The big wait is on...

and we are expecting a terrible storm overnight and into Tuesday. They have been talking about this for 3 days. Maybe we will get lucky and get missed. I can only hope.

I made my fifth block in the Civil War BOW over at Barbara Brackman's blog. This one was a little more complicated and took more time. I expect they will get harder as we go along.
My points aren't very even but I like the block itself.
We are starting the second mystery block over at QTS and it has a lot more pieces to work with. I need to cut out mine. I guess we have until the end of the month to show them.
I have started a new x-stitch just 3½" square so it shouldn't take long. I do these when I am watching TV and can't read or I miss the program. LOL.
I also joined a Flickr group that does old fashioned embroidery and uses them on everyday items. Some of these are really cute.
I found some iron-on patterns from Lee Wards that are pretty old I haven't decided what to make yet. I miss that store; I frequented it a lot.
I guess Block Central has shut down for good. The link doesn't even go to the site anymore. So sad for all of the nice ladies I met there.

Darlene

Late January ...

and we still are having cloudy and cold days. I guess we should be grateful here to not have too much snow like the eastern states are getting.
I usually don't pay much attention to the weather but my husband is the type of person who really gets down when it is cloudy most of the time. When the sun comes out and even very cold he loves it. 
I belong to a ton of forums and websites and enjoy reading them and making new friends. One of them Block Central has shut down. When you go there it says they are doing maintenance but it hasn't been up and running for almost a month. I hope the owner Kim is okay. Since I got my computer in 2004 I have made a lot of friends and acquaintances.  It is one of the greatest things in my life.  For several years I was on a ton of crochet sites and now I am enjoying quilting sites. I rarely crochet anymore although I haven't given it up. It's just that quilting has taken over.LOL

This  is a mystery block I made this week. You start with 8 plain squares size 4" and 8 printed squares at 4". Then you cut them in half for the triangles and put together a design of your own for a 12" finished block.  I thought this was a lot of fun. Can't wait to get the next one going. The name of the group is Quilting to Share. They are all so nice and helpful over at Yuku I really enjoy going there.
Thanks for reading
Darlene

Very cold today but the sun helped with the mood...

and we had 5.7" of snow on Thursday and it's hard to believe the city has plowed our street 3 times.  We went to the grocery on Friday and had no problem at all except pushing the cart to the car.

 I just finished the 4th block in the Civil War blocks of the week at Barbara Brackman's blog.

The block is called Texas Tears and believe me I almost cried some myself.  I was doing a lot of ripping out at first and finally the light bulb went on. LOL Piecing is not my forte.
Have a great and warm evening.

 Darlene

The third Civil War block...

Here is my version of the 7 Sisters block.
It has warmed up today was around 36° this afternoon. A lot of our patio has melted but the street is still very icy.
Darlene

Finally finished

I finally finished my table topper. I got the pattern from a tutorial on The Quilting Life blog. The button for this blog is on your left side of the page here.  I used some charm squares I had and I really like how it turned out. It's hard to find a pattern to use charm squares.
It was cold today and  cloudy and dreary.   We are supposed to have more snow in the next couple of days.

Darlene
 

Just dropping in to show you my Civil War blocks

I finished the second one awhile ago. They are fairly easy but that's okay with me. 

I heard from a friend of mine in Indy whom I have known since we were 3 years old. We found each other again on Facebook. I had seen her at funerals and talked to her on the phone from time to time. Our families lived across the street from each other for many years. That's Kay on the right and me. This picture was taken in downtown Indianapolis at one of the theaters. We went to the movies a lot back then. Late 1950's.
Thanks for looking
Darlene

winter has returned

snow began falling last night and it has snowed off and on today. It is so cold again 20° right now at 5:30pm.
I want to share with you my beautiful "new" old machine I got Tuesday.

 She was on Ebay and was listed right here in Columbus. It really saved on shipping to go and pick up than to put out over $36. She is in fantastic shape but I have to work on the tension. My DH made a new cord seeing that the old one was frayed and stiff being made of fabric. She was born in 1925 in New Jersey and is a  model 99. There were 15, 000 of these released at that time. I believe the case is either mahogany or walnut. It is in really good condition. The bar in front of the machine is the knee control. So unique to me.
I am making a tabletopper and I just have to quilt and bind it.
Then I want to join my friend Lillian and make the Civil War blocks she talked about on her blog http://lillianscupboard.wordpress.com/. Thanks for the tip.
Have a great weekend