IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG !!!!!!

I have had a busy summer........best of all our oldest son was baptisted...I really Praise the Lord for that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I have been doing some canning.....this is 6 of 8 jars of pickled orka that I have put up.......

We have been enjoying our grapes............

We also enjoyed the blueberries.....I made 2 or 3 of these cobblers........

We are now getting peanuts......we enjoy them boiled.........

And to introduce you to the newest member of the family....Jack....he is 7 weeks old...he is a Jack Russell Fist mix.......and a ball of fire...but sooooo sweet.........

This was Jason, Cheryl, Caitlyn and Caroline's 1st meeting with Jack.......And this is Noah, Lori, Pearl and Eddie Van's 1st time seeing him........This is his quilt that I made him...every good fur baby needs his own quilt......



I hope to be visiting more often ....I have missed you all......

PSALM 106; 1

Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

WALLHANGING

I am off this week.....it seems sooooo good to have some time off......this is what I did today.....you may remember those cheater squares my sister sent me a while back......this is one of them....I just stitched around the little squares and sewed the back on with little triangles to hold a dowel rod to hang it with.....
We had corn, cucumbers and tomatoes fresh from the garden and country ham and biscuits for supper.....I love fresh veggies from the garden......makes it sooo easy to cook.
ISAIAH 1; 18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

MY LITTLE WALHANGING

I got this pattern here http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-44391-1.htm it was suppose to be a keychain......but I decided to make a small wallhanging-hotpad......I like it hanging on my little shelve......it is hanging at the end of our table.....
2 SAMUEL 22; 2
And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliver;

PILLOW

Remember all those cheater quilt squares that my sister gave me....will I made this pillow out of two of them...you can't really tell in the picture but I machine quilted around all the little squares...I used two of them...because I had them and that way it hasn't matter each way it is setting......

ROMANS 1; 16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

I AM TAKING A CLASS

I am taking a class on making bookmarks herehttp://www.quiltingboard.com/t-40727-1.htm

this is the first class ..she will be posting class #2 on Friday..it is a lot of fun.......you can go to the forum posted above to see what it is going to look like......I am going to make two bookmarks out of the same fabric ...but I am reversing the colors......

The same lady also did this tutorial ......http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-38879-1.htm .....she gives great directions.......

I wanted to let you know my foot is better...I am still in the aircast.....my foot swells pretty bad during the day at work...because I can't keep it elevated..but it is getting better....

PROVERBS 2; 6

In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

See What I Got Today:) & My Foot:(....

My sister saw these and saved them from being thrown in the trash........

There is 14 of these squares.......

Each of these have 7 squares .......

And 7 of each of these..................

2 of the duck squares, 1 of the top square and 2 of the bottom squares

My sister made this cute cup cozy....I Love IT...

I went out the back door yesterday afternoon and turned my foot over....they had graded the lot out back and I guess I stepped in a soft spot.....and turned my foot over....it started swelling and hurting...I iced it and kept it up a while..then it was time to go home....I iced it and kept it up until time for bed...it was pretty swollen this morning but I went to work...at lunch I called and got an appointment with the doctor......she took x-rays and said it isn't broken but is sprang...she said to stay off it, keep it elevated, keep it iced and take it easy the rest of the week.

COLOSSIANS 3; 17

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

CRUMB QUILT FINALLY FINISHED :D

Do you remember the crumb quilt I was working on.?.......well I finally finished it, so I am sharing pics of it. I took a picture from one side and then the other,it is so big that is the only way I could get a picture of all of it, I also took one of the label. I think this may be the only king size quilt I will be making!!!! I think I will stick with lap size, they are so much easier and lighter to work on. But I think we will enjoy this colorful quilt on our bed, I can look at it and remember all the quilts I have made, it has sooooo many pieces of fabric from the quilts I have made for the kids and grands.

ROMANS 8; 25

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

I DID A LITTLE SEWING TODAY

I did get a little sewing done on my quilt, as you can see. It is laying on the double bed in the sewing room, it is laying long ways, but that is going to be the width for our king size bed. I am almost half done sewing the blocks together, it is going to take more blocks then I thought, but that is OK, I have plenty of scraps.

I took the converter box back that didn't work, I got another one, with no problem. I also got an antenna for the bedroom. I didn't go anyplace but Walmart and didn't get anything but the box, antenna and some hairspray, so it didn't take long and I was back home. I live about 20 miles from town so I don't usually go but once a week. We got the box hooked up and it is working fine.

ROMANS 1; 16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

MORE SNOW & CRUMB QUILTING

We had snow again yesterday, that is almost like a record for us, that is a big snow flake in the picture, it almost looks like the moon. That picture was taken in our front yard before I went to work. On my way to work it was snowing really hard, it one point it was snowing and the wind was blowing so hard that it was blowing the snow off the trees and snowing at the same time, I could barely see, but I made it to work just fine and then it warmed up and most of the snow was gone before time to come home.

I posted Monday about the crumb quilt I have started, I have been working on it today and wanted to share a picture, it is just laying on the bed in my sewing room, it isn't sown together yet. I am planning on putting strips between each square, I am thinking unbleached muslin. I am going to make this one for our bed and it is a king size, I haven't made a quilt that big yet. I am going to quilt as I go, that will make it easier to handle, I hope anyway.

PSALM 40; 1

I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.