Happy Weekend Everyone

Hello everyone. Just wanted to let eveyone know I am spending the day quilting. Stop by Sew at Home on Pine Ridge to check out the "Snowflake" Quilt I am making. 

I hope you are having a great Saturday spending time with those you love and doing things you love.

Until next time . . .

Take Care and God Bless.

Quilts -- Antique? Vintage? Who knows?

Two works of mercy set a man free: forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.

                                                                                                        Augustine

I'm not sure what makes a quilt an antique. Maybe in my spare time (I would have if I didn't enjoy spending my evenings getting a peak at so many blogger's homes.) I should research that.  

But I do know that I have 4 quilts that I consider antique. The sad part is I'm not sure where I got some of them. So I'll show you how I have them displayed right now. Some of you may cringe because I do not have them protected from the ladder like I should. I probably need to get some old cotton to put between the rungs of the ladder and the quilts. 

This is not the ladder I want to display the quilts on. I want one of the old ones that just lean and have a big space between the rungs. Preferably about 10-12 feet tall so it would cover most of my wall to the high ceilings. I'm on the look out. 

This ladder came from my mom and dad's place. I was visiting on Thanksgiving and wanted to display these quilts for the Christmas open house I was participating in. I asked if they had an old ladder and sure enough they did.

Who knows how old it is? It is well weathered. My mom and dad keep things forever so it was probably around when I was a kid. 


Now for the quilts . . . 

This quilt was hand sewn and quilted by my paternal grandmother. I'm not sure when but I think in the 1920's to 1940's. I never met my grandmother as she died before I was born. But my dad gave this quilt to me. I will always treasure it.

This double wedding ring quilt is amazing. It has some dark stains but otherwise is in very good shape. The blocks are about 1/2 to 3/4 inches square. They are so tiny. The stitches are very tiny also. And to think--no sewing machine.

I think the other three quilts came from my husband's grandmothers but I'm not positive. My mother-in-law said the 2nd one from the bottom looked vaguely familiar so I think it may have come from Mr. Paramedic's maternal grandmother. The bottom one may have come from Mr. Paramedic's paternal grandmother. I think I actually picked the 2nd quilt from a batch of quilts that came from Mr. Paramedic's maternal grandmother's house when she died. 

Hope you enjoyed the show. If any quilters out there know anything about the material used, etc. that can help me date them, I would love to hear from you. 


Until next time  . . . 


Take care and God Bless.

Sunday -- A Day for Reflection and Relaxation

I started the day by attending Mass in my Parish. I always love to see the Christmas lights and decorations. We only use Christmas trees with lights, poinsettias, and greenery strung between the columns but it is beautiful. The Nativity stands out due to the massive display that the volunteer church members have created.  I wish I would have taken my camera so I could share it with all of you.


I really planned to start on Bonnie Hunter's "Carolina's Christmas" quilt today, but I was too lazy to get fabric yesterday.  Maybe I'll venture out today to do that. But then again, I still have my "Orange Crush" quilt top that I need to put together and get quilted. My husband has claimed it.  So . . . maybe that will be my project for today.


Here is the finished picture of the quilt I made for my niece for Christmas. I forgot to put a label on it so I need to make one and have her bring it back to me so I can do that. I named the quilt "Scattered Hearts".  This also gave me an idea to make a "Shattered Hearts" quilt. I'll have to think about a design. Maybe that will be my Valentine's Day project.

Until tomorrow . . .


Take care and God Bless.

Chirstmas Break Has Begun & Christmas Quilts

Even though I love my job as a teacher of 3rd graders, I always look forward to Christmas break.


I love  . . . 
being able to get up when I want (I never sleep past 7 a.m.)
having the freedom to do what I want when I want.
being able to sew all day.
going places on a whim.
spending time with my family.
turning on all of the Christmas lights.
sitting and watching movies.
reading blogs.
staring at the beautiful Christmas decorations.


Today, I want to show you the Christmas quilts I have made for our home. This year, I was able to put a Christmas quilt on each bed in our house.  I hope you enjoy them.

This is the quilt on the bed in the master bedroom. I'm not sure what the star pattern I used is called but I filled in with redwork on white blocks. The four words on the quilt are faith, hope, peace, and love. The other white blocks have Christmas items, both religious and non religious.

The next quilt is on my guest room bed. This is not an original of mine. I saw it on a website, but when I copied it to my favorites I only copied the picture and did not get the blog or website name. If you know whose design this is, please tell me so I can give them credit.

The next quilt is on my daughter's bed. She is in college and has an apartment of her own. She comes home to work on the weekends. When I started this quilt, it definitely spoke her name.

The last quilt was on my son's bed during the Christmas Tour of Homes. I think it stayed on for that evening and off it came. He has a quilt I made him about 15 years ago that is very "broken in and soft". He would rather use it.

This pattern was in a quilt magazine.  I'm not sure which one. My magazines are all packed away for the next week or two so I can't look for it now.  If you would like to know, email me and I will find it after next week.

I hope you enjoyed my quilts. Now I have to go get busy. I have a quilt to make for a Christmas gift.

Take care and God Bless.