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2012-01-31T23:00:00.008-06:00

My granddaughter making a very important phone call to her papa (grandpa).

Let's celebrate the end of January with a giveaway. We are getting so much closer to Spring and haven't had much snow! Even if we get snow now it won't last more than a month or two!! Yah, I love spring. The giveaway is a charm pack of A Morris Garden by Barbara Brackman. Just leave me a comment and make sure I have your email address. I'll draw on Saturday morning and notify the winner. I will also include a pattern of some kind, and maybe something else if I have time to go thru my stacks and piles of stuff!
Have a great week. Tomorrow is hump day. Woo Hoo!

Edited to add: Sandie at CrazyboutQuilts is the winner.

What happened to 10 in 10

2012-01-29T23:35:00.007-06:00

OK so doesn't he look like he's a little upset? Well that's how I felt the other day when I went into my sewing room and started organizing things. There are way too many projects that need to be finished. I could probably use from my stash and not need any more fabric for as long as I live. I won't even tell you how many UFOs I found. Then to make it even worse, I started reading old posts from my blog. There was the 10 in 10 post mocking me!! I think it was more like I got 2 of them finished in 2010. That's 2 whole years ago! So even tho I don't make New Years resolutions, this year I am going to make one and stick to it. I am going to finish UFOs!! Now I suppose I'll have to say 12 in 2012. I am going to do a giveaway of a cute charm pack in a few days. I haven't taken a picture of it yet so that's why I am waiting.
And I learned one very important thing....don't go back and read your blog cos then you realize how much you didn't get finished ; -)

Giveaway

2012-01-15T21:31:00.003-06:00

5 fat quarter giveaway....plus a pattern! I'll draw on Friday the 20th of January.

Edited to add: The winner of my giveaway is Happy Cottage Quilter.

Playing with Max

2012-01-09T13:59:00.002-06:00

Today I am playing with grandson Max! We have played every game in the house, at least twice! It seems that the rules change each time we play. Now we are going to build with Legos! This is the little guy who goes for donuts with me. We went this morning but I forgot to take his picture with frosting and sprinkles on his face.

Jelly Bellys

2012-01-08T21:52:00.003-06:00

Carson found the Jelly Belly machine and it trying his best to find out how to get the candy out. He knows there is a way, but isn't sure how to do it yet.

new fridge

2012-01-04T16:22:00.008-06:00

Do you know how hard it is to take a picture of a black refrigerator? If I stood in front of it, it looked like a mirror. I could see myself! I tried to get a little closer but none of those pictures looked good. So this is my new refrigerator and you can see the door frame into the laundry room. It is just about a perfect size...much better than the white one we first had. My daughter talked me into getting black because we already had a black dishwasher (which is on the other side of the set of drawers that are shown). And the stove has a black top and oven door and the rest is white. So it really does look nice. I was afraid it might look like a big black hole!

Grandson is home from the hospital and doing better. He is still not feeling the best. You can see it in his eyes and the fact that he is letting us hold him, plus taking long naps. Otherwise he is on the go all the time.

Measure Twice ?

2012-01-02T21:29:00.003-06:00

In my case I should have measured 3 times...height, width and DEPTH! But didn't think about the last one. We had the ice maker hooked up and pushed the fridge back and Whoops!! The front of it stuck out past the woodwork and door knob of the laundry room.

This is how it looked from the laundry room. It was a monster size fridge. DH, myself nor the salesman thought about the deepth of it. When we remodled the kitchen earlier this year our carpenter asked if we wanted the hole large enough for the new fridges. (ours was an old fridge and not as wide) I was glad he mentioned it because I would never have thought about it.

We are getting our new fridge as I write this so I'll have to show pics tomorrow. We had to special order it because the store didn't keep that size in store. The one we ordered is called counter depth.

I learned now to measure at least 3 times!!

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T21:13:00.003-06:00

My wish for everyone is for a healthy and happy New Year. This is my grandson's photo from last year. This year hasn't started out very good. Grandson is in the hospital with pneumonia and RSV. I've been spending part of the day with him so his mom & dad can go home and get some sleep. Poor little baby is so tired but can't sleep cos he keeps coughing and wakes up crying. Hopefully he will be back home tomorrow or the following day.

The late Wedding Quilt

2011-12-29T16:55:00.008-06:00

My nephew got married in August and I was making them a flannel quilt. I decided to go with a Christmas/Snowman theme because they live in an apartment at this time and I don't know what colors they will choose when they get a home. I started the quilt early enough so it would be finished before the wedding. But that didn't happen.

Notice the red squares in the center? There was supposed to be enough red in the kit to make the second border which is now the light colored stripe.

This photo shows the border a little better. From a distance it doesn't stand out like it would have if it was red.

I got this kit last year or probably the year before at an after Christmas sale but I still thought I'd try to find some of the red fabric on the internet. I was so excited that I actually found the red fabric and I ordered it. Duh! The fabric arrived and it was cotton, not flannel. In my excitement to have found the matching fabric, I hadn't even noticed that little fact when I ordered it.

I didn't want to mix the cotton with the flannel because of shrinkage so I carried the center of the quilt to lots of quilt shops looking for a red that would go with the red in the quilt. Well it turns out that I couldn't find any red flannel that was even close. Finally at one shop I spotted the stripe fabric in a kit (it was to make a two sided baby's receiving blanket) and grabbed that kit. I figured one of the fabrics that was already in the quilt would be better than something that didn't match.

Plus as a bonus, there was enough of the stripe that I could use it as the binding. I love striped bindings! The above photo is the back of the quilt. The flannel is so soft and cuddley I think I'll make myself one! Just add it to the list of UFOs and quilts I want to make some day. LOL !! My list is probably 4 pages long by now.

best Christmas present

2011-12-26T11:14:00.003-06:00

My gift will be delivered in July!

My Elf

2011-12-24T16:21:00.003-06:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!

This is my favorite Elf! May you have a wonderful Christmas with family and friends.

What a difference a little snow can make!

2011-12-20T20:44:00.007-06:00

Yes, snow is pretty, but I hate to have to drive in it. Ours is melted now, I'm slow at getting this posted. I have an up and down battle with depression. I have had for many years. I haven't posted for about a month because I am in the down stage now. I don't like Christmas and the end of the year. It seems to be so much work, and the real meaning of Christmas is gone. I hate that Thanksgiving hardly gets mentioned because of Black Friday and the shopping frenzy. The end of the year is so final. I think back to the things I wanted to get accomplished, but didn't get them finished (or started in some cases!) So life moves on and soon it will be Christmas. And I'll have my family home for a great day of celebrating. It will be fun to see all the grandkids and how excited they are at Christmas! And the new year will start and instead of New Year resolutions I'll make a New Year list of what I'd like to do. No resolutions, that sounds so final. Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you have a joyous season.

