"Hard-waring" O' the Green and a Quilt!

I was looking for a green quilt photo this morning.  I remembered that my brother Marty and I dressed in green for the St. Patty's Day Parade in Fox Lake, Wisconsin representing JoDan's Pro Hardware, our family business.  I was 16 and Marty was 8. Of course I made my skirt and apron.  O' the good old days! Happy St. Patty's Day to all!


I did find a quilt too.  I made it in 2010 using the Easy to Sew Quilt Pattern and  Quilts by Barb's hand dyed fabrics.  The quilt colors were built around a green dyed fabric that was part of quilt challenge from Barb's Retreat.  I chose a multi-colored dyed fabric with black leaves for the focus fabric.

This quilt was also featured in the first You Tube Video that I created about Ribbon Quilting.  The quilting machine is too noisy and I learned alot about what not to do!  I guess you have to start somewhere....

Second Annual BEAN WEEK! July 2010

Last week we had our Second Annual BEAN WEEK! Mark and I and MOM and Alex got together last year and this year to FREEZE GREEN BEANS!!! Great Grandma Nordeen said green beans are the Best vegetable for you and she was right!!!! We love them!!! Next post I will post my recipe for Beans and Potatoes. Because Mark and I love our "Day Jobs" so much we managed to squeeze in web pages and quilting! Mark worked on my Online Store on my website and I worked on putting together the beginning parts of a T-shirt Quilt for Spencer (Mark's step son). It was a very productive week!!!