17th July, Dee. Be there or be square! LOL!!!

Dee, I have a feeling you'll make another one when your other son gets married! What a thought, huh?

Dotsie...yeah, you're right...but, hopefully, that won't happen for awhile. I put Larry's quilt on hold when I learned John is getting married, so as soon as I'm finished with John's, Larrys gets pushed to the front again.

Poor Larry - getting put on the back burner. Somehow, I don't feel too sorry for him becaseu I know you take care of him anyway!

Awwwhhh...you're sweet Dotsie...I try.

Dee, it's good to know that you are not only alive and well, but quilting, too.

You are an inspiration - happy, full of life and wanting to do as much as possible. I miss your voice here, but I am so very happy that you are living such a wonderful life.

Hi ANNO...I miss being here to tell you the truth. BWS was always my down time to tune out everything else going on and just be with some wonderful women. Life is still great...spring has sprung big time in Satsuma and Larry hasn't left me yet because of quilting thank goodness. As if my rear end isn't getting big enough from all the sitting around I've been doing Larry bought me a box of Godiva chocolates as a surprise...God love him...he's so sweet.
I counted down the days and I have 40 days to finish the quilt before the deadline to have it handed in to the judges...I'm going at a break neck pace and have let everyone in the family know that they're welcome to stop by if they're willing to do the cooking and cleaning while I do this needlework...LOL. Once all this is finished I'll ask my dear friend Edelweiss if she'll post my photos as I still haven't figured out how to 'attach' photos to BWS...UGh!!!
I'm thinking of and miss you all so much. Thanks for all the emails Chatty...you keep me laughing.
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Dee I hope you are taking some "stages" pics. That would make a nice slideshow don't you think. You could add a photo CD with the gift. Maybe they won't share with the kitties when they see just how much work went into lovingly making it.

chick, great idea. I'm clueless when it comes to understanding how much work goes into making a quilt, but holy mackeral, Dee's been working on this forever and a day. What a gift of love! Yes, photos would be great.

Chick...I'm going to make a 'memory' book to go along with the quilt. I have photos of Larry making the frame for basting the thing at the very beginning, photos of Larry's mom, my sister-in-law and I basting it, and larry's taken photos here and there. Once it goes into the quilt show, I'll take more photos of it hanging there and all those photos combined will be put together in a final memory book for John and Stephanie. Mom and Shirley were here today and looked at it...they're always such a wonderful world of support and keep encouraging me to keep at it.
Dotie...I began in June last year...because it's a whole cloth and because it's being done by hand, it takes a lot longer than if I were quilting it on my sewing machine...I'm not coordinated enough or have the patience to do it by machine...too big and bulky. I will post a final photo once it's completed. Thanks for the words of support and encouragement...you gals are such an inspiration.
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