Good Morning all,

I am still reeling from the auction but busy busy busy!!! I am grateful to all who have helped and who continue to help with their words of encouragement and support. I have lost of work to take me into the Fall. This has been a great adventure so far and there is still a way to go. I have not heard yet about any details for impending surgery but as soon as I do I will let you know. In the meantime more sewing.

In the course of all of this I read bout a competition I think I want to go for. It is titled Freshly Picked we are supposed to enter quilt depicting freshly picked fruits or veg or flowers or anything that grows. I had an idea about my Grandfather who was an avid gardener. My Gran has a beautiful picture of him wading through corn he had grown with his favorite hat on picking the corn.

The other idea I had stems from some cotton I picked in North Carolina three years ago on a road trip. We were driving through North Carolina and all along the road were these cotton fields. In the middle of the fields were these huge things that I can only think to call binders which gathered the cotton together. I asked Andy to stop and at one of the rest stops there were cotton plants everywhere. I picked some and have kept it for a scrap book, but now I am thinking hmmmmmmmmm maybe I could do something with that we will see..

The auction went well. Thank you everyone for your help. Barish and Ana thank you for your help with the websites. They looked so nice. Barish is one of the nicest men we as a family know. 20 minutes before the end of the auction the internet went down. We had a loose connection that Cameron sorted. We called Barish and he was trying to get here as fast as he could. It was sorted and we finished up in time. It kinda got like Ebay at the very end.

It was fun though

More later

Troye

Going once, going twice SOLD!

Bidding has now finished...

The winner and their prizes will be posted shortly.

Good morning all. I am not sure how it happened but there was a slide show of someone else's quilts in place of mine so I had to remove the slide show of my own quilts. I looked at them and thought these are not my quilts. Any way they are gone and I am back on point.

Thank you to everyone who has bid or visited the site. Thing are going well and I am encouraged by your generosity.

have a great day

Troye

Well we are off to a roaring start!! Ana and I worked (more Ana than me) on the album for almost a whole day. Yesterday was a funny day. A few things happened that threatened to distract me from my purpose but we launched the auction with 10 minutes to spare. Afterwards Andy and I went out to dinner with Matt and Jen and had a blast. It was a lovely way to end the day. Now I have to get busy with finishing touches. I will check back later.


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Troye

This is Mermaid Song. I love Mermaids or rather images of them, as some of you may know. Katherine and I tie dyed some fabric to get just the right color of warm peach to blend with some of the other fabrics we chose for this one. It is very light weight and easy to care for. It's a nice Summer evening quilt.

The pictures for the auction were taken yesterday by Jennifer Barnes Eliot. She called at just the right time the other night to offer her services to me. I was worrying about various things and she helped me put some things in perspective. Whatever happens it will be great.

The night before last I took some pictures of Cameron wearing one of the quilts. I wanted him to wear his aviator glasses but he wouldn't, but never mind the pictures came out well any way.

My grandmother who is always an inspiration to me has been praying every day for Melisa. One of the first questions she asks me when I call her is "How is that little girl Melisa"

I have to remember this is not about me. This is about Melisa and helping her. and that is it. So come on everybody lets do this thing!!!

As I was sewing some of the quilts I was getting fidgety about some of the mistakes I was making, then I kept hearing in my mind the words of my friend Kris, don't worry about your mistakes, any only God is perfect" and I kept on...

I am adding a few pictures this morning. Though the auction is this weekend there is still more work to do. I will share it with you here.

Love

Troye

Well it has been a little while since I have posted anything so here I go. Last Friday which was the 4Th of July I went to a party at Jen's where I saw one of my quilting soul mates who was passing through from Dubai. She brought with her lots of love and encouragement. I didn't realise how much I miss her till I saw her again.

Any way the auction is this weekend. We wills tart with 5 or 6 then carry on from there. I am happy I have Katherine to help me move things along, don't really know what I would be up to if not for her pushing me along.

I have heard that this week Melisa goes for some test that will determine when her next surgery will be. We are hoping for good news. I will keep you posted.

I have a quilt on the table that is nearly finished and it is looking promising. Whoever ha it will love it. It feels lovely especially as I have used a thicker cotton wadding on it and it is trimmed in velvet. Pictures to follow..

More later

Troye