Life is Precious

 I think we all know life is precious but when referring to my daughter I feel it even more. You may not know but my daughter was in a serious high speed car accident this past summer. She is recovering but it is a slow process.  We had to drive into Portland on an unrelated matter and met our kids for lunch. Rene made that gorgeous bluebird embroidery!!

The note is personal and touching for me but I wanted to share it with you, 

So, on that note, I found that amazing lovely blue print above but am not quite sure of a plan. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. If you've made a small quilt with embroidery I'd love to see it.

My email is humblequilts@gmail.com

Thanks for going on the journey of life with me!

Midnight Sewing and Fun on Monday!

I stacked my "Etsy" store on one side of the spare bedroom as my sister and her grandson Zack were coming for a visit. I jokingly told him, "No quilting in the middle of the night!" (Note the bag of fabric rolls in the foreground)

The next morning he came down with these two, one was a conversation print with pencils! What are these? Can I have one? haha I asked my sister later what she thought he would do with it and she replied, "probably make a parachute" He cracked me up!

He loves Elsa. 

Some of what I've been up to:

Just finished a fundraiser online auction for Faith Seeds Guatemala. It was a success! These children are worth the effort!

I have a trip on the schedule to take with my daughter and thought I'd better get busy  getting my legs back into hiking shape. (Since the accident we may have to reschedule) :(

I did an 11 miler RT to Demaris Lake, Trailhead near Sisters. 

I arrived really early and only saw a 4 people on the trail. It was great. 

Went to an outdoor concert in Bend. WOW! Beach Boys were better than I anticipated. 

Nights in the high desert cool down. My puffy jacket was overkill, but sometimes you don't know how cold it will be when the sun sets. 

Cory, Elsa and I hiked a short overnighter to Upper Twin Lakes on Mount Hood. 

We are scheduled to do a longer backpack later this month adn wanted to test Elsa, as her age is catching up with her. She did great. 

We made it to another concert and this one was so much fun too!

Friday night before the concert we met the kids for dinner. It was really nice and was good to see Rene laughing and smiling. It was the best I've seen her in 5 weeks. I'm hoping she has turned a corner in her recovery. 

I've been making numerous trips into Portland, helping with paperwork, just chilling with her while her partner is away on an extended business. I'll be going back in as this week we meet with a lawyer to see how they may be able to help. 

The Humble Quilt quiltalong may be a tad later then usual, but I am at the quilting stage! It is called "Homestead". 

Let's all have a terrific week!

The Week of Love

I didn't get this completed until Valentines day and I was out of town at that time, so here is my sweet little "love" project. 

I had intended to make it for the VA quilt museum fundraiser but I was too slow and didn't get it completed on time. 

I loved this little umbrella fabric for the backing. 

As many of you may have seen either on instagram or my Facebook group I was out of town in a remote area of Washington visiting my brother. This was my first time visiting him at his log cabin. 

A lot of comments that came in to me got a bit jumbled- many I responded to on my phone, but I'll answer a few questions here.

The quilt shop I visited does not do mail order. It is called Country Manor and is located in Battle Ground, WA.

The humble quilt swap will be announced towards the end of March or beginning of April.

It has been awhile since I've seen my older brother. 

I was sure glad we were on the right road although the roads got smaller and more snowy the closer we got!

It was really special to be able to finally see his log cabin!

We had a bit of sun, a bit of snow, and spectacular sunsets!

Elsa had a wonderful time too!

There were so many wild turkeys and they were so big!

I even stitched a little on my turkey challenge quilt!

I'll be packing and preparing for my quilt guild visit to WA next week. Be sure to let me know if you are a blog reader and you come to the guild meeting and /or class!

Have a terrific weekend.

 

Multifarious Wednesday

I'm still all over the board trying to get my sewing room back in order!

Multifarious:

many and of various types.

"multifarious activities"

Yep great description. 

Short video of the craziness in my sewing room!

Wrong season, but I bought this from Michelle! I need to finish it, but it is so cute and well done!

My new friend, Marsha, bought a pack of fabrics but didn't like this beauty! I was the lucky recipient. Thank you Marsha!

I've been making a little quilt in the Cheri Payne group. I finally finished it and gave it a little coffee bath. 

Robin is expecting it, but I'm not ready to show it until it arrives at her home.

I know many of you have read my posts about my friend from Guatemala who works with kids in the garbage dumps. Getting them an education is key to a better life. She was in Central Oregon and I was thrilled to see her and give her big hugs!

My niece is going to Netherlands for work! Yes, it may be a possibility to visit her. We will wait and see how her schedule and life is. I've never been so it may be fun!

That's my life for now, friends!

Love ya and Welcome February!

 

Limerick.... And Parsonsfield

When I think of Limerick I'll now think of this charming little town in Maine instead of something like this by Edward Lear:

There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"

This was the sweetest little shop in Limerick with friendly employees and owner.

On our way to Parsonsfield we laughed at this little decorative fence. We weren't sure it would even keep a tiny Chihuahua in the yard, It sure is cute though, isn't it?

I have more quilts of Paula's to share. She had a lot of antique quilts, but today's post shares her new ones. She is so creative!

Country Roads was one of my quiltalongs. Paula has an eye to use these terrific stripes in so many of her projects.

Thank you Paula for such an amazing array of quilts you shared with Laurie and I. 

I had family in town last weekend.

I think this was the first time all of my siblings has been together since my mom's death. 

Cousins together too!

Have an amazing weekend!

 

A New Chapter

Blue and white quilts always remind me of the snowy mountains in Central Oregon!

I put them on display when the Christmas quilts come down. 

Totality 2017

Now for really big news!

WE SOLD OUR BUSINESS! Papers were signed on Saturday!

We will continue to run the Machine Shop. The work load for paperwork and stress will be so much less! It all happened a little earlier than we anticipated, but the opportunity could not be passed up. 

This is why I mentioned a few posts ago that I will be having more time to sew and create!

I'd love to visit your guild, in person or Zoom and lecture or teach a class or do both! I'm hoping to put myself out there a bit more this year!

Thank you for your patience on my non quilty blog posts. Selling the business has taken a few months and this past week was a whirlwind with cleaning up stock and doing inventory. I cleaned out my desk....so strange! I was hired by my father in law when I was 17 and worked on and off since that time. We had a big family gathering the Saturday after Thanksgiving (which I hosted for the other side of the family!) to celebrate the closing of this chapter. Cory's dad, George, started this business in 1955 and he would be so proud! 

George DeJarnatt descendants. All 26 of us made it to celebrate!

Let's have a great week! I want to get the fall quilts and pumpkins replaced with Christmas decor! 

Much love.