Barn Star Sampler Quilt

Works in Progress 2023

I have several quilts that need to be finished. Probably a dozen in the planning stages! Always thinking ahead, ya know. There will never be enough hours in the day, weeks in the year, or months in my lifetime to complete all the quilts I want to make! 

This bottom one in the lineup is my temperature quilt. This shows the first 5 months. Already halfway through July and looking more colorful all the time. We had a rough, long winter, so lots of blues and greens there (for very low temps).

Summer Happenings

Late spring was spent in Sisters, Oregon with my sisters and Mom. We try to meet up there every year.

The Sitching Post is located there, so always do some shopping. We wander the shops, hang out, work on projects, eat too much, catch up on all the latest family drama. 

With spring comes baby chicks. These are Jersey Giant chicks this year. Maybe we'll do some other kinds in the future.

Gardening is a big part of the summer, of course. Made my life easier by laying groundcover and mulch between the raised beds this year. The grandkids helped a little. This was early summer, so things were still growing. Everything looks much better in July.

Early summer also brought along other projects, like this new deck on the back of our house. My sister, Bonnie, and her husband came out to help. It turned out great and hope it lasts another 20 years.

Completed Quilts in 2023

Completed in 2023. The butterfly one was hung in the grandkids room. 

Sweet Childhood Memories was a quilt along with Pat Sloan using Cheri and Chelsea's fabrics from A Quilting Life. I gave this one to my sister-in-law. The back shows the feather quilting.