African quilt for Niece

Here is the quilt top almost put together for my niece who travels to Africa once or twice a year to work in the bush with vets on the big cats. She has been bugging me for a long time that she wanted one of my quilts to snuggle in but none of the ones I have were right for her. Till I found these fabrics in Hilton Head at a cute quilt shop I visit everytime I go there.

I'm planning to put a small black border, then a small border of all the prints and then a 4 or 6 inch black border. Any other suggestions???

This woodpecker sat in this position on the birdfeeder for 2 hours without moving. He must have been waiting for a bug.

What we do for food!!!!! Love it. Have a Great Day!!!

Winter Weather Quilt

Just got back last Sunday from a retreat I sponsor for myself and 5 GOOD friends. We were staying at my brother-in-laws hunting cabin in the Amish country in Kentucky. This nice cabin is 3500 sq. ft. and can sleep 16 bodies.

We were there a whole week and we are still friends. We have lots of good food and when we don't feel ilke cooking we go to town to the Cafe or to the Catfish place and enjoy catfish and all the trimmings.

Usually we take our machines and end up sewing very little but for some reason this time we all sewed like crazy. I finished this quilt top made from Moda's Fresh Squeezed Line and it made me feel good the whole time I worked on it. It just makes you want to SMILE. The pattern is Just Can't Cut It. I have made several of these because they are easy and fast.

I made a huge pot of 15 bean soup and cornbread today. It is so filling and delicious and warms your insides.

That is all for now. Bren