Hello everyone.  It has been quite a while since my last blog post.  We all need a hiatus once in a while and for some of us, those are longer than normal.  I dare to say that I am back but I truly do plan to post often.  They say you never stop remembering how to ride a bike, just get back on and take off.  Kind of how I feel about blogging.  I was on a roll for a long time thanks to all of the blog hops I participated in and then I started to pitter out once those were gone coupled with the death of my sister and I stopped blogging.  I want to regain that momentum once again so you will all want to come and visit to see what I am getting done in the quilting and stitching world.

And no better way to jump back in but to have a giveaway!  I will send one lucky commenter a surprise package of lace, beads and charms and other goodies to use in their crafts!  Just be sure you arent set to anonymous when you are commenting. 

I will start off by showing you the finishes I was lucky enough to finish in 2025.  As you can see, it is mostly all smalls... pincushions allow you to enjoy getting back in to sewing as a quick pick me up.  I also did a couple of tshirt quilts for clients.  I did the 2 pink quilts and the red quilt as a joint effort with other quilters who sent blocks.  The 2 pink quilts were sent to a wonderful sweet lady as Quilts of Joy who was part of the quilting circle who celebrated her 100th birthday.  There were so many blocks sent that I was able to create a  lap quilt for her recliner and also a bed quilt.  She sadly passed away a week after she received the quilts and we were saddened immensely but we were so glad she received the quilts and was able to wrap them around herself beforehand.  The red quilt was made as a Comfort Quilt for her daughter later.  The comfort quilts is a ministry we started several years ago and I am so glad that it continues.

Enjoy the photos.

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The giveaway will end on Jan 15th and I will announce the winner on the 16th on my post for that weeks FIRST Finished ( or not) FRIDAY.

I am linking up over at Alycia's FIRST FINISHED (or not) FRIDAY!

 Elizabeth and I met face to face via an online quilting group in 2008.  From that moment on, we have been best friends as if we had known each other our entire lives.  She is a very loving and caring woman!  She moved to Massachusetts from Puerto Rico over 50 years ago.  My husband's friend asked him to go to a Boston/NC State ballgame with him that was being held in Boston in 2008.  I wouldn't let them leave me behind because I knew several quilters via the online group from the area we were heading to and Elizabeth was one of those quilters.  We were going to stay at a Choice Hotel and the quilters had gone and asked if we could use their meeting room for the day and they agreed we could.  We all sat and stitched and talked all day.  We went out for lunch and a little shopping as well.  I made some lifelong friendships from being able to meet them in person.  The online group does a lot of comfort quilts and charity work and when Elizabeth had 2 brothers pass away within 4 months of each other, I put out the call for heart blocks and was able to make this quilt to present to her.  She came for a weeks visit this June, something she has done many times since we met in Boston in 2008 and several times even staying 2 weeks.  I presented the quilt to her and she loved it so very much!  These quilts get prayed over as the blocks are being made and as the quilt is going together and being finished.  It serves as prayers, love and hugs from the ladies who take part for a lifetime to the recipient. 

 My good friend lost her daughter last year and I, along with a group of quilters, have been creating comfort quilts for them.  2 other ladies and the group made a quilt for the mother and the group and I made quilts for the 2 siblings and for the dad.  These quilts are prayed over as the blocks are being made by quilters from all across the USA.  The blocks for the dads and siblings quilts were sent to me for the 3 quilts and I put them together and quilted them.  The family received a heap of blessings when they opened the box. A comfort quilt provides the family members with hugs and love for a lifetime from friends who share the same passion. I am glad I have the means to help make these quilts possible.

Linking up to Alycia and Finished or Not Friday!

Today is the official World Embroidery Day. It was set up July 30, 2011 by a Swedish Embroiderer’s Guild and since then has spread swiftly around the globe.

I am not as skilled as some but my work will hold it's own. I hope you enjoyed the photos.

 My granddaughter turned 12 this past week.  Emilee loves cats and does her bedroom in black cats.  Her favorite colors are black, purple and seafoam green (the cats eyes).  So I made her a quilt to fit her bed.  It was a long time in coming as I had never made her a quilt before.  She loved it and I was proud to finally gift her a quilt.

I love anything to do with my Alma Mater, Belgreen High School, so when Tressa asked if I would make a quilt with her daughters tshirts, I gladly took the job!  I love how her quilt turned out!

Carla from Creatin' in the Sticks is hosting this fun blog hop and I am happy to be participating!  Hopefully this will nudge me back in to blogging!  This is day #2 so if you missed yesterday use the list below and go back and see their tickled pink projects too!  I have been working on customer work so I decided to show off 2 of the most recent finishes as they are both PERFECT for the hop!

The first thing I am showing is a quilt I made using a little girls clothing that she wore the 1st year of her life.  LOTS of pink and lots of little girls tickled giggles.  There were a lot of monogrammed items and I think it turned out great.

My next show and tell is my most current finish and although it may not have pink in it, it is full of HEARTS!  Perfect for Valentine's Day which was yesterday!  The fabrics are all Girl Scout fabrics and the young girls badges will be sewn to the quilt now that it is home.  I quilted the Scout Pledge in the lower solid yellow area below the bottom row of hearts.  I could kick myself for forgetting to take a final photo of the finished quilt once it was bound but I was trying to beat the post office closure the day I bound it so it got boxed and mailed.  I need to ask my client to send me a few pics of it for my files.  I do have this pic that I made to show her the quilt before it went on the frame for quilting.  I am very TICKLED with how it turned out!

Lastly, I want to show off something I made a few years ago when I was headed to a quilting retreat in New Hampshire.  We were all sent a piece of fabric that depicted something you might find there hence the cow fabric since New Hampshire is a Dairy state.  We were instructed to make something with it.  My readers from the past know of my love of pigs, so I made a pig and then made a cow to ride on him.  The challenge fabric is his cape.  I added a sign to the tail of the pig that reads New Hampshire or Bust!  The parasol was the perfect finishing touch!  I gifted him to a friend of mine there at the retreat who also has the same love for pigs.  She is from Iowa.  I asked her just recently if she still had the set and she said she did.  I hope this tickles you as much as it did me to make and gift it!

Thank you for joining me on my day and I hope you love my Tickled Pink Show and Tell!

Please join the other bloggers today and continue through until Thursday so you dont miss a thing!  The list of other bloggers is just below!

Monday, February 14th