soggy sunday

thanks to ms helene and another small front that swooped in after she left....actually nearly all week was soggy.  it looked gloomy and raw out but actually was very warm...so A/C came on again briefly.  inside sewing and stuff was the respite from rain.   here is the progress...

five festive christmas stockings got finished.....showed the senior center gals how to make them as well.  they do work up quick and are very fun to make.  

with the chookshed challenge deadline looming spent saturday working on my penn dutch wall quilt....

these are just pinned for now until the design wall is empty....then they will get basted and put in a portable project bag as a take along....i hesitated many times hanging on to this pattern from 1981, but now that i see it take shape, am very glad i did.  the top left and bottom right have some vines as well that'll get made at some point.  

with november 1st just a month away, i've posted a verse so meaningful to me....that's my 8-year anniversary since my heart surgery...eight years that i would not have had...eight years (nearly) more with mom and family, eight years of loving my daughter and son-in-law, eight years of sewing and quilting enjoyment, making new friends, moving to a safe place....to say i am blessed is a huge understatement.   life--there is nothing like it.  thank you God!