Tristen's Quilt

Tristen is getting the quilt for Christmas 2015. He is 12 years old  now and has been the most difficult to play for.  When I saw this pattern from Carol Doak's  Creative Combination's book I knew I had found the perfect quilt for this amazing young man.

I am in the process of making it. It calls for 48 blocks in the body and 8 in the border.

Wesley, My Nephew the Marine.

I made a quilt for my nephew the Marine; Wesley. It was presented to him June 2013 at his welcome home party from his first deployment. We are blessed he came home safely to us.

Texas Toast

A quilt I made for Richie, (Richard's name sake) for Christmas 2014. It was planned for 2013,... but I was not able to do it.

This was not the original quilt. I had one that I truly loved but the blocks were separated from each other. I am determined to get the blocks back together and make him a quilt from it before it's all said and done.

I took all the fabric to my friend Linda's home we had them all over her dinning room table. So glad she has a large one! We picked carefully what to do. I wanted to keep the colors toned down .. so the adventure began.

This quilt was all about Texas in a so many ways. On the back I had put on giraffe fabric (okay it's African looking) but hey if you ever been to the Houston Zoo you would know they have a fabulous African Exhibit that the giraffes are apart of. So it worked.

I also added a very special block on to the back and Richie was the first to receive it. It's a blue and white block that my great grandmother Neal made out of  my grandfather (Paw Paw)'s baby clothes. The block is 100 plus years old.

I hope he loves his quilt. I put a lot of thought into his... what speaks of him.

Kayley's Village

I could not had been able to finish this quilt without a lot of help, love and advice from 3 wonderful ladies, Linda, Susan and Janice. Their love and support helped me through it. I wanted to call Uncle on this quilt and I got love support and a little shove.  Susan allowed me to quilt it on her long arm just days before Christmas and that was a journey within all of itself.

Kayley received the quilt on Christmas Eve 2012. She loved her quilt and still loves it.  I am blessed to have such a special little girl in my life.

Project 7. The Vine the final Block

This was the vine.  It was applique.  The only picture I could find of it was on my design wall.

The Journey Changes

The thing about taking a journey through life it changes. Mine changed September 3rd, 2013. The day I lost my husband Richard. He fought a good fight but I think his body could not take anymore. He is missed  by all of us but our lives have gone on. Through out the 2 years he has been gone we gained a new son in law, Josh and we became grandparents again to Jackson "jax".  I am truly blessed....

The journey will continue as I move on through life. Quilting is a still a huge part of my life. I hope you stay on the journey will me.