2 baby quilts finished

2011-11-20T11:18:00.006-06:00

I finished my Quilt For Kids.

The backing and binding are the same fabric. I really like the fabrics they picked out.

This is the back of the following quilt. I made a quick and easy quilt for a friend's baby boy. I really like the checkered binding. The quilt itself is a panel with a car race theme.

Haven't been able to finish too many projects lately. Seems like work is getting in the way of my quilting time!

I had a 3 day weekend over Veteran's Day and went to visit family. We had a wonderful time. My uncle is a veteran from WWII. We attended a wonderful supper and program for the veteran belonging to his church.

Oh I've been waiting for you!

2011-10-25T18:26:00.004-05:00

I get lost in parking lots and buildings. So can you imagine how lost I get in a city? I was in Des Moines one evening trying to get to Ankeny, which was north of where I was. I ended up about 30 miles south of where I wanted to be. And then I still had to find Ankeny and it was getting later and darker and started raining. And after all that I had to find my way back to the hotel. Well, I missed it too cos there was a "Road Repair" sign blocking my exit sign. So after all that excitement I decided to finally give in and get a Garman...one of my new best friends. I'm going to test it out on Thursday when I go to Sioux City, another city I am not familiar with. So if I don't get lost I'll be back to post on Friday.

And guess who is walking!! He also learned how to open the door to the garage at his home. He will go into the garage and climb in his stroller waiting for mom to go for a walk. Oh boy, glad it's her and not me, I'm too old for chasing him all day!

A Winner & A Thank You

2011-10-23T20:14:00.003-05:00

The winner of the string quilt book is Anna of Peaceful Piecer. Thank you to everyone who entered! I enjoyed reading all the comments. So much in fact that I'll be having another giveaway soon.

Time for a giveaway.

2011-10-19T17:05:00.007-05:00

Have you ever found a book that you really liked. I mean really, really like.

And you end up buying 2 copies of it?? I did. So I am having a giveaway for the second copy of the book "String Quilts" My favorite is the poppy quilt on the cover. I think I must have too many books if I am starting to buy doubles! Actually this is the only double book I've ever bought. And I buy my books at JoAnn Fabric when I have a 40% off coupon. So if you'd like to win this book, leave me a message and tell me where you are from. I will do the random number thing on Sunday.

My grandson stayed over night with us a few days ago. Here he discovered the magnets I have on the fridge, while I was making breakfast.

He decided that they come loose but wasn't sure of what to do with them.

Now he has it figured out. He can take them off and put them back on. Aren't kids in their jammies so cute and cuddley.

Is this Heaven? No it's (the AQS Show in) Iowa!

2011-10-12T19:51:00.014-05:00

This is what you see from the upper floor when you are walking into the AQS show that was held at the end of Sept. in Des Moines, Iowa. WOW!! This is only about 1/4 of what you can see walking past the windows. The pictures are some close-ups of the quilts. They were fantastic. Look at the beading and quilting on this one.

I cannot imagine sitting still long enough to do all of this beading. This quilt was over 5 feet long and had beading running thru it.

Look closely at the quilting on this one. It was fantastic. I would love to be able to do this. This is a portion of the stem and background.

Isn't this applique great! It was large and ran from top to bottom of this quilt. I would love to do applique large like this. I haven't done applique yet, but this is large pieces and looks like I could do it.

This DWR just glowed from the center out. This quilt is on my bucket list!

This quilt is called the Christmas Pickle, I think. I have the book it's in because it's another one I'd like to make. I LOVE the greens in this quilt. They are more of an olive or dull green, not the bright Christmas green. She did a great job with this quilt.

More great beading and some couching of yarn or heavy threads. The whole quilt is quilted and beaded like this close-up. Just wonderful work.

I took this photo from the side of the quilt. The petals in the flower are 3D. It was so vibrant!

I am not sure if this is made with ribbons or fabric strips. I love the 3D movement in this.

This is from a full size quilt. The appliqued flowers were huge! And such beautiful fabrics.

This is a big white flower and the purple is the middle of it. The detail is amazing.

I just love quilt shows!

Stay tuned for a giveaway

2011-10-04T23:45:00.000-05:00

I had a long post but lost it. Stay tuned for a giveaway.

I need advice

2011-09-26T16:51:00.001-05:00

I am making a flannel quilt, pictured on my last post. I didn't have enough red for the outer border and the binding. It was from a kit from a year or 2 ago. So I went online and found some of the red fabric and ordered it. When I opened it today, it wasn't flannel! I didn't realize it when I ordered it. So my question is ......does it work ok to mix flannel with regular cotton fabric or will the difference in shrinkage make it look bad? Has anyone tried this before?

UFOs

2011-09-23T21:31:00.009-05:00

It's been awhile since I've been posting regularly and I forgot what I was doing and put the photos in first one last. I usually add a picture of my grandson at the end of my posts and here he is with my camera case. Do you think I could get at least 1 good picture of him? No, not this time. He is getting more teeth and chews on anything he gets ahold of.

This is a quilt I started on yesterday. It's a Quilt for Kids project. The outer border will be the green with lighthouses and they sent a cute backing. I'll post a picture when I'm finished with it.

This next quilt is from a kit I bought on sale after last Christmas or the one before, I don't remember. But after I got this far I didn't have enough fabric to finish it.

But I went online and found enough fabric that I'll be able to finish it. The fabric is Be Merry by Riley Blake. It's flannel and oh so soft and cuddley. It is a wedding present for my nephew and his new bride. Yes, the wedding is over. I gave them an IOU for a gift.....I'm sure no one else has ever done that!!

And since I can never work on one (or 2 or 3 or more) project at a time, these are blocks from Pure. I'm going to cut them in half diagonally and piece them back together. I hope to be able to get one light side and one dark side and set them in a diamond setting.

I love these colors together.

What about you, do you finish one project before you start another one or do you have lots of projects going at once? I bet I'm not the only one who does that!

red sunflowers

2011-08-28T21:01:00.006-05:00

We, and by saying we, I mean my DH, planted sunflowers this year. Behind the grotto you can see some yellow ones. But in another place we ended up with red sunflowers.

Have you ever seen red sunflowers? I never have. It was hard to get a picture of these because they were taller than I am. In the first picture you can also see some of the pink roses and our volunteer petunias.

Happy Birthday

2011-08-27T21:21:00.003-05:00

My grandson is 1. Hard to believe how fast the last year went!

Woo Hoo

2011-08-25T17:07:00.002-05:00

I have my computer fixed. I couldn't post anything before. Don't know what was wrong, and don't really care as long as it works!! Thanks to Internet Solver in Des Moines, Iowa.

