Breaking my arm...

Was a nightmare.   I had so many plans and they all went out the window.

One of my dreams has always been to teach quilting.   I had been asked in January to teach a group of First Nations ladies and had it all planned out.   All the block patterns had been chosen, all the material picked out and even the dessert I had planned to make for each lesson.    All had to be put on hold until this coming fall.

I had wanted to make a number of quilts for charity before summer came along.  That was put on hold as well.   All because I broke it at the elbow in 2 different places.   All because it didn't heal as quickly as I wanted it to, and it still hasn't straightened out the way it should.

However about 3 weeks ago I started quilting again.  It's taken awhile to get back into the swing of things, yet I now have 3 projects on the go.   While I rested my arm, I made plans on where I wanted my quilting to go.

- I still plan on teaching
- I still plan on making quilts for charity (still scrappy ones which I love)

Yet I would also like to design a quilt all of my own.    Did you know that every crossword puzzle has a design, ones that can be made into beautiful quilts.   That's on my agenda has well has doing some quilting using embroidery stitches.  I picked this pattern Snow Days and had already purchased the pattern and have slowly been collecting material for it.   I can't wait to get started on this one.  And I would like to make some "touch" quilts for little ones.   Quilting is getting exciting for me again and I can't wait to share pictures of what I'm doing.   What have you been working on?

Coming back....

It's been a year since I left, however I'm coming back.   There is so much to write about, so much quilting to share along with daily living.  

Over the past year:
- two grandchildren have been born
- I've continued to make charity quilts
- I fell and broke my arm in two places
- we've continued to be so thankful we moved to a new province
- our best friends from Manitoba are moving to Alberta.   We couldn't be happier
- I've volunteered many hours and love it
- C is doing an internship program at our church, loves it and continues to blossom into the young lady God has called her to be.

There will be a few changes as I continued to get back into blogging.   I'll be sharing my love for quilting, love of books and I'll have a day where I talk about frugality.   I can't wait to get back into full swing....hope you will join me.