My OMG goal for Sept was to get the rest of the flying geese made for one of the borders. I also made lots of hexie flowers but will need more. I will make those later incorporating some fabrics not yet used. Doing the math here, I have 1/4 or 25% of the parts made so far.
Half of those blocks still need circles. Lots and lots of small circles. I will use the metal Applipop circles.That will be my goal for Oct. I made the bigger circles using Karen K Buckleys Perfect Circles. But I still had to hand baste around the outsides before pulling them around the plastic templates. My hands did not like that. But I used a hand stitching technique I learned from Jinny Beyer that made it doable, but not too many at a time. I am loving the colour pallet that I chose. I have lots more I could pull from in the cupboard of endless fabric options.
I have been writing for a lot of years. I wrote countless research papers and reflection papers throughout the years. After becoming an empty nester, I went back to school and earned three degrees. I finally published a book I had written in 1986 about the life and death of our handicapped child. Then I started writing about other aspects of our journey as husband and wife of now 54 years. About surviving menopause. About receving healing of memories. About staying married for 50 years. So many journals. So many memories. So many words written. So many teaching points. Did I mention the morning pages? Blogging? Mentoring women? Leading a writing group?
Now I am trying to bring it all together into the first of several short kindle eBooks. This is what I am working on this fall. My anticipation is to hit the Publish button before the end of the year. But first, I am trying to find a Christian Canadian editor. We spell words differently here.
Blessings,
Chris
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That's a lot of flying geese! I'm not sure yet if I'll be adding the hexies to my borders or not. I like the colors of your blocks, happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to see you making progress on this one.
ReplyDeleteI made your photo bigger so I could get a good look at those wonderful blocks and such pretty colours. I can see why you are loving working with them. SO much progress has been made! Meanwhile good luck with your writing goal. It sounds like it will be very interesting. Take Care, J
ReplyDeleteYour Stonefields update is a WOW! Such a soft palette for those wonderful blocks! May you find that Canadian Christian editor soon!~TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteyour blocks are all so lovely and still a long way to go! writing is an excellent way to channel experiences and insights....
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely and sweet collection of blocks! Making little circles has always been a challenge for me, I love to see those of others ;) Good luck with the publishing project. Thank you for sharing and linking up.
ReplyDeleteYour progress with your quilt is impressive. That you are quilting while simultaneously preparing to publish a memoir, blows me away. That's quite a life's journey you have had.
ReplyDeleteOh look at all those amazing blocks!!! Fingers crossed you find the right publisher - and get to hit Publish!!
ReplyDeleteGood progress on your quilt. Looking lovely.
ReplyDeleteYou are such an amazing, multitalented woman, Chris! Your Stonefields is looking absolutely beautiful so far and I wish you success with your writing endeavors as well!
ReplyDeleteI agree; your color palate is beautiful. Best wishes in finding the perfect editor and publishing your works.
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