Sunday, March 8, 2009

Ups and Downs







It's been a long weekend. Poor Ernie is so sick....some days I think it will be his last and other days he acts like a puppy. Today was a puppy day - yesterday was a bad day. My poor kids call and don't know whether I will be laughing or crying. One particularly bad day Abby sent me some cheery flowers - it made me feel much better! Who wouldn't be happy with such a smiley face and flowers!

Today was an arts and crafts day. I spent most of the morning working on the bright colored quilt. It is still not my favorite, so I made it about the size of a table and will use it as a picnic table cloth. Once it is done, I'll take a picture of it.

This afternoon, I went to my friend Richard Bailey's art open house. We did some painting of flowers and played around with color all afternoon. Of course, there was wine and cheese - the wine to make us more creative!!! Tomorrow I head over there to take a lesson with Richard. We're going to experiment with different mediums and he will show me the Bob Ross method of painting.


Once home, I decided to work a little on my newest quilt. It is using 30's fabric and I found the pattern in a quilting magazine that I get. I thought it would be different than what I usually do, and would look nice on the bed at our new apartment! These are pictures of some of the nine patches that I did. They aren't sewed together as the pattern is different than the picture to the right.
I sure do miss Mike, Shari, Audrey and Jamie. It's very quiet out here without them. Can't wait to head back to the Chicagoland area. We have a small apartment in Arlington Heights....will be quite something to go from 2,000 square feet to 900 sf. Can't wait to see all my friends and Audrey again!