Hubby amazed me & Julie's hug quilt

Hi everyone- just wanted to give you an update on the hug quilts for Keith &
Julie. As you know I delivered Keith's hug quilt two weeks ago. Keith is
very weak and hasn't eaten in over a week. But is so grateful for his
quilt. I have Julie's almost completely pieced- just the cross sashing and
then off to our local QS. They have just purchased a quilting machine and
the owner said Julie's quilt would go to the top of the list for quilting.
What a terrific store owner! I machine pieced Keith's myself and found it
really difficult to manipulate around my machine. I still am paying for it
with my bad back & shoulders. So I was thrilled when Leslie said the store
would be happy to do it. DH helped me layout the hug blocks for Julie's
quilt and I liked every one of his suggestions! (Normally we don't like any
of the same colours or patterns!)

We are on our March break right now so I am hoping to get some of my 2005
Challenge projects completed this week. I have honestly stuck to my
resolution not to buy ANY fabric until all of the 21 projects are completed.
However.... I didn't say anything about quilting books & embellishments!
Every time I go into our QS just for a little "fix" I find a beautiful book
that I know I won't be able to afford when I retire...so I have purchased
three books! I will have to stop using that rationale or I will never be
able to retire.

Youngest son left the nest last Sunday. It is fun getting to know my husband
again and have the freedom in our home after 27 years as parents. I was
going to move my sewing machine & paraphenalia (?) into DS's old bedroom
but then realized I would never be in the same room as DH when he is
relaxing in the family room. So have decided to leave everything as is. I do
miss our boys but am liking the...quiet, the cleanliness, no spit in the
sink, no smelly size 13's in the front hall, the toilet seat down, the
grocery bills, and how much less cooking I need to do. WhooHoo.

Pictures? Do we have pictures to share?

Dannielle


"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone- just wanted to give you an update on the hug quilts for Keith
&
Julie. As you know I delivered Keith's hug quilt two weeks ago. Keith is
very weak and hasn't eaten in over a week. But is so grateful for his
quilt. I have Julie's almost completely pieced- just the cross sashing and
then off to our local QS. They have just purchased a quilting machine and
the owner said Julie's quilt would go to the top of the list for quilting.
What a terrific store owner! I machine pieced Keith's myself and found it
really difficult to manipulate around my machine. I still am paying for it
with my bad back & shoulders. So I was thrilled when Leslie said the store
would be happy to do it. DH helped me layout the hug blocks for Julie's
quilt and I liked every one of his suggestions! (Normally we don't like
any
of the same colours or patterns!)

We are on our March break right now so I am hoping to get some of my 2005
Challenge projects completed this week. I have honestly stuck to my
resolution not to buy ANY fabric until all of the 21 projects are
completed.
However.... I didn't say anything about quilting books & embellishments!
Every time I go into our QS just for a little "fix" I find a beautiful
book
that I know I won't be able to afford when I retire...so I have purchased
three books! I will have to stop using that rationale or I will never be
able to retire.

Youngest son left the nest last Sunday. It is fun getting to know my
husband
again and have the freedom in our home after 27 years as parents. I was
going to move my sewing machine & paraphenalia (?) into DS's old bedroom
but then realized I would never be in the same room as DH when he is
relaxing in the family room. So have decided to leave everything as is. I
do
miss our boys but am liking the...quiet, the cleanliness, no spit in the
sink, no smelly size 13's in the front hall, the toilet seat down, the
grocery bills, and how much less cooking I need to do. WhooHoo.

You may not want to move your machines into your son's old room but
how about taking over the closet for storage? We have let the one son
still living at home expand into two rooms. One for sleeping and
clothes, the other for computer, TV and books. I get the closet in the
second bedroom. It is really opening space in my studio to store large
things like the roll of batting and the 108" backing I purchase by the
bolt. I also put some selected tubs of fabric in that closet like
Christmas and African prints.

Susan

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:55:25 -0500, Joanne Passmore
wrote:

Hi everyone- just wanted to give you an update on the hug quilts for Keith &
Julie. As you know I delivered Keith's hug quilt two weeks ago. Keith is
very weak and hasn't eaten in over a week. But is so grateful for his
quilt. I have Julie's almost completely pieced- just the cross sashing and
then off to our local QS. They have just purchased a quilting machine and
the owner said Julie's quilt would go to the top of the list for quilting.
What a terrific store owner! I machine pieced Keith's myself and found it
really difficult to manipulate around my machine. I still am paying for it
with my bad back & shoulders. So I was thrilled when Leslie said the store
would be happy to do it. DH helped me layout the hug blocks for Julie's
quilt and I liked every one of his suggestions! (Normally we don't like any
of the same colours or patterns!)

We are on our March break right now so I am hoping to get some of my 2005
Challenge projects completed this week. I have honestly stuck to my
resolution not to buy ANY fabric until all of the 21 projects are completed.
However.... I didn't say anything about quilting books & embellishments!
Every time I go into our QS just for a little "fix" I find a beautiful book
that I know I won't be able to afford when I retire...so I have purchased
three books! I will have to stop using that rationale or I will never be
able to retire.

Youngest son left the nest last Sunday. It is fun getting to know my husband
again and have the freedom in our home after 27 years as parents. I was
going to move my sewing machine & paraphenalia (?) into DS's old bedroom
but then realized I would never be in the same room as DH when he is
relaxing in the family room. So have decided to leave everything as is. I do
miss our boys but am liking the...quiet, the cleanliness, no spit in the
sink, no smelly size 13's in the front hall, the toilet seat down, the
grocery bills, and how much less cooking I need to do. WhooHoo.

On 3/12/05 11:48 PM, in article ,
"Susan Laity Price" wrote:

You may not want to move your machines into your son's old room but
how about taking over the closet for storage?
Great minds think alike Susan! I was standing in front of the large closet
in DS' bedroom, now empty...and thought exactly the same thing! An entire
closet-EMPTY! So I have already moved a few things in there and will follow
with the material that I don't need at the time- the eye spy material, the
landscape stash, the orientals until such time as that particular project is
happening. Thanks.

On 3/12/05 9:29 PM, in article , "Dannielle"
wrote:

Pictures? Do we have pictures to share?

Dannielle
Dannielle there are pics of Keith's quilt at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/283164073ARaNCb?613
Let me know if it doesn't work.

Beautiful! I can't wait to see the other one as well!

Fantastic job Joanne!

Dannielle


"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
...
On 3/12/05 9:29 PM, in article , "Dannielle"
wrote:

Pictures? Do we have pictures to share?

Dannielle
Dannielle there are pics of Keith's quilt at:
http://community.webshots.com/album/283164073ARaNCb?613
Let me know if it doesn't work.