I can't wait to post pictures of Carson, who is now a year old. And lots of pictures of my flowers. And I think this calls for a giveaway. I'll be working on all those in a couple days. Right now I am doing "homework" for my work. Not too much fun.

The view from my back door

2011-05-24T20:46:00.007-05:00

Most of these flowers on the lower level are day lillies. Above is a bleeding heart and a peony and the bush to the left side had the prettiest pink blossoms on it. I don't know what it is, but wish it lasted longer.

This fish is my DH art work. He was a welder at one time and used scrap metal to make lots of fun things. He made 2 dinosaurs! I'll try to find a photo of them. He is quite an artist! We went to a "hunny do" quilting class and he is better at cutting fabric than I am. He is so precise and takes his time to do sure every cut is perfect. After the class I found out the reason he agreed to go with me was so he could go on a fishing weekend with some of his buddys!!

This is the other side of the wall in the back yard. The red flowers are fern peonys. They are beautiful, but don't last long. On the top corner of the wall there are yellow iris in bloom.

On top of this section of the wall are iris. These are the green dots I saw awhile back. Look at all the wonderful greenery now. I love spring.

And my grandson!

Carson is trying to decide if he can eat this toy! He's been chewing on everything and his first tooth finally popped thru.

You can teach an old dog new tricks.

2011-05-10T21:35:00.008-05:00

My son was home a couple weeks ago and was showing me pictures of his vacation. He popped out a little blank memory chip from my computer and put his in from his camera. I didn't know it was even there! That makes posting pictures much faster. I really need to learn more about my computer ;-) This is a shot of my birthday flowers. The white stuff was really silver. Very pretty!

This is a picture of my new kitchen. I l.o.v.e these drawers. I have a set on both sides of the stove. No more crawling into the cupboard to find a pan that is buried clear in the back under everything else.

This is the bar on one end of the kitchen. In back of the bar stools is the dining room table and hutch.

This one is looking from the other direction. If you were to look really close you could see the table which is covered still with "stuff" that needs to find a home.

This shows the sink and window. We had a window there, but I was trying to talk DH into letting me put in a new window with an arch in the top. Didn't work! I am going to make a roman shade for the window when I finally decide what color to paint.

And look what I found when I opened the cupboard door! Carson doesn't know what's going on but he still has a smile for us. I hope to show more pictures soon. It seems like I have been so busy, but I don't get anything accomplished. Our back yard looks so pretty with all the flowers coming up. Way better than the snow we had earlier.

The Day After Easter

2011-04-25T21:42:00.000-05:00

Is everyone eating boiled eggs?

a sneak peak at my new kitchen

2011-04-19T22:51:00.004-05:00

The colors are off a little in this picture. I'll do better with the next pictures, I promise!

DH is still recovering from surgery. He can get up from chairs and the bed without much trouble. He still has to wear a brace and is supposed to walk. So we've been walking....short walks, but 3 or 4 times a day. He goes back to the doctor May 3rd. He is hoping that he will be able to go back to work on light duty because he is really bored now. But he still has a lot of pain. Guess we'll wait to hear what the doctor has to say.

p.s. I am still looking for my camera cord.

A belated Thank You

2011-04-17T19:49:00.004-05:00

Last month I won a book giveaway from Amy's Creative Side. Go to Quilt Fiesta to see pictures from the book. There are beautiful quilts in this book. The first one I am going to make is Salsa Verde. Green is my favorite! I still haven't found my camera cord to link with my computer. It is utter chaos in this house.

short update

2011-04-17T00:49:00.005-05:00

I found out that I wouldn't have made a very good nurse. Good thing I didn't go to nursing school! DH is recovering but still very slow and sore. The kitchen is almost finished!! Woo Hoo. I have most of the things put back into the cupboards. But the kitchen sink faucet just came in yesterday. Now I'll need my favorite plumber, my brother, to install it. Why didn't I learn any of that type of stuff when I worked at the plumbing shop for dad. No I just answered phones. Sorry no pics today. I still haven't found my camera cord in all the chaos.

project in the works

2011-04-03T09:46:00.005-05:00

I found this charm pack in my stash and sewed them together. Then went looking for a border and foung the one in the pic above. The border is from a different line but it has all the right colors and I liked them together. It will have a green print backing that is the same line as the border. I have started straight line quilting it. It's something bright to look at while I am waiting for some sun shine.

Warning the following is boring...you may want to stop reading here.

My DH had major back surgery on the 21st of March. Today is the first day he is feeling a little better. Which is very good for me and his friends. Two of his close friends were coming in every day to help him with what ever he needed. They were angels to me because I have a job out of town. I would put DH pills in envelopes with the time of day on them. Found out that worked well. But he still needed fed and help getting up. I couldn't take time off work because I just started work on March 7 after being off work for 3 months. Now that he is off work I was very fortunate to have found a job. Time to go, more later.

all smiles

2011-03-20T23:25:00.001-05:00

When ever I need a smile, I find a picture of my grandson. He can always make me smile!

Dear Dad

2011-03-19T10:31:00.005-05:00

Dear Dad, I miss you so very much every day. A Life Remembered

Leonard Anthony Stinn May 9, 1928 ~ March 19, 2010

Leonard was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 57 years, Connie Kay (Schaben) Stinn.

I said, "God, I hurt."
And God said, "I know."

I said, "God, I cry a lot"
And God said, "That is why I gave you tears."

I said, "God I am so depressed."
And God said, "That is why I gave you Sunshine."

I said, "God, life is so hard."
And God said, "That is why I gave you loved ones."

I said, "God, my loved one died."
And God said, "So did mine."

I said, "God, it is such a loss."
And God said, "I saw mine nailed to a cross."

I said, "God, but your love one lives."
And God said, "So does yours."

I said, "God, where is she now?"
And God said, "Mine is on My right
and yours is in the Light."

I said, "God it hurts."
And God said, "I know........."

In my sewing room

2011-03-18T20:22:00.004-05:00

One of my bulletin boards in my sewing area. If you look on the bottom of the bulletin board you can see a picture of the garage door with a star on it....my DH painted it like that for me. He said since it needed to be painted it might as well look good. We got the idea from all the barn quilts around.

There are lots of little notes and drawings, along with pictures and cards, things I think are good for inspiration. What about you, do others have little pieces and drawings of special items?

It's fun to be green

2011-03-16T22:27:00.010-05:00

Everyone can be Irish for a day!

I love green!

An old Irish toast:

May you live as long as you want,

and never want as long as you live.

What sits outside on your deck? Patty O'Furniture!

