After a year and 2 months of making BOMs I’m finally finished.  This first Festive Star block is for Linda Goley.

And this “Hunter’s Star” block is for Marjorie Williams. She chose the design and wanted autumn colors with a cream background.

Our lunch guests today were Dennis & Vi,

and their daughter Vylene, Matt & Brianna,

Curtis & Anita, Cortney & Alex,

and Paul’s folks, Mom & Daddy Graber.

Brianna really enjoyed the books and Cortney had fun on the trike.

Last evening Dustin & Quinten enjoyed Dr. Seuss’ “The Zax” along with Kirby.

“Too Many Dave’s” … 23 sons & she named them all Dave!

I’ve been getting some projects ready for our annual Heatwole Sewing Retreat.

Can hardly wait!!!!

This week I enjoyed a day quilting with ladies from our church.

Crystal was kept busy as president.

Cheryl had fun sewing this top together.

Vada helped cut out blocks.

And Rosetta did the same.

And Vi is picking out stitches. … Isn’t that a mark of a good seamstress?

Ashton received this nice little buggy from his Uncle Weasel for Christmas.

And now, Dustin just had to try it out.

Boys will be boys!

Now, to get out of this thing …

Today was the wedding of Beth Shirk & Jorge Cruz. Our family got to have the honored part of special singing.

Now, what kind of quilt do you call that?

Oh, it looks like a “Farmer’s Delight!”

After the Jan. 1 tornado, many volunteers are helping to rebuild. One day Sheila, Evie, & I took lunch out to the workers.

Kirby, Georgi, & Stacy enjoyed watching and seeing the farm sights and sounds.

And now it’s back to work putting up a dairy barn and loafing shed for cows.

For my part of the lunch, I made monster cookies. It has been years since I made them. When our children were small I’d place the Tupperware fix-n-mix bowl on the floor so they could watch. Now, I thought that Ashton just might enjoy watching like his mama did years ago.

A stop at Dairy Queen on our way to Florida.

You know we are really in the South when you see palm trees. Did you know they grow from the inside out?

The Haiti Benefit Auction.

These are items to be sold. Paul really liked the small E-Z Trail gravity wagon.

This was a different quilt than the norm at the auction. I like the cheerful colors.

This blooming onion was scrumptious.

I ask Coleen & Claire Bleu to accompany me to a gallery talk by fiber artist Jo-Ann Golenia.

She shared how she grew up sewing and how she makes her quilts.

I enjoyed her talk so much and would like to try her technique sometime.

We overnighted with Paul’s sister, Dorcas & Randy on the way home. Their children enjoyed Uncle Paul reading “Stop That Ball” and other stories.

I go past this place of business quite often.

They have cute little houses that the owner said was even occupied by a traveling tramp one night.

And then these dog houses just had to be crooked too.

But what I really like are the colorful bird houses.

It’s birthday time again. This time we celebrated Paul’s sister, Rhoda’s 40th.

I found an elementary school picture of her and printed it on fabric and then quilted it.

She was pleased, to say the least.

We had lunch together at La Fiesta Bravo in Macon. The waiter brought a special dessert just for her.