Vacation!!

Hi everyone, Vacationing :) Hope everyone is having a restful July :) Hugs, Mary More to come...

Fit & Fabulous: Why Having a Running Obsession is Not Always a Bad...

Fit & Fabulous: Why Having a Running Obsession is Not Always a Bad...: I have discovered a new love in my life.... running. I was one of those people who never  imagined myself running outside. I feared I would ... This is youngest blog....check it out if you are into Nutrition and Fitness!!

Part 4...

All basted and ready to go! Hugs, Mary

Cool saying and stuff...

Hi everyone, I just saw this on Happy Cottage Quilter Blog and had to repost this saying:

FIND A HEART THAT WILL LOVE YOU AT YOUR WORST AND ARMS THAT WILL HOLD YOU AT YOUR WEAKEST...

Also, I have read a couple of books lately and want to pass the titles on: Harlan Coben - "Promise Me" and The Invention of Wings - this is an Oprah pick - author: Sue Monk Kidd (love Love her books) just started Bittersweet - ok so far... Well, Happy Thursday everyone :) Hugs, Mary

Three down, one to go!

Oh my gosh this is taking forever, three blocks done now, one more to go.....

SUNNY DAYS ARE BACK AGAIN!

Hello everyone! Yes, Sunny Days in IL!! Reached 87 degrees yesterday!!! Mom is getting stronger everyday, Thank God! Physical Therapy twice a week for 4 hours is really helping her...can use hands and arms now, just working on legs, slowly recovering from spinal surgery and being 90 it's hard. But thank you all for your prayers....Well, I did finish the third block in my header quilt, YEAH!! But, have one more block to complete....oh my gosh, this small quilt has taken me FOREVER to complete!! Have soo many projects that I want to complete, one thing at a time though!! Keep on stitchin! I do check out all my buddies blogs! Beautiful work is being done out there by all of you!! Hugs, Mary

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE :)

Hello everyone, w Yes, I have been away from my blog... I miss all of you and I miss sewing sooo much. My 90 year old Mom, fell in the beginning of January, and had to be rushed into surgery. She fractured the 4 discs in her neck and fractured her wrist....therefore, I have been taking care of Mom, but the good news is that she is getting better....slowly....but making progress. She can now use her right hand and is home....so please keep my Mom in your prayers...I would so appreciate it!! Hoping to get back to finishing my header block quilt....have 3 squares done, 1 to go....YEAH!! :) But I do visit everyone on my fav's to see what you are up to.....my sewing room is starting to get cob webs! :( Much Love to All, Mary

Ready for the Olympics!

Yes we are anxiously awaiting the Olympics!

SNOWBOUND

Like everyone in the Midwest, we are Snowbound...yes, -6 temp, wind chill double digits....but before the temp plummeted last evening, had Cooper out to play in the Snow! Enjoy :) But this one is my favorite...all dressed and ready to go!

Happy New Year to All...

Hi Everyone!!! I hope everyone has a Beautiful New Year filled with lots of Peace and Happiness and Fabulous Health!! I am sitting here on New Years Eve, thinking about the last year with all the truly happy moments and also the sad moments, and I thank God for everyone of them....I am very fortunate to have a loving family, and my faith in God. I have done a little bit of stitching these past few months, not nearly what I would have accomplished in previous years, but moments and people took priority in my life...hope to get back to stitchin in the New Year! I still follow all my favorite blogs, like Karen's - Primitive Quilts and Pat's and several others and I wish I could get things done as Beautifully and Fast as they do, maybe, maybe 2014!! Well, have a wonderful New Year's Eve and God Bless each and every one of my Quilting Friends! Hugs, Mary

Kate & Chris, The Wedding :)

 

This is my daughter's wedding: Kate & Chris My son is next to my husband, Dave & I are next to Kate, my other daughter is the right of the Groom- Emily was the maid of honor ...my Mom, Anrita is being held up by the groom and my 3 sisters, she is 90 and soo happy that she made it! Please keep my Mom in all your prayers, she has not been well, since the summer and is failing.... Still sewing the quilt in header, on block 3 - YEAH, only has taken me two years so far and still counting! ARGH!! Can't get moving over here, kind of Stuck! :( Well,hope everyone's christmas shopping is hassle free and stress free, keep smiling :) Hugs, Mary

