A small quilt - finished!

The first completion of 2010!

This quilt was the challenge quilt at Quilt Camp last fall. I finally have it finished!

Some 'extra' quilts

When I was making baby quilts last year, I just kept sewing. I now have four extra quilts that will be given to charity.

The first is a very pink baby girl quilt. We were blessed with two new grandsons last year and this just wasn't the right color!

This one has a really cute print on the borders and back.

And then there are two really bright quilts that don't look very bright in these pictures!

Ready for a winter picnic

It looked like picnic tables in a winter wonderland.

On the way to Mom's last Sunday, we saw these "ice tables". We were able to get pictures on our way home.

Happy New Year!

It's hard to believe that this decade is now gone. It seems like we were so worried about Y2K last year instead of 10 years ago! Looking back, we have been blessed with family, friends, and our health. In the last decade, both of our sons married and started families. Two daughters-in-law and six grandchildren have joined our family along with spouses of nieces and nephews and a number of great-nieces and great-nephews. We have both retired and been able to do some traveling. We haven't forgotten the hard and sad times - we just try to keep going forward.


We are looking forward to 2010 - a new year and a new decade.

Happy New Year!

Alek's Quilt

Alek Jeffrey was born November 23. Here are photos of his quilt:

The pattern is called Take Five. Every quilt I make with this pattern looks very different due to different fabrics and the change in the number of borders.

Alek's parents decided to not find out the sex of the baby ahead of time. That seemed to be the thing to do this year so I often found myself looking for unisex fabrics. It was a fun challenge!

I especially liked the border on this quilt.

Alyssa's Quilt

Great niece Alyssa Joy was born November 17. Here are pictures of her quilt.

The fabric and the idea for the quilt (no pattern) came from a quilt shop in Roanoke, VA.

I really like the material on the back too.

A Blizzard!

Yesterday at 2 PM, the National Weather Service changed our Winter Storm Warning to a Blizzard Warning. I was in the car on my way home but still an hour away. I made it home fine and we don't plan to go anywhere for a day or so. This morning I took pictures. This shows the first twelve inches. We've had 2 or 3 more inches since then.

I love the trees with the snow on them.

This picture is looking across the street.

Here is Ray cleaning up the sidewalk.

Our neighbor plows our driveway. It took a long time this morning with the deep snow. He just finished clearing it a second time. I think the snow is over. Now we have wind and the temperature is falling.