Deacons, Indeed!

Karen and I had a great time working on the quilt for her son. Being as we are both the mother of boys, two sons each – we had a great time discussing what it’s like to cook for boys, the things they appreciate, the things they have no clue over ---and most of all how FAST they grow from babies to youngsters to teens to young men.

All too quickly!

Karen was even sweet enough to bring lunch ---this girl comes organized! She packed her rolling cooler ((Mothers of boys who play sports MUST have a rolling cooler for games!)) and at just about half way on the quilt, we broke for lunch, heated up her yummy homemade southwestern veggie soup on the stove, and ate yummy chicken salad upon crackers ---along with fresh sliced strawberries, and muffins – which we never got around to, we were too full!

And being the mother of sons who play copious amounts of baseball, and it IS baseball season – she had to ditch out at 2pm to go play “shuttle bus” driving home to Lewisville to go get a van full of kids to drive them all the way back to Kernersville where the game is this afternoon. Kernersville is fairly close to me --- so I told her to not worry, I’d baby-sit the machine and finish the last few rows on the quilt, and bring it out to Kernersville during the game so she can get started on the trimming and binding tonight.

Here it is off the machine….isn’t it PERFECT for a young man? I think even the big ones would love it. Solid fabrics are SO graphic..and I love the texture of the quilting:

For those asking, this is a pantograph called “Storm Watch.” I tried googling “Storm Watch Panto” and got weather channels…..but not the designer! Oh Bother ----I’m sure if you do some searching you can find it, it’s a great one for a masculine looking quilt, and if you do find it, let me know so I can update the info here.

Thanks to those who persevered and found the link for me! You can find the panto HERE --it's the 4th item down the page!

We did the happy dance of joy when we advanced the quilt to reach that center square!

I love the texture of the quilting on the border --- this is Signature Variegated thread --- the color is Butter Toffee.

Of course, I tried to google "Signature Thread Butter Toffee" and THIS is what came up:

Which is not what I was looking for, but hey I’ll take it! LOL!

I worked on my Jubilee blocks a bit --- 3 more bonus ones to go to be completely caught up, and hope to be able to upload that later --- but right now....I’m off to Kernersville to go deliver a quilt!