
Friday, November 17, 2023
Sibling block quilts, featuring Priscilla

Friday, November 10, 2023
Rays of Sunshine
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Quilting Friends
Fellow Texans Nancy K. and Jenn occasionally team up to help CiL finish block drive quilts. Nancy put together these stars from the 2021 "Oh My Stars" drive and Jenn did the quilting on her long arm. I really like the layout Nancy chose.
If you look closely you can see that the quilting panto has stars and swirls in it.
Nancy also put together these Tall 9 blocks and Jenn quilted it with an organic curvy panto. Perfect colors for this time of year. With recent drop offs we are rapidly approaching 1500 quilts donated in the East Texas area thanks you all of you!
Happy Fall from my doofy little orange man and me!
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Thursday, October 26, 2023
A Mystery Quilt
Happy Friday, quilters! The weather here is divine! Texas is enjoying our one month of Fall per year. Just as well I can leave my windows open since my AC/heat is broken again.
This first quilt was sent in quite a while back anonymously and I never have found out who it came from. It's very pretty and I love the birds in the quilting. Do any of you recognize this one?
Next up, two tops Jeanine sent in with backings and even batting that I was able to quickly finish up. Both of them have scrappy fabrics that will be great for a man.
The kitties always enjoy the boxes that get shipped here and this one in particular has been getting heavy use, along with the crinkly packing paper. We're rapidly approaching my favorite time of the year and I feel refreshed and renewed. Wishing the same for all of you!
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Friday, October 13, 2023
Orphan block quilts for comfort
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Pretty Quilt and Pretty Cats
Often when Linda returns a box of block-drive quilts she has long-armed she will include at least one of her own quilts. I especially loved the creative quilting on this one.
This border is awesome, with the curves intersecting the straight lines and the tiny feathers in the green border.
Linda does all this with programming on a computerized machine. It's not the same as free motion but still very impressive to me.
I wanted to remind everyone that Cynthia has a block drive going right now with bright kids blocks. I am thinking that CiL might have a block drive in January. Don't hold me to that, but fingers crossed.
It's still pretty hot here, in the 90s during the day, but it's finally cooling off at night and I can sleep with my windows open. It's starting to smell like Fall. I did visit Portland a couple weeks ago and the weather was wonderful.
I thought you would like to see some updates on Mama Squeaky's kittens who were born in the spring.
The two female kittens went together to one of my coworkers and I get regular updates. They are farm cats and much loved by her children.
Here is a photo of one of the boy kittens, the wild little man who was half white/half orange. As you can see he's settled right in with his new kitty family.
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