Sheltered in

Hi All,

We have not been officially sheltered in but we are acting as if we are... in other words no change to our routine:) LOL! We usually stay home unless there is a Bee, lunch bunch, or other fun activity to do but since they have all been cancelled we just stay home!

I am afraid to go through any drive through for food because I am not sure of their cleaning practices after I saw a pharmacy putting the prescription into a window drawer to the car and then they sent it back and signed something. No gloves, no cleaning of credit card device.... so the next person could/would get the germs:( The gal working the window had no gloves on:( Not good!

So we did our usual grocery shopping on Thursday. We went to Aldi's and HEB. Got everything we needed except syrup... I need the sugar free:( Oh well will do without when it runs out! Probably will not go out this week as we have everything for 2 weeks:) YEA!

My son has announced we are going to be grandparents again:)  They already have the 2 girls. He is not working as many hours at the dealership but his wife has been doing 911 training and is full time! She told me a Dr came by and if any of them get sick they will go to a prepared isolation area and continue working just like the nurses are doing. They are struggling but will be ok with the parents/in laws help:)

Daughter and SIL have been working from home. His hours have been cut to 20 per week and he has been using vacation hours to fill in the rest but they won't last forever! However she has been working the full 40 hours and even has the hospital president and VP home phone #'s:) She had an interview with the same hospital... she has been interning for 2 years... and got officially hired so she is now a Future Data Analytics Specialist at OSUCCC-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute in Columbus Ohio:) WHOOO!!! Of course she has not graduated yet and that may not take place but she is ok with that.

So we did get a bunch of quilting done this week:)

Brenda made this sweet baby quilt.

E2E quilting with white thread.

LOVE LOVE the backing fabric!!!!

PL from the Burnet Show box.

E2E and I did find yellow for the binding.

Another quilt from Brenda.

E2E quilting with Joseph's Coat thread from King Tut.

So bright and cheerful!

Backing fabric:)

Another one from the Burnet Show box. Was going to be a PL but I might get another Gdaughter so will hold on to it a bit:) Am also hanging on to the sailboat quilt in case it's a boy:)

E2E in a light pink... looks like clouds:)

And fun back!

Pl from the box:) E2E vine design with green thread.

The backing is from the stash.

PL from the leftover lure fabric I had used for a chemo quilt. and the backing is from the box.

E2E ripple design in  light teal thread.

Another PL from the box.

A triangle E2E design in a bright yellow! Had enough to use it on the front and back.

We also got another PL and a chemo quilted but I still need to bind them so you will see them next week.

I had a client bring in 4 quilts to be custom quilted so I will be busy for a few weeks!

Enjoy the week and stay well my friends!

All seasons here this week!

Hi All,

First I hope everyone is well and staying home as much as possible! We were home all week except to go get groceries and cat yummies. The shelves were bare but we got almost everything we needed. Just a few more items and we can stay home for 2 weeks in case that happens which I feel will shortly:(

I did get a massage in on Thursday and they got closed down on Friday...lucky me!

I am still quilting and have had a few ladies drop off and pu but I am thinking that will have to stop soon. I have one appt for Tuesday and then I think I will stop taking them in until the madness is done! I will have plenty to keep me busy:)

My daughters graduation from THE Ohio State has been delayed so I have all the hotels cancelled. We were to take a lovely 2 week trip and drive up...maybe later this year?

So we had summer... 80 degrees, we had winter... down to 44 degrees, we had spring..70's with a total of 5 inches of rain in 2 days:( Ugh and yes we have a leak in the studio again:( Will give hubby something fix when it gets in the 80's again this week. That is Texas weather for you!

So Hubby had the computer going this week and we got a lot of quilting done!

First up is a flannel Project Linus quilt.

We used a western theme design called Yippee Ki Yay and red thread.

Here is the back.

Another PL. 2 panels back to back.

I just stippled all over.

Fran made this sweet Kaffe quilt.

We used a digital design called Curly E2E using a light purple thread.

LOVE the backing fabric!

Dot made this table topper with scraps.

We used a digital design called Mod Dotz and a light blue thread.

Interesting backing:) My fav!

I finally finished my sailboat PL.

I had run out of the sky fabric and ordered it and it took forever!

Also digitally quilted with Ripples and blue thread.

I love the backing fabric Hubby picked. 

This was an emergency quilt!

Margaret called and she has a friend who's daughter has breast cancer for the 3rd time:( and is not doing well. We used Curly E2E and tan thread.

So we quickly quilted it and she will finish it and give to gal...she is only 50. Had her first cancer at 20:(

Sweet gingham on the back.

Also got a man's chemo made and quilted all in one day:) LOL!

We used Ripples and a teal thread.

A client donated the lure fabric when she was destashing and it just came together quickly after that:)

There was enough for the backing, binding, and also for a PL that is made but waiting to be quilted:)

I hope everyone is sewing and staying home! 

This is a crazy time but I know we will endure and be better people for it!

There have been so many acts of kindness on FB.. it should always be like that not just when there is a pandemic! Now that is a word I never thought I would use!

I have enough projects to keep me busy for months and I bet you do to! 

So just sew and be well!

Hope you are all well!

Hi All,

With the great coronavirus pandemic going on what are we to do??? Sew and quilt of course!!

This has been pretty much a sick week...allergies:( As soon as it looks beautiful and green outside we know that the new pollens are exploding! All we can do is continue our allergy meds and do what we can. If we are dizzy we sit and if not we sew or quilt:)

I did have lunch bunch this week and it was lovely:) Had our normal errand day and then there was the Dallas Quilt Show we had planned to go to but it was cancelled. We had already decided on Thursday not to go since our heads were really not clear enough to drive in Dallas. Am disappointed for them and all the vendors and quilters! Have already heard that the Georgetown show has been cancelled as well.

My oldest granddaughter has a dance competition on the 28th in Bastrop but I am thinking that's not going to be happening:( I really wanted to go to Buc-ees:) LOL!!!

I am amazed at the stupidity of the people! Do you really need 200 rolls of TP?  They are all panicking while we bought our normal pack...nothing extra for us except I got an extra loaf of bread and jar of Peanut Butter:) LOL!

Well I did get some quilting done this week:) YEA!!

Elaine made this sweet Mickey quilt as a gift.

I just looped all over with red thread.

Cute backing!

This is a PL I was asked to quilt.

A lot of extra work was done on this one. Hand emb., ribbons, buttons, and even a rhinestone.

Did ruler and free motion quilting.

Love the backing fabric:)

A PL panel.

Just loops all over:)

Fran made this beauty:)

She used wool batting so it really poofs!

Feather wreaths in all the blocks and I just followed the design in the border fabric.

Great texture!

Poor Judith... my black Featherweight...is sitting out most of the time waiting for me to get time to sew and was getting a bit dusty so I made her a cover:)

I had ordered the Singer fabric from Etsy and used it to make a few Featherweight bed covers and had some leftover. The machine was a machine embroidery design I found online.

The pattern was a free one from Kaufman fabrics.

Not perfect but very useful!

And my barn art was ready. We picked her up in Lampasas on Wednesday. 

Don Pullen from Barn Art by Don made her. He was at the Burnet Show and I ordered her then.

Sorry about the dreary picture... the hydrangea are not yet starting to show leaves.

Enjoy your week!

Sew sew sew!

Quilt quilt quilt!

And stay well!