Ducks at Kerrie Blake Park

I have been going to the park on nice days while David is walking.  It is fun to watch the ducks.

NEW FURNITURE FOR DOWNSTAIRS

New lift recliners for David and me

I love that I can get out of the chair without struggling. The control raises and reclines the chair.  I am working on which is the best position for me.

WOLVES

I love looking at pictures of wolves.  The top picture of this wolf is the last counted cross stitch embroidery picture that I made. I love the realistic look.

     The wolf on my bed is one that I have had ever since Debbie took me to Washington D.C. after Clayton died. It is quite realistic too for a stuffed animal. Noah was quite young the first time he saw it on my bed and he thought it was real.  He started screaming and was really scared.  A year later when he saw it he just threw it off the bed. 

     There is a very good pattern of a wolf in the Anita Goodesign patterns that I might make. It would just be a small wall hanging.

QUILT IS FINISHED

my quilt is finally on my bed.  

I posted this picture on Facebook.  I got a lot of nice comments.
Still working on my wall hanging of the last supper.

This is a few squares that are not sewn together yet to give you an idea of what it will look like.

QUILT IN PROGRESS

 picture on my blog of my Big Blossom Quilt

Still have to get the backing and the edging on. The backing will be   close to the same color as the quilt and the edging will be yellow.

NEW PROJECT

First square of "The Last Supper"

I have been waiting since Anita Goodesign announced the pattern for the Last Supper to be released in March.  The magazine with the pattern disc came a few days ago.  I bought all the material for it and I was so excited to start. I got discouraged when we started looking for threads.
     I have a lot of threads but I was still short at least 80 colors.  Donna and I spent the better part of two days coming up with substitutes. We were able to match all the colors pretty close.
     I was really discouraged for awhile especially when I started reading the instructions and looking at how many different colors are on one square.  There is so much shading that it takes a lot of colors.  I did get the first square done.  I am now on the second square which takes 18 different colors.
     Now that I have finished one square I am a little more encouraged. When I get this project done, for me, it will be a masterpiece.
     In the meantime my quilt is not finished yet but is taking a back seat for a bit. So goes my life, the world of embroidery.

SNOW AGAIN

There is still snow on the ground from Sunday and it is snowing again.  The snow has not been melting very fast as the daytime temperatures have been so cold.  It is a little after 3PM and it is 31 degrees.  I don't think this snow today will last very long as it is supposed to start warming up by tomorrow.

I was looking way back on my blog at when I was still at Debbie's and we had measurable snow on February 26, 2009, March 7, 2009, March 9, 2009 and March 15, 2009.  It was not a pleasant time.