Happy Easter!
In looking past the eggs and the bunny, I've found that the true meaning of Easter is an amazing reality that deals with our past failures, puts our present life into perspective, and gets our future sorted. What an amazing gift is the death and resurrection of Jesus!
Today I have block four for you in the free Block of the Month Wall Quilt
Block 4 features a scarf and it will make up very quickly, so it's a good opportunity to catch up if you're a bit behind! You can find the pattern in my Craftsy Store here.
Last weekend we had the joy of having nine of our family with us - so special to be able to spend time with them. It was tinged with sadness because our daughter and her family were supposed to be with us too. They live at Airlie Beach which was where the huge Cyclone Debbie hit Australia just the week before and caused so much devastation. Thankfully our family were kept safe with only minor damage such as their fence smashed down, the clothes hoist dead and some damaged gutters from tree branches being flung around. Their cars in an open car port were amazingly protected from damage. They were without water for 2½ days and without any electricity for 9 days. We are so proud of how the family coped, kept smiling, helped others worse off, took a friend in as his unit was unliveable and shared lots of meals with neighbours who had no means of cooking. Of course they were unable to leave their home with all that happening, so we have had to resort to long Skype calls!
My Arbor Window quilt is coming along really well. I stitched all the blocks together then a week later, unpicked the lot!!! It just wasn't as good as I had hoped. After lots of thinking and a couple of mock-ups on scrap fabric, I decided to make the sashings wider. That has worked well and it only took me a couple of days to put it all together again. As I am using the QAYG method, my new dimensions mean that the walking foot fits more easily in the sashings when joining the rows which in turn makes it easier to obtain good neat results.
Now I'm on the fun part doing the appliques.
We're big fruit eaters in our house but the plan today is to indulge in a decadent dessert I made to help celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary! How blessed am I to have the love of my life with me for 51 years!
We're big fruit eaters in our house but the plan today is to indulge in a decadent dessert I made to help celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary! How blessed am I to have the love of my life with me for 51 years!
Val
6 comments:
I'm glad your family were safe during the Cyclone. X
Happy Aniversary
Happy Easter! I love these blocks-what a quilt! Thank you,usan
Happy 51st Anniversary which is totally amazing to be together this long. By the Grace of God your family was spared worse in the cyclone. Blessings Dear...<3
So happy to hear your family were unhurt. Happy Anniversary, congrats on staying together for 51 years. Thank you for the pattern. Guida
Your toad stools are so precious !!! I wish I'd had someone to teach me hand embroidery when I was younger. Your a head of us, we won't be married 50 years until October . Have a Blessed week.
Linda Janovitz
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