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Thank you to all those who left comments on the Anna & G On The Road.  There doesn't seem to be a way on this format to respond but,...I love your support and ideas and those that are traveling I hope we run into each other stitching on the road!  

I have heard of a pattern called The Haunted Quilt, it was Halloween themed. And, I have read a book that made reference to a haunted quilt...but, it was fiction. And, I remember reading a historical fiction in which one of the characters actually wanted to curse the other one's marriage and she sprinkled grave yard dirt on the batting before quilting her wedding gift...oh brother! I did a little research and there are references to haunted quilts but it is because they were found in a haunted house. So, I was surprised on this road trip to hear about a "Haunted Quilt" in the family.

G's family history is woven with many wonderful hand quilters and I was expressing to his uncle that I sure wish I could have one of those family heirloom quilts. His response was that if he could find it, I could have the one made for him...an appliqued butterfly quilt or...there is also the "Haunted Quilt." What??!! Do tell... When he was a young man, he worked on a crew building an interstate and shared a house with three other guys. The house belongeds to one of the guy's mothers who had passed away.  Weird stuff happened while they were there..stuff misplaced...midnight walking...candy in shoes and the fire pot being stock with a blazing fire in the mornings. Now, I know it was because that woman was beside herself with four guys living in her home and not picking up after themselves. After a while they decided to move because too many strange things were going on. The son told G's uncle to go pick out a quilt from the pile of quilts his mother made...and, a "Haunted Quilt" came into G's family. Strange things started happening when it was laid out on a bed! Grandma complained that she could hear spools of thread rolling across the wooden floor. So, now it is folded away in a drawer waiting for someone to set it free, LOL. I don't want that one...I want the appliqued butterfly quilt!
 

I have been doing some stitching while on the road and if I am in a spot more than two days I bring out the featherweight. It is really challenging to stitch when the outdoors is calling my name!!!


The best part of goal setting is you get to be kind to yourself...so, you didn't met the goals you set down...they are just guidelines and I love having them but what I want you to know, is anyone who cares about you is not going to judge you and those that do...well who needs them!  I learned that goals on the road are entirely different than goals at home. The terrain on the road is so different and it is hard to stitch when your mouth in hanging open as you look at the beautiful scenery. Plus, stitching while being a passenger in an RV is totally different than trying to stitch while a passenger on a quad-runner, LOL. I looked back as my March Goals and realized I may have had Buffet Quilt Syndrome...you know...you see a buffet and you think you want to try it all then when you sit down you can't finish it.  Which brings me to April's Goals...I think I can...I think I can...I think I can...

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