Thanks for understanding.......

Hey Quilters..........

What a bizarre time we are living in!

I want to thank those of you who have been checking in on me, and being genuinely concerned about my well being.  I love ya'll!

In brief, I have been working.  The flights are empty, usually 20 passengers or less.
I wear a mask, and try to disinfect everything I will come into contact with on the plane, and
in my hotel room.  I have cut my flying back due to vacation I originally had planned at this time.
As many of you may know, I had trunk shows, lectures, and workshops scheduled throughout Tennessee and North Carolina that were forced to be cancelled.  We will look at rescheduling those if and when we return to a new normal?

I wanted to catch you all up very briefly......

 I am sure we are all sewing more than usual during this quarantine?

I participated in Edyta Sitar's mystery from

Laundry Basket Quilts.

I enjoyed her format of making a different

type of block each day.

She named the quilt, "California."

I worked from my personal scraps.

I still have to add borders to mine.

I am thinking smaller pink inner border,

and larger navy border?

What do you think?

My friend Pam has allowed me to help her organize her

resource center.

Pictured above is a 50 gallon trash can full of various scraps!

I have been organizing a little each day, and am

almost done now.

She is going to be shocked at the variety she has

in her scraps!

This is a lot of fun for me, helping someone realize

their potential through their scraps.

Spring has brought beauty amidst despair.

Abigail Rose turned 1 year old on February 4th!

Can you believe she is already 1 year old???

What a beautiful mess she is!

And, Lilly Mae turned 3 years old on April 16th.

Unbelievable!  She has turned into such a little

love bug despite her rocky start of being a tried

and true booger!

Using up those frozen berries from summer in pies.

This is a blueberry pie......ummm......

no, I haven't stepped on a scale!

  Sadly, we lost my mom's last sister, our beloved

Aunt Flossie Sue in late February.

Her death was not Covid19 related.

Many family members were able to come for the 

funeral before the quarantine began.

Regrettably, my aunt's passing threw my mother into

a depression that affected her mind.

My family was able to get Mom the help she needed,

and I am happy to report, Mom is doing much better now.

My sister and I are doing the very best we can in taking care

of our parents during this time.  I have to say how much

I appreciate my sister.  She has been awesome.

Also, I! MISS! MY! FAMILY!

You all know how close we are, and this 

quarantine is making it hard.

We are obeying social distancing, and using

video calling as much as possible.

On another note.......I pray all of you are staying safe.

If you or anyone you know has suffered a loss at this point in time,

 regardless of the virus, I extend my most heartfelt condolences, and 

pray for you during this time of loss.

I cannot imagine going through a loss, and not being

able to hold a funeral the way you would like to.

I am sure that adds additional pain, and I am just

so sorry.

I am happy I have been able to help many of my

quilting friends in Scrap Club hosted by Kevin the Quilter

by providing eggs.  My ladies are laying up a storm

as they usually do during the Spring.

I wanted to be able to share something POSITIVE

during this time with my quilters in Scrap Club,

and I would like to extend this to all of you here as well.

I have already shared a previous video with them that was 

not recorded, but, it is not too late for you all

to share in the fun.

I have a broody hen that is wanting to hatch out

some eggs, so I gave her some eggs I selected

for egg color and breed for her to sit upon.

So far, so good........but, you never know....

she may change her mind and not sit til

the end.......

Enjoy this first check in with Mother Mabelle below.

Again, I want to thank all of those who have checked in on me.

I promise to get back to blogging more regularly.

Thanks for all of the encouragement!
Stay well, and stay safe!

Keep on Quilting!
Kevin the Quilter