A sweet, sweet gift before a trip to the Emergency Room

This is just a fraction of what Jullia gave me from her grandmother's estate. However, these were the best treasures in the box!

The Singer buttonhole attachment has the long and hard to find circle buttonhole attachment. It is a complete set of every buttonhole attachment. 

It is a complete set of every buttonhole. It looks like Grandma even made a cloth with each buttonhole and then writing the size beside it.

 

I have never seen this singer stocking darner. The blacksmith is really hopeful I will mend his socks. I doubt that!

The 2 boxes of attachments, that will fit the biggest percent of my vintage's Singers are a delight to look through! 

The zig zag attachment is pristine. I’ve tried to buy one for years. The book is copyright 1957. Of course, it's complete with every cam of different stitches. It fits most of my machines. 

I can’t thank her enough for these, the 100s spools of thread, sewing books, embroidery patterns, and the 100's hand sewing and machine needles!

One last thing is this is a fun old-time memory that was in the box. It no longer contains “hosiery” but was full of mostly embroidery patterns.

Now on to my week of not feeling well. OF Course, it had to be the week of the blacksmith's annual squirrel hunt, my week to roam and play free.

It started with occasional chills, then went into daily fevers, some days as high at 103.7. He came home Sunday and by Tuesday morning, about 4 AM he found me in the recliner with an ice bag on my head. The worse headache for days was getting to me. So, he took me to the Emergency room. 

I had taken 2 home Covid tests, both negative. Although I was pretty sure it wasn't that to begin with. As I have had Covid twice and the symptoms weren't anything alike. 

After several hours of tests which included a CT of my stomach, blood tests, they started giving me good drugs.  They then told me I had Ehrlichiosis, a tick born disease. Dr. explained it didn't have the same side effects as Lyme or Rocky Mountain! For that I was grateful. Yes, I had removed a tick about 10 days prior.

Toay is the first day past. I am feeling better. One medicine is for 14 days, the other two are for 5. Thank God I am on the mend.

Church quilts!

It’s always a much anticipated day, the St. Margaret’s parish picnic. 

After all there’s a bunch of us church ladies who have put endless hours into buying fabric, piecing,  and then quilting them every Tuesday! The fellowship we share is priceless. Lunch is provided by parishioners and is always a treat!

Mulberry Lane. This was a memory quilt from fabric of my fellow classmate, Linda Call Hood. It sold for $650.

Fishing. Sold for $275

Real men drive red tractors. Pieced by Janet Koetting. Sold for $525.

Broken Star brought $700.

Prairie Star. Purchased by a friend of mine for $500.

Christmas panel went for $175.

Stars and Pinwheels sold for $550.00

This is an embroidered lap quilt, done by fellow quilter, Willy Borgmeyer. It sold for $175.

Jungle Animals sold for $300.

Country Garden sold for $700.

Courthouse Square. Sold for $1,050.

50’s fabric Boy sold for $300.

Woodland critters sold for $250.

Baby boy hobby horse. Bought by a neighbor for $450.

Wyoming Valley Star. Probably my favorite one! It sold for $950, I didn’t buy it, because the blacksmith says I have enough quilts!

Sesame Street. I pieced this using a panel. It sold for $200.

Tiny 9 patch, pieced and quilted by Hilda Schulte. This sold for $475.

Triple Irish Chain sold for $1,100.

Starry night sold for $1,150.

Colorado Star log cabin sold for $1,150.

I pieced this quilt that was titled Patriotic Farm Figures. It sold for $850.

Old time John Deere. I purchased this panel in Chillicothe Missouri for Janet Koetting. It sold for $450.

 50’s fabrics Girl sold $300.

It was a beautiful day in God’s country, a little hot, but delicious food and lots of neighbors and friends to visit with.

God is good.

My Halloween quilt

 

Warning picture overload!

Last fall I discovered colored pencils for embroidery work. Crabtree Hill studios.

 

For some reason Halloween prints appealed to me. I made one, two, three, and they just keep coming.

So, I decided to make them into a quilt.

I had just purchased this vintage bolt of polished cotton, 36 inches wide, and original price was .39 cents a yard. I paid $10 for the bolt.

This sheen made it perfect for a Halloween quilt.

I am a hand quilter at heart; however I was just a little leery of the old fabric. I thought machine quilting would be a better option. Especially since I had a lot of big spaces! 

My friend Becky, whom I met 13 years ago, does absolutely amazing work. Here’s when I first met her. 

So, in the mail it went to Liberty, Missouri!

In less than 10 days I had it back! Her quilting is unbelievable! 

She told me there’s 22 hours of machine stitching in this!

So just for your viewing pleasure, I will stop talking and let you examine her magic in every block.

 

 

P. S. Betsy, our mutual friend who introduced us, saw Becky's Facebook post of the quilt, and wanted to know if it was for sale. Girls that think alike!