My Beacon Light...

As I was blog surfing last night,

I stumbled on this Blogger's Quilt Festival

at Amy's Creative Side.

It's huge,  almost 600 quilters have already posted!

So... I knew I had to join...

(click photos to enlarge)

This is my first quilt.

 I made it back in 1992.

I had just bought my first home,

and had my first sewing room.

All of my quilts are hand quilted,

I enjoy the quilting, much more than the sewing,

it's so relaxing.  A great time for daydreams!

As you can see I had a smaller bed then:-)

Now my quilts are kept folded at the bottom,

for chilly nights.

Now my bedroom colors also lean more towards pinks,

back then I was much more of a blue girl..

I even painted my first house blue.

 So I chose this quilt today

 because it mixed in with my current bedding.

Here's an overview...

The pattern is called Beacon Light..

It was a good beginners pattern.

I also love to embroidery.

So I made simple tags for all my quilts,

Recording what number  they were,

 the pattern name, and the date.

Sadly.. I don't quilt much anymore.

I don't have as much room for the frame.

I miss it though,

and playing with my quilts today

 rekindled my creative juices.

Besides... I could stand to relax more :-)

On a completely unrelated note...

Here is my pillow pup Twiggy

(only he thinks he is a pup, he is really quite

 a little old man).

He thought since I disrupted his pillow nap

with my shuffling about,

He should be allowed to say hi to everyone :-)

Don't you love those giant ears?

All the better to hear you with my dear!

Do stop by the Quilt Festival and visit!

Thanks for visiting me,