naughty or Nice? |
Christmas is soon approaching....I have been enjoying Ann Voskamps' The Greatest Gift on the Advent... she is amazing....
Just cute!! |
I love the nail picture I found on Pintrest...what a great source of ideas from everything from Quilting to Gardening to "nails".....
I even have looked over some old photos of the family....my husbands' father died when he was 2 years old....his Dad had rheumatic fever as a kid but did not rest and stop his chores on the farm......later, after my hub was born his father found his heart and body were weakening...and he died suddenly just after he had sent for my hub to return home to be with him.....he must have known.....anyways.....they had a Christmas with a toddler and a 9yr old daughter that year before he passed 2 months later.....
Life is a journey.....God so loved the world that He gave Us His only Begotten Son that those that believe on Him would not perish but have everlasting life....I have loved that verse since I was a child
.....that baby in the manger we see this time of year.....his little heart to grow into an adults' heart....Gods' beating heart for us.......
A Christmas in Plymouth Michigan |
Husbands' Parents in the late 30's |
November 20, 2013
Thankfulness
Get your Feast On, Little Pilgrim!! |
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 says all! |
oh! the 1950's! |
Hugs on this Quilting Day, every day is a new day to Quilt!! Blessings!! Karen
November 19, 2013
Aspen Frost Quilt Block with Quilty
I think this is pretty cool......very cool!! She will have this in her magazine soon also. !! Chevrons in the corners?..... interesting!!..Two blog entries below you can find a tool to make perfect half-square triangles also. unless you use Square in a square technique with Jodi Barrows and make them her way....the tool is pretty cool though! so, go below and watch that video too, you won't be sorry....trust me!!......Heading down to longarm today, what are you up to girlfriend?!! Have fun....the only rule I have in Quilting......Quilty type blessings today!! Karen
November 17, 2013
The Season to be Jolly
Can it really be here!! the Jolly Season!!....so much to be Thankful for!!!.....planning to make a wall hanging for each family this Christmas; from Craftsy.....I think it is really sweet, don't you....take a peak at it !!..... Our kids got together this Saturday to spend the day with Kev at the dialysis center for his 3.5 hour treatment. One drove from DC to Ohio and then they came together to Indiana; all safe and sound back at their homes today; ahead of the impossible storms that hit Illinois and Indiana.....Thanks Kids!!
As always, Quilted Dreams and Blessings!!! Karen
As always, Quilted Dreams and Blessings!!! Karen
Christmas !! |
Our Kids |
After The Storms Today |
November 15, 2013
McTavishing Or Doodling
Have you McTavished yet? or Doodled with Jenny? .....You really should try!!.....Quilted Blessings!! Karen
November 14, 2013
Half Square Triangles Conquered
Hello!!!
Goldilocks and the Three Bears are done and ready to ship to the UK....along with two Christmas Mug Rugs with Children in Black Silouhettes....love them!! Want to do more!! Goldilocks was fun to do and her face is just so sweet too!! I can't attach pictures as my I Phone Camera lens got scratched and my photos show the affect of that....that explains my poor photos in the recent past that I have posted.....I apologize!!....so when I get the money to purchase new insurance (argh!)....you will have to wait on that!!.....I did find this great video though on something I think You NEED for your accurate quilting pieces...I can not wait to send for it myself!.....
Our son did well with his hemodialysis on Tuesday....he goes again for 5 hours today (that includes travel time and waiting his turn)..he is tired afterwards and takes a good nap then he is ready to go for a day or so until the next treatment....his abdomen finally feels better; we all figured out he had a bug that day...as I came home and have been sick for a couple of days now....he was just so afraid somehow he still had affects of peritonitis.....now his concern is keeping his tunnelled catheter on his right chest sterile and covered!!....it goes to his heart....it is the fastest way to start hemodialysis but it has its precautions for sure!!
Have a blest Quilting Day!! I am cleaning and then starting "something" on my longarm......I will give you a peak.....well, when I get my Iphone fixed! It is all in a "day" as my Mom use to say!!
