Christmas Eve 2010

Ok, so this is my second post and it's been over a month since my first post as a new blogger.  I seem to get overwhelmed in November and December trying to finish all I want to get done before Christmas. It didn't help this year that my son asked me to make the two grandkids Titans quilts for Christmas.  He gave me 6 weeks notice.  :-)  Throw in Mom's major surgery earlier in the month and what a crazy schedule I've had these past several weeks.  I feel like I've been living out of my car between the hospital, Mom's place and home. 

The quilts were finished last night, Mom is in post surgical in-patient rehab and doing well and I've been trying to clean my two sewing rooms today after the crazy month I've had.  The sunroom where my long-arm is kept is neat and tidy and I've been in this room for over 2 hours and haven't gotten much accomplished.  That seems to happen when the computer is also on - which of course it is right now.  I've watched great long-arm quilting demos on "The Quilt Show" today and decided to renew my membership for another year.  Now I just have to set aside time on a regular basis to get the most of that membership. 

I will post pictures of the Titan's quilts after Sunday so my DIL doesn't get a sneak peak at them before we celebrate Christmas with them Sunday afternoon.  You can view all my quilts at http://www.imageevent.com/quilter/myquilts.  I've used this site for several years and have no interest in moving the pictures somewhere else.  

Over Thanksgiving my niece and her three kids were here for a visit from New York.  I was able to present her with a quilt in memory of her Mom who passed suddely in 2009.  "Circle of Life" was made with blocks my sister appliqued.  I pieced and quilted the quilt and Mom attached the back label.   Needless to say she was touched with the quilt.  It was such a pleasure presenting it to her.

I suppose I should really get this room picked up so I can work on some Block of the Month (BOM) blocks I need to get done.  Once the room is clean I'll feel free to mess it up again with something new. 

Have a blessed Christmas.  I realize no one else is reading this right now but I can pretend, can't I? 

Ronda

I can't believe I'm blogging

My goodness, just 6 months ago I was swearing I'll never go on facebook but I'm on FB and check it regularily to see what everyone is doing - really mostly to look at pictures friends and family post.  For a lot longer I said why should I blog?  Now I'm thinking - why shouldn't I blog about my quilting and life?  So here it is my very first blog.  I know I need a blog to connect to other blogs that I want to see so here I am.  Actually the requirement (as far as I can tell) to have a blog to access other blogs is what drove me here.  I'm not computer illeterate and in fact manage training for our highly technical staff of 700+ so I better know something about computers. When I'm not at work, I'm usually quilting or doing something related to quilting. 

My other passion is helping out the local animal shelter.  http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN48.html  We've volunteered for the last 4 years - nearly every Saturday.  My shelter visits have slowed up for the sake of quilting but I still help out by making 2 - 3 quilts per year for them to raffle off.  Afterall, how many quilts do we need at the house and how many does my family need?  I can still spend my time doing what I love to do and share that gift with my choice of charitable organizations. 

I'm also involved with Project Linus in Huntsville, AL.  I get involved with different projects where I can make and share quilts. 

Speaking of sharing quilts - to get started with what I've done you can view my quilts online if you'd like.
I lean more and more toward contemporary but haven't made many of them YET.  I feel like I need to finish up some of the MANY projects I have started before I start on the contemporary quilts that grab at me when I see them. 

I guess this is it for my very first blog.  Let's see where it goes from here.