Smelling the Roses...

I am sitting in awe of our amazing God and His blessings on my life. God never tires of hearing and answering our prayers. Seems we have seen a lot of miracles lately, things only God can do. We are a blessed people, both personally and ministry blessings abound. I am deeply thankful to a prayer answering God.

As I sit here finishing up all the preparations for our annual ladies retreat which starts tomorrow, I love how God brings everything together. We will be discussing prayer, our theme is "In the Secret Place" from Psalm 91:1. Just memorizing this verse has changed my life and thinking. "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." It seems we are so busy, we don't take the time to just sit back and count our blessings! We serve an amazing God.

I have designed and executed another mystery for the Quilter's Club of America. This one was called "Desert Pinwheels" and was truly lovely and well received. It took us about eight weeks and we have just finished with the last clue. Our dogs always have to approve of each new one, hence Zoey in the middle!! Here is my version.

We will be doing a "Quilt-Along" with my next design. I designed a medallion style, the quilters love it and asked me to do a sew along to teach them how I made it. Mine is a king size, suitable for my bed, but I designed all sizes from wall-hanging through to the king. If you want to sew along, just let me know and I will get you the info for the size you want.

Now to get to the business of quilting these and getting them ready for the bed. We shifted the house around and added a king bedroom which added a king size quilt to the mix. I need to get at least one of them finished so I can dress that room.  I will take the one I have ready to "tie" with me to the ladies retreat this weekend and in my free time I will sit and tie it (using cotton to hold the layers together, tying knots every few inches). My kind of relaxation!!

Have a super rest of your week and weekend. I'd love to hear what you're up to, we haven't talked in a while. I think I have you caught up on me, catch me up on you!

God's richest blessings to you,

Debi