Sorry but I just realized that I posted the same photos of quilts twice...oh well...I'll try to do better! I need to make a new blog for T.Joe so he can post all of his fun stuff and he has more time than I do since he is retired. Signing off tonight, tho!

I think I need to post some more quilts that I have finished. We delivered 5 quilts to Mississippi New Year's weekend when we went to visit our families.

This is another photo quilt that I put together for a friend for her mom.

The quilt on the right is one I put together for my friend. She had found 60 quilt blocks that her mom had put away and asked me to make her son and daughter a quilt and a throw for herself.

This quilt on the left is another muumuu throw that I put together from muumuus that my sister-in-law had saved from her mom's wardrobe many years ago.

When we came back home from our visit in Mississippi, I came back with orders for 6 more quilts.....3 more muumuu throws, 2 t-shirt quilts and another quilt from blocks from a friend's mom.

T.Joe asked me why I did not have a photo of his sunflowers that he made...one of his first welding art projects. Well...I have a picture of him putting it together, but not one of his final piece. I will find it and put it here for you to see.

He is displaying the sunflowers in front of the recipient's parking place on her birthday so when she drives up to work, she will see her birthday gift!

Christmas 2009

We had a white Christmas this year so we did not get to celebrate with our families like we usually do Christmas morning. Then, my camera was not ready and I only got ONE picture of the grandkids opening their gifts we took them on the day after Christmas. Rae and Melia actually let me make their picture. I guess teen age girls don't like their picture made but I got lucky this
time.


Pam and Vernon came up and spent the afternoon with us after all of their kids were scattered.
We spent New Year's Eve with Jim and Martha before heading on down south to visit with family.

While the guys watched football, the women stayed in the kitchen making goodies.

I just wanted to share a new picture that was sent to me of a t-shirt quilt that I made for Greg for his Christmas from his mom and dad. His mom sent me the t-shirts and of course, he knew nothing about it. He is displaying it after opening it Christmas.

I also made his brother a t-shirt quilt and his brother's wife a wedding quilt of their wedding. They can all stay warm this winter!

We delivered 5 quilts to Mississippi this past New Year's weekend and also visited with our families while we were there. My dad had his 90th birthday party when we celebrated Christmas with all of our families, too.
This is a muumuu throw that I made from the scraps of the 4 muumuu quilts that I made. I have enough to make 3 more throws.

This Queen sized quilt on the left is made from quilt blocks that my friend's mother made and had packed away. After her mother passed, she found them and asked me to put them together and quilt them for her son and daughter. I had enough blocks left to make her a throw to remember her mother by.

These are 2 of the quilts we delivered to Mississippi this past weekend.

My mom and dad are surrounded here by my sisters and brother and me with almost all of their grandchildren and great grandchildren in their front yard. The weather cooperated and was nice enough for the kids to climb the trees.

Santa Gourds

Just wanted to share a photo of the gourds that I painted for gifts for our co-workers...and friends. I painted 36 total this month...T.Joe put a wire up in our kitchen so I could hang them while they were drying....I painted them in a production line....a little on each one...took 20 to work...and T.Joe took several to friends...and we still have a few to give before Christmas!

I have been busy making clothes for gifts for the grandkids....It's fun to make 'little' clothes...and decorate them with embroidery and maybe some rhinestones! Got to get back to work...Christmas is almost here! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

These Nativity rocks were painted by Lin Wellford...she painted 5 sets of Nativities at Silver Dollar City and they were all sold before she finished painting them! Doesn't she do a GREAT job!?