Even more 'Oh Bother'

So my aunt died surrounded by her family and the end of an era has arrived.

I went to Florida to attend her memorial service and her son (my cousin) gave a warm and wonderful account of his memories of his mother, good times mostly and a few more difficult times.  I was so glad that he was able to remember her with love and affection.  She was a remarkable woman who led an amazing life and filled every moment with adventure and travel - and love.

Which all means that my intentions for the blog have gone haywire in the last few weeks.  I have been trying hard to catch up with the quilting side of things since I got back from the trip.  I am getting there but the custom quilting has suffered a little.  I am hoping to load the most pressing custom by Wednesday and get it started.

And then I head out to the Lancaster show on Monday next week.  Since I am now an official retailer of 'Swarovski" crystals, I need to sort out packaging and display before I leave.  I am also working on the NFL quilt kits - I was doing so well tonight but math finally drove me into the house - why, oh why, do I insist on designing on point quilts with set in triangles that need so many calculations?  Just because........

I also got engaged!  To be married!  Oh boy...

At fifty six years old, after being a widow for almost five years, it is a special thing to find someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with, loving and living.  We have been dating for just over two years and it will take us a while to work out how to combine two households.  The wedding is planned for June next year.  It means so much to me and will change my life in so many ways.  But in the meantime, I just have to catch up with all the quilting that needs to be done.

Please, therefore, forgive me if the blog is delayed a little as I deal with Lancaster and the return trip.  I am looking forward to getting home and telling you all about my trip and how things go - here's hoping that the weather is kind to me.

The mystery quilt will finally arrive - really - but it looks like being a Spring/Summer project.

The plan for two quilts in each AQS show hit a small roadblock when only one quilt was accepted into Paducah - but hey! it's still a quilt in Paducah, and it is the quilt that got a third place ribbon in Charleston.  Yeah!!!  It's called 'Barion Cut Sapphires' and has thousands of crystals that are difficult to see in the photo.

Life has been a roller coaster and is so going to be very exciting going forward.  Which is usually how life is.....