Love coming to look at all the blocks being made. The one's made for me are all great.

I am so ready to have this cast off. I had a check-up yesterday and they cut the cast off, but I have a new one. I was hoping I was done.
Here is a quilt I finished for my niece. She wanted red, green and cream. She is in Mississippi and just received it yesterday. The picture is when she put it on her bed and my great nephew wanted in the picture. Sewing the binding on was a bear with the cast.

Hav4boys, I’m sorry to hear you still have a cast. Can’t be much longer, can it? Love the quilt and all those stars. Your niece is a very lucky woman.

Good morning boomers,

Here are some of the blocks I finished up over the long weekend. These are for Stcpawz, Hav4 and Julia. I always love to see how the same block takes on different lives using different color schemes.

JayneW, pretty blocks! They all do look so different. :)

Two more blocks that I appropriately made on the 4th of July! They are for Klaws and Ibex I have three sets of the president fabric, so I'm going to have to really give that some thought. The good part is I will have plenty of FACES! Speaking of which, can someone please help me identify the presidents in this block, I only know the two obvious ones!!!

I:see Nixon, Carter and Washington. Don't know who the other president is.

I love these blocks, and your previous ones, too....

Hav, that's a lovely huge quilt! The little nephew is adorable too. Hope you can stay cool with that cast on your arm, for just a little while longer.

I just scanned through pics and portraits of all the presidents and I cannot figure out the final one. He’s got to be one of the earlier ones. Maybe John Quincy Adams or Martin Van Buren? Anyone else have an idea?

Those were who I thought, too. I'm leaning toward Martin Van Buren - https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ma...135041044.html

I really am enjoying lurking on this thread. You gals are amazing - making beautiful blocks. It is fun to see what you all come up with.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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You found better pix than I did. I believe you’re right. Martin Van Buren.

Ok, I'm super embarassed I didn't recognize Nixon! Duh! Van Buren? Sounds good to me. I think the next block I'll do all "unknowns".... Ibex, didn't you say the purpose of this quilt was to teach history???

HAV and Nelco great quilts, they are both very inviting

Jayne it’s fascinating seeing the block in different color combinations, they don’t even look like the same block.

We have finished all the recommendations the stager suggested. Just have to clear all the painting paraphernalia out of the kitchen and some odds and ends. Lots of odds and end, we think 2 more long days and we will be finished Everything will be out of house and he majority of our belongings are in storage but still a few more trips to go. When it’s time to move from storage we will be hiring movers like you Janice.

Good luck Janice

Terriamn, good luck with those finishing touches. We’re looking at closing the NC house in 2 weeks, moving to NC in 3 weeks, painting and new floors in GA after we move out then putting it on the market in about 4 weeks. This is a time schedule that freaks me out BC there’s sooo much to do. We’re not moving most of our furniture (it won’t fit) so I’ve got to line up donations right before the move. DH said I seemed stressed this evening. No kidding! Lol.

Good luck to all you ladies packing and moving! I'm just packing a car to visit my mom and it's feels like a lot of work mainly because we've been 'nesting' here for 1 1/2 years! My son is counting the days until we see Grandma!

The weekend is almost here. Hope you all have something nice planned. I’ll be packing some more boxes. Yay, me! I think I’ll turn the volume up on some old movies as I pack away some China and knickknacks in the other room. Dh and I got real with some of our collections and let a lot of items go. It was hard at first but got easier.

Have a terrific weekend!

We placed an offer on the house we saw yesterday. It’s in the perfect location and a very nice house but there is no feeling of I love this. Maybe it’s protection in case our offer isn’t accepted, who knows. All offers will be reviewed Sunday night after 5. Hope to find out by Monday morning, the best thing is it’s move in ready and I will have a lovely sewing room with a large window.

Terriamn, I’m sure you’re right about that self-protection feeling. We had that before our offer, we liked the house but I didn’t love it, but now I’m loving it. I’m imagining where everything will go and I keep looking at the pictures. I’m wishing you great amounts of good luck and hope you get it. Fingers and toes are crossed!

Good luck with all the moves.

I am in Omaha. These twins are more than twice as difficult as one baby. But twice as cute too.

Here’s our life right now. Three full dishwashers a day. Pots and pans. Sterilize via microwave 24 bottles and paraphernalia and 8 sets of pump pieces. Cooking one or two meals with older kids help. Making freezer meals. Make veggie trays each day.

Take older kids for outing My husband has them out traipsing through Fontinelle forest for a few hours. Yesterday we went to the pool. SIL working so I stayed home

put together cribs, fold laundry.

hold babies (not to onerous) Only parents feed babies due to feeding tube.

unfortunately parents don’t allow kids photos to be posted.

