Civil War Done!!

Here is a collage of the Civil War Quilt. It is completely done, quilted and bound! This has truly been a labor of love for Ron and I. Thanks to my friend Amy for her hand applique on the soldiers.

Busy, Busy!

Here are some of the things I have been working on for the shop!. It is pure joy for me to do. I love the pre cut fabrics. They are stress free fun. All these are made out of charm packs (5 inch squares) or layer cakes (10 inch squares). Sarah has such an eye for color and I love the patterns she chooses. Fun, Fun, Fun!

Civil War Quilt

Our County has their first Civil War reenactment coming up and our shop, Missouri Star Quilt Company decided to make a quilt to donate. So we got to work. Ron loves the Civil War and really wanted to be a part of this. It took awhile to settle on a pattern but we finally did and with a little modification we got started. Ron chose the fabric and colors. He is also responsible for the patterns for the union and confederate soldiers. Our good friend Amy hand appliqued the soldiers and I started piecing. It took some time but we are so pleased with the results. We need to quilt it and we will be ready to go. It goes on display in Kansas City in April. We will also be selling chances on this quilt. So watch the store blog for that info.

Happy Day

Wow this is a great day!
1. I got out of the house and went to the doctor and he told me I could get my cast off in 2 weeks!
2. I got to go to Wal-Mart! Who would have ever thought that would be a high-light of my day, week, month!
3. When we went to walmart they had this huge clearance tent and I was able to get a thingy to down load my pictures to my laptop so I can blog from home again yeah!

We also had a wonderful treat this last week..Hillary and her Family got to come up for a few days. Alex gets the man of the week award for entertaining his children so that Hillary was able to sew uninterupted! I don't think Dad's should get awards for doing what Mom's do everyday, but, the part about sewing uninterupted is priceless. She was able to finish one quilt and design another! Awesome!

The sweetest part was Jack and Grandpa were able to get in a good conversation and boy did he have things to talk about! I think this picture is so darling!

Snow???

I can not believe we are expecting snow this weekend.
I just saw my first daffodil,
and now it will look like this picture covered with up to a foot of snow!