I just cannot believe that I am 81 and Jack is 85. This past wast week would have been Rich and my 59th wedding anniversary. Hottest day ever! Now Jack and I will celebrate our 21st anniversary in September. 

I am going to try to revive my blog. I have missed the writing and sharing my thoughts. So today will be a trial run. Adding pictures may be a challenge!

Needlepoint and I are still good friends and then there is quilting and knitting and some paper projects. Several bad falls have limited my mobility but wonderful PT is working. But we are content to stay at home in these times.

My diamonds quilt is almost finished. Love the colors. 

My feedback quilt has a twin sister in South Carolina at my friend Brenda's house!

Wool Embroidery is quite challenging!

Some of my Covid projects!

So now I will try to publish this and tomorrow is another day!

Quilt with roses…

 

I know everyone is going to say, “Enough with the roses, Carol!” But they have lasted so beautifully  and changed in appearance as they have opened. So I moved the quilt behind them and took a few pictures for Tabletop Tuesday. Marty at a Stroll Thru Life hosts this weekly event.

Jack is crunched up behind the quilt on the stairs. He just discovered that he is no longer a Gemini but a Taurus….He says he is not stubborn. Ha,Ha,Ha, Ha.

Have a wonderful week.

New Orleans Star for Quilt Festival

I am joining Amy in Park City for the Spring Bloggers Quilt Festival.

I am sharing my New Orleans Star from Kaffe Fassett’s book Kaleidoscope of Quilts. 



When his books come out everything stops while I decide which one I am going to make. And because I absolutely love his fabric and his colors, I very often buy the kit from his website Glorious Color. Years ago I would have scorned a kit but as I age (ugh) and mellow, I find that I want a project that I can finish, one that doesn’t take hours to gather, and one that doesn’t leave me with tons of fabric that I probably will never use. However, my fabric stash does exist – full of batiks, other Kaffe fabrics and Christmas fabric.

I think this is quilt that can speak to the Gulf today as well as when it was designed after hurricane Katrina. The colors represent the flooding and its aftermath with light and bright spots of color offering hope. Of all my quilts, this one always gets a lot of attention. The quilt was designed by Liza Prior Lucy who works with Kaffe. The fabrics are designed by Kaffe, Martha Negley and Phillip Jacobs. You can read more about Kaffe here and see his fabrics here.




I had trouble getting a picture of the whole quilt. One of my helpers was very tall! I think this was the best picture of the whole quilt.




Please be sure to visit the quilt show and see all the beautiful quilts from the bloggers.
Thank you Amy!