~ Happy Birthday Dad ~

Happy Birthday Pop!!!!


What an awesome man my Dad is !! He just made 85 years old !!


He is a WWII Veteran , just 18 years old when he was drafted into the Army . He is very proud to talk to anyone about the country he served and the places he has been to. Dad still works part time at the VFW that he is a member of . Each time the VFW hall is used for things like Bingo or weddings,reunions he goes and cleans it up with my sister and her husband . He does all the grass cutting there too . He keeps very busy !!

Here is Dad accepting a medal from Gov. Bobby Jindal . Dad was so happy to get this medal and he proudly shows it to everyone that come over to his house . This medal was for all Louisiana Veterans . Gov. Jindal personally gave the medals out and shook hands with every Veteran there . BTW- Gov Jindal is the youngest Governor in the USA ......

Every chance he gets he will go fishing . Lucky for him he has two son in laws that loves to fish too .





Funny but I think I got my sewing skills from him (I know I got my height from him . Dad is tall, about 6'2" and I am 5'9" ) Any way , I can still remember him telling us how he would sew the uniform patches for his fellow soldiers with just a needle and thread. He would charge them 50 cents a patch that was spending money for him . His Army pay would go straight to his parents . He can remember when he had his very first $20.00 bill in his pocket and felt like a rich man . Ha!! My Dad has worked all his life . He went to school up to the 5th grade then had to help out in the cotton fields . He was one of 12 children so every hand was needed out there picking cotton .

We had a wonderful time Sunday . We had a Birthday Party for him . His children ,grandchildren, great grandchildren and lots of friends came over. My Sister Velma and I did the cooking and everyone enjoyed Chicken & Sauage Gumbo with Potato Salad with lots of different deserts . Yumm!!

The Great Grand Kids had such a good time there . They didn't want to leave that evening ..........

LOVE YOU POP!!!!!

bp

~ Two Quilts Going To A Good Home ~

Going home soon!!!

I have decided to let these two quilts go............

The Grandmother's Flower Garden (the first picture) has been living in my closet and has never been on a bed . :>(

My Godson's wife will have a benefit to help pay some medical bill for her Father that is ill . So these two quilts will have a purpose .

This Grandmother's Flower Garden was made about 8 or 9 years ago .
I was making it to put on my 91 year old Mother-in-Law's iron bed . She would come over on weekends to stay with us. We had her old iron bed set up in our spare room . She watched me as I would cut this quilt out with a hexagon ruler . She just couldn't get over how fast I could cut the whole quilt and that every piece in the quilt was a hexagon . It was my first one that I made and was fun to put together . Sad to say she didn't see the completed quilt that I was making for her ............. She had a stroke and died some time later .Hand quilted ~ Queen size ~
This quilt I made in a class at the quilt shop in Houma ,Louisiana .

Its called Stack & Whack !!! Lots of fun making this one too .

~ Bargello ~

I have been working on the Bargello quilt but its been slow..........

I had the 7 stratas done and not really loving 2 strips . When this happens I just stop and just can't move forward till I feel I have made the right decision. Today I went visit the quilt shop and found 2 fabrics to replace the 2 I wasn't happy with . So the sewing machine is humming again!!!

The picture below is 1 strata .
This quilt needs 7 , so Iam busy now ripping out the 2 strips and adding the 2 new ones . Now I can get busy on this and have it quilted in no time :0)