Quit tops and blocks

Yesterday I finished my sixth quilt top for the year. I am thankful to my bee for the scraps they gave me and thankful I could sew them into a top.
I am attempting to cut down on the stuff that fills my house and clutters my mind. Ideas come fast and furious, but I have to keep clearing space so that I can persue some of the ideas I am so happy to be getting again.  Being a seventy year old grandmother is such a blessing.  I want to be a good example for the little ones. That  means clearing out space so we can play, too.

A cold day is a good time to organize and get rid of some stuff.  So off I go...

I have finished three quilt tops for LWR. This is starting out the new year a bit slow, but I have been under the weather for almost a whole month. Finally on antibiotics, hope they guessed right.
My cough is vert wet sounding. No fun here!

Harvey relief

I am working on quilts for a challenge to make 500 quilts for the relief effort. Three so far. Taking a class in thread painting tomorrow. Looking forward to learning a new technique.
 I am overwhelmed by all the fabric and batting I have acquired. It is taking several days to piece and quilt and bind these quilts. A very slow way to get rid of fabric and batting.
Just finished sandwiching another quilt. Hope to quilt later this afternoons.
Beautiful weather here. Cool temperatures make me want to take a nap.

Grateful for nature

I am especially grateful for nature today. Yesterday was filled with bee meeting, inspiration and shopping. Today I got to sit back and look at the garden. I planted a few of the plants I purchased during the granddaughter's stay for spring break. I am envious of wild flowers blooming all around my yard but not many in my yard.  I filled and placed two hummingbird feeders, but I didn't see any in the yard.
The big spectacular thing was a pair of red shouldered hawks playing and flirting in the yard. Of course that made all the little birds hide, but it was beautiful and sounded loud.
I had our small group meeting tonight. I feel the group running on low energy. The food is great, but
some people are not very prepared. The fellowship is great. I am truly loving all of this group.
Not sure what to think of the end coming.
I worked on the gypsy wife's quilt. It is very complicated and busy. Not sure what will become of it.
Only three more weeks of the class. It is sapping a lot of my time.

Catch 22

I just started a new blog and then this one opens up for me.
 I have not posted since January because I couldn't get into my blog.
  Now I would like to post some pictures I'm having trouble with that too.

Practicing creativity

Finished hand work for new pillow  
Also finishing my Hobbity quilt for a friend. This sashiko stitching has been slow but good. The winter has been rather mild since we had a few freezing days. Many good days for stitching!
Last week we had our first Road Scholar trip to San Antonio. Met interesting people and learned a lot.

New year very productive

The 2017 year has started with lots of activity.
I am working on handwork and quilting by machine.

Making an effort to include some pictures. This picture is from several years ago.

 "Under water dream."

I had lots of fun with embroidery in 2016, hoping to include some photos. Working from an Ipad is not necessarily the best way to keep a blog but it is my favorite device.