I am working on 3 of these quilts! This is the beginning of 1 of 3. It is called, Anchors Aweigh and the fabric line is Tula Pink's. It is a big anchor. One quilt is a commission quilt. The second is for mom, as I figured she would like it as she works on a tugboat on the Mississippi River. The third quilt is for Andrew as he saw that I had it pulled up on the computer and wanted one too.
This is a little more modern than what I usually do and the fabrics are totally not what I usually work with, but I guess sometimes it is good to step out of the box. I will do one at a time and not work on all three at once. The good thing is that I have ALL 3 of them cut except for the background fabrics.
One day last week I made an apron! :) I think I will give this one to mom as she uses them on the boat as she cooks. I had an apron that I liked the style but it was a child apron so I stretched it out over my fabric and just cut it out bigger. It worked out great that way. I have 3 more of them cut and I will probably just split them up between us both.
Hopefully tomorrow I can get a few more rows sewn together on this quilt. Not like I can get out and do anything in all of this snow. We have 9 inches, more or less. This has been one of the worst winters that I can ever remember KY having in my 41 years.
Kristie
I finally got this baby off the frame! I call it, Civil War Wreaths. It is one of my favorites, maybe because of the red. I love red!!! I had Richard and Hunter hang it from a beam over my living room so that I could get a photo of all of it.
A photo of the back. A simple panto of leaves.
I also pieced 24 more bow tie blocks! I think I have 511 of them finished.
That's all....getting the boys out the door this morning for school and work and then Richard and I are heading out to buy him new shoes. Shoes don't last long when he is on his feet all night long. His nursing job requires him to wear white shoes. They have to be mostly white and that is harder to find nowdays. He also has to wear solid white scrub pants and top. Do you know how hard it is to keep them looking white?? :(
Kristie
I loaded a quilt on the frame to be quilted. I haven't machine quilted since before Christmas. I was having some machine issues and I just got aggravated and didn't want to mess with it anymore. I finally decided to bite the bullet and work on the machine. It is doing okay, but I still have to watch for skips and such.
I really like this quilt, it measures something like 80x100. I have about 1/3 of it quilted. I can't wait to get it done. Not sure what I will do with it, either put it on my bed or fold it up and put it in the pile.
The lighting wasn't the best up there this evening but you can see a little bit of the quilting.
Here is a photo of the backside of it. I am using Hobb's 80/20 batting and Madeira thread. I hope to get it finished within the next couple of days.
I am still piecing on all of my other projects too. :) I made 32 more bow ties the other day. I have some of my churn dash blocks sewn into rows and so on.
21 years ago today, I gave birth to my first born son, Andrew. I remember that day like it was yesterday. At the time, I was in a bad marriage but that just pushed me closer to my son. He was my best friend. I wouldn't change anything about that part of my life as I have Andrew from it. If you have read my blog for a while you will know that my boys are my life. I love them with all of my heart. I am so proud of Andrew and the young man that he has become. I have had many thoughts over that past few days leading up to his birthday of him being born and growing through different stages of his life. I gave birth to him 2 weeks before I turned 21 and he was the best birthday gift that I could have gotten. I love him dearly. Those eyes and smile still light up my life. I thank God everyday for letting me be his mother.
I guess that is all for tonight. Richard is working. Hunter just went to bed as he has school tomorrow and Andrew works in the morning but he went out to dinner and a movie with some friends.
Kristie
This is a little more modern than what I usually do and the fabrics are totally not what I usually work with, but I guess sometimes it is good to step out of the box. I will do one at a time and not work on all three at once. The good thing is that I have ALL 3 of them cut except for the background fabrics. 
Hopefully tomorrow I can get a few more rows sewn together on this quilt. Not like I can get out and do anything in all of this snow. We have 9 inches, more or less. This has been one of the worst winters that I can ever remember KY having in my 41 years. 
