Q: What's in Your Wallet?

A: Not much!

Q: What's on my bed?

A:



Since this ghastly summer seems to be finally ending, I put out a warmer quilt. It's an old Moda Club pattern with way too many half-square triangles in it.

Design Wall Monday

Not much progress this week:



I was in Huron, Ohio for the Quilting with Machines Show. A good time was had by all, and my roomie can tell you that I fell asleep early every night. No time for stitching!

Head on over to Judy's blog to see what everyone else is doing.

Friday finish -- Dylan's quilt

A seriously sweet little boy at my church is going through a seriously awful illness. I can cry and I can pray and I can quilt:



My daughter-in-love and I started these quilts at a class at the Joyful Quilter. It was a Mystery Quilt class and the subject was Scotland.



When I heard about Dylan, I bumped this quilt to the top of the list and finished it for him. I hope it gives him some comfort through his ordeal.
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Not much progress

I told you this would take a while:



I didn't make much progress on this quilt during my trip to Atlanta, but...

• We went to the Federal Reserve Museum
• We went to the High Museum of Art where I developed a serious crush on Chuck Close
• We went to the Georgia Aquarium
• We had some seriously wonderful meals

and....

• My brother-in-law got married!

It was a whirlwind of family wonderfulness! Not much down-time in the hotel and I slept for the whole flight home. Maybe next week I'll have more progress?

Head on over to Judy's blog to see what everyone else is doing.

Design Wall Monday

A little progress on my Lucky Charms quilt.



I'm hand appliqueing, so it will take a while.


Head on over to Judy's blog to see what everyone else is doing.

New Pattern

I recently published a new pattern:

Sweet Tooth is made from a Moda Honey Bun. The pattern is for a twin- or queen-sized quilt. Piece one up using your favorite yummy fabrics!

I've been blogged!

Debbie gave me a mention.

Drool over her quilts while you are there. She is ah-ma-zing!

Longarm Tuesday

I recently had some fun on an old Thimbleberries quilt top:

Design Wall Monday

I'm working on two different Pat Sloan quilts.

Meadow Breeze:




and Lucky Charms:

Head on over to Judy's blog to see what everyone else is doing.

Friday finish -- Emily

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I had a friend who was pregnant at the same time. Our daughters were born 3 months apart. We kept each other company, and kept each other sane.

Unfortunately, my friend and her family moved nearly 3,000 miles away when the girls were in pre-school. My husband and I visited them once out there, and they visited us once back here. We didn't stay in close contact, but we knew where to find each other.

A few years ago, this family moved again: now they live less than 200 miles away! Since I travel for my job, I stop and see them whenever I'm in their area. It's been incredibly sweet to re-kindle our friendship.

Since my daughter graduated from high school last year, it didn't surprise me much that my friend's daughter graduated the same year. Even so, I didn't get her quilt finished in time.

Only one year late, I bring you Emily's quilt:



She likes orange. Can you tell?

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New Sample

Remember this quilt?

In preparation for Christmas, I made one from Fruit Cake:



The pattern uses yardage or a Layer Cake and is available here.

Last Chance...

... to sign up for my fall quilting retreat.