tender asparagus is coming into the produce sections now. Beyond yum. I just steam, spray with I Can't Believe It's Butter and chow down.Not much to report on the quilt front, I'm not happy with the cornerstones of the below mentioned quilt so am rethinking that plan.
FIL gets a little weaker each week and is eating less as we wind down toward the end. Some nights he sleeps pretty well, others he is up and 
down three or four times an hour. "Well, I gotta get up." "How come?" "I don't know, I gotta get up."
On the other hand my little girls (hens) are eating for an army I swear. But the nine of them have laid straight through fall and winter which is quite unusual if the chicken forum group are to be believed. This is the cutest picture I've seen in awhile, click on it to see full size.
I've been asked to show what I am doing when I thumb/fin
ger quilt, as 
they say a photo is worth a 1000 words. I don't use a thimble, I push the needle with my thumb or fingernail depending on which direction I'm going. The example is just on a piece of fabric, the quilt I'm working on is next door. #1 pushing away with thumb nail, #2 pushing back with finger nail. My other hand would be under the quilt letting me know each time the needle comes through. Hope the visual helps.
I started quilting with a floor frame built from instructions in a Foxfire book, 2 short side rails, 2 long top and bottom rails, sitting on chair seats. Then I used a vintage card table with the sidebars wrapped in pillow-ticking to pin to. This works beautifully because you can just work your way around the table. Then about 15 years ago I switched to strictly hoop quilting. I did buy a Grace frame in there at one point but hated it so it's gone to a friend in Canada. Back when postage was affordable. I can't imagine what it would cost to mail something like that now.
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Love the words! And that chicken/puppy photo is too darn cute.
I'm not sure how I would do with the thumb/finger quilting, I'm afraid I'd slip and jab the wrong end of the needle under my nail.
I used to quilt on a frame - lo these many years ago - but I switched to no frame or hoop and love it. I drape the bigger quilts over wooden tv tray to hold some of the weight and it keeps the quilt stretched tight enough. I haven't done any hand quilting for a while - maybe I'll get back to it.
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