Changes!!!! and !! Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 This week has been a crazy crazy one... and I didn't get a lot finished... I do have a lot going on though - does that count?

The big finish is taking Eleven Quilt to our Pathways Hospice - Three of them were donated from our Pieceable Friends Quilt guild in Greeley. 

The in progress?

We tore up our house!! Oh my!! We had to have solar panels removed off the part that was coming down, the concrete of the old porch torn up and removed, the steps to the door taken out - and new concrete put in.  Now the roof part that was removed is going to be rebuilt..... and of course - everything is delayed. 

Trusses that were supposed to be here last week, are now coming next week. We had 3 days of high winds, so the framers are delayed a few days. ( it has to suck to be dependent on weather!)  And I am glad that my Buddy Kevin of Pagel Construction is in charge and I just get to watch and listen and give my opinions!! and Bam!! he makes it happen!

And then on the dog front - the two girls like each other - but they don't like each other. Bella gets a little jealous of Daisy, and Daisy doesn't know why.

So we are doing a ton of Separate but equal walking, and playing. And I am getting in 20,000 steps per day ( not even joking!!)

I know it will take time, but if you know me well - Patience is not a Virtue I possess!! 

They do both love me though, and will sit on the couch with me, especially if it looks like I might have a cheese stick.....

So I am dependent on you all this week for me to get my Quilty Fix!! Brag away - show us whats up!!!

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Quilts to Hospice

 

I know these are tops... but!! they were finished before I delivered haha!

A little bit before Thanksgiving I was invited to Pathways Hospice in Northern Colorado. They have a 12 bed facility in Loveland, and then in-home hospice workers all over. 

It is the Hospice we used when my Mom was sick. You might remember if you've been following long - that after she passed I took some small lap quilts to the Nurses and they fell in love with them. But I truly knew nothing of how it all worked, other than what I had experienced with my Mom.

The 12 bed facility is new - and there is a quilting group in Loveland that has made bed sized quilts for the old facility for a few years, so they were invited as was I to see the new place and learn about what they do with the quilts.

It was sad, and amazing, and overwhelming - the amount of people that use this type of care. ( and no -  I am not being mean, I just never really thought about end of life)

This group in Loveland has made over 300 quilts I think they said - but they are the bed sized - like 50 x 70 ish to fit the beds in the facility.

It made me appreciate  Bernie and Preetis efforts, and Cynthias efforts and Kat even more - that's a full time job!!

I have been making up smaller quilts with my orphan blocks, and UFOs, and smaller test tops - This year I have donated 54 quilts - and the last batch I took had these two at the top in them. Mine go to the In-home Care workers, when they think a patient might like a little extra hug. Some patients have no family around.

Year end Stats are always fun to read - but I am pretty horrible at keeping them - 

but for 2021 I took over 20 Quilts

2022 - was 40 

and 2023 is 54

So.... how come I keep finding more orphan blocks and fabrics I didn't know I had???? Hmm????😂🤣