Sunday Morning

"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."   Philippians 1:21

These very profound words had such an impact. As our Pastor was preaching from this passage one Sunday he began to cry. He said that as he studied this passage, the realization of his mortality grabbed him. He wrestled with the fact that he really wanted to see his children grow up. He wanted to be here with his family. And yet, the scripture teaches that to die is gain.

Day by day, as we each walk the pathway we are to go, life just seems to keep going. Until we are stopped in our tracks with the loss of a loved one or friend. It is then that we start thinking of the "other side".

9 years ago, on a Sunday morning, during the middle of a raging hurricane, my BFF lost her battle with cancer and walked into the arms of Jesus. I have missed my sweet friend all these years, but on that Sunday the Pastor's message brought a sense of peace to my heart. You see, Diana was such a special friend. She walked beside me for almost 20 years, encouraging me, always with love and a smile. It is selfish of me to want her to be here, when she has gained so much more. As she reached out her hand that Sunday morning, she left behind her tired body to walk with Jesus. I can almost picture her in my minds eye, looking back at all of us and saying, "It's all right, I'm whole now."

Mark 8:35 states: “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it” (ESV).

Jesus Christ offers you the greatest freedom - in learning how to die, we learn how to live.

As we enter a new month

It's so hard to believe that October is just a few days away.  This year has certainly flown by.

My wish for you is that you enjoy the season you are in.

Wordless Wednesday

Now this is how Fall really is in Florida :-)  

Happy Quilting!

Saturday Sparks Linky

Thread, thread, thread..........

I am not a thread purist, although I have quite a LOT of thread in my sewing room.

However, I have come to love Superior's The Bottom Line bobbin thread for my machine quilting.

Every time I use this thread in my bobbin, I feel like the Energizer Bunny! It just goes, and goes.

When I use regular thread, I always run out of bobbin thread before I am finished quilting.  Which means I have to take my quilt out of my machine, change the bobbin and find the place to start quilting again. I kind of lose my momentum. 

I'm sure the newer threads are very nice, but they are quite pricey, and you see, one of my biggest challenges in sewing with this expensive thread is a lot of times it ends up in the trash.

Have a Happy Quilting day!

And now you know the end of the story

I finally got the last stitch in the binding, and delivered this quilt to my friend.

The very first thing she said when she opened it was, "did someone tell you my colors?"  Well no, I did not know her colors, but thought this was a good neutral.  When I looked around her house, the first thing I noticed were the black and white Toile curtains in her living room.  I was pretty happy that these colors worked well with her decor.

Thursday Threads Link Party

Finish it up Friday

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?
Quilting Readers Garden

Leaf Garland

With Fall just around the corner, I thought I would re-run a post I did a couple of years ago.  It would be a great little project for using up some of that fall fabric :-)
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I love using my Shape Cut slotted ruler. It makes cutting much more accurate (at least for me) plus I can make several cuts at one time. So I decided to make a  Leaf Garland. And thought I'd share with you how I made it.

The first thing I did was cut two WOF by 4" to make my own binding type string.

I sewed the two pieces together then ironed them in half, folded them onto themselves...

and fold again to sew. Sewing it down with a zig zag stitch.

And the winner is.............

Thanks to all of you who entered my giveaway.  I wish I could send each one of you a prize, but alas, there is just one winner today.  And the winner is.......

Dora the Quilter!

Dora, send me your mailing address within 72 hours and your little package will be on it's way.  I hope it gives you some inspiration :-)

Happy Quilting!