The Start of School Frenzy...Tomorrow...

Kaffe stripset...from the  Wednesday night scraps.

 Potholders...a new quilt to start...or ???

Sew relaxing.

Another new project...just when I decided to finish what I have already..

Old charms I just found...cutting cheddar for disappearing nine-patch

Lovely rainy day yesterday....Finding myself reading on our screened in porch

Enjoying a wonderful book, cuddled in my Civil War fabric group exchange quilt.

Nodding off.......

Just love Anna Marie Horner fabric...the funkier, the better...just like me.

My son loves to work...coming home from a job...

Really???

Some how he did not get the message that the sewing room is off limits!!!

The new member of Queen Bee...Bambi...with Stitch in the lower left.

taking inventory...

We have so many deer in our yard, neighborhood....the kids can pet some of them.

There was a family of 8 in the yard the other day.

Ava: 17 months, Zoe: 12 years 

xo

Only Ava is not nervous about school.

The children's mother just brought them back from her weekend visit.

She had them shower for school before they came.

Then, she filled out all the back to school paperwork.

She has the best handwriting of the family.

She also helped Eamon with the computer.

My heart sings when they get along for the children's sake.

You notice the 14 year old is not posing for a picture...

There is great stress about school starting tomorrow morning.

One child's bus is at 6:15am....OMG

The other two have buses at 7:15am

Both parents say it is OK for the 14 year old to walk around the corner

to his bus stop in the dark..

This old grandma is nervous.

I have had Evan since he was 7. in 2nd grade.

High School.??How can this be?

I have been told by the family to stay in bed 

and let my son handle it...OMG

Even deep breathing may not calm my soul.

Sew...just go Sew....

Maybe I will just stay up very late tonight sewing??

I found these:

Divided 4 patch.

I found 10 of them.

I hate them.

I do not know what to do with them..

Suggestions???

Back from Super Fun Quilting Retreat with my peeps.

Getting ready for this trip, I went to Trader Joe's
I was humming along, picking out treats for the retreat.

Out of the blue, I burst into tears at the cash register.,
Then, I told my story.
They gave me flowers.
I wanted to cry but I could not.  I was already crying.

MP....a dear friend to us all...provided much needed respite for a three day weekend to quilt...quilt...and quilt...in her mountain house..I just got home this evening.
The Adventure of Grief......TED

Here we all are..:  9 sewing machines and 10 women.
The oldest member will be 100 in June, so she does not have a machine any more.

The top of the driveway leading to the lake.

Here, my darlings, Boo and Stitch, wait for me to get home.

Minnie is wearing Mickey pajama..... on sewing in your jammies day

Here are some of the projects I worked on:
The divided four patch...Tute found on Missouri Star.
I hated making it.  Too confusing...so I only made 9 for maybe a medallion later on.

 I had a million or so, solid charms cut out already, so I switched to this:
Much easier and more relaxing..

Drenna made this baby quilt from scratch to finish...
She did such a wonderful job..

At least five of us were working on disappearing 9 patch...I will show you next time.
They are all so different.
R and R...so needed and so much fun.
I only cried once.
Since fun is so exhausting...I am off to bed.
Thank  you MP  and a big thanks for the support of my quilting peeps
xxoo