The Kitchen Mess

2011-03-12T21:22:00.008-06:00

This is a photo of part of the new cabinets. The wood is not as dark as it looks, but I just took these tonight and the light isn't the best. I am getting moss green countertops. The white ones are from the old cabinets and we set them on top so we had space to put things. I cannot believe how unhandy it is to not have a counter top or a sink. It doesn't show very good in the picture but the lower cabinets are 3 drawers that roll all the way out. I love them! No more crawling on my knees with my head inside the cabinet looking for something. I will take more pictures later on and show more of the finished kitchen. This wall is opposite from the stove. If you notice under the window is a plastic table we use as our countertop!! LOL One nice thing is the dishwasher still works, but we are using paper plates part of the time. The space about the sink is where I am going to put a few dishes or decrative plates. Under the little arch is a white shade which won't show when I put the valance back. Did you notice the toaster on the right side. DH loves his morning toast. I haven't decided what color to paint, but am thinking gray. If I was really gutsy I'd go with a brick red.

This is part of the "STUFF" that came out of the cabinates. And if you look on the left side you'll see my very cute quilt rack. I'll show a better picture of it later, and tell you about its story.

And this is the other side of the pile of "STUFF" that was in there too. There will be some major purging when it's time to put things back. The blue & red circlular thing is Carson's toy. Just ignore it. In time I also hope to replace the fireplace surround or else take it off and repaint it. I'd like something not shiney.

This is a picture of my laundry room with some of the old cabinets in it. I am standing in the opposite cornor of the room taking this picutre. The washer & dryer are on my left side and there are cabinets to match these from the kitchen already over the washer/dryer. When we moved in there was a freezer in this space, which we moved so we could put in these extra cupboards. I'm going to have so much space I won't be able to find things without a map. Maybe I'll stick a note to the door of each one and list what's inside. ;-)

And finally the garage, the resting place for displaced cupboards. My brother wants them for a rental house he's remodeling, but he is out of state on vacation. So DH can't park his pick up inside. I was lucky cos they unloaded the new cubards on my side and now it's empty!! It doesn't really matter now since it hasn't been snowing. I bet I shouldn't have said that. Now we'll probably get a huge snow storm. (knock on wood)

When everything is finished and put away I'll show some more pictures. It will look much better I promise.

a long week

2011-03-11T21:55:00.002-06:00

I've been out of work since November and finally found a job. I started this week. And it has been a long week. Guess after a few months of no schedule, I am worn out. I'll post more later about our kitchen. Finally the week I go back to work the carpenter comes to install the new cupboards. We have boxes of stuff all over the living & dining rooms. Would have been nice to have this to work on a couple months ago. Oh well, this is my spring cleaning, even tho it might take me until fall to finish it. LOL

Spring is really on its way!

2011-03-04T14:49:00.007-06:00

And once again I forgot to post photos before I wrote about them so you can find my explanations further down after the photos. I did the photos in the right order tho! as I looked out of the house

Iris coming up!!

Day Lilly peaking out!

No idea what this stuff is???

I looked out my kitchen window and thought I saw a little green bud thru the leaves. DH said no way. So I had to go get a closer look and there are iris' starting to peek out of the ground. Then I looked at the day lillies and saw a tiny piece of new growth. And I found a big patch of something growing like crazy. My aunt gave it to DH and we planted it last year so I'll have to ask her what it is. I am so excited for spring to get here. I want some sunshine!! And green grass, and flowers and to get all the dead stuff raked up and off the lawn.

Mug Rugs for Me

2011-03-03T14:59:00.009-06:00

kleenix holder for my purse .... it is red and matches the mug rugs, but the colors in the photo didn't turn out true. I had a hard time posting my photos today. Don't know for sure what I did wrong.

These mug rugs are from my exchange partner, Irene, from Canada. I just love red! and these are perfect. Wonderful sewing and great fabric choices. Look at all the cute fabrics. Irene even included a purse size kleenex holder. Isn't is darling? Plus a big emery board. I can't tell you how many times I've looked for my tiny one in my purse when I'm sewing and have a rough fingernail that catches on fabrics, which drives me nuts! So THANK YOU Irene! I love my gifts.

Plus this is so fun...the gal I sent my mug rugs to, Gerrie, knows Irene (because of facebook), who sent these mug rugs to me. They are both from Canada and met thru facebook. So now I'm going to try to find them too.

Funny Prayer about Getting Old at the Caregiver of the Year Dinner

2011-03-02T13:37:00.002-06:00

I hope this post works. I haven't tried to post a video clip before.
But to give you some background as to why I posted this...both my mother and father were in a nursing home before they passed away. This lady is saying a prayer to a group of people who take care of the elderly. And so many of the things she says are so familiar to me from when my parents were beginning to get older and the time they were in nursing homes. It is funny but it has a wonderful lesson also. Older people cannot always hear, they might walk soooo slow, not always get things right the first time they try ( Oh No, I just realized I am talking about myself too!!). I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. And I hope I posted the video right so it works. ;) ( p.s. The title is what the video was origionally posted as. I am not making fun of prayer.)

Rouenneries by French General

2011-02-28T23:17:00.003-06:00

I am looking for jelly rolls of Rouenneries. Does anyone have any they would like to sell or trade? I've looked on etsy & ebay...with no luck there

I enjoyed taking care of my granddaughter over the last 5 days even tho she still has an ear infection and wasn't her normal active self. Do you know how hard it is to convince a 2 1/2 year old to let you put drops in her ear? Her folks will be home tomorrow and will be taking her back to the doctor to see how it looks. At least she isn't running a temp any longer. We watched some cartoon movies that she has seen many, many times before. It was so cute, once in awhile she would start singing with the movie. Grandchildren are so much fun! But I am upset with myself because I forgot to take any pictures of her.

no sewing this week

2011-02-24T18:06:00.001-06:00

Probably won't be blogging or sewing this week. I'm babysitting a sick granddaughter. So we are spending a lot of time cuddling.

Giveaway

2011-02-22T12:20:00.010-06:00

???? Can anyone tell me why sometimes I have my signature at the bottom of my posts and sometimes it is gone????

This seemed to be a wild weekend and I didn't get anything accomplished that I wanted to do and thought I'd still write a post, so I though I'd write about a giveaway I saw at Sew Happy-Me . They are having a giveaway for Doll Babies fabric by Henry Glass. Stop by her blog and look around, there are lots of cute things to see. She has some cute teddy bears also, not just quilting things.

Mug Rugs

2011-02-19T22:09:00.004-06:00

I made 2 mug rugs and matching towels for the mug rug exchange. I love the aqua & brown colored fabric, it reminds me of steam rising from a cup of coffee. This was a fun project. I didn't know what to expect when I started it but I had fun. Now maybe I'll have the courage to participate in something larger next time. Happy Sunday to all!

Snow or no snow?

