Won't You Be My Neighbor Finshed

My Finished House Quilt:  Won't You Be My Neighbor?

It seemed a fitting way to remember Fred Rogers too.  What a gentle kind soul he was.  We need more like him in the world.

Hanna wrote to him in 3rd Grade for a project to write to someone she looked up to.   Here is the letter he sent her.

I love how he addressed it to:  Hanna in the Third Grade.  He included an autographed photo.  What a wonderful keepsake.

  I took it with me on a walk I like with coco at Parmalee Farms in Killingworth, CT. 

 They have tapped the sugar maple trees and the sugar house was busy boiling away.

 Here is the original 1889 Farmhouse on the Property.  You can see more here.

It was sunny but a very cold day on Friday.

I loved hand quilting this with big stitches.  It took 8 days start to finish and I wasn't really even trying.  I will be doing more big stitch in the future.

 Why is this sign there?  seriously?

A video I made while waiting for the wind to stop gusting.

A lovely spot in the community garden for a photo. 

My colorful bird clothespins; a gift from Sheila L.  Yes, the sky was really that blue.

Paint by Numbers fabric for the backing 😄😄

I love this Chicken Coop or is it a Hen House? don't you?

Speaking of Fred Rogers.  I really enjoyed this documentary.

And I listened to this interesting podcast about how Mr. Rogers touched so many people.

I still haven't seen the Tom Hanks movie yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

Would you be my neighbor?  Which house would you live in?
Happy Sunday
xo

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

This week I finished my house quilt top - Domestic Bliss

This was a swap with Kelly, Susan and Robyn.  I first posted about it here.  What fun it was.  I am looking forward to quilting it soon.

I have a UFO from 2009 that I don't know what to do with.  Here is the post where it all started with the cupcake group.

Here is the Hat Box quilt:

Why am I not making this??  I have all the fabric in a tub and photos and still nadda, nuttin, zilch - for 6 years now!

I made these two blocks in 2009 and now I can't EVEN find them :(

I think I'm going to go through the fabric and shelve it and move on.....do you ever do this?

Speaking of moving on, I keep running across this in the sewing room.  It is my homemade stencil of the large baptist fan.  I think I can let go now that I have the real thing.

Thank you, Sheila for these super fun clothes pins.  Sparrows?  How fun are these?  Super Fun I think!  Thanks for thinking of me.

Saturday Susan and I are taking the train to NYC for the Empire Quilters Show.  Barbara Brackman is giving a lecture in the afternoon and I'm really looking forward to a quilty day in the Big Apple.

I guess that's it for now - Hope you are having a great week.