Daddy and his girls

They came for supper and we made homemade pizza. They were getting ready to go home and they got the girls in jammies for the 32 mile ride home. 

Autumn doesn't like her picture taken anymore so daddy said do a selfie smile. So we got a hammy smile out of here.

Kate will be a year old soon and in March Autumn will be 3 years old. Where does the time fly? Chris

Moving things

This is a part of the fabric my Mother had. I have to make room for it. Right now it is in the garage until I can have a couple hours to straighten the sewing room.

Here is more and the smaller boxes have cut pieces or somethings sewn together.

Here is more of the yardage. Other than backing fabric I should be good to go for several years with the kind of quilts I make. 

This has been a hard time boxing this stuff up because she wants to sew so badly and can't. She is slipping more each day and spending more time in bed. She hates it, but she can sleep and not feel the pain. 

Why is life so tough all the time? You live 87 years and you think the tough times are over with after you raise your family and outlive two husbands, but the roughest for her is the end of her life. Been a bitter pill to swallow. Unpacking more and still more to move. Chris

Got to sleep in my own bed

I slept pretty good only got up once before I stayed up. So it felt good to get some rest.

My body is dragging today though. I did get a lot of stuff done in 48 hours. I still have plenty more to do, but the things she needs are here.

My step-son is here now. He was upset when he found out how bad things were. She has been a Step Grandma to him for almost 28 years. He is spending sometime with his Dad to while he is here. We haven't sen him  much this Summer.

I need to get out dinner ready to go in the oven in a couple hours. Pot Roast and carrots and roasted potatoes. I thought that might taste good. It is cooler today so it will not overheat the house.

Just checking in. Chris

I do have Hospice and they are a blessing for sure. They all agreed she was better off here.
Thank you all for your concern and kind words I do appreciate you all very much. Thanks Chris

I am wore out

Not been a fun time and has been fast and furious. We have moved my Mother into our house and we have listed her house for sale.

We have sorted through a lot of clothing and it was donated to charity. We have moved the things she needs and have to go back and get about 5 carloads of odds and ends picked up. Most of the furniture will stay while they show the house and then we will sell it on private sales.

She seems ok with being here and my siblings so far are ok with it. Time will tell if they agree with everything.

I was afraid of getting called out in the middle of the night this Winter, but I don't think she will last that long. She has failed rapidly since Tuesday morning.

It is a safety issue and she needs the care.

The other side of all this is I will be home to start sorting and getting the sewing room in order. I am bring all the sewing and quilting things out here. I have two 25 gallon totes with fabric and that much more to bring yet. A sewing table and a banquet table and a sewing machine. Not sure where all of it is going to go. We are getting rid of some of the big pieces of furniture we have.

The couch we have is 14 years old and it is going and a couple TV stands. Get rid of the old. I also had a huge trunk coffee table that is going also. I have bruised many toes and knees on it and it is going also.

Today is a life changing time for her and for me. She took care of me for years and I have my turn of taking care of her. Chris  

Bad morning

At 3:38 am the phone rang. Life alert. My Mom fell out of bed and they received a call and couldn't get her to respond. I was dressed and on the road in less than 2 minutes and they had called me back.

I got there and she was fine, but upset with herself that she had not placed the phone where she normally does.

So I am up drinking coffee and think I will lay back down after I call her at 7:30 am to take her pills. I thought about going in to sew, but not sure a straight seam would happen. Chris  

18 extra blocks from scraps

I had some small 9-patches so I kept adding to them and made these blocks. I have this brown print thought about using this sashing or a total block to alternate with them. Not sure I like it. It is ok, but I think I need something different to make them pop. 

These were fun to see if they turned out to be anything. No plan was in order when I made them. That is the fun of doing scrap piecing. Each one looks different. 

There are 18 of them. They have been laying and need to be repressed and trimmed to be square. Some of the fabric in these was gifted to me and I put it to good use. I think with sashing I can get a twin sized quilt. If I add squares of the fabric maybe a full sized quilt. I think I will try and get some fabric out and see if I find something to make this work.  Maybe will have to get back fabric though. I need some hours in the day to get more done. Chris

These were laying in my way

I went into the extra bedroom this morning and I found these 48 blocks. They are called Dancing 9's. I got the idea from Bonnie Hunter's blog. 

I have a ton of these complete and need to do a layout and stitch them together. I  think I have enough for a king sized quilt. Not sure if I would need a border or not.

These are scraps I had and some I bought at a Thrift shop. This was a couple of my Power sewing sessions that made all the 9 patches. If the squares are cut I sometimes just sit and sew for hours. The white or it appears white is an off white fabric I had.

Need to find a backing for this and stitch the blocks together and this would be ready to machine quilt.

I also found another set of blocks that I auditioned with some brown fabric for sashing and I am not convinced I like it. Maybe will look for other fabric for this one. I will get them out and see what you opinion is.

Today is going to be busy. Need to get myself ready for the day and get somethings done before I leave the house. Chris