2011-02-18T23:34:00.008-06:00

This is what it looked like out my back door a couple weeks ago. Snow, snow and more snow.

Now I really don't like snow so today I looked out my back door and this is what I saw.

Now I like this much better. But I have been hearing some bad things on the TV about the upcoming week and some more snow in the forecast. Oh No! How can mother nature do that to us? Doesn't the sun shine look so nice in the last pictures? Guess I will have to wait and see what happens. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Birthday

2011-02-15T18:52:00.003-06:00

My oldest 2 granddaughters celebrated their birthdays on Sunday. Both were born in February.(Grandma forgot her camera so this is an older picture) The girls are now 7 & 9. We had so much fun playing with the grandkids. The girls decorated their cake as a yard full of snow using white frosting, coconut, sugar cubes and Lego people. Really cute! One guy fell head first into a pile of (frosting) snow. Some of the Lego guys were having snow ball fights with "square" snow balls and even had a snow fort.

Will you be my Valentine?

2011-02-13T23:35:00.003-06:00

a long lost quilt

2011-02-11T21:37:00.007-06:00

I made a baby quilt for the Quilts For Kids from a top I found in my stash. I had made the top years ago, actually forgotten about it. I was looking for some fabric I knew I had and at the same time I found this. I quilted it yesterday with a neutral backing that has little red hearts and tiny blue flowers in it, which worked out perfectly. I quilted it with wavy lines so it went fairly fast. I still need to wash it before I mail it. I love the old crinkly look you get from cotton batting after it's washed. Hope everyone has a great weekend. We are finally going to have nice weather (above freezing)! Plus we are going to our granddaughter's birthday party, so it should be a fun weekend for us!

winner

2011-02-07T15:05:00.002-06:00

The winner of the bookk giveaway was "Stitched With Prayers" Thanks to all who commented.

GIVEAWAY

2011-02-03T12:06:00.006-06:00

This is a BOOK ROUND ROBIN GIVEAWAY. Barb from Bejeweled Quilts by Barb sent me this book that she had gotten from SewCalGal and now someone else can have the book to read and then must send it off to another person. Let's see how many people we can get to read this and sign your name on the inside. Barb sent me a cute pineapple pattern and I'll have something extra in the package when I send the book.

Leave me a comment if you'd like to get this book next. I'll do the random number thing on Monday. Remember when you are finished reading the book, pass it on!!

Edited to add...the winner is Stitched With Prayer...........I did the random number thing, but can't ever seem to get it to post.

Mug Rug

2011-02-02T15:13:00.005-06:00

Oh, I won again! So excited. Joanne at Thread Head showed her drunkards path Mug Rug and I won a kit to make one also. She even sent the batting! And you should go visit her blog because she has beautiful pictures and lots of good things going on right now, even another GIVEAWAY!!

My New Journal

2011-01-31T00:15:00.003-06:00

I won a darling journal from Elizabeth at Such a Sew and Sew. It is just so cute with string piecing and pinwheels. I have been sewing for years and have never written down any comments about my quilts. A friend of mine keeps telling me to keep a journal of the name of the fabrics, pattern and a picture of my quilts. Well now thanks to Elizabeth I will finally be doing that. Visit her blog, and scroll down to Monday the 28th to see how much work she puts into her journals. Absolutely wonderful workmanship. Plus she has other tutorials and interesting blogs.

Quick baby quilt

2011-01-29T21:27:00.006-06:00

I found these cute fabrics made up as a shop sample. I love quick baby quilts. I backed it with the green print.

I like to put the baby's name on the quilts I make even tho my machine will only stitch small lettering. I have a Janome 6500. Some days I think I'd love to have an embrodery machine but I'm not too sure I'd use it enough to justify paying what it would cost. Can you see Kolton James? I quilted with wavy lines and then washed it so it was soft and cuddly.

Circle & Spin/My Head is Spinning

2011-01-28T21:37:00.011-06:00

OK the blocks are all sewn and trimmed to size. So I laid them out on the floor. Then I had to move a couple of the blocks around because two of the same colors were too close to each other.

Then I moved a few more around and looked at it for awhile, decided to move some more and

I thought I needed to move a couple more.............................uggggg........I decided they are fine.
I sewed them together.

I laid them back on the floor to see how it looked. But then I had another idea. Since I don't have a real design wall, I hung the quilt over the cabinets with my button jars holding the top in place.

That looks a little better even tho it's not hanging very straight. And I am happy that it is together. Another UFO finished. (not counting borders)

I looked thru my stash for a border fabric. This one looks like it has lots of blue in it but it's really green & brown. It's the only large pieced I have in colors to match the quilt. Don't know if I really like it so I guess I will "have to" go to the LQS to try out different fabrics for the borders. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

What I did today

2011-01-26T22:22:00.006-06:00

I played with my grandson!

Lime Green Flamingos

2011-01-25T13:59:00.004-06:00

I bought this blue flamingo fabric a loooong time ago. I found it a couple days ago while searching for gold fabric I needed. I had gotten it because it was a remment on sale and thought I'd use it for the back of a baby quilt or to fussy cut the flamingos for some other project. But instead I made it into a pillowcase. The piece turned out to be the perfect size. I have a friend who is absolutely crazy for flamingos, so I'll be giving this to her. I think it turned out good, considering I found the matching lime green piece in my stash also.

4 Patch Posy

2011-01-24T10:47:00.010-06:00

Wow I didn't realize it's been so long since I posted. I don't think I was that busy LOL. I've been working on another UFO before I finish my circle quilt. When I started this one I used a dull purple for the cornerstones. But that was too dark and I didn't like it. A friend of mine started digging thru the fabric stash and found this gold batik. So I unsewed a little to replace the purple with the gold. I like it much more this way. It really made a big difference, brightened the whole quilt. Maybe that's why I have so many UFOs. There is something that isn't quite right and I can't decide what it needs.

I took a couple photos of the individual blocks so you can see the way they turned out. This is my first 4 Patch Posy and I think it turned out pretty good. The photos aren't all the best because I couldn't take it outside (not with 3 feet of snow on the ground burrrrr) and I wonder if the metalic in the fabric made some of the photos look fuzzy.

This is the finished quilt. I laid it on the floor in the living room because I didn't have anywhere to hang it and no one to hold it. I stood on the fireplace hearth. I was concentrating so hard on getting a good picture that I almost forgot I had to step down, and ended up doing a very clumsy jump to get down. I always feel dumb when I do things like that when others are around. Have you seen the video of the lady in a mall, texting and she fell into a little "pond" , the kind that you throw coins into? Well it's been replaying on our news the last couple days. That's how I felt when I jumped....did anyone see me???

