Wow! 

I have taken such a hiatus from this blog!    Thinking I may want to start journaling here again, so here goes.   

I have not done much quilting, as life has become very busy.   We now have 20 grandchildren,

This is what a Parker Family Christmas looks like now!    It is a house full, every time we get together!  Blessed Chaos!

We have moved and my husband is now running his own business.   Life is good!   I have been truly blessed.   I will leave you with a couple of pictures of my most recent quilt.

It is a square in a square pattern that has been a UFO hanging out in my sewing room closet for a couple of years.   I am working hard on getting some of those finished.

I have another one almost done, and I will share it soon. 

A Great Saturday!

Saturdays are always a good break from work, but some are better than others.    Yesterday ones one of those better days.  Several friends came over for a morning of sewing and laughter.   My friend Louise came over to quilt her 1st quilt, on the domestic quilting frame I have set up in my living room.

It is a beautiful quilt and she did a wonderful job.   

My Thursday night quilting group is working on a group donation quilt.    We are making a Quilt of Valor.    If you have never heard of this group it is a group that provides quilts to injured US service men & women.    You can read all about it here.   We decided on a pattern and then each of us brought fabrics from our stash.    The results turned out great.   Now to get it on the frame and get it quilted.  This is a terrible picture, but I didnt have anyone to hold it up outside.   I will try to post a better one later.

Several quilters in my guild will make and donate quilts to this worthy cause.     The big reveal will be this coming Thursday night.      I will try to take some pictures to post and share.

All in all it was a great Saturday morning.

My New Year's Resolution

I have decided that I will sew, or stitch, or cut some fabric, or play with my stash, use my machine quilter, or do something else creative each day.

I am not going to get to the end of year and realize that I spent all of my time reading other people's blogs and see all the cool things that they made.

To that effect, last night I picked out fabrics for my LQG, Block of the Month Raffle.   This month's are cute little pine trees.    The theme this year is going green, so each block is a different tree block.   And in honor of all of the stash busters, fabric diets and scrap users tutorials that seem to be popping up all over blogland, I am trying to use up my scraps.    I have cut out 3 blocks, two to raffle and one to keep, just in case I don't win.   I took pictures of my tree fabric pics, all from my scrap box.    These are my color choices and a close up of the pattern instructions.   I will post the finished blocks later in the week.

Giveaway Day!

I am participating in the giveaway Day and want to give away this great book by Rodale Press.  

Fast, Fun and Fabulous Quilts.     It has alot of cute wall hangings for all seasons and good cutting and instructional tips.   I am also including some fat quarters in a variety of colors.  

What do you have to do to win?   Just follow my blog!   Leave me a comment on this post and let me know that you have begun following me or that you are already a follower.    I will be collecting comments until Dec 17th at 9:00pm.  Be sure to leave me an email where I can reach you to let you know you won.    Be sure to click on over to the list at Sew, Mama, Sew and visit all of the participating bloggers.  

There are a whole group of bloggers who are participating in "giveaway Day".   This giveaway list is being hosted by the wonderful and talented folks over at  "Sew, Mama, Sew!" an online fabric shop, that features great fabrics, tutorials and a wonderful blog!   Thanks, Kristin, and all the other wonder folks that keep that site going.