STILL AMONG THE LIVING...

I am still among the living...or at least I think I am.

Go to doctor for routine checkup, blood work off, puts me on antibiotic, that makes me feel rotten, Vitamin D deficiency, get Rx for that, think I see improvement but not like I had hoped to feel by now.

I have been trying to get lace and pictures together to send Laurie for the quilt I won that she is going to make. Seems I don't get far with it and something comes up. Run out of Photo Paper. Buy Photo Paper. Run out of ink. Buy ink. After finding pictures I want in it . . . change my mind. Find pictures I like but other people them beside that particular person I want a single picture. Need to see if I can crop them and get them like I want.

Went to Lancaster, PA. Week of the Quilt Festival. Wanted to go to it SO BAD. Had plans to get by the Quilt Festival in the back of my head... Didn't. Did get some outlet shopping done. Well a lot of outlet shopping done. Did get to two fabric shops I've been wanting to visit. Bought WAY TOO MUCH FABRIC...will post later pics of that when I get around to taking pic of it.

DD and DGD went with us. DGD is now four and she was such a good shopper and such a good traveler during the six hour drive each way. She loved the "Horses with Wheels". . . translation . . . Amish Buggies. She and her mom got to take a tour on the back roads in one.

Our trip was cut short as DD called me DM-I-L in hospital. First thought heart as chest and back pains but heart tests great, x-rays showed double pneumonia. So we left next morning to return home. She has now been moved to nursing home and we are in hopes PT will help her get strength back so she can return to her home and DF-I-L will be able to take care of her. . . both in 90's and refuse to leave their home. Strange thing is she has not coughed the first time except when doctor asks her to cough...he never seen pneumonia much less double pneumonia without a cough. Still on oxygen and is responding to medication.

ALERT---A GREAT GIVEAWAY

Go by and visit SEW-FANTASTIC
Be sure to sign up for her wonderful giveaway of a package of Kona Solids.
She said it is 25 fat-quarters by Kona in their post popular colors. She gives a list of the colors.

ALERT---A GREAT GIVEAWAY

As many of you may know, I have such admiration for the Amish and their way of life. I am a huge fan of their quilts as well. So I was ecstatic when I found the A JOYFUL CHAOS BLOG.

Go over and visit A JOYFUL CHAOS a wonderful blog by a former Amish Lady. She shares her memories growing up Amish and also some about her present life. She is having a great giveaway.

She is giving away a copy of a book she recently read
She highly recommends it saying it really does tell about how life is among the Amish. Most of the other Amish books she has read do not tell it the way it really is living Amish.

Go over and visit her blog, leave a comment to enter in her giveaway.

MID-ATLANTIC QUILT FESTIVAL 2010

Yesterday DD and I headed out to Hampton to attend the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival being held this weekend at the Hampton Convention Center. We only had an hour or two but made good use of our short time there.

I think if you click on the picture you'll get a larger one of it..

This quilt, I am so sorry I do not have a full picture of it...the top is cut off as is part of the lower border... but it was SO AWESOME...I regret I did not take now the lady's name who made this memorial quilt in honor of her son's service in the US Army. He gave it all to keep our freedom. The center of it is actually his camouflage jacket.

I am more of the traditional quilter I love and do Log Cabins, Dresden Plate, Grandmother's Fan, Double Wedding Ring, etc. But, I also love the pictorial quilts though I have not bit the bullet to try on yet. At quilt shows they seem to be the ones I take pictures of...

I thought this was neat winter/spring scene.

I cut part of this off when I took it....I'm not sure if this was done by the lady who has done some of rooms in the past where you swore you were peaking through the door or window into someones house (living room, bedroom, kitchen)...and the colors in this one were more muted if she did this one...but right for this scene.
I am a nut about Christmas and this one needless to say I thought was wonderful...

I admire album quilts and would love to get up nerve to do one...this was a beautyThis one took my eye too...such precision...

Love this one...brought back memories of my childhood visiting my great-grandmother who raised chickens and sold their eggs to some family, friends local rural general store for extra "egg money" money.
Though I don't consider yo-yo quilts as being a quilt since no batting and now quilting...but I have made a yo-yo quilt and it takes as much time....I loved this one and now itching to take mine apart and rearrange it.
I am daffodil lover having grown up in a major daffodil growing area. I just loved it!!!
And being a huge baseball fan, having a daughter who was a local baseball all-star in Little League, Junior League, Senior League, AAU, JV and Varsity until she switched to softball in her Junior year in high school and a grand son who also was an all-star Little League, AAU and Junior League---he was also on the Red Sox teams in those leagues. Boston Red Sox is also his favorite team. I was naturally drawn to this one...
Those who know me I am a huge dog lover and also cat lover...dog and cat quilts always call out my name...


Love bays and oceans well all bodies of water and anything to do with sea life

A closer look


This was wonderful...
as was this one...
fan of blue and white...
another blue and white beauty



I did see a pattern for this one and purchased it.

RACHEL IS THREE ! ! !

Rachel turned three this week and we all gathered to celebrate.


There were plenty of presents but one of the best was fingernail polish in a gift bag full of girlie things. Year older sister Laura helps opens the separate bag they were in.


Rachel's friend watches as she opens another gift.

The big gift was a huge hit her first big girl bike!


Around the kitchen table her sisters, younger cousins and friends gathered for their birthday cake and ice-cream.

I WON ! ! ! I WON ! ! ! I WON ! ! !

Did I tell you??? I WON ! ! !I WON!!! I WON Laurie's giveaway!!! I am too excited!!! She makes these beautiful crazy quilt wall-hangings with photos in them...here's a picture of one she has made...

She asked me what color fabrics I preferred and I told her blue any shade I love!!! I have to find some pictures to email her and send laces, buttons, charms and such I want on it.

This weekend my project will be to go through my collection of laces and mother-of pearl buttons from my heirloom sewing to snail mail to her. This weekend I have to decide what pictures to email her...I'm trying now to decide if the pictures will be . . . ancestors or grandbabies ? ? ?

Be sure to go visit Laurie at BLUE WATERS

SOME ITEMS WHICH RECENTLY FOUND NEW HOME WITH ME

I recently acquired some new to me items which I brought home with me...

A couple weekends ago there was an estate sale a block or so from our house. DD and I went over to take a look on the second day when things were discounted 30%, third day 50%. Third day was snowed out and was held this past Saturday but I didn't get over to see what was left. I did find for 30% off of $25. a nice heavy pewter coffee pot...when checking out I learned there was a creamer that went with it...no sugar dish...but that's ok I have another pewter creamers and sugar bowls just no coffee or tea pots...

Then last Tuesday my 92 year old d-m-i-l had some things for me to take home with me...she is busy cleaning out things so there won't be so much for me to have to do "when her time comes"...two sets of placemats I have given her over the years...one set is blue toile and the other blue with yellow floral and I am glad to have those as I am huge fan of toile and loved them when I bought them for her years back.

She also had this wonderful vintage cross-stitched tablecloth

and these pillowslips with this fabulous trim...the pillowslips have seen better days so I plan to remove the trim and put it on a new pair of pillowslips.