This doesn't have the last border sewn on, but I wanted to show the narrow green border I put on. I wanted something to seperate the sashing from the final border. And I think the gold flower is so cute.

trying to get my life in order

2011-01-19T18:26:00.007-06:00

I have had some committment issues in my life lately. So I went to my therapist and she said the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start.

So for today I have finished a box of cookies, 1/2 bag of chips, the rest of the chocolate cake and some leftover pizza. And I feel better already.

But getting back to quilting.....I am calling 2011 the year of getting UFOs finished. And I am going to shop my fabric stash first. I have more fabric than I know what to do with. LOL

There is one line of fabric that I am going to buy when it hits the stores. Sherbet Pips...I love it!! I have been drawn to gray lately and hope to incorporate Pips with gray for a new quilt.

These are my Circle & Spin blocks. I took a class from JEAN awhile back. They are now all trimmed and I laid them out, changed them around dozens of times and then just let it be like it ended up. Next step, sew them together and then decide if I want a border. I'll be showing the top soon.

Yikes! I lost of picture. I had 3 when I started....oh well.

I love green fabric

2011-01-17T12:33:00.004-06:00

And I was lucky enough to win two yards of green "Chocolate Lolipop" from Nancey at Kite & String. But along with these fabrics she sent me some other pieces of fabrics, red trim, pink lacy trim, and a bag of BUTTONS!! I love buttons. I have collected them for years, buttons and wooden spools all stored in glass jars.

And this is the picture of everything I received. How exciting when I opened the package. Thanks so much Nancey. Just look at all the fun things I received!

Stop and visit Nancey at Kite and String, here. Nancey has a darling blog along with an etsy shop you will want to check out!

Sewing machine table

2011-01-15T22:46:00.006-06:00

This mini quilt is about 14 X 10 inches. I started hand quilting it but there were so many seams that I took out the hand quilting and machine quilted it instead. I use it on top of my table. I found this stand for an old Singer machine and it didn't have any top or machine with it so DH

had a friend of his make a wooden top for it and now I use it as a table. I set my mini quilt on it with a couple jars of buttons ( I love buttons!) along with a little Jim Shore quilting angel. Sorry it's not a very good picture, I should have waited til the sun had gone down cos the backlighting is very bright.

Here it is from the side so you can see the size of it. I really like changing the quilting things I put on it. I should have taken a picture of my Christmas display, but didn't think of it soon enough.

A Life Remembered

2011-01-14T10:06:00.003-06:00

Perhaps they are not stars in the sky but rather openings in heaven where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.

In Memory of Mom
Connie Kay Stinn
11-8-1931 ~ 1-14-2008
We will love you forever

Christmas stockings

2011-01-13T21:31:00.006-06:00

I made these Stockings for Christmas, took a picture of them and then forgot to post them. Carson is my 6 month old grandson, so of course I wanted to make him one. I have for all the grandkids. But Carson's mom thought Daisy should have a stocking too. If you look at the pic closer you will see it is puppy fabric, for the puppy named Daisy! And just to be fair, I put a box of doggy treats in the stocking for her so she wouldn't feel left out. LOL

Carson is really starting to notice the puppy. Daisy runs around the room and Carson watches her and giggles. It's fun to watch them "play together" !

Animal Party

2011-01-10T18:58:00.005-06:00

Thank you Kelly! I won 2 charm packs of Robert Kaufman's Animal Party Too from Kelly at I Have a Notion. She has a great blog, go check it out. I'll be using the charms for a nephew's baby quilt.

What would you think of a 6 foot elf

2011-01-05T21:38:00.004-06:00

This was Carson's First Christmas. He enjoyed playing with the paper and loved the lights. But, he seems a little wary of the 6 foot elf!

The Best Way To Start The New Year

2010-12-31T21:14:00.002-06:00

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of 2010

2010-12-30T22:39:00.009-06:00

The Good part of 2010 was
the birth of my grandson & living only 13 miles from him!
meeting fellow bloggers Linda & Doris at a quilt show
having a healthy family
attending my nephew's wedding
getting together with all my family at Christmas
visiting friends & relatives in May and October
having my brother return from Kabul
and my DH who is such a wonderful guy I couldn't do without
The Bad part of 2010:
the death of my boss and very dear friend, Fr Paul Strittmatter, S. J

And the worst of 2010 was the death of my father. But now he is back with mom and he has no more pain or suffering.

More of the Bad:

my car was hit by an uninsured driver a week ago

I lost my job (of 17 years) in November

I am already tired of looking for a job

I am not getting lots of sewing done (like everyone keeps asking)....it's hard to do anything at this time.

And the Ugly

was my basement until I finally got some of the clutter tossed out.

And taking care of my grandson and his mom the last couple of days cos they had the flu, and the baby couldn't keep anything down. He was so miserable. But he's on his way to feeling better. He kept a bottle down tonight. Wow, can 1 little baby make an ugly mess and a lot of laundry when he is sick.

So good by to 2010, I won't miss you! Here's to 2011 and a new start with a new year!!

In memory of my Father & my best friend and anyone you have lost this past year.

2010-12-22T22:54:00.001-06:00

I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below

with tiny lights like heaven's stars reflecting on the snow.

I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear

but the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.

I have no words to tell you of the joy their voices bring

for it is beyond description to hear the angels sing.

I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart

for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I can't tell you of the splendor or the Peace here in this place.

Can you just imagine Christmas with our Savior face to face.

I'll ask Him to lift your spirit as I tell Him of your love.

And then Pray for one another as you lift your eyes above.

So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear

and be glad I'm spending Christmas in Heaven with Jesus Christ this year.

Merry Christmas to everyone, may God bless you this holiday season.

The Monster Quilt

2010-12-20T18:55:00.000-06:00

I took this quilt for show and tell at the last guild meeting. I kept calling it a monster quilt because it is about 105" square and it was hard to unfold and hold it up. Some sweet lady asked me why I thought it was a monster because she thought it was pretty.

The pattern is called Old Hickory. It's for my daughter who picked out the brown and blue colors.

Are you ready

2010-12-18T00:04:00.000-06:00

for Christmas?? I'm not. I always seem to need to do one more thing or get one more gift or bake something. Oh well, it always turns out great no matter what. This is a Christmas quilt I made 3 years ago. I hadn't made a flying geese quilt before, but I really love how it turned out.

There are holly leaves quilted in it. I don't think they show up too good because it's an all over pattern. If I do another quilt with this pattern, I'll remember to have something specific quilted in the larger blocks.

And here is Carson meeting Santa for the first time. (Notice how I can usually sneak a pic of him in my posts). I don't think he's too excited this year, but should really have a good time next year. He is 5 1/2 months old now.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Winners

2010-12-11T18:08:00.000-06:00

Giveaway Winners:
1. Sandie-call me crazy
2. Linda
3. James-Linda
4. Notes of Sincerity
5. Happy Cottage Quilter
6. Stormy days
7. Marcia

I will be emailing you for your address. Thanks for visiting my blog. I'll have another giveaway soon.