Blessings!! Karen
Goldilocks and the Three Bears are done and ready to ship to the UK....along with two Christmas Mug Rugs with Children in Black Silouhettes....love them!! Want to do more!! Goldilocks was fun to do and her face is just so sweet too!! I can't attach pictures as my I Phone Camera lens got scratched and my photos show the affect of that....that explains my poor photos in the recent past that I have posted.....I apologize!!....so when I get the money to purchase new insurance (argh!)....you will have to wait on that!!.....I did find this great video though on something I think You NEED for your accurate quilting pieces...I can not wait to send for it myself!.....
Our son did well with his hemodialysis on Tuesday....he goes again for 5 hours today (that includes travel time and waiting his turn)..he is tired afterwards and takes a good nap then he is ready to go for a day or so until the next treatment....his abdomen finally feels better; we all figured out he had a bug that day...as I came home and have been sick for a couple of days now....he was just so afraid somehow he still had affects of peritonitis.....now his concern is keeping his tunnelled catheter on his right chest sterile and covered!!....it goes to his heart....it is the fastest way to start hemodialysis but it has its precautions for sure!!
Have a blest Quilting Day!! I am cleaning and then starting "something" on my longarm......I will give you a peak.....well, when I get my Iphone fixed! It is all in a "day" as my Mom use to say!!
Blessings!! Karen
November 12, 2013
Our Sons' Journey Continues
Mindy and Kev |
Our Son |
Reality |
I was with my sons' family all last week and then went back to see him on Sunday. He is in hemodialysis now on Tues, Thurs and Saturdays...he gets there, so far on time, and then has to wait over an hour to get started. He has a mid-day appointment. Please keep him and his little family; Mindy (wife) and Coralynn and Amelia (little girls) in your thoughts and prayers. He has live donors on a list; he is fortunate; he has a waiting list of friends and family that match and want to be a donor. His donor from our town here in Plymouth is waiting to start the 3rd part of her journey of her matching kidney, so, since he has had to go on hemodialysis due to getting peritonitis with the Peritoneal Dialysis, he really is praying the transplant is soon. He has to be infection free for 2 weeks before any transplant can happen; so they think it will be in December. That also would be an answer to prayer as the healthcare is changing for everyone and especially them January 1st. Kevs' faith continues to grow... God is showing that HE is in control and that HE holds Kevin in His hands....He is soverign. I am back home and working on the doll quilt to send to UK for November; then it is my plan to get my shop open and offer some longarming and the fabric that I have for those that would like to purchase it! and take Quilt lessons. But, for now, Kev and his family is # 1 in our lives. His sister and little Caroline are going to see them this weekend and I am sure Leah will keep him company during his 3.5 hour dialysis on Saturday...happens to be my Hubs birthday and Kevs' Dad....he is 44....opps....lets try 64....heehee.....we will be married 44.....haha......
I pray you are all well and safe....God Bless and Quilted Blessing!!! Karen
Precious!! |
November 1, 2013
Sunday!!!
Dreamland! |
Our Son..... part 2
Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Woof! |
Sweet Goldilocks |
What a Pair!! |
Visiting Daddy as Repunzel!! |
Have a blessed day!! Quilted, of course!! Karen
October 26, 2013
Our Son
Precious at the Saints of the Lord!! |
He does have a match for the transplant, actually, from his old church here in Plymouth..and also has other matches and those on the waiting list. So, we trust God that He does have this taken care of. This has never happened before showed my hub and I that God totally has this, He just needs us to have faith in Him....Kevin feels poorly and has alot of pain at the sight of cellulitus. They have to decide soon what to do with the access and future dialysis needs.
Please Pray that the Doctors can all come to a fast conclusion and understand each others and be in full communication. Also, that his two precious little girls will not have fear or unsettled feelings that they can not voice and that his wife will have the strength to endure and be all that she needs to be for her hub and her little girls and to fully rely on her Lord. She is such a wonderful awesome woman and we love her!!.....as we love our son..... Here, he was worn out after a short hike, but the hike included stairs in the hills of southern Indiana.
