What have I been up to???

Hi everyone,

Can you believe it is August 10th???  Wait what happened to July???  What have I been up to .....NOTHING, that is right no sewing, just enjoying the flowers....the heat, working out, cleaning house, looking at Wedding Dresses with oldest...watching..listening...dreaming...hoping...praying...reading...helping, just taking each day as they come...some good, some bad, some sad, some heartbreaking, some happy, some confusing - really confusing ....living :)

Until next time,

Mary

WHERE IS MARY?????

VACATION, 2012....."HEAVEN"

Hope everyone is having a great summer!!

Lots of Hugs,

Mary

I have been a bad blogger!

Hello fellow bloggers,

Oh I have been bad, haven't blogged in about a month....days are running by soooooooo fast, Daughter #1 is engaged so had engagement party June 3rd, so was busy with that....then my Mom has not been feeling so good - so have been busy with her....just a crazy, crazy month.

Hope all of you are well! 

Hugs,

Mary

What gets you motivated?

Colors and lots of them....look at these beautiful pictures of flowers!  Now would ever think that purple would go with orange and pink and green and yellow???  Love It!
Hugs, Mary

Happy Mother's Day to you All

Just wanted to say I hope all you ladies have a wonderful and beautiful Mother's Day!!! 

Hugs,

Mary

TGIF EVERYONE

Hello everyone, Happy Friday, Doing the Friday Dance  :::::)))))  Well, even though this is a Quilting Blog had to just share some photos of ......."Cooper", Yes, it has been awhile and my handsome 4 yr old Doggie got a haircut today and shampoo and his nails clipped, so just am showing off here with some pictures....well, in this one he is sticking his tongue out at me, but what a guy....

First,

Here is Cooper's Domain, yes he even has two pillows with his name embroidered on them!  What a life.....

And, he is showing you all how he can give you his paw.....awwhh, isn't that cute, ofcourse, you can't see the milk bone I am holding.....but what's a pribe anyway...

Well, I just had to, I know I take toooo many pictures of Cooper but he is such a good boy!  Hope everyone has a Beautiful Weekend, here in Chicago, it is in the 50's, rainy and time for me to go to bed, so bye for now...

Hugs,

Mary & Cooper  :)

My Daughter, Kate is Engaged!

Hi everyone,

Check out this website by my daughter, Kate:

http://www.weddingwire.com/kateandchriswedding

Tells the whole story of Kate & Chris, really cute! 

Hugs,

Mary

Batik Quilt done!

Finally finished one small quilt...all batiks....for a friend!   

ANTIQUE QUILTS

Happy Friday Everyone,

Was out shopping with my Sister and we came across a Antique Store and looky what I found...

The green tree of life quilt (I think that is what it is called is 1860 circa all handmade, no batting so I think it was a utilitarian quilt, but I just loved how soft it looked so ofcourse had to buy and the second quilt - Carolina Lily was all hand made in Ohio Circa 1895!!  Can you believe it, I bought that one as well, so there goes all my "fun" money, but the Lily one I put on my bed and the green tree of life is displayed in my foyer!    I love to look at both of these and think "who made these" I wish I new the ladies the Green one had a tag that said Washington D.C. and the Lily was made in Ohio.....WOW  it is fun to go shopping when you find Beauties like these!!!

Hope everyone has a Great Weekend,

Hugs,

Mary

BUNNIES, BUNNIES....

More bunnies....and my first version of Love Letters...I don't likethe brown urn, soooo I made one in blue and I think I like  the blues better....

Happy Wednesday!!!  Hugs, Mary

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL!!

Happy Easter to all....:)  Hope the Easter Bunny was good to all!   This pic was taken earlier in March in CA....what a Beautiful area!  Which we could live out there!  This is my whole gang...Hubby, Kate, Mike and Emily and Me  :)

My oldest, Kate, just got engaged (well about 2-3 weeks ago) so have been walking around in a Happy Cloud!  Wedding is planned for Oct, 2013!  Happy Day!!  Kate and Chris have been dating since High School , all through College and now (9 years), so am very excited for these two love birds!!  Chris is a wonderful young man and am so happy to be able to say I am getting a Son...God is Great!

Happy Easter and Happy Spring  :)
Many Many Hugs,

Mary

Another small quilt completed...

Hello everyone,

Here is my rendition of a batik churn dash small little quilt, what do you think??  I used the small dots as a border...colorful right???

Happy Tuesday, Happy Spring  :)

Hugs,

Mary

A GIFT FROM A FRIEND....

Look what I received in the mail on Saturday, a Beautiful Spring Butterfly all done in Batiks! 

How Beautiful, right????

Love the way it is quilted too!

Enjoy,

Hugs,

Mary