A Giveaway

2010-12-03T13:01:00.000-06:00

I was going thru piles of fabric and I really need to get rid of some things. This is only a small bunch. I'll have more, but I'm still sifting thru the closets. I'll number them in case there is any pile you'd really like...just leave it in your comment.

1. This is a Thimbleberry kit someone gave me and I am not a huge fan of Thimbleberries. There will be some extra pieces and scraps included.

2. This is a kit for a swag bag with the instructions. But you can take it apart and do what you want with it. Be creative!

3. Some are Christmas scraps along with various others.

4. A couple of oriental prints, fat quarters I think, and some yellow scraps.

5. Don't know the name of these 2 fabrics, but they are coordinates. The stripe is about 1 1/2 yards and the flowers about 2 yards. The color is pretty true in the picture.

6. The light fabric on the bottom is 2 fat quarters. The tulips is about 1 1/2 yards and the other one is about 1/2 yard, it is a long piece cut from the excess of a backing.

7. I don't know what this fabric is but there is a little more than 3 yards. It has a texture sort of like searsucker. It's lightweight.

OK so I had to sneak in a picuture of my grandson. Here he is talking to papa.

After I took the picture this is the look he gave me!

This post got a little long, but I still have something to ask. Have any of you "won" a giveaway and then never received the prize?

Or is it just happening to me. I have "won" 2 books on different blogs and a mini quilt-postcard type quilt that I was asked to send my favorite colors for, and I never received any of them.

( Hi Terry, I wanted to be sure your package was in the mail before I posted this ;-) so you knew I hadn't forgotten about you)

Mine has been quite a few months ago, so I don't think I'll ever receive them. Has this happened to anyone else? Do you email them back and ask about it? How long would you wait? What do you do?

Leave me a comment telling me if this has happened to you, and if ther is a bunch of fabric you prefer put that number in your answer and if you win I'll try to send you that one. Don't forget an email address. I'll draw Dec 11. Pass the word.

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-23T22:08:00.000-06:00

Here's to wonderful food.

Fit for a king.

And friends and family gathered around the table. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

A Butterfly quilt

2010-11-10T17:30:00.000-06:00

This is for a friend of mine who had a baby girl. She said she wanted to decorate the baby's room in butterflies. It's made from a layer cake. I made half square triangles and then put in 2 1/2 inch strips so it wasn't square. I like my baby quilts to be about 40 X 50. It's really fast and easy using a layer cake to make half square triangles, and they are large so you don't have to make so many small blocks. Good way to make a quick baby quilt. I have a layer cake of Pure that I'm thinking about doing the same way. I love the brown & blue colors in that line.

Winner

2010-11-09T13:26:00.000-06:00

I know I'm late posting this but life got in the way! Terry from Terry's Treasures is the winner of my giveaway. I'll be having another giveaway soon, so please check back.

60th Anniversary

2010-11-06T23:26:00.000-05:00

Today was my parents 60th Wedding Anniversary. It was a bittersweet day because they are not with us. The last anniversary they celebrated was 2 years ago. They had 58 wonderful years together. They had a deep love that you don't find as often today. They built a business together, raised 5 children, and were able to retire soon enough to travel and spend time with relatives and friends. I think back to all the wonderful memories and the celebrations we had. They had 14 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, with 1 more added earlier this year. So remember to count your blessings and celebrate all the wonderful memories you hold so dear in your heart.
You never know how much longer you have with your loved ones. I miss them more and more each day. I think of something I want to tell them about what happened today, or who I taked to or something about the new baby and then remember... I can't do that. But I think they are looking down on us and taking care of us still, as they did when we were children. Happy Anniversary..........this year you can celebrate together again.

Downey quilt

2010-11-03T22:31:00.000-05:00

SCROLL DOWN FOR A GIVEAWAY

This is one of the Downey quilts that I have finished. I love the stripe binding.

When I started this quilt I couldn't find where I set the pattern, so I just made up a pattern as I went. My only problem was that there wasn't enough of the main fabric so one of the squares ended up as a 4 patch. Otherwise I think it turned out good. I'm working on another one before I send this back, might as well send both at the same time.

SCROLL DOWN FOR A GIVEAWAY & a new Christmas Quilt

2010-11-01T21:34:00.000-05:00

scroll down to the next post for the giveaway

I made this Christmas quilt for my nephew and his wife for their wedding. I didn't know what colors they had in their home so I thought this would be nice for the upcoming Christmas season.

CHECK OUT MY GIVEAWAY

2010-10-27T23:03:00.000-05:00

I also added a box of Liberty of London note cards from Target. Pass the word about my giveaway!

Sorry Max ins't included in the giveaway......keep reading. I had a donut with my grandson again. He picked out a chocolate frosted one with sprinkles on it. He really enjoyed it as you can see by the smile and chocolate on his face!

I made this bag for a giveaway. Its handles are gray, but look blue in the picture. Leave me a comment about what you are working on. I am going to be gone for awhile, really need a break from work, so the drawing will be held on Nov. 7th. I can't believe it's going to be November! Wow, Christmas will be here before too long. Yikes! I need to get some projects finished before that. Otherwise I'll be giving IOU's for gifts!!

gone for a day or so

2010-10-20T11:45:00.000-05:00

I'm feeling a little down and out. I'll be back later on with a giveaway.

Winner

2010-10-15T17:14:00.000-05:00

Kristin from So Happy is the winner of the Oh Cherry-O jelly roll. Come back for another giveaway very soon. Sorry I couldn't get back to everyone who responded this time, but hopefully I'll have more time next week!

Giveaway

2010-10-07T12:58:00.000-05:00

I had a wonderful time at the Des Moines/AQS quilt show with Linda and Doris, 2 bloggers I was fortunate enough to meet in person. It's a great show, goes thru October 9th in downtown Des Moines.
I am still purging my quilting cupboards and am having a giveaway for the Oh Cherry-O jelly roll. Leave a comment to be entered. Drawing will be Oct. 15th. Pass it on. And watch for another giveaway after this one.

Edited on 10-15-10 to add: Kristin of So Happy is the winner of the jelly roll. Random number generator picked her number. But first it picked a number and the post didn't have a blog or an email. So please put your email in the response if you don't have a blog. Come back for another giveaway. I'm sorry I didn't get back to everyone who responded but things at work have me bogged down. :-(

Giveaway

2010-10-01T22:25:00.000-05:00

I have a new giveaway. Just leave me a comment if you want entered to win this book, "Take Two and Add a Few." Sorry for the bad picture!

