Feeling free

After coming home from the WONDERFUL Project Linus retreat I felt as if I had been reborn.

I started going through my fabric drawers pulling out all my Civil War fabrics.
I love them so!!! Then I lost my mojo. But I did put them all into a plastic container. They are no longer scattered through my stash.

The only Mojo I have is making Project Linus quilts. But I did whip out a Hello Kitty (Minkee backing) for GDD Caitlyn's January birthday.

I have quilted two more quilts for PL.

The panels were given to current PL members. I was gifted a panel just before the retreat. The Bunny quilt was finished and donated at the retreat. The Bear quilt was finished here.

I have been wanting this print for eons. I remember when it first came out. I bought 8 yards. I will save it for a special quilt.

I started this quilt at the retreat. It was a Mystery quilt which I love doing. I finished it here. Still need to quilt this one.

Wonderful snowstorm this weekend. It was so bad that Hubby had to drive me to the specialist this morning. A lovely lady doctor. I felt comfortable with her from the moment we met. I have never had a female doctor before.

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Egg Carton quilt progress

Although Bonnie Hunter was my first quilt designer crush I have another crush on Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts.
The pattern called Egg Carton quilt is in her book titled Scrappy Firework Quilts.

I love 1 1/2" strips, squares and small units of course. And after lots of seams you end up with a much larger unit. And Edyta uses batiks and cottons in my personal color pallet. Yummy!!

This is just half of the blocks I made. I have enough for two smaller quilts.

When I am not sewing I am crocheting. And here is Lucky claiming my place in the recliner last night. Sleeping upright until I snapped the photo.

We are surviving minus 15 temps with minus 45 wind chills. I have filled the bird/squirrel feeder with generous amounts of high calorie food. House is snug with rugs at the doors blocking any cold air seeping in. We have lots of quilts and lots of food. Parts of our small town lost power last night. Our power has been flickering but has remained on. The snow heavy tree branches and high winds are not powerline friendly!

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Snow for Indiana!!

Yea! Finally some snow is forecast for us here in Indiana. I am a winter lover. I am positive that my love for cold weather came about because I spent 31 years in a HOT, dirty and noisy factory. I do not like to sweat. And doing a man's job made me sweat like a man and then the grit just sticks to you. Yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So after my interview. Yes I said interview...with a newspaper here in Fort Wayne Indiana. All about me! Quilting and songwriting. I was so worried about the interview but that was not necessary. The journalist was pleasant and a music lover. James and I played and sang her a song and she was won over.
So as I said, after the interview I made a quick stop at the Co-Op and bought 40 lbs. of birdseed and 25 lbs. of black oil sunflower seeds. Then a stop at the drugstore to fill my perscription. And another stop at the grocery to "top off" our food supplies here in Subeesews' Land.
I love being snowbound. I do not mind cooking if we are home alone together. The grocery was swamped. That always happens when the forecast calls for snow. Hubby moved his truck all the way behind the garage and I parked way over at the side of our driveway so he will have a clear shot at the driveway with the snow blower. The snow blower has not been needed yet this year. The only time it was on was when DH brought it out of the back shed to the front of the garage before Thanksgiving.
Come on snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Scraps & Shirttails II is here!

The poor postal workers are really battling the snow here. They have to walk in the streets and up the drives to deliver the mail. I bet it doubles their walking distance easily.

My Scraps & Shirttails II arrived today. Also Word Play Quilts, Schnibbles times two, Scrap Basket Sensations, my new Quiltmaker magazine and some notecards. Whew! I have a lot of reading to do!
In the Scrap Basket book there is a quilt by my friend Mary Flynn (Quilt Hollow) It is a sweet quilt called Blessing from the Hollow and I am going to make it using my newest FQ bundle called Faith by Moda.



Here is my wonderful hubby cleaning off my truck. He has a great system of keeping our drive clear. We park the trucks all the way to one side so he has a straight area to snow blow. He then moves the trucks to the road and cleans them off. He goes back to where they had been parked and cleans that area. He then moves the trucks back in and cleans off the road too. Then he walks down the street and does a few other neighbors' drives. They are older and need this bit of neighborly help.

 We got a total of 12" of snow from Monday night through Wednesday morning. I baked a turkey and made homemade bread. I had candles burning. All in all we had a great time during the storm. Our power stayed on and I really was quite productive in the quilting department.
I managed to get three (3) Strip Twist quilts from my strips of black & whites! I have them all bordered and ready for quilting. I also added the last border of Log Cabin blocks to the Deer quilt I am making for my friend Gladys. I still need to made the binding for it and see if I can squeeze a couple of pillow cases from the scraps I have left.

 Today we have another 5" of snow that has fallen! A winter wonderland. The bushes are buried deep in snow. The birdies poke their little heds up to eat bread from underneath the branches. The hawks are really patrolling the area. They need to eat too!

This is one of my TAME squirrels. She takes peanuts from my hand.

 She learned this from her grandmother, Stubbie.

I am pretty sure this female is just a year old.

She came from Stubbie's spring litter.

She then had one litter late this last summer.

I watched her carry the three babies in her mouth.

She brought them from down the road a ways.

I feel honored that she deposited them here for the winter.

They are still afraid of humans.

I will have them tame by summer!

Life sure is good!

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