O'Quilts

A quilting blog with new,old and antique quilts

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Stabilizer

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Lynsey has been invited to her first friend birthday party.  A six year old in her class has invited the entire class to a craft party a...
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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Case in Point...

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The Hospice nurse wants my beloved to be turned in his hospital bed every 2 to 3 hours to prevent skin breakdown.  So I got a king sized p...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Right Wise Old Owl..

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Last night Marie brought me some owl fabric as a gift...You know fabric can make even a sad heart sing again.  Tonight I took 30 minutes a...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

All day, All night, Angels watching over me....

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I am now convinced about the angel thing... Oh, my.  As if we did not have enough going on today.  A phone call from school for Evan, age...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

He is Home!!!!

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No pictures of him home.  Just smiles and hugs and relief.   He is still very sick and weak, but he is home.   Short post cuz we are...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Cousin Joe Saves the Day

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Is it happenstance or the hand of God?...You tell me!.   How could it be that Cousin Joe from Dublin would just happened to be working i...
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

What to do?? What to do?? She frets.......

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I am home from a 6 hour bedside stint at the Hospice bed.  Himself is sedated with Ativan so there was no communication.  So, I slept to...
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Friday, October 24, 2014

Moola

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In polite company talking about money is so not okay.  I am way past polite company at this point!! Even though my dear man has saved ...
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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Turblence

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When I was a flight attendant I remember terrible turbulence going into Panama.  I was standing right next to an empty passenger seat.  Th...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Nothing that Nobody Knows and the Healthcare Rant...

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I want answers.  There are no answers.  I feel like throwing up.   What is this???  Is it ALS or is it the big ugly multiple blood clo...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

O'Captain Courageous and the Opportunist

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First we see the opportunist!!! While Granddaddy is away in Hospice. O'Captain Courageous, my Dear Man is sleeping the rest of his...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

The Twelve Star Hotel

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The Hospice House at Southminster for my dear man.  Someone there told me this morning that as a quilter they would never make Hexies....
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Friday, October 17, 2014

Mother....Is that you??

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It is the same roller coaster...!!  I thought I would see you here. Oh, they say, same church, different pew... Mr. O'Quilts...
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Thursday, October 16, 2014

The Two Hexie Day

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Thursday night update on my Mr.O'Wonderful. . Day two on 6th Tower, CMC main.  In his words, he is now completely disabled...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Today's not so nice update

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Thank you all for the wonderful wishes and messages and hugs sent my way.  It warms my heart that you all are so good to me. I just lef...
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Monday, October 13, 2014

My poor dear man

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Himself was way too weak today and was unable to get out of bed...Called the home health nurse...who sent him to hospital via ambulance  T...
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Sunday, October 12, 2014

The Correction and then the Blue Square Quilt

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 One of the UFO quilt tops I finished the other day was this scrap quilt.  Just some 2.50 scraps and some blue fabric.  I like it a lot....
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Saturday, October 11, 2014

My Life on a Roll....

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This morning I delivered Liliana's quilt....way overdue..  ..and the finished doll quilt for her 3 year old sister Eva.  Si...
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Happy Birthday Muggs

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Last year I was experimenting with string quilts on legal size paper when I got fed up with the process.  The computer paper was t...
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Friday, October 10, 2014

Sewin' Along, Singin' a Song, Joy in the Sweatshop!!!

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Happy is............
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I have been quilting since 1973. Thank you grandma for teaching me how to sew...you have saved my life so many times:) I was born in Boston, raised in Arizona, lived 1 year in France, 2 years in England, 2 years in NYC, 2 years in LA, 20 years in Miami, Florida and now living for in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1994. Diane
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