Training Hearts at Home: The Latest Quilt Squares

About Me

Hello, and welcome to my little corner of the world! I'm Christy and I am so blessed to be the wife of a wonderful, God-fearing man as well as the mom of four great children.

In our family, learning is not about 'filling a bucket', but it's about 'lighting a fire'! We sincerely desire for our children to love to learn, and that's why we homeschool.

Book knowledge will only take our children so far. But if their hearts are trained toward the things of the Lord, then they will be ok no matter what life may bring them.

I'm glad you're here. Grab a warm mug of hot chocolate, sit back, and read about the many different things that I think throughout the day... "Hey, that would make a good blog entry!"

Our Children

*Baby Girl- age 17
Because she was our long-awaited, much-anticipated, prayed-and-hoped-for first baby and will always be our baby girl.

*Handsome- age 14

Because when he was younger he thought his little brother was cuter than he was, so mommy started calling him her little handsome guy.

*Reece Cup- age 13

Because his middle name is Reece and when he was little he was the sweetest little thing and I called him my little Reece Cup because I could have just eaten him up!

*Princess- age 12

Because she was our baby princess and was treated as such by everyone in our home right from the moment she was born.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The Latest Quilt Squares

Here are the latest of Fran's family's quilt squares I have received...

This one is from JavaJackie. One of my favorite hymns! Yes Jackie, His grace IS amazing and I believe Fran would agree.

This next one is from Michele. It represents The Story of Ping. I love the chinese-writing background and find it amazing just how much the duck looks exactly like Ping himself!

LynnDinKY made these squares. The first one represents the book, Peter Rabbit. Pink being my favorite color, I love the second square and think it represents Fran's efforts to raise awareness of breast cancer beautifully.

And lastly, this square was made by Leslie Nelson. It is for the book, The Clown of God. We love it! What a fun way to represent this much-loved Five in a Row book!

9 comments:

SisterTipster said...: I have wanted to learn to quilt. What a neat application/inspiration for making one. What will it be, a wall hanging or bed quilt?? NEAT!; July 11, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Christy said...: Hi Sister! We are actually putting together 3 quilts and they will all be bed quilts so they can cuddle up in them and remember Fran, if they so chose. Another one we made for a momma who lost her little 3 year old son is on display in her home.; July 12, 2010 at 6:08 AM
Just an Average American Mom said...: Stopping by from the blog walk.

Very cool quilt squares!; July 12, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Monica said...: Hi - I'm dropping by for the blog walk. I loved using FIAR too. Your quilt pieces are adorable!; July 13, 2010 at 7:27 AM
Jill said...: Love these quilt squares! That is definitely an area of creativity where I am inept. I love looking at what other people can do, however. What a great idea!
Just stopping through on the TOS Blogwalk to check out your follow you (and this is totally off-topic, but I swear we had the exact same wedding dress). :); July 13, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Jennifer said...: What a beautiful idea. I love the connection to books! Just stopping by from the crew. Will be following now.; July 13, 2010 at 8:37 PM
April Bradley said...: What an amazing gift these quilts will be. It's touching that you all share your creative gifts in such a heartfelt way. The famliy will be so blessed.; July 15, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Rachel said...: Stopping by on the blog walk. Very cook quilt squares.; July 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tonya @ The Traveling Praters said...: Hi Christy, I'm just stopping by and following from the TOS Crew Blog Walk. I love the idea of the quilt squares! Loved the Ping square as that was a favorite book of ours when my kids were little. Blessings!:); July 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM