At the same time as doing the 54-40 or fight quilt, a long time friend, Ms Jan Hunter (the other half of Chaplain Joe), contacted me about making her a Breast Cancer quilt for her niece.  She really liked the one I made for Jojo's truck, but being as that was a custom one of a kind, I wouldn't make it again. So she decided on this one:

 I'd also been meaning to make this original pattern as a gift for them. She chose the colors.

She also offered to put one of the bears in their booth at MATS to promote me!

Thank you Ms. Jan for thinking of me!

Well, the OOIDA truck got an unexpected mascot!  Here he is!

Isn't he cute!

To continue with updating....
Ya'll know I love to do PaintMeJudy's mystery train rides. Here's #7 in the series.

I decided to make 2 of #8. One is for our newest Grandson due at Easter, the other is being donated to the guild.

Here's some close ups of the quilting on 54-40 or Fight.

It took me almost 19 hours to quilt this, but it was a lot of fun doing it!

Well, I've made myself a note to update the blog more often. So, here's the next in line.

Having been a truck driver for 20 years, the one organization I truly support is the Owner/Operator Independent Driver's Association (OOIDA for short). They have a truck that tours the USA, driven by a good friend of mine, Jon Osburn.

I made this quilt for it for when it's in truck shows.

It's called "54-40 or Fight".

It's time to do a much overdue update!
This is the Bonnie Hunter winter mystery "Grand Illusion". She loves scrappy, but I did it more of a controlled scrappy.

Tops done, but not quilted.

Then there's the truly scrappy Log Cabin. It's king sized to fit our new bed. Floyd wanted it extra warm, so he went shopping on Ebay & got us wool Army blankets for the batting. Boy is this heavy!

More to come!

Boy have I not kept this up!
To update from last year, here's some things I made for a dear friend in Canada. JoJo is the head of Trucking for a Cure raising money for the Breast Cancer foundation in Canada. Here's her truck.

I'd told her I'd make some things for it to dress it up for shows. Here's the quilt.

I made these covers to go over her seats.

And a couple of pillow cases to go with the quilt.

I also donated this wallhanging for her raffle. It's called "Forever in our hearts".

May 2015 bring lots of awards & she raise lots of money for a worthy cause!

the last part...........

Here's Black Tie Affair. It took 2nd after the round robin, Bird in a cage.

Then there's my 2 Challenge Blocks. Third on the Hexie one, Honorable Mention on the leaves.

I had a great show!

awards continue......

I got Honorable Mention on my Carpenter Star. Silly me used white thread to piece it & got points knocked off for it.

Color Blaze got Honorable Mention for the same reason as Carpenter Star! Sure taught me a lesson! I really didn't expect anything on this one!

to be continued......................

I know, I've not kept up with the blog, but I've been getting ready for the annual quilt show. The results are in!  7 entries....8 ribbons!  Hurray!

This one is a wallhanging that was the round robin. Deb Cavanaugh did the quilting & Judy Lee did the embellishing. We took 1st place in class & Merit Honors on the quilting.

This is Rose Log Cabin. Pattern is from Deloa Jones. I had proposed this one to be the raffle quilt for 2015 to the guild, but they chose a Civil War one instead. Oh well! It now has a 2nd place ribbon on it!

Continued in next post......

 

Whew! I'm exhausted! This is the reason!

This is our newest addition to our  family!  Koal Gage entered this world at 5:43 p.m. Oct 1st.  Weighing in at 8 lbs 12 oz & 21 1/2" long.
Welcome to the family!

After all the sneek peeks.....here's the Carpenter's Star! All ready for the show!

I matched the binding to the border. I think it came out great!

Now let's see if it wins any ribbons!

I guess it's time to catch up on the blog.
A very dear friend of ours was diagnosed with stage 4 Breast cancer. What do quilters do? Make them a quilt!

We're meeting for lunch this next week & I'll be giving it to her.  Complete with a bag to carry it in  when she goes for treatments.

I sure hope she likes it, 'cuz I sure do!

Where does the time go?  I've been busy, that's for sure!
Here's a couple of quilts for a customer that I just did.

Just a little freemotion playing!

I liked that one so much that I made one for myself, only smaller.  It's going to be in the quilt show this year.

I named it "Black Tie Affair"

Well, I've been busy these last couple of weeks.  Here's a baby quilt for a customer.

Then, I had been over at Virginia & we were going through some stuff that had come with her longarm (she bought it at an estate sale) & ran across picture from a quilt show in 1997. One quilt really caught my eye. A Bow Tie. In studying it, discovered it was the 10-minute block! So I came home, went through my charms & made this...........

I decided to give this one to our newest Grandson, due in October.

Well, here's some more on the Carpenter Star.....Final will come tomorrow, as it's almost finished!

I know, beat me with a wet noodle, I've been neglecting my blog!  Here's a pic of the girls with Floyd. He'd just gotten home.

Aren't the the most precious little girls??

I've been busy working on a Carpenter Star quilt for our upcoming quilt show in October. It's 84" X 84".
Here's the border & sashing.

More to come!

Well, ya'll know we got the girls just a few weeks ago. They apparently weren't socialized at the breeders & have had a hard time being around people, but we're progressing alright. Housebreaking has been trying, but I think we've finally turned the corner on that one & it's almost done. Still having a little mishap once in awhile, but for the most part, they're there.

Here they are helping Mom in the office. Great help they are, huh?

I did finish the other 2 9-patch tops. I was having so much fun playing with those 2 pieces!

Here's the light one. A little ruler work, a little stencil work. Came out interesting.

I did a little crosshatching on this one. It doesn't show up very well on the dark fabric, but it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to do. I like it anyway.

I have Black Tie Affair on Queenie right now. Stay tuned to it's outcome!

Well, I've been a little sidetracked from quilting this past week. We lost our beloved Duke the end of January & have been dogless since then. We knew we'd get another dog, but weren't ready just then. We finally decided the time was right to get another one. We decided to get a Sheltie. I grew up with them & know their traits, etc. Floyd said yes to the breed. Being as we're no longer spring chickens, we grew up with Lassie on TV. All the kids of our era wanted a Lassie. So now we have her! Plus her sister, Lola! They were born January 10th, so they're 5 months old.  Here's a pic of the girls!

Lassie's in the front, Lola in the back.  Aren't they just the cutest??

Well, I finally got around to quilting those 3 9 patch tops! Here's the 1st one done. I had so much fun doing this little red & black one!

On to finishing the other 2!

Whew! A whole month since I've posted! Where does the time fly!
Did Guild, had a super presentation from Brenda Jaske on "How to become a Blue Ribbon Quilter". She always does an awesome presentation.
Right after Guild, my friend, Judy, & I headed out to Irena Bluhm's home in Celine, TX for a one day retreat on the longarm. I actually got to spend a little over a day with Judy & enjoy some quilting together instead of over the phone!  The retreat was terrific! Irena's hospitality was fantastic! We took 2 classes on retreat day. In the morning we did a class on feathers & the afternoon was on background fills.  The day just flew by! We learned a lot & I think we gained a little weight too! Every time we turned around they were offering us food, drinks, whatever we needed.  If you have the chance, take a class from her in her home. It's well worth the time & money!
I have been doing a little quilting. I just did 14 quilts for charity! Yes, that's right....14!  Here they are...

All ready to take to guild & have someone else do the bindings.

Here's the Texas flag section............

Now to trim & bind it & it's done done!