Retrieved S.I.S. Pics

Just a bit more... last night when I posted, I thought I had lost photos I took of our S.I.S. (Sisters in Stitches) get-together yesterday, due to a nearly dead camera battery. But I discovered I got them after all. So I'm adding them a day later.

The beautiful wall hanging is one Chris rediscovered when she was perusing her Webshots archives, and then went in search of the 'real thing'. What a find, huh!? How could you forget something that beautiful?



Jean, in the foreground, was working on her hearts appliques, and Alice was working on her Tisket-A-Tasket appliques.

Rescued Baby Jane and S.I.S. Gathering

One of my favorite days.. today was S.I.S. We're still waiting for Leanna's return from the south, but the rest of us were all able to get together today. Chris gave us an excellent tutorial on appliqueing circles, two different ways. Yours truly wasted a great deal of time searching for an elusive block for DJ that I finished last night. ...was thinking I was losing my marbles ~ besides C-11. After everyone left, as a last desperate resort,I looked in the kitchen wastebasket. There it was!!! It had gotten bumped off the island. And it had apparently done a swan dive into some pasta sauce, so it took a bit of doing to remove all the stains. But now all is well.
C-11 - Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Kites and SIS

Finally back to it...

I've had a renewed surge in activity with my Dear Jane quilt. The original quilt was made by a woman named Jane Sickle in 1863. This is the quilt that started the craze with all of us Janiacs! I think I made 3 or 4 blocks this week, plus a kite (a corner block) and a triangle (for the pieced border). The kite was a real challenge.





One of the great things about this venture is all the new friends I'm making with the Dear Jane bloggers, 'meeting' and chatting with them from all over the world, especially a newfound friend in Florida. And they're always there ready to lend help and assistance with any questions people have! An amazing group!

We had our S.I.S. group (Sisters in Stitches) last week at one of our member's new digs. She just moved into an independent living facility in 2009, and occasionally we take our group to her. We sit and stitch and chat in the wonderful cheery sunroom pictured. We're strictly a hand sewing bee. Clockwise from front left: Jean, Alice, a nursing student tagging around after Agnes for the day, Agnes who is the resident member living there, and lastly my friend Louise, who was just visiting our group. Louise is not a quilter/sewer, but can really tickle the ivories like a pro!!!



Two of our members were missing that day. Leanna hasn't returned from her new winter home yet. She just moved about 6 doors down from their last home down in Phoenix. We've missed her and it will be so good to have her back up north!

And Chris got pulled into duty for her job at the last minute. Chris travels in to town from about 35 miles away for our bee, and we're honored she thinks it's worth the trip!

Leanna is also doing the Dear Jane, and Chris is our mentor on the project, Chris has already completed an unbelievable DJ top. Wish I had a small fraction of the talent that woman possesses. These gals are such a wealth of knowledge and talent! I so look forward to our get-togethers, and when Leanna is up North, the fun is magnified tenfold!!!

Creation of Quilting Studio

One last post today. I am going to post a few pictures of the quilting studio we are very nearly finished with. The area around the windows won't be finished until it gets just a little warmer so we can 'rip' oak plywood outdoors.

The following pictures are the latest room finished.




The next pictures are the room we finished earlier. This room looks west through the French doors toward the second room.



And finally, a view of the tile floor in the walkthrough between the two rooms. This had been framed for a closet by the original owners, but I wanted easier access between the two rooms.