The All People Quilt's 2016 UFO challenge inspired me to actually finish some projects! This is my most recent finish. Row quilts are so much fun!
I have no idea why the picture is sideways!

Great to see all you row together Geneva
Dawn, isn't it good of us to help expand your post office's staff's knowledge of their job

Geneva, I am so glad you received your block. Boy, that was fast! I just mailed it Thursday. And, I'm thrilled that you like it! It was a fun block to make, but took a little forethought. (Almost missed it down there at the bottom of your post.) I seldom use patterns or directions. Just look at a picture and go for it. (We're STILL having that crummy drizzle!) One lady in our guild did a crayon draw quilt in her winter guild. She did three lady stripper siloettes with each color, and called it "2 1/2" inch strip." Each silloette was about 2 1/2". One stripper even had red feathers in the appropriate places! Very cute!

Rosemary, Lotti, and Terrie........I am very nervous about your packages getting to you! I live in a very small town, and the post office is just as small. It took all three employees to oversee the transactions. Those darn custom forms!!!! Anyway, please let me know when you get them, so I can breath a sigh of relief!

Limbania, I pray your husband is healing well, the kids are adjusting well to their new school, and that your new sewing business stitches right along! And, all lumps and sycts stay away!

I'm finishing up two Outreach chemo/dialysis quilts (will post a picture when completed) and then it is on to the next three rows.

Dawn

Hello!
I have missed you all very much. Somehow the past couple of months have gotten away from me. I'm glad you are still here, patiently tapping your toe, waiting for me to resurface. haha...
In September I was voted by my quilt guild to be the featured artist for the annual quilt show in March. Wow! I didn't see that coming, but I am very honored and humbled. Now to get busy and make some new quilts!
The quilt guild is having a crayon challenge. We pick 3 crayons from a paper bag and use those colors plus one color of our choice. The quilt must be 24" x 36". I found that the size limitation was really harder than I thought it would be. I had several different iterations of a quilt before I could say "ok" let's sew this together. Here are my crayons.



And here are the fabrics I found. I added teal.




Yesterday I finished quilting my challenge quilt. I'll put the binding on today and hopefully have that checked off my to do list. I'll post a picture soon.

Rows.... Rosemary I like your idea of showing the rows we have received so far. Here are my beauties.




And yesterday after I took the picture above, Dawn's row came in the mail! Dawn I love this row! I love the colors, and the twisting and your work is wonderful! Thank you so much! And, I'm sorry about the weather..... But it's really the fault of Seattle/Portland. They need to keep their crappy rain and gloomy skies to themselves. Here in Eastern Washington, we are only supposed to have sunshine! So I hope you can understand why we send our gloom onto you. We're just passing it along!

My grandbabies are doing fine. They keep me so busy. I made a Star Wars apron for my granddaughter's 7th birthday. She loved it.

Luann, I am so sorry to hear in your blog that you had to deal with Hurricane Mathew. The emotional stress and the physical stress must be difficult. I hope you can get back to sewing now that everything seems to have calmed down for you.

Limbania I hope your husband is doing well and your new quilt business is a smashing success!

Jen, good on ya for all you do. Doctoring, mothering, sewing and even keeping us up to date. You are a amazing!

I'm sending you all happy vibes for a productive and happy November. Thanks for all your posts. I read them all and get a lot of laughs and hugs from them.
geneva

Hope things went well for Mark, Limbania. And that your fledgling business takes off, don't be too soft hearted when it comes to charging for your time (it is much easier working for strangers, than friends!)

Ooooh, Dawn I love your photo, you tease you

Hope all went smoothly for Mark Limbania. Thank you for your update, heavens that drive is enormous.

Good luck with the long arm, hope it's lots of fun as well as work.

I'm just checking in to let you all know I am alive and well, even though I have been quiet for a while. I did finally get the last three rows that I made, ready to mail, sometime later this week.



It has been fun catching up and looking at all of the wonderful rows that everyone is making! You ladies rock!

Take care, Jen! You are amazing! And, Limbania, it's good to "see" you again! It's been a while!

