the reason...

The reason for the previous post? I just finished the other quilt I have been working on for a while. I took some pictures in low light so you can see the detailing on the border along the outside. Don't remember if i named this one yet or not.

My stash of fat quarters and leftover materials and some brand new, never been used in a quilt colors too!

Yeah, starting her a little early but hey...

to try or not to try...

I recently wrote a newsletter in which I placed a quote on the front page. It read: “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it” ~ Michelangelo

Most of you know I enjoy quilting - I have never tried foundation piecing but it seems rather straight forward and definitely something I could do. So instead of starting out with an easy pattern, I am thinking about attempting one of the hardest quilt patterns - the double wedding ring. The instructions even say "advanced." This particular quilt pattern has only a few actual square pieces in it. The majority of the pieces are angled or arced. To save money, I will only be using pieces out of my scrap collection (which is quite large and fills at least one tub and perhaps part of another) for the majority of the quilt. The white background fabric I might have to purchase because I don't believe I have anything large enough for the entire quilt. So what do you think? Attempt or no?

Yes, i know I have many other things on my mind right now, not the least of which is baby #2 and possibly moving again, but perhaps a challenging quilt would be just the thing to take my mind off those things for a while? Of course there is no way i can get this finished before baby #2 arrives - at least I highly doubt it which will also mean that it will take the back burner for a while, maybe even a year or two.

You can vote to the right of this post.

For my neighbor, Jean

wednesday night

So we are moving on a Monday and Tuesday in February. The plan is to move to the parsonage for about 4-8 weeks and then move again to another house. Grace, Grace, God's grace.... lol

It's gettin' rough down here in Kentucky.

i am practically an expert...

Did I mention I strongly dislike moving?? In 1994 (?) my entire family moved from a small town to a 3 acre 'farm' in the country. In 2000, I moved to Cincinnati Ohio to attend college. I came home one summer for 2 1/2 months but other than that I lived in Cincinnati. I graduated in 2004 and moved to Erlanger, Kentucky. I married in 2006 and moved to Independence, Kentucky. Then my husband took a church in Falmouth, Kentucky in 2008 and of course (duh!) we moved there.

Once again, we are moving in February. That is 5 moves in 11 years. Ugh!! I hate the boxes, furniture moving and practically everything that goes along with it.

On the positive side, I know we are headed to the right place. Columbus, Indiana seems like a nice town. Before we made the decision to leave our current church, I specifically prayed that the Lord would give us a peace about our decision and that it would be easy for us to know if it was the right thing to do or not. Even though we still aren't sure where (what house) we are going to live in, I am really not to worried about housing or the new church.

With all this going on, sometimes I forget I am pregnant. With Rylee, being our first kid, seems I thought about her lot, but this time around with things so busy and decisions we are making, its not really affecting me. That is unless you count the afternoon/evening queasiness which can become almost unbearable at times. But! I've only thrown up one pork chop so far.