Happy Weekend to Everyone...

Quote for the Day:

"A word to the wise ain't necessary - -

it's the stupid ones that need the advice."

~Bill Cosby

I feel like my life spun out of control when I went back to work last week!  I zigged when I should have zagged and re-injured my back, so I've been making frequent visits to my chiropractor again.  Just when I had "graduated" to only going once a month, I made it two weeks into that first month and BAM...I feel like I'm back to square one.  I know that technically I'm not, but it still feels that way.  **sad face here**

In between the chiropractor visits, I have been working, hand quilting on the "Sherbet" quilt, and making baby gifts for our grandson that is due to make his appearance the end of June!  I can't show you the baby gifts until after they have been delivered to and opened by Erin, but I can show you the progress on the "Sherbet" quilt!  

I am only able to reach about 1/2 way through the block before turning it to the next area, so these blocks were 1/2 way done when I took these pictures last week.  However, I have now finished the second half of the blocks and have cranked the quilt again since these pictures were taken!!!  I am moving right along on this quilt!!

I am using pastel pink thread for the hand-quilting, but as you can tell by the picture, you can barely tell there is any color to it.  One of these days, I will get brave and use a darker color, but that will definitely show up uneven stitches more.  The lighter thread "hides" the imperfections!

I have never entered a quilt into a quilt show before, but if I can get this one done by June I'd like to enter it into the quilt show in Bridgeport.  I am under no illusions that I would win any awards because my stitches are far from "perfect", but I would still like to enter it....just for the fun of it.

I have finally made my blocks for "Kevin the Quilter's" Quilt of Valor challenge...

Kevin... I will be mailing them out to you this week!!  :)  Thank you for doing this challenge!  Your quilts will be a blessing to so many veterans!!

Loretta

Calling All Quilters...

Quote for the Day:

“Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you're gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.” 

― Charles de Lint

I have a cyber-friend and fellow-blogger named Kevin who also just happens to be a QUILTER, too!!!  He loves to make quilts for the charity "Quilts of Valor", which give quilts to veterans.

He has issued a challenge!  He is asking quilters to make a block...or 5...or 10...or however many you want to make, and send them to him.  He, along with a local QOV group that he works with will make them into quilts to be donated to Quilts of Valor.

You can read about it here in his blog!

I'm glad that he is giving us until June to get our blocks to him because as soon as I recover enough from the surgery I'm having at the end of the month, I plan on making some to send to him!  :)

It's a very simple block that even the most novice of quilter could make!  

But look at what a STUNNING quilt it makes when you join 30 of them together...

So quilters...
ready...set...SEW!!!

Loretta