Virtual Quilting

My sister-in-law, Rachel, and I are starting a new blog. We've decided to do an e-block-of-the-month. She and I are going to switch off choosing the blocks, and then we'll both make all the blocks in fabrics of our own choosing and display the results on our blog. I got to choose first, so if you want to see our premiere block, go to eblockofthemonth.blogspot.com. You could even join in the fun!

The trick will be for Rachel and me to stay ahead of the project. For instance, all the instructions for the first block are on the blog, but none of the illustrations. We wanted to use photos of our own blocks in process for the illustrations, but neither of us have finished the first block yet. (Or even started it, for that matter--this is a very new venture...very new.)

I've missed Rachel alot since she moved to NC last year. We used to go to block-of-the-month classes together when she lived here, and we would also get together to quilt and sew. Now that we're so living so far apart, we're having an online quiltfest instead.

P.S. The quilt in the picture is one that Kathy made. I just did the machine quilting.

Train Up A Child

You know that scripture that talks about training up a child in the way they should go? Well...at the risk of seeming terribly irreverent, here is one of my interpretations of that:



















I used to love to visit my Grandma Newbold and look through all her costume jewelry. I was fortunate to receive this necklace and earring set from her collection and I wanted my grand-daughters to gain appreciation for their heritage :)