Wow. I'm going to try again at making a blog post.
Hi. I'm Michelle, and I am finally RETIRED!!!! Actually, I retired on
Sept.30, 2021 and I am loving it!
Life got in the way, and I quit blogging a few years ago. I have missed
you all. I have to admit that I post mostly on Facebook. If you want to
follow me there,my user name is Shelly Bee. I'd love to have you join me!
So How are you all? I am 65 and fine. I am getting back into quilting,
which feels nice, but I have GOT to quit buying fabric online!
Here is the latest quilt I have been working on. It is a Christmas gift. I just
got it back from the quilter today, and tomorrow I will probably try to get
the binding sewn on. It is a Kaffe Fassett quilt pattern using Kaffe collective
fabrics. This is the second second purple one I have made, but the other one
did not have borders on it. I have also made this pattern in Blues, and one
in reds, with no borders.
I might try and get another quilt made for another 'someone I love' before
Christmas too. Maybe I will get that one cut out tomorrow, Oh, today,
I guess!
Another good thing I did was restarted our Quilt group. We quit in 2018
when life got overwhelming for me. We have a smaller group, all of retired,
and it feels good! We are all going to a dinner theater in Rock Island, Illinois,
about an hour from here, on December 16 to see White Christmas. Should
be a blast, with these girls!
Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to say hello!
Michelle
Sew great to hear from you again!!!!! I was thinking of you the other day. You've been missed. I haven't been reading blogs much in the last year (life got in the way, and hard to get restarted with so much going on). I do blog here and there. I can't follow you on Facebook, since I've never been on FB. Glad you re-started the quilting group and started quilting again. Didn't you have a long arm?
ReplyDeleteI do have a midarm, which I still use, but I have a friend who has a Gammill longarm, and it makes beautiful designs, so sometimes we trade labor (I love sewing down binding by hand, so she lets me do that for her). I hope to post here more often. Good to hear from you as well!
DeleteCongratulations on being retired! Your quilt is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your wisdom and expertise with us
ReplyDeleteHello, your quilt turned out lovely. Hope that you are enjoying your retirement... my husband sure is. Although it did start with a rocky start as he retired in 2020! lol... hope to see more from you soon. Jean
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