A PRIMITIVE QUILT

that I've been working on, taking a block from Jan Patek's Collector Series, needle turn applique, will add the last blocks and a big border.

EARLY WINTER STORM

has brought the first herd of Big Horns down, this herd has three new babies.

LOOKING FORWARD, TO OCTOBER THAT IS

Good to finally have a nice weekend, brain and body feels rested and the ton of appointments that Jim has had to have are all completed. He's on a CPAP now at night and it has done wonders for him in just the few days he has had it. He still feels awkward about wearing it, but I am and he should be well past that "awkward" stage after all that has happened.

So lots of football watching, watched the Farm Aid concert, takes me back 26 years when it first started with Willy Nelson back when we were in Texas.

So I'm finally back stitching on the Collector Series, even if it was a simple block, love the feel of the old fabric and love this block, would make a wonderful lap quilt. And it is as dark as it looks. My kind of prim, needle turn applique, is there any other kind if you are stitching primitive.

A COPY BOOK

I MADE THIS FOR THE WINNER OF OUR SUE SPARGO'S CHALLENGE. IT'S FROM MAGGIE BONANOMI'S FABULOUS PRIM BOOK, "WITH THESE HANDS", SIMPLE PROJECT AND THEN I CHANGED THE FRONT DESIGN TO A SUE SPARGO DESIGN.

A COPY BOOK IS THE SAME THING AS WHAT WE CALL A NOTEBOOK OR A JOURNAL, THE COPY BOOK NAME GOES BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY WHEN THEY USED THEM TO COPY THEIR LETTERWRITING AND THEN PER MAGGIE, BECAME A PLACE TO RECORD ONE'S THOUGHTS OR DRAWINGS, SO A NICE PROJECT TO MAKE FOR YOUR QUILT DESIGNS AND PRIVATE THOUGHTS, VERSES YOU LOVE.

THIS VERSE WAS IN MAGGIE'S BOOK, BY LAURA INGALLS WILDER,
IT IS THE SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE THAT MAKE LIVING WORTHWHILE,
THE SWEET FUNDAMENTAL THINGS SUCH AS LOVE AND DUTY, WORK AND REST,
AND LIVING CLOSE TO NATURE.

PATRICK SWAYZE

I was very sad last night to hear of Patrick Swayze's death on Monday evening. Who hasn't heard of him from the film "Dirty Dancing", from the late 80"s, my so called coming of age years, must have watched that film a dozen times. He came across in real life as a kind, gentle man, married to the same women for 30 years and grew up in Texas, the son of a cowboy and a ballet instructor, what a mix. An outstanding horse trainer as well.

I had just dropped Jim off in Livingston for an over night sleep study test after taking an hour to get him to get in the truck and go thru with the test, convince him to find out what's wrong, take the next step and go on, so it was late when I got home and heard the news. I cried, for Patrick Swayze, for Jim and even for me.

I picked Jim up early this morning after his test, it didn't go well, yet another doctor to see in two days. Jim was devastated, I wish for him to see the big picture, that he can be treated, but I see this as a nurse not as the patient. I know he's tired. He apologized to me for what he has put me thru, I think I stood in the shower for 30 minutes so he wouldn't hear me crying.

They are both the same age, Patrick and Jim, I saw an interview with Patrick Swayze this evening before his death and he said something so deeply moving, from the movie "Ghost", a real tear jerker, ........."the only thing you can take with you is the love you have."

This has been a sad day, tomorrow will be better.

Sue Spargo Challenge

I had seen some stunning pictures of a challenge that Sue Spargo did at one of her workshops. I wanted to do something like that for my Yahoo group, Sue was gracious enough to design a pattern for us, a basis to start, and then the ladies were left to create "out of the box". Here are pics of the pattern they started with, Sue's model and the winning creation by Betty. You can see more creations and read more about the Challenge on Sue's blog in the next few days.




Jim and I are hanging in there.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOBSTER

Debbie, aka WoolnSails is a member of my yahoo group, and she emailed me that I needed to pick up a parcel at the post office, it's on the way home between work and home, but I didn't read the email until I was already home thursday, didn't work friday, and she said it shouldn't sit around the post office too long. I kept thinking it's something perishable or worse.

But instead it is the most awesome quilt that members of my group made for Jim and I. I was overwhelmed, cried when I saw such detail of our lives that they put into each block, it will go above Jim's bed.