A Challenge Post

A little about me before my CHALLENGE POST:

I was born on March 5, 1950. According to google it was a Sunday. Probably snowing in Antigo, Wisconsin. I was welcomed by my Mom (Kathryn Ann Hunter Theilman) and Dad (Louise Walter Theilman). That is how I got my ‘real world’ name of Luann. My sister (2 1/2years older) got 2 middle names so when I came along my parents blessed me by not giving me one at all. The state of Wisconsin did however, on my birth certificate divide my name into Lu Ann. It’s not on anything else like that so for me it was Annie, until I started working and then it was Luann. AnnieLu was given to me by a friend when I had a website that supplied answers to sewing questions for others. The catch phrase was,,, AnnieLu will find that for you. STAY TUNED To be continued next month

Now for my first CHALLENGE POST of 2019:

One of my grandsons is turning 16 on January 20th. Last fall when I visited with the family, I chatted with his mom about making him a more adult like quilt than I’d made him in the past. Actually looking at the pictures of those other quilts, I never made this child a ‘kiddy’ quilt, but I wanted to express my gratitude for having him as a grandchild, and I’ve decided that each child would get a ‘specially’ made for them quilt upon turning 16. Heather said, Oh my, I’ve been seeing these bookcase quilts. And this kid is always reading. So,,, here’s what I’ve done so far, 2 rows in process. And I have 3 piles of ‘book sets’ to make the other 3 rows. I do have a plan, but when you’re making up the pattern, things have to be adjusted sometimes. LOL Most of the time ! !

I watched Gudrun from GEDesign Studios do a Stella Quilt. I knew that I wanted to use a layer cake of Christmas fabric so within less than 1 hour I had everything cut for the blocks for my Stella. All blocks have the 4 units made, and they sew together quickly.

Coconut Macaroons for you to enjoy.

Some eye candy of another type:

To be continued next month,,,

2018 Recap

Here’s how 2018 finished out:

UFOs : started with 50, finished with 45. ( 35 prior 2018 plus 10 from 2018)

Lifetime stitches on longarm machine: 7,441,409 as of 12/21/18 Denim Centers being last one added

2018 stitches: 1,389,887

12 Quilts LA’d for Guild Charity Projects 

18 Books were enjoyed

Gifted 19 completed projects

Presently have 4 finished quilts waiting for proper homes

Lessons learned:

Having a daily accountability method is paramount to my progress 

Intentional reviewing and reflection helps with direction

Walking away from ‘drama’ and ‘negativity’ is most often the best diffuser 

Final Take Away:

Count your blessings

Name them  one by one

Count your many blessings

See what God has done.

If I were to count my blessings instead of sheep, I would always have restoring sleep. 

May God bless each of you also

Luann

December’s Finishes

A few quilts that were finished during the month:

Grrrrr ! ! !

I want to say thank you to everyone that has ever left a comment. I really appreciate them.

So, why the Grrr ! ! ! ? You asked a good question.

Earlier today I received a text message from a friend that reads my blog. She let me know she had left a message but it didn’t show up. This is because I have ‘moderation’ enabled. I had received some very inappropriate comments awhile back and wanted to make sure that none of my followers would be seeing that sort of ‘talk’, ???  Well, as I was checking my emails (which is how I am supposed to be notified of any and all comments) I didn’t have any current ones. I decided to just go check for myself. This is where the GRRRR came into being. Not only was today’s comment sitting there, so were several from a few months ago. I had no idea that these had been made. I was never notified, and because I haven’t been blogging much lately, I just figured other folks were pretty busy too.

Then after I published those I could find from ‘real people’ and tossed the others into ‘spam’, I decided to check what got published. According to my side of this blog, only one comment from Terry got lost in space, but I’m not sure how things will show up on your side of things. Please, let me know if you are still getting the posts delivered to your inbox. For some reason, Blogger won’t send me copies of my own posts. I have gotten to the point that I have the hubby forward them when he gets the email.

Technology can be a real pain when it doesn’t go as planned, but when it works ‘as planned’ it’s a great way to share with so many others.

Let’s Create
Luann

Christmas morning on Folly Beach

Sept. Oct. Nov.

This post is covering quiet a few months, sometimes that’s the way life happens. 

I’ve really gotten into this whole Bullet Journal thing I’ve been hearing and reading about. Can’t believe just how much it has improved my progress in getting things accomplished.

This was a pickup truck bed full of fabrics that couldn’t be utilized in quilting. I brought them home, washed them, and sent them off with people that will use them in their projects. Table was finally cleared except for the few “treasures” we found. These were very old blocks, some dating back to 1921, really, no kidding. Hopefully we’ll find the proper home for them too.

After being bitten/stung by some type of ant/bee I couldn’t walk for almost a week. One of those nasty bites was on the inside arch of my foot. But eventually they healed.  Miss Wendy’s quilt was completed and delivered in early October. And the back of my Creative Adventure Journal cover got underway with lots of colors.

Another requested quilt is on it’s way to keep someone warm this winter. As long as the other person doesn’t continue to hog the covers,,,  

Our time in the Midwest with family is never long enough. We enjoyed field trips again this year.

Fall activities are underway for all the grandkids.

A beautiful picture of new fallen snow from Heather.

July and August

George put together a new bench for our screen porch. The center section raises up for using as a table. Miss Wendy Beth’s requested quilt is underway. And Hannah doing one of her favorite activities. 

Hannah and Molly are such sweet kids, always willing to pose for pictures. 

I’ve invested a bit of time cleaning up the edges on my batiks, hoping to make a piece like the inspiration I found on Pinterest.

George has been busy building and planting in the gardens.

End of summer pictures: