Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Hot Off the Press

Just finished the first of the Halloween quilts that I am making for my sisters:
"Wickedly Wonderful"----six witches dancing---my six sisters----get it?

Jana is the recipient of the first quilt....more to follow.....

Friday, September 23, 2011

The Last Square Finished

It's just about midnight and I decided to crank out the last square.



Feels SO good to be finished with the pieces...now on to putting the quilt together.
Tomorrow sashings and binding will be cut!!

Alleluia!!!!

One More Block

Yes.....only one more block away from completing the pieces of the "One Legacy" quilt.
Here's the work done today, despite being sick.....




Thursday, September 8, 2011

A Fruitful Day

Theresa and Cathy came over today for quilting/sewing day:
I turned this:

into this:



Finally, A "Navy" scrub to wear and think of Darkel (my hero) serving for us!

Then I FINISHED a quilt for ME!!!!:
Scraps from James and Jeffrey's quilts:


Also, been wanting to make a few of these: Halloween Towels: Here's the prototype:

And scrunchies:one to match Theresa's scrub and a few with a cool material: roar!

A fruitful day just feels so good!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Virginia

Haven't posted in a while...been busy traveling to Virginia. I LOVE my IPAD except for the fact that I cannot add photos to blogger from it and that was my only computer access. I find I have little to say without pictures, so here are some of what I've been up to:


Darkel was unfortunately not there the whole time because when the hurricane was predicted, the navy takes all it's ships out of port so they don't get hurt by the weather.
Darkel was kind enough to let us use his Charger for the week:


We booked a two night stay in Washington DC to get away from the hurricane and to see the sites:

One the way,we stopped at a restaurant that served the most AWESOME pancaakes:


And sweet tea:

That gave us enough energy to stop at the OUTLETs:I got a new BRIGHTON purse and Melyssa got a new COACH purse--thanks, mom!

Finally made it to Washington DC, where it rained like crazy. But that didn't deter us from seeing the sites. Took a bus tour in the rain anyway:






















Met Sonya and Brad Darkel's aunt and uncle for dinner. Super nice couple. They were nice enough to take us to more sights. We visited the Pentagon:
Brad then took us to a cafe that Bill Cosby made famous when he bragged about their chili.

We drove back to Virginia Beach

Had a nice Italian dinner at:

Did some "touristy" shopping

The last day, Melyssa treated us to breakfast at the beach--one of her favorite spots:


The last night,we grilled some steaks, and stayed over at Darkel and Melyssa's new apartment.
A Great Time Was Had By All!!!