Rocking Chairs & Stitches

 This old rocker holds lots of memories,it sat in a back bedroom warmed with a pot belly stove as my husbands grandmother stitched from quilts to hems in a dress,anything that required hand stitching,it now sits in  my sewing room ,there's something soothing about stitching  in a rocker filled with memories,I even have some of my own like the time my youngest came running into the house crying because the goat has grabbed her dress tie & bout ate the whole thing before she got lose& if you think that was traumatizing Terrys grandmother cut the hem off her dress " back then we hand stitched 3"hems 🤣poor baby screaming grandma don't cut my dress!,new ties,new hem good as new ,that was over 45 yrs ago & still makes me laugh, I've often thought of staining the rocker but then I think its so full of  luv &memories just the way it is, so today  lots of herbal tea,a good dinner,& lots of stitching down memory lane

Still Plugging Along

 Working on the squares within the dinosaur quilt ,washing cloths in-between quilting so I can at least say I cleaned the house today 😄

It's supposed to get cold again so I'm not sure if I should plant the first little haul of veggies Grace & me picked up the other day,she luvs the nursery especially all the attention that she gets😄 green curly lettuce,red curly lettuce,purple collards, brussel sprouts & marigold's,this will be a first trying my hand at growing brussel sprouts so it should be interesting 😄

Back To Taming The Dinasours

 I still cant remember what this stencil's called 😄 It's beginning to look like the dinosaurs are in a race 😄 how's your projects going today?

Update On The Blue Strip Quilt

The blue quilt is pinned all around & ready to be sewn down,I just trimmed the back to 1 1/2" & brought it to the front folding it over twice all the way around, the only white thread I have is quilting thread which I'm thinking may be to thick for the edges🤷 the serger thread is out for its too thin for one strand use,oh well I have till the weekend to figure out my thread issues😄 Livvys & Casons quilts are taking first priority  this week,they will be back at their GiGi's (my niece) this weekend & we'll have a photo shoot

Today is National No Housework Day so I'll get a lot of quilting done today 🤣🤣

Easter & Quilting Snippets

I hope you had a wonderful Easter,before church I tried to get pictures of me,Grace & Sadie ,lots of bloopers😄but finally a good one,Easter dinner after church at my nieces,more picture taking with Grace & Sadie when I got home then it was time to take Sadie home,Grace is on the mends to being back to herself 100% 

on a quilting note,Im luving how Livvys quilt is starting to get that thick quilty look,Casons quilt got a new back, I had less fabric than I thought& why I didn't think to just get "a little" more fabric is beyond me😄when I seen this dinosaur fabric it had to come  home with me,Im not sure why but when its laid out, it looks puckered but when I hold it up it straightens out🤷 I've been getting the edges of the blue quilt ready to sew down & it'll be finished 

Sunday Inspiration

 

 Wiishing you all a beautiful Easter Sunday

Try & Try Again 🤣

I tried to get this post on before midnight so it'd be a Saturday  then it kept disappearing trying to scroll back up to click publish, is it a full moon tonight🤷so the third times the charm right? I've gotten most of the thread colors for the quilt I'll be making in the upcoming weeks for my neighbor

I grabbed a few transfer pens, another; can of basting spray & some quilting clips, there was a special jar waiting for them in the sewing room

Livvys quilt I'm  using the Baptist fan stencil combined with straight stitches,for Casons Im using this one which I can't remember the name of but when I do Im going wrote it in my quilting journal 😄