Aunt Het Quilt Show

My quilt guild presents a quilt show each year and it is my honor this year to be chairman of the show.

If you are in South Carolina and can come by the show it would be great to meet you.  Our guild is a group of very talented ladies and gentlemen who always put on a great show.  Visit our guild website at Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild

Please feel free to link to this page for your quilting friends.
 
Happy quilting,
Shelia

Priceless Friends

Sometimes in life God gives you a group of friends that move with you through life. Through the good times and bad. These ladies are that group. This is my Friday night Bee Girls.  We've been friends for many years and share our love of quilting. Time with them is best therapy for a bad day.

I love that even when I am late coming home from work, they get the party started and are anxious to see me arrive at my home to continue the party.  Love my studio and Love my bee girls.  Thanks ladies for being such an awesome group of friends. The laughter is priceless!!  I don't think I mention enough how blessed I am to be part of this group.

 Quilters are a great group worldwide.  We know that life takes all sorts of turns and hills to climb.  Support each other through these life events is what forges friendship for life.  Life is good!

Happy quilting,
Shelia

Philanthropy Quilts

My husband loves auctions and is always looking at estate auctions.  A while back he found a what he thought was a zip lock bag of pre-cut fabric pieces and he thought I would love it........of course I would!  He bid on the lot and won it.  When we went to pick up the fabric it was one of those huge zip lock bags that weighed 50 pounds!!

The bee girls and I sorted fabric for days.  We bagged a lot of the pieces up into kits for our guild members to make philanthropy quilts for Habitat for Humanity.  

Below are just two of the many quilts that have already been made from these kits.

We had tons of the red/white/blue flower fabrics and were able to cut a beautiful blue for this kit.  It turned out wonderful for another Habitat for Humanity quilt.

 I love the different fabrics and how this one feature green fabric brought all of these together into a beautiful quilt.  One Habitat for Humanity family member is going to be very happy with their new home quilt.

Many people have benefited from this one auction buy.  Sharing the blessings.

Happy Quilting,
Shelia

The Best Guild Ever!

The Nimble Thimbles Quilt Guild is known as the guild with heart and it truly is.  My mom and I for years have made pillowcases for the children at the Greenville, SC Shriner's Hospital for Children.  Each year some of the guild members would also make pillowcases and give to us to help with our cause.  This year at our guild social at the July meeting our Vice President Sharon had members bring in pillowcases to donate to the cause.  It was wonderful!  We received 58 pillowcases at the meeting.

What a blessing this will be to our children.  Thank you guild members for all of your hard work and dedication to providing moments of happiness to these children.  We are truly grateful.

Happy quilting,
Shelia

Canning

Very blessed for a productive past two days. 

Canned 13 pints of corn, 13 quarts and 1 pint of tomatoes, 4 quarts of yellow squash,zucchini, and onions mix , 9 quarts of yellow squash and onions, 2 quarts and 13 pints of white Lima beans. Yum!! 

I bought some new Tattler Lids this year in honor of friends fighting breast cancer, and you know I live pink! Tired but so thankful. Now to rest today.

Happy quilting......and canning,
Shelia

Mother's Day Family Luncheon

Today we had Mother's Day lunch at my house with family who could attend.  It is so hard with everyone's schedule and spread out all over the nation to get everyone together.  But we had a wonderful day today.  I am so blessed to still have my mother here with me and enjoy spending time with her and quilting together.  Precious memories.

Mom on this beautiful Mother's Day.  

Left to right:
Me, my great niece Taylor, my niece Kelly, my brother Paul and mom sitting.

 

Below mom and Paul and my cat Whiskers who decided to crash the photo.

 Me and mom

 Me and my wonderful husband Roger.  My rock!!

 My great niece Taylor was enjoying this beautiful day in the hammock.

Blessed beyond measure today.
Happy Quilting,

Shelia