You’re probably thankful now that this is my last update. The ladies at church had a bake sale couple of weeks ago to raise funds for the angel tree. The angel tree provides gifts for children that might not get much at home. I wish more thought of Christmas as more than gifts for people. I made cupcakes and brownies and I’m told they sold pretty well. Not bad for a non-baker haha.

I think I have covered most of the year all in one day of posts lol. We did have trunk or treat at church and I took my pirate car again. Brenda and her hubby came and helped hand out candy. We even took my skeleton and I named her mistress Marilyn. She got a lot of rave reviews but you know you’re a hit when the pastor comes by to give you a kiss. Brother Joe with Mistress Marilyn.

I think I left out the hurricane. We are truly blessed that we only got the outskirts of it as it would have demolished our areas. We had main highways flooded over with water and unusable for days. Power outages that lasted 5 and 6 days. Many people in our neighborhood had flooded homes and water that didn’t dry out for 3 weeks and more. Many places were so bad they had to be pumped dry. Pinellas county had areas that were completely gone but we are thankful more lives weren’t lost. Things can be replaced. Took us about 3 days just to clean up the yard debris. This was just the first pile but we are not complaining. Many had tress in their house.

Not much else going on but we did have a very nice Thanksgiving. Robert smoked the meats and Shannon and I cooked the sides. Wouldn’t you agree they cooked way to much for 3 people? But hey, we didn’t have to cook the rest of the weekend. it was a nice quiet holiday.

Oh and the weather got cooler so the dogs geared up in their jammies. Don’t ask where Merlin is. That little emo drama king won’t wear jammies, or anything for that matter. He’d rather freeze.

I have given a quilt to Marilyn, Claudia and Brenda and this one was for Pam. I am not a fan of pink but it is her favorite color so I used pink. And wow. I absolutely love how the quilt came out. As much as I dislike pink, I go back and look at the picture often. Pattern wasn’t that well written but I still think I’ll make another one day. When I finish it I’ll show you what I made with the leftovers.

This one I made for myself. I don’t love making half square triangles but I loved the look of this pattern. It now hangs above my bed as a headboard.

These are just some that were finished this year. They were prayer quilts for church members or family of members. I have 4 more waiting for quilting that I hope I get to before the end of the year. That prayer quilt list is getting longer. I hope they are all loved.

I made a hexagon in the past using this fabric line and someone asked if I could make another they could buy. Rather then redo something similar, I used the same fabric but decided to try the new trend of adding a panel to the center of a one block wonder. I don’t mean to sound like I’m bragging but I absolutely love how this turned out. My son in law did as well and since the fabric was no longer available, I gave him the second set of fabrics I bought to make myself one. He is almost finished with his. The lady that ordered it was very happy.

I made this quilt for a special lady in Ohio. When my sister passed away it broke my heart to hear her husband say he didn’t stay in the room with her as she said goodbye to this world. I just couldn’t imagine that. I was happy though that the hospital Chaplin was a church friend and she stayed with her till she went home to heaven. I wanted to make her something and what better that a quilt using a block called God’s Eye. She sent me a beautiful note and included that it was a blessing to her to stay with Jill till she left. I know I’ll see her again one day and we can talk about the God’s eye quilt. She learned to quilt a couple of years before she passed away and immediately fell in love with it. She made some beautiful quilts,

I made another one in similar colors for the church to donate. It was a great fundraiser.

Nothing special on these, just a couple of bargellos finished since I last posted. The green/purple was a special request from a friend. The orange and black was just a pattern I had for a while and had been wanting to try. Because the directions were so crazy I decided to pull random fabrics rather than buy new just in case it didn’t work out. I really like it but I think it came out like a nascar flag. the gentlemen that received it as a prayer quilt loved it.

I listed these 2 separate just because I love them. The blue one has a special place in my heart as I made it for my only brother while he was fighting cancer. He lost that fight earlier this year and he will be missed. I have to say he lived his life the way he wanted. Work hard and play hard. I hope he left feeling like he did most of what he wanted to do while he was here. This is him with a cousin and a picture of his quilt. Took me a while to decide on one for him. I know once the cancer got serious the one thing he missed most was his boat and fishing. I used this fabric as it would hopefully remind him of the water and the coral he loved diving around in the Keys. Rest well brother. Your struggle here is over.

This one I posted separate from the rest just because I think it my be my favorite of all the hexagons I’ve made. Not sure I’d add cubes to anymore as I didn’t enjoy making them but they sure made this quilt pop.