Another One is Gone

Here is the top that I've been working on. It's for one of my small group Row Robins and all the rows are mine except for the one at the very top, that one is Barb's. The entire time I worked on it I kept having this story unfold so I wrote it to go along with the top.

The Snowman Story

I heard them before I even opened my eyes.

"It's snowing!" they exclaimed.

Quickly followed by "Shhh, don't wake her" from the oldest.

I opened one eye to peak at the clock. "Ugh" so early. I pulled my quilt up a little higher to ward of the chill. I listened to the children grabbing a bit of breakfast before running to gather what they would need to make a snowman.

A soft knock at the door jolted me form my sleepy eavesdropping, "We're headed outside to play in the snow." can a whisper.

"Okay" I murmured. As soon as I knew they were outside I threw off the covers and sprang out of bed. So much to do and a quiet house to do it in.

Starting with the fire I built it up and then proceeded with the decorating. Cheerfully I went about the house watching the snowman grow through the window.

With the last finishing touches I nearly ran to the kitchen surprising myself with my own excitement. Hot coco all around. When it was ready I gathered up the mugs and went outside to help.

All in a Hurry

Do you recall those friendship bracelets of the 80's and 90's? Well it seems my fingers still know how to make them. I was surprised at how fast this little bit came out.
It's all part of the Small Quilt Group Row Robin I pitched in to help out with, as the hostess sometimes things happen. This quilt's theme is building a snowman. Through the window you watch the snowman be put together and the house become decorated. You can of course click on the photo to see it closer. Then the person inside makes hot coco for everyone and takes it outside to help with the snowman. This will be added to the first row when it gets here and then out the door and off to Beth.
This is the latest quilt block in my Spring 2009 Sampler. This block is Bountiful Blessings and can be found for free at Quilter's Cache. It does take a while to make all the applique circles. It is quite a heavy block that I would in fact recommend as a stubble weighted special needs quilt. Because of the layered circles it gets quite heavy. Don't forget no matter how you make a special needs quilt use craft beads from Walmart instead of rice because the rice isn't very washable.

The fires are still burning. Fire trucks both in the wee hours of this morning and again throughout the day. It did rain a day or two ago but it wasn't enough to help much. DH found two preteen girls right up in the smoke. Seems they thought it was steam. Fires are so dangerous it's good he came up when they did because the roots underground that were burning could have given way beneath their feet at any moment not to mention smoke inhalation poisoning.