Bunny Hill Design

This is a quilt I made from Bunny Hill Designs free Block of the Month 2008. Several of my quilting friends also made this quilt and it was very interesting to see how each of us used different colors and fabrics.

One day a very sweet little girl will receive this quilt.

Blogging and Quilting on Hold

I haven't been blogging or quilting due to a big yard project. Part of our backyard is a small hill that dips toward the house. Beyond the other side of the hill is a beautiful wooded area that we have let remain natural. But that hill and backyard toward the house has been a thorn in our side. We have just had so many problems getting grass to grow and just when we had everything growing we had the problem with the yard caving in due to our wonderful builder digging a pit and burying stumps and building supplied in it. After spending mega bucks a couple of years ago to get that corrected we started trying to rebuild the back yard area. Then my wonderful Sweetman became ill and everything stopped. Last year it was just mowed and a little care by our lawn service company with fertilizer and weed killer.

This year was the year. That yard was going to have grass. I ordered 1 1/2 pallets of bermuda sod and started the process. The afternoon of the delivery I started laying sod (and had no idea what I was doing). But the yard had been aerated twice and top soil placed in many placed to even it out etc. Back to laying sod--I was so tired and still had 1/2 pallet to put down. Here comes my wonderful neighbor plus two other mutual friends and they started helping me. Finally, it was down and we were blessed with good rains for several day.

But I still had some bare spots. So I went and purchased 50 more pieces and that day Sweetman felt good and was able to help me. Now I have one more area that needs about 50 pieces and I hope to get that down this week or next week.

Yesterday two of our grandsons came to visit and they helped me get flowers planted in my barrels and pots and then some down in a bed by our mailbox. Aren't friends and relatives wonderful?

My goal is to get the yard where all I have to do is maintain it and not spend lots of time on it each year.

Hopefully I will be back at quilting very soon and have pictures to share with you.

One Less UFO

This is one of my UFO's that I have completed. The pattern is Jared Takes a Wife from Bonnie Hunter's website.

Almost

One of our adult grandsons asked for a quilt for his new bed. He wanted a quilt that was "modern" and bright. I invaded the quilt shop and came home with fabrics that I really like and thought were perfect. Then I pulled out a quilt pattern that I had purchased at the Quilt Expo last fall. Pattern was too small so I proceeded to try and enlarge for a queen size bed. Cut fabrics, sewed fabrics, put on design wall. A disaster! Terrible looking! So I ripped it apart and decided I would make a string quilt using all the purchased fabrics plus what I could pull from my stash. Now I am down to the last section and I can see daylight at the end of the tunnel. Maybe by March I will have it finished for that sweet young man.

January 11 2011 week of Snow and Ice

As you can see we have had about 5-6 inches of snow and ice this week. We have not ventured outside except to put the daily garbage into the outside garbage can. It is truly beautiful! We live on a hill and our driveway is a sheet of ice so I am sure we will not be going out for another couple of days. But today the sun is shinning and there is some movement of vehicles in the subdivision. Today I woke up thinking how thankful I am, and blessed, that I did not have to get out in this icy condition to try and make it to work.

Yesterday I spent most of the day in the quilt room trying to finish quilting the borders on a quilt. And today I am trying to get caught up on the washing and then back to the quilt room.

Another Round

From the most recent weather reports we are in for another round of messy weather. Expecting 3-5 inches of snow and 1/4 inch plus of ice. The ice will be rough as we will have tree limbs down on power lines and power will be out for many people. Our subdivision has underground utilities but the lines coming into our subdivision are all above ground on a road with hugh trees.

We made our mad dash to the grocery store yesterday morning, early, and purchased a few things to get us through the next 2-5 days. Fortunately we have propane logs in the great room but everything else in our house is electric. But we do have the propane grill if I can just get to it with ice on the walkway.

Sweetman and I have been through all of this before, several times, and I think we are as prepared as we can be. Good luck to all of our friends and family from Texas to South Carolina. Stay safe and warm.

Winter Wonderland in Georgia

We started having snow Christmas night about 10:00pm and it snowed all night and into the next morning. Fortunately we had our family Christmas lunch at 12:00 noon Christmas day and after eating and opening presents everybody agreed they needed to return home as soon as possible in anticipation of the coming snow.
It was just beautiful coming down with large flakes and covering everything in a mystical white veil. Another reminder of the the beauty of our earth that God has created for us to enjoy. And another thank you that we are retired and did not have to get out this morning to go to work. Today the wind is blowing strongly and another cold, cold day. But warming up later this week.

A good day to be quilt making.