The drawing will be on the 10th of October. We are going to a wedding over the weekend so I'll wait till we get home. I'll have another giveaway on Monday. Check back to see what it is. (I'm not even sure yet LOL)

Edited to add: Nancy Sue is the winner of this book. I did the random number generator, but couldn't get it to post to my screen.

Giveaway

2010-09-27T13:20:00.000-05:00

2 Christmas fabric charm packs, 12 days of Christmas and Winter, which I don't have a pic of. Just leave me a comment. Winner will be drawn Oct. 2nd.

Edited to add: Giveaway is closed. Janet is the winner.

Winner & an upcoming giveaway

2010-09-24T19:01:00.000-05:00

I used the old fashion method to pick a winner. I asked DH to give me a number and he picked Kim! You are the winner of the charm squares.

Come back cos I have 2 sets of winter charm squares for a giveaway starting as soon as I can get the pic posted.

OUCH!!! and a Giveaway

2010-09-20T22:25:00.000-05:00

My 2 year old granddaughter broke her leg jumping off the couch. She always has to do what the older kids do and she took quite a tumble. She has a hip spica cast, which is a cast that goes all the way down 1 leg, to her knee on the other leg and up to her waist and has a bar from one leg to the other to keep her immobile. I tried to post a picture of it, but couldn't get the computer to cooperate (operator error I say). She has to stay laying the whole time because she cannot bend at the waist. So she's going to be laying on a bean bag or the couch a lot of the time. I can't imagine how hard it's going to be to keep a 2 year old content for 6 weeks. Guess I should knock on wood....none of my kids ever had a broken bone.

Scroll down for a giveaway, and come back next Monday for another giveaway. I have more Christmas fabric. Pass the word.

Purging causes a giveaway

2010-09-16T09:28:00.000-05:00

I have been in my sewing room for 2 nights now trying to figure out what to do with all the FABRIC and assorted things. I've been reading blogs about purging and decided that is what I am going to do too. But before I get to some of the scrappier things I have a few charm packs that I am going to giveaway. Today is Makin' Friends by Deb Strain. I have 2 more Christmas charm packs to give away also, so keep checking back. Maybe you'll still have time to make something for Christmas.

All I want you to do is to tell me what some of your favorite patterns are. I have been collecting aqua & red fabrics to make a quilt and need some ideas for a pattern. So leave me a comment suggesting a pattern for my scraps and you'll be entered. I'll draw the 24th of Sept. Leave me an email address or a way to contact you. Pass it on!

Baby had some pictures taken.

2010-09-14T11:23:00.000-05:00

I refuse to smile for any more pictures.
I don't care what you say Mom I am getting pretty tired of this.

All right how about this one, can we go home now?

Do I need a reason to buy fabric?

2010-09-10T16:47:00.000-05:00

I am going to call a few of my friends to go shopping

and we are hoping to find some sale fabrics

like these batiks

or these

or these because I am going to take a class with Quiltinjeanie in a couple of weeks. We are going to make the Lava Lamp quilt and I need 17 fabrics from lights to darks. And of course I won't have that much in my stash.........

And so this will be me after the shopping trip. And just wait until after the class. Woo Hoo!!

Wish I would wake up this happy

2010-09-07T08:08:00.000-05:00

I am not a morning person but it's fun waking up to see his smiles.

Enter to win a GO cutter

2010-08-30T16:58:00.000-05:00

OK since I really want to win a GO Cutter I have found another blog with a GO! Cutter giveaway. Visit I'm Just a Guy Who Quilts at enter.http://www.ryanwalshquilts.com/2010/08/accuquilt-go-review-and-giveaway-were.html p.s. in case you didn't notice (how could you not) I had a little trouble with the link.

I want a GO Cutter

2010-08-30T16:47:00.000-05:00

I am trying to win a GO Cutter and if you would like a chance also go to A GO Cutter to enter the giveaway. With all the Cutters being given away would you think I could get one of them??

2010-08-25T15:32:00.000-05:00

Visit Feather and Cloth to see Leslie's wonderful sewing room redo and enter a "Love"ly giveaway. I need that kind of inspiration to get busy organizing my sewing space. I can't really call it a room right now since it's spread out over 3 rooms. (not good)!!

A Pure Giveaway

2010-08-16T10:35:00.000-05:00

Check out jaybird quilts, she is sponsoring a great giveaway of 37 fat quarters of Pure by Sweetwater.

The new man in my life

2010-08-14T19:12:00.001-05:00

The new love in my life, my grandson, who I am trying to get to burp. See him giving me the "hey grandma where is the rest of my bottle" stare? And I think he's going to have red hair like his daddy. DH is gone fishing, so Baby spent the night with me so his parents could get a full night's sleep. How soon you forget how baby wants to eat every few hours and doesn't care what time of the night it is. But he's so cute, it's worth the lack of sleep. He's going to spend a night with me again next week while his parents go to a wedding. So I'm getting lots of cuddling time with him.

Thanks Katie!

2010-08-13T08:44:00.000-05:00

I won a charm pack of Fandango and Make Life! I'm so excited! I have been waiting to buy Fandango and I love Make Life also. Go here to see Katie's Korner, and check out her blog. Lots of cute ideas, like the decorations for her son's birthday.

Feed me

2010-07-30T17:30:00.000-05:00

Hey Mom, I'm hungry.

Look what I got

2010-07-20T14:41:00.000-05:00

My new grandson, Carson Michael. He was born on July 9, and weighed 7lb 9 oz. He lives only 13 miles from me, so I'll get to spoil him alot! I'm still waiting for my new computer, but getting him is better. My daughter had an easy delivery, but then ended up in surgery because of complications. So I've been able to spoil him almost every day.

Flourishing Palms giveaway

2010-07-12T13:27:00.000-05:00

Visit Linda at http://http://flourishingpalms.blogspot.com/2010/07/pattern-and-fabric-giveaway.html to see the cute skirt she made and take part in her giveaway.

V and Co giveaway

2010-07-12T13:05:00.000-05:00

Visit V and Co at http://vandcogiveaways.blogspot.com/ for a new giveaway from the Fat Quarter Shop.

Bad Blogger

2010-07-07T08:53:00.000-05:00

I have been a bad blogger lately. I am still having problems with loading pics, and what's a blog without them......not too interesting. But I have a new computer on order. And I suppose it would help me alot if I read the directions that came with my camera. Some day there will be something to look at.

Why buy toys

2010-06-30T11:10:00.000-05:00

I forgot to write about this picture of my granddaughter. I must have gotten called away right after I posted it. She was playing with this ice cream pail for hours. She would carry stuff in it, dump it out and do it again. Then she decided to put it on her head like a hat, but it was too big and she couldn't see out. So then we played peek-a-boo for awhile.