Marching into March

Happy March 1st Quilting Friends!

Already the 3rd month of 2018......hard to believe, isn't it?

Speaking of Quilty Friends.......

This is my amazingly talented Quilty Friend

Teajuana Mahone of Teaquilts!

Please visit her website, and visit

her on her various social media sites as well.

HERE

is a link to her Youtube channel.

Tea visited us at 

Scrap Club hosted by Kevin the Quilter,

and shared some beyond amazing works of art!

All of our participants were so inspired by her

and her fun spirited presentation covering
ALL uses for various types of scraps!

Thanks so much for visiting us Tea!

I appreciate your friendship so much!

Speaking of Scrap Club hosted by Kevin the Quilter....

Alongside our Improved Nine Patch creations.....

We are making...........

Fidget Quilts to donate!

These are so much fun to make, and are so useful

for those suffering with memory problems.

Dolan Memory Care Homes is building a

new facility in our vicinity

that will use these quilts as teaching tools for

it's residents.

We received several of these Fidget Quilts during our

February meeting, and I look forward to seeing 

many more of these creative little quilts at our 

future gatherings.

If you are interested in donating a Fidget Quilt

along with us, please contact me personally on the

blog for more details.

Spring is just around the corner, and look at this

carrot that I found!

LOL

This came wrapped up from my good friend

Dar of  Dar's Patchwork Garden.

That's a lovely Civil War Repro FQ

and some very needed Featherweight bobbins!

Thanks Dar!!!!!

This little guy was the friendliest little dude!

He was being watched by his Grandma at

Quilt4U in Columbia, MO.

A small group of friends went on a shop hop

and, as usual, I didn't buy much.....but, 

I DID get this masterpiece of a drawing he is

working on!

TOOOO CUTE! LOLOLOL

OK, so, I did recently cave into an online

Quilt Along.......

Have you seen these posts by my friends....

Lori at Humble Quilts

and

Wendy at The Constant Quilter ?????

You twisted my arm quilters!!!!!!

One of my favorite Quilt Book authors,

Mary Elizabeth Kinch

is hosting the

Foothills Quilt Along.

Please visit the above links to

register and become a part of this 

fascinating creation.

It isn't too late to join!!!!

Registration is absolutely free, and

Mary Elizabeth has painstakingly

and brilliantly shared insights on this 

antique masterpiece we are being inspired by.

Which leads me to my next thought......

have you ever tried to replicate a vintage work?

I mean, REAAAAAAAAAALLLLY tried.....using

similar fabrics, prints, and patterns?

I haven't, but, I am doing so with the

Foothills Quilt Along

because I am so intrigued by the 

inspiration quilt.

Are my fabrics EXACTLY like those in

the antique version........no.........but,

it has been a fun lesson for me thus far

in really getting to know the fabrics I have to work with.

Again, I am replicating the original quilt......

MISTAKES and all........

here are few of the blocks I have completed.......

This process takes me back to the several art classes 

I had in college in the manner of taking a work

and trying to recreate it as best as we could.

I am thoroughly enjoying myself here!

Thanks Mary Elizabeth!

Look what I stumbled upon in an antique mall recently?

For $20, I couldn't pass this one up!

It has a very unique finishing around the edge,

and the fabrics appear to be older than when

the quilt was made.

In family news...........

How on EARTH did my Lil Sugar Doll

turn 20 years old?????

Oh my!

I can still hear her running through the house

as a little toddler with me chasing her

and her laughing and yelling...

"UNTLE TEVIN!!!!!"

I was able to spend some quality time with 

both my niece and nephew while

celebrating my niece's birthday.

Of course Lilly Mae tagged along too!

Mousing around with Mr. Puss E. Paws 

aka Valentino!

My 16.5 year old diabetic cat went in for his annual

evaluations at the Vet.  This is truly one of the world's greatest 

kitties!

And my 11 year old Sophia Annabella had her

yearly dental at the Vet.  She HATES going to the Vet,

but, it is one of those things that truly does help

her health and has to be done.

She did fine during her procedure, and will eventually

talk to me again........SIGH

In closing, for those of you who are

willing to send some prayers on behalf 

of my sweet little Momma....

she is undergoing some tests on her heart.

We are praying everything is precautionary,

but, my Mom is consumed with fear.

Thanks in advance for thinking of her!

Thanks for being a friend!

Thanks for all of the encouragement!

Keep on Quilting!

Kevin the Quilter