I LOVE Joann's Fabrics!

Over the years, I have tried my hand at many crafts, and lately have been spending quite a bit of time making prayer shawls for friends and family, and as part of the prayer shawl ministry at our church. I love the wools, and look especially for the ones that feel the best. I love combining the colours, and using different textures to create unique shawls.
However, I have also always admired quilts and quilters,mostly because I know how many hours go into the creating of them. My mom quilted a lot over the years, and still quilts panels for each new grandchild and great grandchild as they arrive. Her quilts from when our kids were babies are treasures, and have been gifted to them so they can share them with their babies.
So, even though I still love to create the shawls, I am now trying my hand at quilting. As with most things, I am self taught (using books and internet as my guides). The first one was a very easy block pattern, and lives on a certain boy's bed at the lake. Now I am attempting three more for three special little girls. Yesterday, my sister needed to go to Grand Forks for windows, so I tagged along so I could go to that sewing heaven, Joann's Fabrics. Love it, love it, love it. So much choice in fabric colours and patterns , all cut into usable sizes so I won't have a ton left over. Got the rest of what I need for my three quilts. The picture above shows some of the fabrics I am using. Can you guess which colours are for which girl?
And, because I was at Joann's, I bought some of my favourite wool. This is the softest wool I have ever found, and I have found it or anything similar only at Joann's. Knitting with this will be my therapy, so I'll save it until I need it.
And, for those of you keeping track of my hair return, here is where I am now. I do have hair, but it definitely does what it wants! There is some curl to it, and it is soft and I think thicker than it was before. I really don't care, I am just happy to have hair again! Lily, Colin, Cole and I are reading 101 Dalmations. Some stories just don't go out of style!