Nothing bought this week. I guess that helps offset some of my “negative winnings” at Las Vegas!
Sashing strips/border/binding for my Scrappy 9-Patch, 3 yards used.
Isn’t it fun to finally receive a package you’ve been expecting? It’s ten times more fun when you receive a package you WEREN’T expecting!
Lynda G. (a fabric winner in my 60,000th visit give-away) is from Maine, and she sent me a lovely gift assortment of Maine-related items! What a fun surprise, Lynda, and I will think of you every time I use/see them (lobster fabric, a Maine pin, a Maine/moose tape measure, a Kennebunkport postcard, and a lovely note). Thank you so much!!! It was such a ray of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy couple of days.
(Pictured above: Niece Summer & her husband Adam in the stream, Kathy & Dan on the bench with their nephew Alex.) Our Nephew Dan from Seattle passed away this week (age 48), losing his hard-fought battle with kidney cancer. We stayed with Dan and Kathy for a few days during our Seattle trip last summer, where they are relaxing above by the stream in their backyard. They were such a special couple, and it’s hard to believe he’s gone. If you’re a spiritual person, please say a little prayer for Kathy, who has truly lost her soul mate.
Also this month, we’ve lost Cathy, a member of Prior Lake Quilters as well as our Wednesday group, DayStitchers. She is pictured here showing the block she made for Arlis’ birdhouse quilt. Cathy was such a friend to us all, and she always had a cheerful word and a sunny disposition — gone now due to breast cancer. It’s hard to accept that she won’t be at our Wednesday get-togethers any more.
They are both gone too soon, but both Dan and Cathy will live on in the hearts of those who knew and loved them.
–Sue
