Spring has sprung

It was such a lovely day here today. Near 70 and sunny. The crocus are in bloom and we have seen gold finches at the feeder. Even though I didn't make it to the barn today, I did work around by gold fish pond for a little while today.

I hope your weather was just as nice

Penny

Not the outcome we had hoped for

After being in the Operating Room for 2 hours today the Dr. was unable to open the stent and return blood flow in the main vain in my left leg. So, in two weeks we will go back to Rochester Ny to see the vascular surgeon to discuss bypass. This is not an easy decision, most vascular bypasses fail within the first year and this is MAJOR surgery. I will more then likely be in the Hosp for 4-5 days and the recovery period is weeks. Your continued prayers and support would be a blessing in this difficult time. The next few weeks will be rough.

I want to thank all of you for your love and support. God has truly blessed our family with the love for each other and the support of loving friends. I lean on my Lord, my family and you my friends when I have these health issues and I thank you for allowing me to do that.
God Bless all of you
Penny

The Out pouring of support.....

just amazes us. Today a friend from church dropped off a bag of snacks for Randy and the girls to munch on while at the hospital on Wed. Another friend and her mother are going to bring dinner Thursday night after we get back. I have also received a ton of cards and lovely phone calls. A group of friends are coming over tomorrow night to show me support and to fellowship.
Randy and I am just overwhelmed by the amount of love and support that we have been shown from my friends. God has truly blessed us.
Penny

Going to be a long day

In the past I have tried to keep my posts up beat and cheery. Well, today is the exception. In 2001 I had a stent placed in my left Lilac Vein to improve blood flow in that leg. Three weeks ago we found out that the stent is blocked, which is causing me to have a lot of swelling in that leg. SO, on Wed. we will be traveling 3 hours to a major medical hospital and I will have surgery to replace the stent. The Dr is also hoping he can open the vein at the same time. If he can it will improve the blood flow.

In the mean time I have been in pain and unable to work on to many sewing projects. I can't sit for very long and have to lay in bed or in my chair with my feet up.

I am asking that you keep me in your prayers on Wed. and please pray for successful outcome.
Hugs to you all
Penny

What do 358 leaf templates look like?

THIS..........
There are 360 leaf templates. Each staple holds four templates, and the next step will be to iron the templates onto the fabric of my choice, cut out the templates and glue the seam allowances.
This will be a time consuming project. LOL

before it becomes a quilt

I thought I would show you what all the parts look like before they become a quilt.
This is going to be a queen size quilt. There are 147 Nine Patch blocks that will be set with alternating white on white blocks. There are also 36 flowers, 20 butterflies, 42 leaves that will be appliqued on a 5 inch wide border. It is going to be a very bright quilt that will have a wonderful home with a Ashley and Josh.
I'll post photos of the finished top next week.
Penny

358 WHAT??

I found this great applique quilt pattern by Three Sister called, "Aviary" in my new Keepsake catalog. In the catalog it is $129.99 for the fabric kit that included the pattern. Well, being a quilter on a budget, I used Google and after some searching, TAA DAA, I found the pattern on Moda's website FREE!! Now I can go to my local fabric shop and choose my own color pallet.

This really is a neat pattern and will make a lovely quilt, despite the fact there are 358 leaves that need to be appliqued. LOL

Hugs
Penny

Eq fabric down loads

While doing an Internet search I discovered that you can go to the fabric manufacture web sites and down load the current lines of fabric. Save them as a zip file, do some tweaking, and import them into your EQ program. TA DA new fabrics to play with your library. LOL

This is all new to me and I LOVE IT!!! My eq was a gift from a very dear friend and I has kept me out of trouble. Or maybe it has gotten me into more trouble lol With all these quilts that I have been designing I need some fabric. LOL

Although, EQ has also kept me busy while I have had to rest my leg as much as possible.

My surgery is in 6 days and I have been advised to limit my mobility due to the swelling. The less swollen from fluid the easier it will be for the surgeon. SO, I am chilling with my feet up and playing with EQ LOL when this is all over I see a road trip to Lancaster in my future.

Hugs for now

Penny

Nine Patch quilt update

Well, I worked on my blocks today for a little while. I have all my strip sets sewn and most are now sub cut. The yellow, pink, and orange nine patch blocks are all sewn together. The teal, green, blue and purple sub-cuts are sitting on the sewing table waiting to become blocks.

But, they will be sitting there for awhile. Tomorrow starts my week of bed rest before my surgery on the 1st. I have to get as much of the fluid out of my leg as I can and the only way to do that is to stay off the leg as much as possible.

So, these parts will come together and become a quilt after I recover from my surgery. I will take photos of my sewing room tomorrow.
HUGS
Penny

Rose/Patch Kaleidoscope

Our kits arrived today!!
To check our our centers please clink on the link below.
http://rosepatchbomtogether.blogspot.com/