Back to blogging.....

Hello!  I am just getting started here, actually I had another blog and have not posted for years, and I cannot remember the password !!!  Life stays pretty busy around here, but I am determined to take time to keep this blog active.  I am a wife, mom, mother-in-law, Gammie (the best job I have ever been given) and full time working registered nurse.  I have been a crafter all me life, starting with embroidery and cross stitch as a child and I have dabbled in just about every aspect of crafting over the years.  My all time favorite craft would have to be quilting.  I took a quilt class about 6 years ago, but due to life in general, I only piddled with it.  I completed my class quilt and started on others but I was a slacker and never completed the others, which brings us to the present.......

Baby boy went off to college, hubby went out of town to work and I found myself  EMPTYNESTING after all these years.  Middle child, my one and only daughter and the mother of my wonderful grands, bought a new house and I was helping her set up the design and color schemes for it.  A packaged up quilt top was discovered by her in the top of my closet and it all started again.  She said, "Mom, I need this for Ella's room!", and it was sent to the quilter and it became the theme of her bedroom.  I even took it to the beach in September and did the binding.  Next followed a quilt for her living room, then two Christmas quilt tops were done (but never quilted due to time issues with the quilter so they are presents for this Christmas for her and daughter-in-law).  Then a quilt top was done for my neighbor who cares for my animals  (another blog post at some other time, they are all rescues), when I am out of town.  I sent the neighbors out this week to Missouri Star Quilt shop to be quilted, this is a first for me, but my long arm quilter has closed her shop.  Finally I did one for myself.  It will be the next thing that will be sent for long arm quilting.  I have done some myself (stitch in the ditch) but my knees are not good enough for me to crawl around on the floor anymore and it is too large to put on a table top, etc to pin.   First pic is my crazy wonderful family....

The next pics are my quilt tops that have been done since September.  I'm telling yall emptynesting is a real deal.....

  
So in January I chose to join in some BOM quilt-a-longs.  I have several friends who have started quilting also and joined some too, needless to say we have all joined and shared our patterns so at this time I am actively involved is 4 quilt-a-longs and might I say up to date!!!  One is Quilters Planner BOM, another is Clementine BOM by Fatquarter Shop, next is  Autumn Splendor Mystery BOM by Fig Tree Co, and the last is called Batik BOM.  I chose my own fabric for 3 of these.  Clemetine BOM is a charity quilt-a-along for St. Jude's.  Here are my January blocks, they are in the order as above.....

The last one above has two smaller blocks that are done also, I just don't have a pic of it and I also don't have a pic of the quilt for Ella's room that started this obsession.😕😕😕  Well, I think I have bored ya'll enough for today.  Be safe, healthy, happy and loved!!!  Try and make a positive impression in someones's life today. Laugh out loud!! Hugs those you love! Pray for our soldiers and their families!  May God bless ya'll!!!