In 2003-2004, George and I had the privilege to host an AFS student from Germany for a year in our home.  It was an excellent match and we think of Atilla as our son.  While Ati was with us, he was very interested in the quilt I was making for my mother, Marian Long.  He told me if she did not want it, he would take it!  So before he left, we visited a fabric store together…

Well, the weekend in Chicagoland for my dad’s 80^th birthday is behind us and the weekend in Baltimore with George’s 92 year old aunt is coming up.  I was able to finish the top of quilt #5 Wednesday night before we left for the trip west and I have been busy cutting out the block work for quilt #6 (tentatively called Santas on Parade) and quilt # 7, official pattern name “Lady of the Lake” (my own name for it yet to be determined).  So even though we are traveling tons of time…