Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all!

May your day be filled with Joy!

He is Risen!

'til next time,  

Love ya,  Jean

My Postage Stamp Quilt

My Postage Stamp Quilt is finally finished!

I worked on it,  off and on,  for about two years...

I knew it was a long term project when I started it.

It has over 4,000 pieces on it. 

I hand stitched the quilting. 
It's called "big stitch quilting".
I saw it on Youtube.
It goes much faster than
the traditional quilting.

I absolutely LOVE it!
I guess that's what matters,  right?

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Mr. Robin was here...

He was on my lawn on Monday!

I was very happy to see him.

Spring will be here officially tomorrow.

We had some snow here yesterday,

 and it's predicted for tomorrow.

After that,  quite a few days of rain,  maybe! 

I'll just wait and see.

                                        I have another amaryllis blooming.

This one is a beautiful shade of orange.

This one was a brilliant red,  

knock-your-socks-off red!

It bloomed in January.

They are so beautiful!

I have 4 other baby bulbs 

that I grew from seed

 last year that are doing fine.

I forgot to take a picture of them.

It'll be years before they flower.

I can't wait to see what color they are.

I took them from a red plant,  

but I am hoping that they revert 

to some other color.  

We shall see!

So,  the rule of the day and this post is:  

Be patient!

Wait for the flowers to bloom...

Wait for the new bulbs to grow up...

and wait for warmer days, 

 when I will be able to get out there 

and work in my garden.

I will not rush! 

 Time is going by too fast anyway!

Enjoy every moment!

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

An early Valentine's Day!

It was a memorable day...

Our Valentine's Day 

was on Thursday, not Friday.

He thought it was that day...

We are getting older and we are retired, 

so one day seems to be the same as the next!  haha

I love flowers as you probably know by now,

so I was very pleased with the beautiful bouquet

 of roses that he got for me.  

The chocolates and strawberries were awesome, too!

I hope your day was good!  

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

January is finished!

Wow!

Where did this whole month go?

It was just Christmas and New Year's celebrations!!!

I've been relaxing and taking time 

to reflect and appreciate all that I have.

we now have two new babies in the family.

They are my great grandchildren.

Grayson Edward and Everleigh May.

I had planned on showing pictures of them but,

I can't get the pics from my phone 

to upload to my computer.

I need one of my grandchildren to help me,  

so I need to wait 'til one of them are free...

So,  this is what I am working on now.

I started making this quilt about two years ago,

 and knew that it would be a long-term project.  

It might even be longer than that.  

Anyway,  I have started doing the hand quilting on it. 

 I saw a "new" method of  quilting 

called "big stitch" that appealed to me.  

Since I don't have room here to try to quilt this on my machine,

 and it wouldn't fit anyway,  I decided to do it this way...

So here it is on the end of my dining room table.

It's big...  86" square.

They say to start in the middle
and work your way out to the ends.

Here's a closeup of the patches.
 This is called a postage stamp quilt. 
The patches are cut at 2",  and finish up at 1 1/2".

This is a look at the stitches.
 I need to do them both ways, 
so the quilting ends up at
 approximately 5" square all over.

The tools that I am using...

I am using # 8 DMC cotton perle thread.
I will keep you posted on my progress.
I also have two pillow shams to do,
 when I get the quilt finished...

So now for some flowers...  (below)
My Amaryllis is blooming again.
So reliable every year.
Just like clockwork!
This one was growing on it's own
in a corner of my workroom.
 It couldn't wait for me to start watering it.
It started on it's own! 
Now I have an offshoot from the main bulb
that has flowered for the first time!
And these are the flowers from the "baby" bulb!

Here they are a day later! 
So big and beautiful!

This is the bud on the "mother" plant.
 Waiting to see how many flowers it has this year.

And my orchid flowers are back. 
They love this east window where they live.
So pretty...

The weather has been great here
in New England this winter. 
We've had snow a few times,
 but the ground is bare now
and temps are reasonable.
 So far,  so good! 
We do have February and March
to get through though!  haha 
Who knows what they will bring with them!
We will wait and see!

I am anticipating maple sugaring season,
 which will be coming up in about 2 or 3 weeks! 
I'm hoping for a lot of sap this year! 
The temps are about right now, 
but it's still a little too early.

So that's about it for now.  
I hope you have a lovely day,  
wherever you are!

'Til next time,
Love ya,  Jean

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year,  Everyone!

I'm looking forward to a new year!  I hope and pray for all that they have a healthy and prosperous New Year!  Welcome to 2020! Thank you to all my followers and all of your sweet comments over the past year!

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am wishing you the very best 

Thanksgiving that you have ever had...

The turkey will be waiting...

And lots of appetizers,  too!
(and desserts,  don't forget the desserts!)
And of course, 
all the traditional dishes that go along with it!
I am so thankful for the all that I have
and I am wishing the best for you,  too!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

'Til next time, 
Love ya,  Jean