I'm on the mend from my surgery.  Outpatient PT now twice a week.  I plan on going back to work next week.  I didn't get any hand sewing done during recovery.  I napped a lot and iced the knee.  The medications made me sleepy.  I'm starting to walk without my cane and feeling much more like myself.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day with all three of my children and daughter-in-law and grand kids visiting.  Daughter Karen made a large seafood casserole with shrimp, scallops and lobster, buttered cracker crumbs!  Delicious.  We visited a local nursery and I got a beautiful large blue/purple iris for my garden along with a few other plants.  It was really my first "outing" since my surgery.  The black flies were fierce!!!  My son and his wife and kids sent me a beautiful arrangement from Edible Arrangements.  Chocolate covered strawberries, melon, grapes, pineapple.  We all enjoyed it!  A cold spell is upon us right now but the weatherman says it ends on Thursday.  Sure hope so, love the warm, sunny spring weather.

I not sure who created this or who to give credit too, but I just love this applique quilt block!

March & April

March flew by, now it's April.  Tomorrow I go in to have my knee replacement surgery.  I'll be glad when it's over and I'm on the road to recovery.  We celebrate several family birthdays in April, mine included.  My birthday is the 10th so I guess I know what I'm getting for my birthday : )

I'll be laid up for a bit and I plan on doing some hand sewing and watching the Kemshell's on my Kindle.  Linda and Laura are amazing quilters and artists, such fun to see what they are up to on their blog.

Signing off for now.

Happy Spring!!!!

The End of February 2013

Here we are at the end of February and I'm very pleased about that.  I'm ready for spring!
One of my daughters had a birthday this month and I made her a case for her Kindle.  She requested blue so that decision was made for me.

I looked through my fabrics and decided to cut strips 1 1/2" wide and at least an inch wider than the Kindle.  I sewed several different fabrics together, ironed them, measured and cut to size.  Folded in half, this fabric would be the front and back of the bag.  I placed the pieced fabric wrong side up and cut two pieces of batting to size for the front and back.  I added a strip of fabric to each side lengthwise.  Then I placed the fabric piece right sides together with a lining fabric I had chosen, blue of course!  I turnd the piece right side out and put valcro on the underside of the flap.  I added a hand crafted button Ronnie had made and there you go!  It's done!!  I'll probably make more of these, it's a good way to use up fabric scraps and I have plenty of those.  I'm sorry I didn't take photos of the process, maybe next time and I'll post them.

Peace,
Diane