Thankful..........

So very much to be thankful for during this time of Thanksgiving........

 Wonderful family and friends.........

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

A loving mother that has taught

and continues to teach how to

carry on traditions......

like her deviled eggs.....

and her perfect mashed potatoes......

A sister that has a knack for making Momma's home made

yeast rolls.

Get that just right sis!

Having a home and some land where 

I can raise my own food.....

by the way,....

this home grown turkey

exceeded ALL expectations!

Just ask my friend Mike!  LOL

Being able to host in a house I love.

Sitting down and making more memories

when we weren't stuffing our faces!

Thankful for the little ones!

Past and present!

Sophia Annabella loves it when

Paw Paw sneaks her a piece of turkey!

And, it was this little booger's first Thanksgiving!

Paw Paw had the honors of feeding her, her first bite of

Thanksgiving Turkey.

LILLY MAE!

Thankful for a father who shares his

talents with his family.

This beautiful cabinet is now displayed proudly in

the Quilt Cave!

My dad completely refinished my maternal

grandmother's treadle sewing machine cabinet

and did a masterful job!

(Machine still being refurbished.)

Dad did an amazing job on it.

And my mom is so proud of it too!

I can't thank my cousin Marcia enough

for allowing me to have this piece of

family history!

I wanted Dad to sign it to show the date

he refinished it.

While he did so, my mother shared a story of

this machine.

When Mom was around 15 years old, she worked

for a small restaurant washing dishes.

She saved the little money she made there and would

go buy fabric at a mercantile store in town.

My grandmother would compliment my mother

on what a good job she did saving money, and how

nice the fabric was, and in return would make my

mom a skirt or dress out of that fabric.

My mom says her first memories of sewing on

this machine was helping her mother make those

clothes on this machine.

PRICELESS memories for me to share with you all.

Thankful for a wonderful niece and nephew

that will hopefully come visit me

in the nursing home one day......

hopefully that day is FAR away......

The snowman ornament tradition with my nephew 

and niece continues on.

I get them one every year and date it for them.

And so many quilters are so thankful for

Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville Mystery

this time of year!

I am no exception!

Linking up with Quiltville's

Mystery Monday Link Up

Since I just completed "Sapphire Stars,"

I opted to play with a different color scheme

for Bonnie's mystery this year, rather than

my usual go to patriotic color scheme I usually

make with her mystery quilts.

Aqua and Coral remain the same, 

but, for

Brown, I am substituting Grey

and for

Neutral, I am substituting Navy.

Going through the strings for 

CLUE 1

More strings to go through......

My Accuquilt Studio makes quick work of these

strip sets.......

Coming along............

A sampling of the 9 patches made

in no time.....

Thankful for so much.....

including you all!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on Quilting!

Kevin the Quilter