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.

It’s funny. In the last month 3 people have asked about my blog. I was surprised to see it’s been a year since I posted anything here. My sister loved reading all the boring things in my life and I think after she passed away I just kind of forget about it.

So what exciting things have I been doing over the past year? Well, that’s easy. Not much. Between the doctor, work, dogs, home and quilting that pretty much fills up my time. I guess I can share some quilts I’ve made between last November and now. That’s about the only activity I have spare time for.

Here are some of the hexagon and octagons that are finished. I think I might be addicted to making these. I have probably another 15 cut and ready to sew.

With the ladies finished with their women of the bible quilts and the men of the bible being another 24 plus month project, we found 2 more ideas for the ladies to make in 2024. They always have individual projects but we usually have one or two everyone tries out.

Pam found another bargello pattern she’d like to try. I think we need a short bargello break so this will be a while. It should be interesting to see how many different color ideas the ladies come up with. and how different they all look once they are finished.

I also want them to try the blooming nine patch. I think they’ll like it when finished and they will learn a lot about color placement. How you line up colors is what makes the final look of this quilt.

Apparently I love salt a lot more than I love food. At the rate I’m going I should be 100 pounds lighter but that hasn’t happened – lol.

I have found you can flavor food with anything you like, and as much of it as you like, but the bottom line is, salt is delicious. Food without it is just well, blah. However I found one breakfast that you can make ahead and it isn’t terrible. Note I didn’t say it was great, I said it’s not terrible. It requires you to season your own pork sausage, use nasty swiss cheese and Hawaiian buns as they are lower in salt, but they reheat well and are edible.

This one isn’t low salt except I just didn’t season it with salt. Since pasta has no sodium and ground beef has very little, the only thing you have to count is the sauce and the mozzarella cheese. It’s called sheet pan lasagna. I didn’t have a sheet pan but I made do. It’s made with all the same ingredients you just don’t layer and bake for an hour.

I made my sauce, added some cheese and meat then once the noodles were boiled I just chopped them up and tossed them in the sauce. Added cheese on top and baked 30 minutes. It was pretty good. Just needed salt lol. I should have taken a picture after I cooked it.