Pointless Quilter

 It was a good year for me - but not so much in quilting.  I got a lot done but not like I used to do many years ago.  I am so surprised how much I got done when I worked full time.  How did I do it? So here are the quilt finishes for this year.  Bonnie Hunter Mystery 2024/25 Diamond Gardens Laundry Basket Blizard (This was a pre-cut kit--way to go with all these angles) Fig Tree Mystery Hodge Podge (This was a kit) A simple 5" square quilt with chenille to make it look like plaid.  Flower Girl quilt Our pastor and his wife had a baby boy this year and they named him Judah.  Thought this was a cute quilt for him. A quilt that me and the two girls that I teach to sew made for our churches women's Christmas coffee. A signature quilt I made for a dear friend Kathy Eckman who moved away. This was the Fat Quarter Shops fall mystery or sew along.  I just made more blocks to make a lap size. I didn't piece this quilt.  It was on the free table at a ...

 Well, sorry I haven't blogged about 2023 travels yet.  I thought I better hit those before I worry about 2024.  I've had a lot this year and if I put them both together it would be a super long post. My first big trip in 2023 was to Washington DC with Janice Minyard.  We went in April and we were fortunate enough to be there around the Cherry Blossom time (at least in time for the parade).  We did all the things you need to do in DC.  We toured the White House and visited a lot of the museums including the Holocaust Museum.  We also went to Virginia and to Monticello.   In May I went to California for my friend Sara's wedding.  And then in November Sara, her new husband Terry, and the two girls came to Texas to spend Thanksgiving with me. While in California, I stopped in to visit with Marcy and Brian (my brother and his wife).  Lori Nickels came over to visit with us too.  A few weeks after the wedding I drove to California t...

 Not only did I Quilt and cross stitch this past year, but I attempted some other crafts.  Some of the things I'm going to show will be some items that I didn't make but that I helped or taught others to make.  I also belong to a craft group that meets once a month and there are a few fun things for that.  And others items are just things I thought I'd try. Craft Group - it's a group of about 14 ladies from my sisters neighborhood (mostly) and we meet once a month and have a great lunch and then do a fun craft.  Here are the crafts I made this year through them.  I wasn't able to make it to all of them so there won't be 12 crafts. I made this apron for one of my craft group friends who had a friend who became a master gardener (I just did the embroidery.) I embroidered on these aprons for us food service ladies for Adventure Club at church. I went to a retreat in the fall with my friend Beth Rhodes and made everyone a little Halloween treat bag. Instead of ...