Ok… This is the longest I’ve ever gone without posting.
And that means it has been the longest I’ve ever gone without QUILTING.
I am a horrible, no good quilter.
But at least give me a chance to explain myself!

After well over a year I am back working on my Hawaiian quilt!
I know.
I can’t believe it either.

All I have to say about my long absence is, 2008 certainly was a long, long year.
In addition to two surgeries, the last of which took me quite a few months to recover from, my family and I relocated. My last surgery, as you may know, was foot surgery, and I didn’t walk for over a month. When I did begin to walk again, it was not without the constant burning pain of RSD. Yes, I still have RSD and believe I will continue to be riddled with it for the rest of my existence. For this reason, this realization, I have finally moved on. Yay! So, once again I am a college student, and once again I have taken up the hobby of quilting. YAY!

Right now my only project is my Hawaiian quilt. I am currently basting it together and am also counting my lucky stars that the pins that have resided in the quilt for so long haven’t rusted the fabric. The basting is going to take me some time, but I will certainly rest easier once those pins are out of it. I definitely look forward to the time when the hand applique process can start. For that is my absolute favorite part of the Hawaiian quilting process. I find peace in the needle-turn applique technique. And it’s a good thing, too. I expect it will take me a very long time, years even, to complete the applique process.

Until I have more pictures to show you of my Hawaiian quilt’s progress, I noticed that there are a few quilts that I have neglected to blog about. The first is the Sunbonnet Sue quilt that I made for my little girl before she was born. I love Sunbonnet Sue (or Holly Hobby for those acquainted with it in the 70’s) and my favorite color is red… Hence, the creation of this quilt.

This next quilt is what I believe is called a “stack-n-whack” quilt. I took this class with my MIL and my little sister finished it (she sewed together the blocks, assembled the top, and quilted it) for her senior-project in high school. Of course, I am the one who taught her how to do all that so I think that I should get some of the credit for this quilt as well. (I mean, after all, I am the one who cut out all the pieces, pinned all the layers together, and I put on the binding. Not to mention I taught a seventeen year old to quilt. Gah!)

Anyway. That is that.
I am working hard on my big HUGE Hawaiian quilt and I will post more pictures of it soon.
Who knows? Maybe I’ll start working on my block of the month from 2005 again!!
We shall see!