Been kind of crazy lately.....Need to get busy

First and most importantly, my dad has been very sick. He went to the hospital and had his gall bladder removed ...almost too late! It was gangrenous and left infection in his belly and he was getting intravenous antibiotics for 5 days. During that time his heart rate doubled and he became a heart patient as well. I was there every day, of course. I was glad I had the time to spend with him. We talked a lot. He is home now and feeling much better. So now I can relax.

On the homefront...I haven't accomplished much. I need to remedy that today. I have plans to do some piecing in between around 4 or 5 hours of quilting. I may make a cake or some cookies later on but I just need to get started. I'll check back later.

Rose Quilt-This is for Linda

I actually finished this quilt a month or so ago but my friend Linda wanted better pictures of it so here goes.
Here is the best picture I could get of the whole quilt:
Here is a close up of one block:
How a few look together: This quilt turned out better than I expected.


My Famous Rose border:



And a shot of the back:
There ya go Linda. Just for you.

Quilts on the Grand-2008

I belong to a mini long arm group and we call ourselves the "minis" . A few of the gals couldn't go but me, Linda and Nancy went to the show together (Terri has been invited to join us in our meetings but it is very far to drive out our way). PS, we missed you Margaret!


We went to the quilt show out in Grand Rapids on Friday. Linda drove and she picked up Nancy and then they met me at a Meijers parking lot. It made it easier for me to find my way. I GET SOOOO LOST! Linda had the coolest GPS in her car. I couldn't stop watching it. I NEED one of those! My friends would agree, (I am always getting lost)
It was over a two hour drive but the time went quickly. We never run out of things to talk about!
(imagine that)
Terri Watson was working the show but took a break and spent lots of time with us giving us a personal tour. It was great having our own white glove lady with us. I have lots of pictures I took but not sure about posting them (not being my quilts). But we did take a group shot by Terri's quilt where we boldly TOUCHED it all over. It was a blast! (we were being so bad).
Here we are being bad: In order. Linda E, Terri W. (the tall ones) and then me and Nancy H.

Also Terri made this big banner for the show and here is Nancy showing it off a la VANNA WHITE!

Daddy update

He is resting well and in no pain at the moment. Will be in the hospital at least overnight. They think it may be his gall bladder but still not sure. I feel better after seeing him. We didn't stay too long. He is tired and he will want to watch the football game. Some things never change.....
....and for that I am grateful!

Ups and downs and my daddy

Went to a great quilt show out in Grand Rapids Michigan yesterday with two of my good friends and we had an awesome time. I will blog more on this later. Today is my wedding anniversary. 22 years. Mark and I went to breakfast this morning. We will be going to the hospital to see my dad today though. My brother called early to tell us he was on his way. Dad was ill and wouldn't call an ambulance. His doc saw him and he thinks it is his gall bladder. More tests are happening now. We will most likely spend the day with my brother and sister waiting for dad's outcome. Good thoughts are appreciated. I will check back tomorrow or later tonight and do a proper blog.

Heidi's Quilt...A new Finish

Here is the wedding gift I just finished for little miss Heidi and her new hubby. My daughter Jess and her have been best friends since they were around 12. The quilt was a chance to use my quilt EZ square spiral template...FINALLY.
I really like how it turned out. Here it is:

The back looks just as good as the front!


I even made a throw pillow (not stuffed yet) and two pillow cases to match!