That Is What Happens When I Do Traditional Quilts

Now I have to do another one.  Frank started hinting that he wanted this quilt, and I ignored him for 3 days.  He out and out asked for it yesterday.

But it already has a destination.

My vet cousin, well one of them, has a son who entered the Naval Academy this year.  And the mother's group is doing a raffle benefiting his cadet class.  I think for their cadet party at the end of their first year.  A "You Made It!" kinda thing.

It started out as some Card Trick blocks I won somewhere along the line.  It turned into a fun disappearing 9 patch.  Did I say Frank LOVES it?

I used up all my red reds for the Improv Stripes one, so I had to dig deep for the blue reds for this one.  I was lucky that Charlene just brought me those two boxes of fabrics!

Now that Darcy Lynn and her Amazing Puppets have won America's Got Talent and no one won the American Ninja Warrior I can get back to sewing at night again.  Whew! It was a tough season for both shows.

And just to show you how far we have come in one year, this is what was happening exactly a year ago today.

 
This is my kitchen, and that piece of furniture is the Victrola that was my Grandma Graci's.  My Grandma used to listen to original records of Caruso in the living room of her double shotgun house in New Orleans.   You can see the water line on it.  I had to let it go, but I hung on to it as long as

And this is what Sawyer looked like a year ago!

See his cute little butt!