A Soldier that needs his arms lifted by Us in prayers. |
Quilted Blessings! Karen
October 1, 2013
Is It Sew and Show or Show and Tell?
What fun!! Just a gift to us " just because" we sew and we show.....ALOT!!.....
..There will be a drawing the last day of October, where you can win 250$ of product! what a blessings...Just Because! Just visit her blog and check it out, I hope you are successful and win Let me repeat.....it is so easy!!.....just follow her sweet instructions and you may be a winner....
.I amazingly won a WONDERFUL iron a few months ago from her
...my steaming BFF now....
Hugs and Quilted Stitches and maybe....lucky you....
I am heading back to staining, just wanted to let you know about this great Just Because Day.....
Happy me?...just because when I empty these paint and stain cans i can beging to hybenate into my sewing room!! AH!! ....which is basically my cabin!!.....just ask Hub!.......Karen
September 29, 2013
Combo!
Little Machine Quilt Stitiches |
Mug Rug |
I did finish my Doll Monthly swap projects today and will send them on the last day of September to my current quilting friend in Michigan.....my plan is to get a quilt loaded on the longarm soon and continue to get things ready to open up "the shop"....truly I am!!....we were just away from cabin for a couple years and now it demands we get it caught up outside....You know ..... LIFE!!!..... Hope your coming October will be very positive and blessed!! Quilted ones from me....to you......Karen
Doll Monthly Quilt Swap |
Upstairs Deck project |
I know! it is RED!! be careful picking out stains! |
Swoon Barn Quilt #1....three to go!! |
September 16, 2013
Simple Jelly Rolls
Don't you just love all the help you can find to do the very best quilt top, easy and enjoyable to accomplish?...I sure do. This video is just that!! Please enjoy it as I work on Doll Quilt paper pieced today...show you tomorrow. Have a sweet, safe day. Quilted Blessings!! Karen
September 14, 2013
Patterns....Camoflouge?
By Design
I am convinced, everywhere I look that God loves patterns too....even in Marine life....I am sure God Loves Quilts too!!.....I thought this was such an awesome video.... I am painting on a Barn Quilt today...many layers of paint on the design...and working on a Doll Monthly Quilt and maybe even Quilting on my Suziebell!!.....Oh, yeah, first Exercises!!....got a used Total Gym 1000....:).......Quilted Blessings!! Karen
I am convinced, everywhere I look that God loves patterns too....even in Marine life....I am sure God Loves Quilts too!!.....I thought this was such an awesome video.... I am painting on a Barn Quilt today...many layers of paint on the design...and working on a Doll Monthly Quilt and maybe even Quilting on my Suziebell!!.....Oh, yeah, first Exercises!!....got a used Total Gym 1000....:).......Quilted Blessings!! Karen
September 5, 2013
Try It!
Swoon Quilt |
I also made a doll quilt with the same pattern and fabric for my Doll Monthly August swap. I am just going to post my phone pictures and hope you enjoy them. I love to quilt and would be happy to finish a top that you have completed! Just email me. Quilted Quilted Blessings and more!! Karen
Circles and Circles! |
Swoon Completed!! |
Doll Monthly Quilt Swap |
Close Up! |
Apple Quilt For My Daughters , put magnets inside to stick on her metal desk. |
September 3, 2013
Aprons
I am still longarming on quilts I want to hang in my "shop".... but, I found this awesome Apron tutorial tonight Riley Blake Designs I found it by way of Maureen Craknell Handmade ......you know how we Quilters love to see what others are doing....Anyways, I think it is a sweet Dresden Design! I will reveal my two quilts I am finishing soon.....complete with Finial/Rope Display!!
Do you have a clothes line? Just love the clothes pins on it!! It is great being a Quilter!!.....Blessings!! Karen
Super Cute!! |
September 1, 2013
Checkerboard
Have some fun and watch the video on checkerboard blocks....laugh a little with me and life alot!....Quilted Blessings!! Karen
these two make me smile!.....alot!......
these two make me smile!.....alot!......
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