My first grandchild graduated high-school

 I was blessed to have Zoe come and get me and drive me back up to her house, 2 hours away, the day before her graduation so that I could attend it with the rest of the family. 

Tears threatened as I thought of how proud James would have been to be there and see this momentous day.  

What a precious beautiful young lady this girl has become.  I pray for all the best for her.

                                       3 generations of Brewer girls

                Wait !  HE"S the YOUNGER sibling !

Rain !

 Oh, heavenly Father, we celebrate you today as you bring rain to our parched land !  

 

Thank you

 for the blessings of this week,

 for hearing and answering our prayers, 

for your mercy that you extend to us, 

and for the forgiveness that you give to us at the cost of your son's precious blood !

And I personally thank you, dear LORD, for these 3 precious grandchildren who are quickly growing OUT OF childhood. Please protect them and guide them on their new adventures, and may they put you first in every decision.

FINISH--Baby quilt --WHEELS ON THE BUS

 I can't remember the name of this block.  I saw someone on youtube demo it, I think, and I quickly made a block, which I proceeded to pin up onto my sewing room wall. 

 As time went on, I'd see it, like it, and decide to make another.  When I had 3, I decided that my orphan block box was already too full and I needed to actually use these blocks.

So I made another 6  blocks, sashed them with a fabric that I was NEVER going to use, and before I knew it I had a baby quilt top.

I backed it with the same fabric that I had used for the sashing, batted it with polyester batting, and hand-quilted it........very enjoyable, I must say.

FINISH (QUILT) for early June.......it's NOT a RUG ! "Plus Diagonal"

Original design

 When I posted a photo of the top of this quilt when I first finished piecing it, a friend later commented that she loved my rug that she saw a photo of !   That was on Facebook where I didn't take the time to explain what it was.     No........although it would make a luscious rug....believe me, I've walked across it a few times while straightening it out for photos.....it is a twin-size topper quilt.  It lacks a few inches being long enough to tuck at the end of the bed, but it will definitely serve to provide an extra layer of warmth on cold nights !

Finishing (before laundering, which I have yet to do) at approximately 63 inches by 81 inches, I used 5 1/2 inch binding strips in solid navy fabric, to give it a wide binding resembling the edge of a blanket. I really like the look.  Although I sewed the binding down to the back side by hand, I took the time to also go around it once, in the ditch from the front side, by machine, just to make sure the edging was more durable.  I hope for the quilt to be used, either by myself or by someone to whom I gift it.

The purple that you see is an extra mattress lying beneath the top one.  So you can see that the end of the quilt just comes over the edge of an average twin mattress, but isn't long enough to tuck.   But the sides are nice and generously long.

I wanted to get a nice close-up shot of the fabric that makes up the background.  From Walmart, it's like a map of the world.......partial, that is.

This backing fabric was sold on Fabric.com, and was 56 or so inches wide.  Thankfully, I had just the right solid color to match the print for the strip down the middle.

In this photo, you can see a bit of the quilting.  The plus blocks were all quilted in the ditch, including around the little green squares on some of the blocks.  Then I did a large meander in all of the background, finally getting  my Jazz 2 to cooperate for some free-motion quilting.