Beautiful appliqued table cloth

Hi Everyone, Oh I just have to share this beautiful tablecloth I bought at an Estate Sale...could not pass it up....it has a couple of light stains on it, but it is soo beautifully appliqued by hand...the daughter told me she thinks it was made in the 30's...so I took pics to share....she only charged me $25.00??? can you believe it??? I told her it was worth much much more, but she had a dozen or so, and wanted them off her hands...I even bought 6 napkins that went with it...the napkins were a dollar a piece....it honestly felt wrong I told her, but she just laughed, told me it belonged to her grandmother's sister....oh I would love to know the story behind this tablecloth or the lady who sat and did such beautiful work!! Enjoy!

I even took a picture of the underneath of one of the baskets so you can see the handy work, Isn't it just Beautiful!! Hugs, Mary

Hello everyone! Happy Fall....:)

Hello Everyone, Still here ..... Still stitchin, Hugs, Mary

Ok...no takers ???

So no one wants to play or dream with me???? Come on you guys, we will push one another :)

Oh I am certifiable!!

Hello Lovely Bloggers: I was thinking (well, daydreaming) and I came up with an idea...I know distubing, right???Well, my idea is would anyone want to sign up to make a block a month of this quilt by Sue Spargo? First, you would have to buy the book and then each month make a block....this would be block 1 then Block 2 and so on... I would keep track of everyone's progress by posting pics of blocks done each month, but they would never leave your lovely homes....this way we would encourage each other and if you wanted to do all the fancy stitching Sue does that is great, if not, no worries, Would anyone be interested in starting this with me - I would make a little logo so everyone could post on their blog too...It would be soo much fun, I have always wanted to make this quilt..."Magnolia" by S. Spargo :) Just let me know... Hugs, Mary

See this is what I am looking to do for youngest back of quilt...anyone know where or how to do this??

Hello.....

Hi....have a question for all of you talented people....does anyone know how to paper piece the word "LOVE"...am trying to finish up a quilt here but want to make the back of the quilt with the word LOVE pieced in the middle...found this in a magazine (the idea) but does not give directions how to do it/....have been racking my little brain, so if anyone has an idea how I would appreciate it :) Hugs, Mary

July 30th can you believe that????

Hi fellow bloggers:

I have been on vacation and planning for oldest daughters wedding so am just posting some pics to let everyone know I am still alive.....We went to North Carolina again, oh I just LOVE it there, so enjoy...there are pics of the ocean of course, and myself and two daughters, my son and my hubby with my brother in law....we stayed right on the ocean, I am almost sure this is what Heaven is like!!
My girls were doing some Pilates moves on the beach so snapped that one too!

 Then when I came home, these had arrived in the mail....Kate's wedding shoes, sooooo me being me had to dig up her baby shoes and I think the picture speaks for itself....oh now I am starting that cryi

ng again!!

Oh how times flies...hope all of you are having beautiful summer days,
Hugs,
Mary

Quilt Header

The quilt I am making that is pictured in my header is called "Winter Apple" by Blackbird Designs, Book is called "Garden Club", really nice book with lots of ideas and projects.  I have gotten a lot of emails asking so am posting title and name of block, hope this helps,
Hugs,
Mary

Herniated Disk - YUCK

Yep, have a Herniated Disk L5 SI, isn't that fun????   How did I do this to myself, haven't a clue????   Old Age- I'm only 54 and really that is the new 34 right? At least that is what everyone is telling me.....but I'm not buying it!  No instead going through Physical Therapy (for the second time), yes this happened originally 2 years ago, no surgery just therapy and could not for the life of me remember doing anything to harm my back, after all I have been doing this:

Well.....this actually is not ME but I have been participating in Pilates for 5 years now and before that, it was "The Step" aerobic exercises, oh and this too:

This IS me but haven't riden in 2 years!  :(

And some more pics of what "might" have caused back issues:

Well, I don't know so now am waiting for my appt at physical therapist....what trouble can I get into now????-----
Hugs
Mary