Dawn

Dear Limbania,
I'm not doing the Row Robin but have been a TQS member for years. I often read the posts here to see what everyone is doing. I will be praying for you all especially your DH whom I hope has a speedy recovery. Good Luck on your quilting business I have a feeling that you will do great.
Warm wishes
Pam (in Scotland)

Hello ladies!
Jen, congrats on your beautiful baby girl! Wow, you really are super woman. Hats off to you.

Lovely blocks everyone!

Heather and Andrée, thank you for the beautiful rows. Love them!

Wendy - Wow! Those chicks were fast, so glad you liked them.

Cathy and Andrée, hopefully you already got your rows too. Sorry for the delay. They got mailed together with Wendy's row.

Summer was pretty busy with the kids and life "happenings". Here's a summary of some of the highlights.

Renatta (that's DD) started middle school this year and we moved her to a new school, BASIS is the name. She'll be there all the way to high school. Is farther than her prior school and in the beginning it was crazy driving her and then Marcus (that's DS) to his school. After the first week we decided to switch Marcus to the same school Renatta is attending, although he is in a different campus, a few blocks from Renatta's. But instead of driving almost 50 miles twice a day now I drive about 35ish miles twice a day. Spending about 3 hour a day between driving and drop off/pick up time makes for listening lots of audio books, let me tell you. It broke my heart to get Marcus out of the Spanish immersion program he attended in his former school but decided it was better for everyone. He is now lerning Mandarin but at home continues reading, listening music and watching movies and cartoons in Spanish. Hopefully when is time to choose an elective language in 7th grade (he's in 2nd now) he'll go back to Spanish. The school is wonderful and one of the best 10 schools in the US but it comes with a price... lots of homework!

Things are not stable for Mark (that's DH) at work. First he had his salary cut off so, we had to adjust accordingly. He still has a job and was told he'll have one no matter what but, what we don't know is when changes happen what salary and conditions/benefits he'll have. I decided is time for me to start having some income but getting a job doesn't seem to be a good thing for us so I'm starting a quilting business. I bought the Bernina Q24 long arm machine and waiting for it to be delivered in a week or so. There's going to be a learning curve to learn to use it and get started promoting the biz and attracting clients. In the meantime I'm learning as much as I can and getting some blog, FB page and group set up. Later on I might have a website.

Kids and I are in good health although I had a bit of a scare back in August when I had my half year check up. Thankfully it seems is only a tiny cyst and hope that with massage and some supplements it'll go away. Mark found out he's got an inguinal hernia and is having surgery today Monday, Oct/24. Thankfully is going to be done endoscopically and therefore ambulatory. Hopefully he'll recover quickly since other than that he's in good health. We would appreciate prayers and healing vibes/thoughts.

Working on getting organized to not get behind on the rows and "visit" with you all more often. Hugs to you all.

Wow Jen are you superwoman! Baby, working, lack of sleep and then you get the rows done and have time to post on here!

Lovely to hear from you and tickle your little Abby's toes for me.

Hi Jen,
Can't believe you've already returned to work. Glad to hear Abby's doing well and everyone's adjusting too. Hope you all enjoy the fall festivities.
Barb

Jen, kudos to you for returning to work with a baby and other Little's. I only had the one and was fortunate that our finances was such that it was possible for me to be a stay at home mum (basically if I had gone back to work, all the money would have gone on childcare). Really hoping you get to have a good nights sleep soon, and I am looking forward to my parcel. Planning on some trees for you at the moment

Hello all! It has been a hectic few months. I've finished my maternity leave and returned to work Abby is doing well and we're all adjusting to new schedules. Last weekend and this weekend I made time to sit down and catch up on my rows - thanks so much for your patience. Dorothy, Limbania, Rosmarie F, and Rosmary C your rows are all in envelopes ready to head to the post office. I hope to make it by early this week - as long as mommy brain doesn't strike again (last week I managed to lock my keys in my trunk for the first time in my life, the worst of a thousand small sleep deprived moments since returning to work ).

Love seeing all the great rows! Off to feed a hungry baby!
- Jen

Great to see so many great rows together.