First Friday Freebie

Come join the fun! Karen at the Painted Pony is offering a wonderful freebie pattern each Friday. Thank you Karen for your generosit.

A Dr. Visit, A Sweet Gift, and Some Stitcheries

Today, I had a visit at my Oncologist. It was a great appointment. The bloodwork looks good and I don't have to go back for ONE YEAR and I don't have to have another colonoscopy for FIVE YEARS! As we say in Texas "YEE HAW". I believe, without a doubt, that this is God working in my life. As the graphic above says "God will make a day." He always does. I'm so grateful and blessed.


Thru quilting, I met the neatest lady, Monica the Button Counter. She is so talented, witty, and just plain fun to be around. She decided to do something with all the old koozies she had stored in a box. She covered a koozie that is perfect for a quilter. The pictures aren't that great, but here they are. It is MUCH cuter in person. See the photo below. It says "Kathy's Cool, Little Padded Can". I appreciate her referring to my "can" as little -- LOL.

Another lady I met thru quilting is Rosie. She is a prolific stitcher. I purchased the following pattern from her and have been working on it off/on the past couple of years. When going out of town last weekend, I took it with me to work on and it renewed my desire to do stitcheries. It is near completion. I have been drooling over the "Nice People Nice Things" blog. The quilt that Helen created the pattern and it is great. I love the lettering and all the little pictures. I ordered the patterns and then, of course, I needed embroidery thread. The thread I have is from long ago cross-stitch days. I ordered Prescenia threads from my friend, Rosie. Everything came today -- YEA! It was like Christmas! Now to get some background fabrics cut and get started. This will be a great "take along" project.

A Great Mail Day

Yesterday was a great mail day. It was a typical Monday at work and I was ready for the day to be over. I get home, check the mail and there were two brown envelopes, both addressed to me. One was two patterns that I had ordered from a girl in Virginia Beach, VA -- Patchalot Patterns. I ordered her new pattern "Indian Paintbrush" and "Our Home". See picture to the left. I was excited to get them -- speedy service.

The other package was from South Carolina???? It was squishy and I was thinking it was the Spring Fling Roundrobin II. I opened the envie and there was the cutest pin cushion. Now who sent this to me??? A card was enclosed and it was from Teresa! She was the winner of a recent give-away on my blog and she sent me the pincushion as a thank you. How sweet! It absolutely made my "not that great" day into a fantastic day. THANKS TERESA.

Hot Pad or Trivet

Here is a picture of a hot pad/trivet thingy that I made recently. The Wacky Pac Group was retreating a few months back at the Compass Centre and one of the attendees was making these and shared the pattern. Our Wacky, Annale, challenged all of us to make one. Her is mine. It is really easy once you read thru the directions. Who knows, I may have to make some more.