Spring Fling Doll Swap Quilt

I have fallen in love with this little doll quilt that I made for a doll quilt swap on about.com quilting forum.It was themed as Spring fling so I made a flower garden with a blooming cherry tree.

Death By Quilting

Here I am dead by Table Runner I love the colors.This was great fun and it went fast we have some very fast quilters out there. Cann't wait to do this again.


I have sent off my table runner to Susan in FL. This was a really fun thing to do Pat Sloan put it on and we all made a table runner. Everyone did the same table runner and all got their pattern on Saturday. I went to the beach for the weekend so I didn't get to start mine until Monday ~Yesterday~ after work.Yes that is a little bit of a Winn:) I did finish it last night and I love the way it turned out. The fabric is really beautiful the colors are bright and very yummy.

Went to the Beach

This weekend I went to the Beach to get a little quilting done. I didn't have my pattern for the Death By Quilting Table runner to get done but I did get a few other things done. A apron for a swap and a small doll quilt for another swap that I am doing. Plus a few other items that needed to be done. I will be posting of all of these things including the Death By Quilting table runner in the next day or so. Plus
photos of the Eagles mating that I saw yesterday while sitting watching the kids play on the beach.If you don't know this already here it is The Eagles mate in mid air way up in the sky coming down head first. Then when they are about 40 feet from the ground or water they fly away from each other. WOW I have never seen anything like it and I can't imagine being a eagle and having to do that every time I wanted a kid. No way not this girl. What a head rush.

Seeing Mark Lipinski was great

Went to Sew Expo on Saturday and saw mark Lipinski what a hoot. Not only did I laughed until my checks hurt but I almost wet my pants to boot. This man is great. Love Him.Here's A quilt I love as well saw this at Market and I was just looking through my photos.

Have Been Very Busy

Some of my quilts~ I am doing a BOM but I'm turning it into a quilt journal with an Internet group that I belong to for the year 2009. January was a self Portrait Here I am as I see myself

I have also been doing a few small quilt swaps with another group off the Internet. So these are a few that I have made some found new homes and a few are still waiting a new home to go to.

Winter Wonders

here is a little fairy and her Christmas Cactus. It snowed again yesterday in Seattle we got 6-8 inches.

Winter Solstice 2008 and we have snow :)

What a great gift for Winter Solstice is a wonderful sun rise of pink sky with the snow shining like diamonds. I love wacthing from a warm and cozy home drinking a hot cup of coffee. This is Spencer making Fairy's in the Snow. Tonks was helping by running through it when he got up.


Life has been really crazy with working at the casinos, running a massage business, an Internet fabric store, planning a quilting retreat for 40 quilters which I have have a few spots open, and running a house hold. It sure doesn't leave allot a room for anything else. I have told my boys that this year is the year of homemade and that they are getting home things that are pratcial and very use able. To tell you the truth I am loving this more then anything I have done in years. Socks, fingerless gloves, bread, jam, peanut butter, and fabric shopping bags. because as of the first of the year here in the King County area we will be charged 15 cents for every bag when shopping.
My girl Tonks what a funny little dog in the snow she loved it.

Why Mothers get Gray or in my case gray hairs getting white

Last Thursday night my son Elliott picked up his brother Floyden and they drove to their dads house about 40 miles away. It was a normal November night here in Seattle Dark, raining really hard,windy, and just plan yukky out. To me it was the perfect night to sew my holiday prizes for good friends with a little dumb TV in the back ground. Maybe they to should pick up sewing Ha~Ha.
They were coming home about 8:30~9:00 on I405 North hit some water fish tailed spun three times across 3 lines of traffic, hit the guard rail on the right side, spun around 2 more times hitting the guard rail on the other side of the road back across the 5lines of traffic. Stopped going the same way they were going in the being. I 405 is a freeway with fast moving cars. So I get this call from Elliott telling he just totaled his car but they are fine. The Mother frikes out I can feel the gray hairs getting white. I hang up and minutes go by I get a call from my X yelling at me about Elliott getting in a car crash go figure I didn't understand then for 12 years and I will never understand him.
The boys are both Okay not even a scratch. Thank goodness I have my Angels watching over them.

So everyone is fine Elliott seems to be more upset that now he has to get a new different car and has no money for this. I am so gald that I color my hair blonde so I don't have to see the gray hairs getting white. Hummmmm maybe a few things like this happen I won't need the hair color but I think I like going to the hair dresser she gives a great shamppoo. Thank You Angels I love you for keeping my boys safe.

Wow It Has been a long time

It has been a long time sense I writing here. I have a new job and I am working 7 days a week for awhile. I count the money and poker chips at two local casinos.Plus work in the afternoon as a massage therapist, and selling fabric on my web page. I still find time to do a little quilting and have been working really hard to get all unfinished things done. These projects are almost done which makes me feel really good. I will be adding some things in the next couple days. Here is is my Rock The Vote. I voted this is one time I really felt the need to really make sure my vote was counted and heard. So glad that so many people felt the same way and made their voices heard for change. It's going to take time and hard work but I do have some faith again.

Elliott's Quilt

I made this for my son Elliott.The blocks are top stitched with glow in the dark thread which took 6 spools of thread. In the quilting guild that I belong to we have what we call friendship blocks. It works like this we choose the block and then the guild makes the blocks for you. You can provide the fabric or not.I provided the fabric and the group just made the stars because I wanted to sew them with the glow in the dark thread to make them the same. It's a fun way to do a quilt.
Tomorrow he starts a new job working at the YMCA as a preschool teacher helper. This is a job that I think he will do very well at and I am so very proud of him.
Elliott and Baby Grace
Elliott being silly at one of my Cut Up meetings trying on bridle dress tops at Christmas time.
Elliott's senior photo.
Being a mom of a child with special needs is not easy but things like Elliott getting a new job that he is going to ROCK at made everything that I have done to help him get to this space in time a good thing.I'm proud of both of us we did it together just Elliott and I.