She was hiding over at HGTV Share Your Quilts. If you haven't looked at quilts there, take some time and discover some more very talented quilters.
The Pattern is Old Fashioned Sunbonnet Sue - BA0042. I found the pattern at Colonial Crafts for 10.00.
My little Payten Hope will have a new quilt for Christmas! This will be fun to make using seasonal fabrics for all her dresses and hats!

Last week I saw a Sunbonnet Sue quilt where she was elaborately dressed and decorated for each month of the year. One block she was dressed in green wool coat and hat trimmed with fur. I can't remember whose blog I saw it on. If it was yours, please respond so I can see it again. It is truly a work of needle art!!!

No sewing for a month - I have been hand quilting my Grandma's Friendship Blocks quilt for my oldest daughter Shannon. I will do the binding today and then in the washer and dryer. I ...

Nikki at The Scarlette Rose Garden is hosting a ball for the 70th Anniversary of "Gone With The Wind".
I just found Miss Scarlett and a few of her friends ( or were they foes?) around my house. I made a new Wedding Gown for my brunette bride doll, she is 49 yrs old, I got her when I was 10. Miss Scarlett is a Madame Alexander bride that I made clothes for when Santa brought her to my 10 yr old daughter Allison in 1989. When I made the green frock I thought I was sewing for Scarlette O'Hara ...

Thank you to all who are praying for us, Dale is so much better now. I am still hand quilting but at home now, it was really a good diversion at the hospital.
I am getting ready for the "Gone With The Wind" Ball. Nikki is such a gracious hostess! I am so excited to see her party and all who are participating.

No deadline but my husband is back in hospital with an abcess from his colon surgery last week. He is getting great care and certainly is just where he needs to be. We have a great doctor! Our grandson's first football game is tonight and he plays center, a junior in highschool and PaPaw wants to be there so much. He will listen to it on the radio and will be playing along with Cody.
I quilted at the hospital for hours yesterday, a great stress reliever but had to use my "shock treatment" for muscle spasms last night ...

Crazy week for Colleen, my husband had colon surgery on Tuesday. He came home from hospital on Friday, he is doing well.

I had to have a project to keep my hands busy so I started hand quilting the Grandma's Friendship Blocks quilt. It has been years since I have done any hand quilting.

Easy does it, MIMI!!! my shoulder is tight so I need to slow myself down so I don't sit for too long at a time. Years of smocking by hand and french hand sewing caused me many problems with my shoulder, back and neck ...

I have found a blog site for quilters and quilt shops!!!
www. quilterblogs.com
I am very excited to be included with all the creative quilters on this site, so I am ready to do some browsing through other quilter's blogs! That means more ideas for quilts.

I have finished the Witches Castle quilt top for 10 yr old grandson Joe. It is really scary he will love it. I will post pics tomorrow.
Also, starting machine quilting (stitch in the ditch) on my Batik Puzzle Quilt. I no longer hand quilt, but did not want any stitching crossing over my puzzle blocks. So I decided to machine quilt it using my walking foot on my Bernina 930. An older model but I love that sewing machine. It is going pretty well. The blocks are set on diagonal, so I have two large triangle sections, and separate ...

I started Joe Ferguson's birthday present today. The Witches Castle quilt with the flying monkeys is going to be fun - I am using several sections of panels from previous collections to help tell the story. Since Joe will be 10 yr old I have not used any pinks or pastels, no girlie stuff. The large panel has the witches green hands reaching for Dorothy's Ruby Slippers! Very scary!!!
He will love it. Birthday is September 9th so I have a lot to do.

I stayed up way too late last night working on my background colors! Those who already know me understand how I am about color!!! Let me know what you think.
Alex age 3 and Payten age 14mos are coming to play this morning. So I will check in later.
Have a great day!
Colleen