100th Blog Post

I really, really, really wanted this one hundredth post to be about my completed Dear Jane top. Instead, it is about  my almost completed Dear Jane top. I have made 23 triangles and 3 corner kites in the past 6 weeks, so I guess that is quite an accomplishment. The top row and top kites are now attached and the rest are just sitting there on the design wall. I cannot get enough of looking at this quilt.

DJ Almost complete

I have 16 triangles and 1 kite left to complete. I know I could do it all before I fly out to visit my daughter next week who is about to give birth to her first baby, but there are other things to do like have my 6 year old granddaughter over for the weekend and help her with her first quilt and CCCQ and Benjamin Biggs will be releasing their BOMs on Sunday and I want to prep a few applique blocks to take along with me for the 3 weeks I will be away. Also, I am almost completed the second course for my doctorate and if I type real carefully, (not fast or I make too many mistakes) I could have it done and submitted. I have a massage booked on Tues and lunch with a friend on Wed.

I get to babysit for 2 more evenings. Then I will not see those 3 precious little girls until the middle of July after they get home from cottaging.  And today another new quilter inquired about the Go Real Fast Quilt Retreat in the fall. So, I have to finish calculating fabric requirements for the different sizes that are being offered before I leave since all 3 girls taking the course are going to the Quilt Farm annual sale June 21 and can get all their supplies at 40% off. Sounds like a good deal to me. I am going to miss Quilt Canada which is in St Catherines, less than an hour from here June 11-14. But that's okay. Meeting my newest grandbaby is more important right now.

For the past 2 days I sat in a lawn chair in the barn yard reading a text book while guarding the gate so my farmer husband could draw manure out to the field without the cows escaping. I know my Sweetie husband will miss me, but he is used to it. He is on a tractor now with planting corn then haying begins and then when he gets off his tractor about mid November he will have time to spend with me when I get back from a week in Poland and 2 weeks in  India. Oh, yes, plans for India are coming along. This past week I  have had 4 people inquire about joining me. That is SO awesome! It will be 2 weeks Nov 1-14. The main event there will be a women's conference where we will get to encourage women who live in a culture where women have no status or value. You can read more here .

And did I mention that I booked a double queen room for 2 nights for the AQS QuiltWeek in Grand Rapids Aug 21-23? I once attended one in Columbus Ohio.

It is looking like an exciting few months ahead. Dear Jane will have to wait a bit longer. I am still trying to decide how I will quilt her up. Will it be in the ditch on my Brother or will I rent time on a long arm and do a simple edge to edge design? Never used a long arm and have no plans for ever buying one. But then, I never thought I would ever go to India or Poland  or do a doctorate.

Blessings a hundred times over,
Chris