Quilt for Our Women's Conference at Church

If you read the previous post then you saw where I was working on the Dancing Nine Patch at Retreat.  I started this quilt to raise money for our Women's Conference at Church.

Our theme is "Redeemed, Renewed, Restored".  I used men's shirts for this as they fit perfect into out theme.  I made this into a queen sized quilt and everyone was saying they were going to win it. We asked for a $5 donation for a chance to win the quilt.  We were able to raise a lot of money with it and everyone involved was very pleased.

Here is the finished quilt.

This is my friend and quilting buddy Connie and I holding it up at our guild meeting.

Your not going to believe this but Connie actually won the quilt when we had the drawing. LOL  She was in disbelief the whole time until I took it to her.  We asked if she wanted us to draw again and she replied "are you crazy, I'm keeping it". Who can blame her, I bet several others would have done the same.  She did say she might make one for us to use as another donation quilt.

Happy Stitching Everyone!

November Retreat at Pine Mountain

A few of us go to Pine Mountain State Park in Kentucky the first full weekend in November for Retreat.  As usual we have a great time.  Below are some pics from it.

Karen and Cindy

 My Dancing Nine Patch in progress. This is a Bonnie Hunter Pattern.

Kay, Karen and Linda (with her back to us)

Dancing Nine Patch parts and pieces

Cindy

Karen and the back of Verilyn's head

Karen, Cindy and Verilyn (with her back to us)

Kay, Karen and Linda again

Connie's workstation and Bull's Eye parts and pieces

Connie's finished Bull's Eye top - Its beautiful

Karen's Rail Fence Top - Gorgeous

Chit Chatting

Cricket hard at work on her Wintersburg t

op

Connie acting like a nut LOL

 


















That's all for retreat reporting!  Happy Stitching Everyone!

Our Precious Maggie

We had to give up our precious Maggie in October.  It was the hardest thing I have ever done.  She was a little over 15years old and we have had her since she was 2-1/2 months old.  She was my baby.

She was diagnosed with the beginning stages of kidney failure in the Spring of 2014.  We changed her diet to a low protein one and she lived another year and a half.  She was the sweetest Cocker Spaniel and I miss her terribly.

The first pic is when she could still see and hear and was begging for a pizza bone (pizza crust).  She loved them.  The second pic is after she had an bath and she wasn't feeling good.

Rest in Peace Sweet Maggie!!!!!