Oh Goody, found my blogspot again!

Yay! I found my blogspot again! LOL. I think I have two of these, because I couldn't find the first one.

The quilt to the right is called "Blazing Glory". I did this in blues, but the pattern used rusts and golds...thus the "Blazing". I made a few errors in quilting (all freehand on my TL18LS)...but it was fun to make and quilt.

Since I first posted, I've become the owner of a TL18LS (2009 model) & a Qbot quilting robot. I love them both. They do the job that the more expensive tools do, but at a cost I can afford.

I am now the main moderator (only the owner do to starting the group...but I think it's a group effort by everyone on the group) of the TinLizzieLongarm group on Yahoo:

TinLizzieLongarm Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TinLizzieLongarm

I started the group when the old one was shut down. We discuss lots of things besides our TL products, which include the TL18, TL18LS, Queen Quilter, Ansley, Viking 18, etc. We also discuss the SS/SSII (Shirley Stitcher by TL), Qbot, and anything to do with our products, and quilting with them.

I have been working on learning to use the Qbot & it's basic software...thinking about upgrading to 4D Quilt Creator software...just not sure I need it, since I have several other embroidery softwares.

I am a blogger!

I decided to start a blog here on blogspot. It's not my first, I have them on Yahoo, Google, Myspace, etc... but they are mostly family oriented. I will try to keep this one related to quilting, but won't promise!

The photo to the left is from our trip to Mexico. Corinna (Cori) is on the left & is our oldest girl. With her is Bonnie...heaven sent for sure! There is just not enough ways to thank her for all the help & friendship she has given Cori.

My online friends are aware that Cori (as well as our son, Lon Jr) have Usher Syndrome, and Cori, as a result, has less than 5% (considerably less) of her vision remaining. For us, the hardest part of our decision to have the treatment was deciding which would be worse; have the treatment & get little or no result, or don't have the treatment & spend the rest of our lives wondering if it would have helped...we chose to have the procedure.

Cori & our great family friend & helper Bonnie came from Seattle, WA, and we flew in from Lubbock, TX, meeting in Dallas, TX. We shared the flight from Dallas to McAllen, TX, then drove to Weslaco, TX . Dr. Sapse, met us at the Holiday Inn in Weslaco, and brought with him, Nui, who also has