An Introduction

 Hello Friends!

How are we doing?  Hope you are all staying healthy.  So far so good for us here.  I wanted to take this post and talk a little about myself and why I started this blog.  There are some new readers that have come to visit.  Hello and welcome!

I am Amy.  I live in a little village south of Madison Wisconsin, called Monticello. I work for the largest medical software company in the country.  I am a receptionist and get to talk to our customers everyday.  They are so fun to talk to!

I am the mother of Samuel.  He is almost 24 years old.  His father and I divorced when he was 2.  He currently lives in Oshkosh WI with his girlfriend, Iolanda and their puppy, Roxy.

I have a sister, Lisa who lives in Madison WI with her husband, Austin and their puppy, Ruby.

I also have 2 brothers from my father's previous marriage.  

I bought my parent's house in 2018.  It is the house I grew up in.  My dad was in the nursing home and my mom moved to an apartment shortly before I purchased the house.  My dad has since passed but mom is still enjoying life at her new apartment.

I love to read other peoples blogs so I thought I would start one here to document my life and quilting journey.

Now to the fun stuff!  I have been quilting for 10 years.  I found a quilt blog and started asking questions. Everyone was so helpful I knew I needed to be a part of this group. Then I heard about Merry Mayhem. Merry Mayhem does a mystery quilt along on New Year's Day.  I decided to follow along.  I did not know much about fabric and measurements.  I bought some fabric from Walmart and was excited to cut into it.  This is the first quilt I made:

I didn't know much about color and value either.  I didn't know about batting and binding.  But I have learned.  And I am still learning.  That is what is so wonderful about quilting.  There is always more to know.

I have made around 50+ quilts.  Some are small doll size and some are queen size.  I do like to finish projects quickly so I tend to make smaller things.  But sometimes you just have to make the bigger quilt.

I do like a challenge.  In the past I have been a part of Project Quilting, doing those challenges. My friends Kim and Trisha run it.  They are a lot of fun and I have even won a couple of the door prizes.  If you like a challenge, I really hope you will play along with them.  I never know if I am going to do participate until I see the challenge and see if my time will permit.  There are 6 challenges in 12 weeks.  You get the challenge on Sunday and it must be complete before the next Sunday.  It really is amazing to see what others make.

I think that is enough about me for now. I do use this place to talk about my family, my house remodel and quilting.  You can always look back at earlier posts to see what I have been up to.  Do you have any questions for me?  You can always email me too at theturquoisebutton at gmail dot com.

Thanks for reading!

Blessings!

Amy

My bedroom

 Hello Friends

Well, I have mostly finished my bedroom remodel.  There are a few touches I would like to make but those will come in time.

Here is part of the room.  This photo was taken from the bathroom looking into the bedroom.  The walls were white and there was red carpeting that I had just removed.  This was a year ago.

This is that same view.  New and improved.  The lamps were purchased at Target.  My wonderful friend and Bestie, Cathy,  gave me a gift card when I bought the house.  Thank you Cathy!!

Found this cow picture at the store At Home.  I could spend hours in that store.  The sewing machine and thread box were bought for my mom from my dad.  The Singer machine still works.

This is a view from the hallway into the bedroom.  I still need to find a little table to put by my chair.  My wonderful neighbors at my previous apartment gave me a gift card for Pier 1.  Luckily I used it before they all closed.  That chair will get lots of use.

Here is the view from the chair.  I just love my IKEA furniture!  That little green chair may get repainted.  Not sure if I like that color now.

Another view from the hallway.

I am hoping to share a new quilt on that bed someday soon.  It's not really a new quilt but one that needs finishing.

I am currently binding my Maple Leaf quilt.  My other friend and Bestie, Marilyn and I exchanged blocks.  My friend Heather did the custom quilting.  Wait until you see it!  It's now one of my favorites!

Not much going on in the sewing department at this time.  Now the holidays are coming and I need to focus on more cleaning.  I must say that the house is about 98% of my things and only 2% of my parent's.  Starting to feel like home.

Still need to decide if and what to make my coworkers for Christmas.  I have a few ideas but nothing that really jumps out at me.  Do you make holiday gifts or buy everything?

Blessings

Amy