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Christmas Lone Star and a Life Change

Posted on December 27, 2021 | 26 comments

I have pulled out another old UFO…from 199?…to add to my New Year’s Resolutions to-do list.

Okay…so it has been on the Focus list for the last year or so. I really mean to get it done in 2022…no more carrying it to the next year!

It is a Christmas Lone Star and I was quite pleased that more work was done on it than I remembered!

Christmas Lone Star

I now have it pin basted and ready for quilting.

Christmas Lone Star

And the life change?

I made a scary and exciting decision to retire from the day job!

2022 really will be a new beginning for me!

Happy New Year!

Quilt On!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on December 26, 2021 | 6 comments
Winter Oak Leaf

* Clicking on a photo will give you a closer look!

Winter Lilac Seed Pods
Winter Red Twig Dogwood
Winter Columbia River
Winter

“It is a way to keep cider sweet without boiling. Let the frost come to freeze them first, solid as stones, and then the rain or a warm winter day to thaw them, and they will seem to have borrowed a flavor from heaven through the medium of the air in which they hang.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Wild Apples

Turkeys

She had only to stand in the orchard, to put her hand on a little crab tree and look up at the apples, to make you feel the goodness of planting and tending and harvesting at last. -Willa Cather

Turkeys

If we are so contemptibly selfish that we can’t radiate a little happiness and pass on a bit of honest appreciation without trying to screw something out of the other person in return—if our souls are no bigger than sour crab apples, we shall meet with the failure we so richly deserve. — Dale Carnegie

Turkey in Crabapple Tree
Winter
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Winter
Stellars Jay

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

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Jessica’s Patriotic Quilt

Posted on December 22, 2021 | 17 comments

When my daughter, Jessica, was a young girl, she and I designed a patriotic quilt for her to sew. She chose her fabrics, and she cut and pieced all of the blocks.

Jessica's Patriot

Now those blank squares were not meant to be blank. Jessica wanted to fill them with appliqued American symbols.

She found symbols in coloring pages and other places and applique proceeded slowly.

Very slowly.

A lot of life has happened, including courtship, marriage, and three children. She is becoming an accomplished photographer with her own website.

A move across the country motivated Jessica to dig into her UFOs and pull out this patriotic project to finish.

Jessica's Patriot

Now the flimsy is back in my house. I have the honor to quilt it for my daughter.

I have it pin basted and ready for quilting.

Jessica's Patriot

This will be one of those New Year’s resolutions.

Or maybe I will wait until she moves back to my side of the country.

Quilt On!

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