red, white and black

Dad ordered a quilt a while ago. (Actually he said, " Isn't it my turn to have a new quilt?") He wanted one in red, white and black. Since I have wanted one in those colors for awhile, I thought it a good idea; however, I couldn't find a pattern that I thought I liked. I wanted one that would show the design in the fabric, thus the pieces could not be too small, but it need to be small enough to have detail.  After experiementing for several months, I think I have found a pattern that I like.   It is from Moda Bake Shop.
Moda Bake Shop: "Off the Grid" Sliced Nine Patch Quilt  

Feb 8, 2010 ... I'm so excited to be back for my second Moda Bake Shop tutorial! This time I'll share a quick and easy quilt pattern featuring my variation ...
www.modabakeshop.com/.../off-grid-sliced-nine-patch-quilt.html -

 

What do you think?

Receiving blankets delivered!

Wow! There were many people there to greet us and accept the blankets we made. This was the first date that anyone besides me was in town to get the blankets to UMC. They loved all the fabrics and colors. The mothers who deliver rarely come in for prenatal care and most of the time do not have anything new for their babies. We were told that the mothers are thrilled when they get a new blanket.  We ended up with 92 blankets total.

Not much for pics

We had a good Labor Day weekend; but I left my camera in the truck and didn't take pictures when I should have. Like when a doe and her fawn walked behind the house and Juliana called it Bambi and then when the second fawn came she smiled at it and said, "Hi'.

The lake has a strange type of plant growning in the shallow end that looks fantastically pretty in certain lights.



Juliana had fun with stickers on her hands.( almost looks like a band aid.

It sprinkled for about 2.5 minutes this morning during my walk. The rainbow was much lovelier in person than this photo depicts.