Last weekend I finally tied myself to the house and got my
quilt top all pinned. I was going to
baste it but it’s not really all that big so I decided to just do the pinning
instead. I’ve got almost four blocks
quilted already and I think I am going to really like the all over circle
design. Here it is below in the
hoop. You can see the circles taking
shape. My last quilt was all
batiks. These nice soft cottons are sure
easier to pull the needle through than those beautiful batiks.
Speaking of hoops, I sat down last weekend to do a little
knitting while I watched our Iowa State Cyclones team play to victory against
North Carolina. It was such a nail
biting game that I had to put my knitting aside or I would have had a
mess. Tomorrow night they will play
again in the Sweet Sixteen tournament in New York. As we cheer them on I’m not even going to try
to get any stitching done!
In my last post I was hopeful that spring was on the horizon
here in Iowa. But it’s still teasing us
with one warm day and then three days of cold, gloom and wind. Lately it seems these dark clouds have
stopped and decided to hover over us indefinitely.
Spring weather can be
treacherous and it proved to be yesterday.
When I tried to pull into my neighborhood on the way home from work I
was surprised to see blocked streets. But
then I noticed the thick black smoke up the hill. One of our neighbors had a house fire. Fire trucks from several areas were parked
everywhere and they were fighting it as best they could in spite of the
horrible wind. They feared that the
houses on either side would also succumb but they managed to keep the fire
contained. They found the owner in the
backyard suffering from smoke inhalation and whisked him off to the
hospital. He will be all right but the
beautiful home was a total loss. It
definitely cast a pall over the rest of the evening. My prayers go out to the family who has lost
so much.
There has been so much devastation lately - the Malaysian Flight, mudslides in Washington
and several fires around the Midwest. But no matter how much we complain about how awful things can be life still goes on. This morning the sun was trying it’s best to
peek through the clouds with the promise of another day.
And imagine my happiness when I saw this little clump of summer yarrow peeking through the soil this
morning! It reminded me that even though spring can be reluctant to come, and will even blow
petulant winds through the threads of our lives, it will also promise such beauty
to bless us and bring color to our world.
Love your quilt project your are working on Ginney…It is very colorful.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to read about the fire in your neighborhood and hope all is well with your neighbor. I absolutely love your last pic too. Among that clump of mess, I can still see the beauty. TFS Ginney.
Blessings!
Jackie:)