Waiting on Him

It is Advent Season again and I enjoy it more and more every year. Even though Christ has already been born into this world and has had a tremendous impact, to await his birth may seem pointless. Yet, there is more to come. It is His continual showing of Himself in us individually and corporately that we await.  At His arrival things happen and change. There is more to be done in us and through us.  

This Saturday some ladies and myself from The Advent(then name of our church) are going to a monetary for some time of reflection and prayer. Even though I am sure to fall asleep at least once in the silence, a great time is expected. 

So the tree is our Jessie Tree and we are on day 4 of walking through the Old Testament leading up to the birth of Christ. Every day the kids and I make the ornament for the day.  After dinner, daddy  reads the scriptures before dressing the tree with it.  You can see the apple from Adam & Eve and the Ark. I just wanted to share a snid bit of what was going on beside quilting. 

My faith is the main layer of this life of mine. How dare, I keep it to myself. 

Fabric Tuesday

Spotted these Fat 8th's at a quilt shop that I visit from time to time and immediately knew what the plan was for them.  Then I get home and did my usual scroll through blog land and that plan become a blur.  How do I stop this roller coaster that never seems to stop.

Spider webs and hexagons have been my inspiration so I hope that I can stay focused and bang out something fabulous with these colors and prints.

Stop by Quilt Story and link up.

Weekend Accomplishments

This turned out to be a very nice quilt. I used two layers of Natural Warmth batting which has added that weightiness that I love so much with my grandmothers quilts. 

It did not quite turn out to be a twin sized. Its lacking about 5"-6" all the way around.

I also had a few issues with my tension on my machine that was very noticeable before I washed it. I was going to show those on this post. My conclusion was that I was just not good at machine quilting large items and would hand quilt from now on.  However, after washing it and a low heat tumble dry, you could not tell it at all.

I also finally got the plus quilt pieced together. Now, just have to decide on a backing and binding fabrics.