Progress: one sixth of my owl quilt is sewn together. I want the blocks to not all look alike so I am trying to sash some, not sash some and vary the sashing some.
I worked on this block today but is not complete: I still need to applique down the branches at the corners.
I am beginning to see this beautiful quilt come together and it really gets me excited.
Well, I’m excited until I look up on the wall and see how much there is left to do. I will probably get the two little ones on the top right done this week. Then I will sew those three together and the whole top will be done. Check back next week and see how I do. 
Now I am taking the opportunity to share some creativity of my sisters. She has been painting: benches, cabinets, and clothes pins. And she gifted me with these 4. They are painted green and then she decoupaged scrapbook paper on the front of them. Aren’t they pretty? My plan for them is to use them to hold notes on my ongoing projects. I just need to figure out how and where I want them to hang.
It was nice to see one of my receiving blankets being used. I’m sure the he is really enjoying it and has already told his parents how much he loves it. 
And because of the new arrival, our cover/header girl has gotten a “big girl” bed. Of course I am happy to see that she, too, will be sleeping under a quilt made by ME. I do love to see my work being loved and used.
Well, that’s all from here. Hope everyone has a great week. I will, as usual, be linking to Patchwork Times. GARI
This has been a week of minor accomplishments at home and major accomplishments by the family. Here I have completed the yoke of my sweater and the sleeve (a short sleeved sweater). I need to bind off the sleeve but will be looking up a stretchy bind off before I get that done.
And look at the progress I have made on my socks. I know they will only have a short leg but I haven’t decided how short it will be so I am still knitting. And, of course, I will need that stretchy bind off for them, too.
And just so I don’t get bored, I have started a scarf. I think I have made it a little too wide but I really hate the idea of ripping it out. Maybe I'll make a fuzzy pillow with what I have and then start the scarf again. …….?
And always in my knitting life is and will be the easy, no thinking dishcloth and/or washcloth.
Wow, this suggests that I am still loving knitting, doesn’t it. For two days this week I went to the studio and just knit. It is such a great way to keep busy but not have to move. 
Meanwhile the family has been busy. Our daughter’s husband’s father has been in the hospital (90 miles away) since last Sunday. Our plans were to be shopping on Monday so we went to the town where the hospital was. While she visited I knitted in the car (I told you I am really enjoying my knitting). Then she shopped for nurses scrubs: she started a new job the next day. While she shopped I, again, knitted in the car. I guess that’s why I got so much done on those socks.
And while we were shopping here in AL our younger son
(and twin to the daughter I was with) and his wife, in MD, were giving birth to their second child.
Meet August who is expressing his displeasure while reclining on one of the receiving blankets I made for him.
I had just sent him these “shower” gifts but he decided to come two weeks early so they weren’t there until after he came home. Anyway I’m sure you recognize the quilt and then there are two receiving blankets (pattern at the Missouri Star Quilting Co.), a John Deere onesie, and the sock monkey overalls and shirt (I did not make the last two).
And here is the treat you get because you read to the end. Here is my header granddaughter meeting her baby brother for the first time. The lady holding the baby is the mother’s mother who gets to live close to these beautiful children. I do envy her.
I will be linking up with Patchwork Times so come on over and see what everyone else is working on. Some of them even get their knitting projects done. 
Progress: one sixth of my owl quilt is sewn together. I want the blocks to not all look alike so I am trying to sash some, not sash some and vary the sashing some. 
I worked on this block today but is not complete: I still need to applique down the branches at the corners.
I am beginning to see this beautiful quilt come together and it really gets me excited. 
Well, I’m excited until I look up on the wall and see how much there is left to do. I will probably get the two little ones on the top right done this week. Then I will sew those three together and the whole top will be done. Check back next week and see how I do. 
Now I am taking the opportunity to share some creativity of my sisters. She has been painting: benches, cabinets, and clothes pins. And she gifted me with these 4. They are painted green and then she decoupaged scrapbook paper on the front of them. Aren’t they pretty? My plan for them is to use them to hold notes on my ongoing projects. I just need to figure out how and where I want them to hang.
It was nice to see one of my receiving blankets being used. I’m sure the he is really enjoying it and has already told his parents how much he loves it. 
And because of the new arrival, our cover/header girl has gotten a “big girl” bed. Of course I am happy to see that she, too, will be sleeping under a quilt made by ME. I do love to see my work being loved and used.
