I'm going to turn this blog into a quilting/food blog I think. Maybe I'll actually get readers :)
To catch up - we moved into our new house last February, downsizing from a five bedroom, three bath, three car garage to a three bedroom, two bath, one office, two car garage. But, it's on one story, which is necessary for us now. After Tom's stroke, I knew it was time to get rid of stairs. And yard work that consumed so much of his time. I was still working part-time but was offered a full-time position last June, which I took. That turned out to be a not-so-good idea, as the job not only became more than I could handle, but there were personnel issues that caused me to ultimately resign. As a result of that, we ended up leaving our church and basically dropping out of everything for some time. We are attending a new church now, but we aren't getting heavily involved. I'm taking time to just be a "Mary", sitting at Jesus' feet and learning, recovering, refreshing and waiting to see just where the Lord would have me serve.
So, this newly found free time has allowed me to get back to quilting. Since I quit in August, I've finished two queen quilts, a table runner and a wall hanging. Now I'm working on one for Amanda - using the fabrics she got in Sierra Leone. It's proving to be a MAJOR challenge!
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| Matt's Chevron Quilt in their wedding colors |
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| Dad's Table Runner - another easy one. The quilting took longer since I free-motioned a pattern |
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| Christmas Wall hanging - this was a one day quilt, fun and easy! |
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| Dianna's quilt. I had started it long ago and was the first one that I finished when I had the chance to work on it again. |
This is Amanda's quilt - see the challenge? It's tough, and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to easily figure it out. I've asked Chuck (oldest son) for help, hopefully between the two of us we can get it.