Big big storm last night 1/3 Omaha power out, lots of roads blocked with downed trees. First time I’ve ever seen so much lightning without thunder. DH and DGS started clearing the branches from the yard.

Off to take a nap.

Mjp, good heavens, makes my day look like a picnic! No more complaints from me. It’s so much work for you all but it sounds like having them home to love and snuggle is worth these hard times. Your daughter and her family must be thrilled to have you there helping. 💜

MJP, what a big help you are to the family and new babies. I can't imagine the amount of work that two babies at once must be. But soon the tubes will be gone as they grow, grow, grow. I know you will enjoy your time with your grands.

Terri, I hope you get the house you want. I put great offers, well above asking price, on 5 houses in Memphis and missed every one! Still haven't snagged one.

Janice, if you want the motivation to get rid of clutter before you move, try watching Hoarders. I've been binge watching it and have cleared a bunch of stuff out of our basement, LOL!

Hope everyone else is enjoying their summer and getting those last blocks made. Can't wait to see some more!

Good morning. It’s a warm, humid morning here and sitting outside is like taking a shower. I’m opting for the ac. My sewing area is finally all packed except for the machine. The movers will take it. I’ll cart all my quilting things in hubby’s suv and my car. Kind of breaks my heart to dismantle everything. :( But then I’ll have the fun of rediscovering it all in a couple of months.

SBG, had to laugh at the Hoarders reference. I feel the same way after even watching a few minutes of it. My sister was a minor league hoarder and I had to clear out her house and so I've always been mindful not to walk that road. Still, 27 years is a long time and stuff does accumulate. Lots going for donation.

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday.

I forgot to mention earlier that some packages are taking up to a week to arrive. Please keep that in mind when you prepare to ship.

Janice, hubby is a minor league hoarder too. It's a battle to get stuff thrown out. Even tho stuff has sat for a decade or more, he's sure that as soon as it's gone, he will need it. He's good at shuffling piles, tho!

Hope all goes well with the packing and moving. Just did it for my daughter and I ended up packing up most of the house while they worked. Pace yourself. You only have one back and it has to last you a while!

Sewbiz boy can I replace to the back. Have learned to take breaks and not just a 2 minute one but at least 10 minutes to let back relax.

The town where we put an offer on house has a population of under 2,000. We are not bidding against as many people as you probably were but lack of homes on the market seems to be the same all across the US. We are back at our house in Minneapolis. Our goal is to have everything painted, clean and odds and ends out to the garage y the end of tomorrow

I have a beautiful “ old lady “ hutch that won’t fit in dining room of new house, thinking of bringing it with to store fabric, do you think it would just take up to much space or be worth bringing along

Sounds like it might be some good storage space... If not, you can always sell it or put it out for someone to "freecycle".

Terriamn, I’ve seen lots of hutches and cabinets online that were used to store quilts and/or fabric. I guess it depends on how big the room is it’s going into. I’ve got small rooms in our new house so I couldn’t do it. Maybe yours will be more spacious.

Hip hip hooray, Janice must have brought us good luck. Our offer was excepted, don’t have a move in dates yet, will find out more info tomorrow

Janice how far away is your new house from your current home.

sounds like everyone has had a very busy summer so far. Congrats to all that are selling and moving and good luck.
I love all the block that are being made. Been very busy here sewing for customers, working full time, trying to do some updated work at my other place(keeping the tenant happy is a good thing).
Lori and I are making jelly and jams daily.
Thank you for all my nice blocks. can't wait to see them all together.

Terriamn, congratulations on the new house! Woo hoo! Great news!!!!!

Our new house is about 2 1/2 to 3 hours north of us, maybe 160 miles. It's much closer to the grand! It'll be wonderful to see them much more frequently!

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Big congrats Terri, on having your offer accepted! That’s great news!

Good morning Boomers!

I had a nice weekend sewing, here are my results. A christmas star for Marcialee and one of my favorite blocks (Oblique) for Kristijoy, Annt59, Klaws and Ahwu.

Woo hoo, fabulous blocks by JayneW! Love them all.

Yay... new blocks! Nice work, Jayne! I love that Christmas star.

Got these done over the weekend... I have a couple more to work on.

Ahwu, pretty blocks! Can you tell me who the first one belongs to? I recognize the other two main fabrics but I’m at a loss for the first one. Thanks!

It seems to be that I missed thanking Kristijoy for the beautiful blocks you made me. Thank you so much and a holler out to all the beautiful blocks that have been made from me by others. I hope I haven't missed a thank you to any one else. With all I have on my mind and heart right now I am always afraid I will forget someone. The blocks are all awesome.

Love your blocks, AHWU!

The first block is for MJPEncinitas

Thank you, Ahwu. :)