GGD Abounds with Love

It is so great to have a little one in the family as the great grand dtr makes her mark into the mix. New Years Eve party she loved all the hoopla and with the other under age grands she liked the sparkling fruit drink.

Great Grand Mary and Great Grand Dtr enjoy a fun New Year

Then she was delighted with her stuffed farm animals and books she got at Christmas. It is nice to be able to sew simple things again knowing they will be hugged.

When it is time to dream....sweet dreams GGD

Mini for Quilt Con

Going to Quilt Con (Modern Quilting Convention) in Nashville in a few weeks and participating in the SWAP of a mini with my assigned partner. I love swaps and always enjoy the thrill of meeting the new person and just getting a mini to put on my wall. I love making a mini for several reasons like getting to finish a piece and not struggle with a lot of quilt under the needle when quilting it. Like using smaller pieces and enjoying the colors in a smaller piece. Like making up what it will look like and challenging myself to do my own thing. The piece is of course "secret" till exchanged but a sneak peek of one of the letters.....

1.5" paper pieced  and there are half square triangles too

Perfect UFO from UFO "steal exchange"

I participated in the exchange of UFOs in our Midcities Modern Quilt Guild and came home with a lot of blocks that were sown together in all sort of pieces. I "stole" them from someone in our exchange  because I saw a lot of blocks already finished that could make a great Lutheran World Relief Quilt for our quilt group at Calvary Lutheran and I was so right. After putting on the design board it turned out they fit together perfectly to produce the perfect 60x80 size for the LWR quilt.  I look forward to taking it next month and getting it "tied quilted" together and ready for the world somewhere and a person somewhere. It is serendipitous in a good way. Thank you whoever put these in the exchange.

NEW YEAR NEW WORD

New Year New Word

I have struggled with a word to bring into the New Year. HOW from last year was nice but how to pick this year's word has not come easy. I feel a bit like Little Red Riding Hood finding the porridge  *some words were too wimpy *some words were to strong *some words were too inactive and *some words I had no feeling about. Looking for the word that is just right so I can  nibble on it all year long brought me to a word I seldom use but maybe it is time to step in...so I have chosen  ABOUND. 

Abound (verb): to exist in abundance 

Like: I abound in love from so many and it makes me abound in gratitude for all I have.  

So off to a new year and a new word.  Best of 2019 to one and all