Well, today has been a fun day. We had Ben, George and Evie for lunch today. I made soup so it was nothing really that special. It was quite good though and I use a Bear Creek Chicken noodle soup package as the base and add to it. After lunch, Evie and I started our polka dot quilt. We have been collecting polka dot fabrics for about 4-5 years and we are finally starting the paper pieced blocks. I will post some pictures when I get enough done to post. It is going to be eye popping colorful so stand by. After lunch, our friends Ruth and Earl Adamson came over for a short visit. It really was nice seeing my very good friend since it has been awhile since I have seen her. It is a shame we have to come to NC to have a face to face visit. We must do better at seeing each other.
Later this evening, we went to dinner at friends from Groveland. There were several couples and it was a very enjoyable evening. One of the ladies there, Lynn Newman, used to work at the phone company also. It was great seeing her and meeting her husband. I actually let the motor mouth take over and we yakked laughed and giggled. I ran my pie hole way too much and the pie was so good. :) So Bill and I are feeling like social butterflies today.
I finished the Christmas quilt binding and as soon as I can get a picture, I will post. I love it. Tomorrow, will be a very good day also. My good friend Holly Kilgore is coming to stay for a few days. We don't see each other very often either so I am so looking forward to her visit.
I don't know if I will get a chance to blog much with company...but...until we meet again.......
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Cleaning today!
Bill and I cleaned today. BORINGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! I could not stand it any longer. I even did the mopping. I also murphy oiled both sets of stairs. Gees, I really don't like to clean...I would rather be playing. I really thought those dust bunnies were going to over take the place so it could not be helped. Anyway, we are clean for a day or two.
It has been pretty exciting up here. We have had a bear 2 days in a row in the yard. He probably has been out there every day, but we just have not looked out in time to see him. I think he was a teenager because he would be about my height if he stood on his back legs. I was down the hill early in the day picking up a feeder that had fell off the porch. If the bear had come out while I was down there, it would have been been bad because I probably would have peed my pants. I know I could not have climbed back up the hill faster than the bear. I just hope he is big enough to be wondering around without the "mama bear". Now that might have caused a heart attack.
I brought about 8 UFO's (unfinished projects) with me and I was not supposed to start anything new until I finished all of those. I backslid a little on that. One of my friends here wanted to know if I had made the Strata Quilt? She wanted to do it and invited me to do it with her. I dug in the closet and found fabric that would work and so we started it together. It actually will be a table topper or wall hanging. It looks very complicated but Maxine, owner of the quilt store here, A Stitch in Time, has done a demo on the Strata Quilt on u-tube and she made it look simple. Here is the link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
So far, it has not really been hard. Hopefully, I will get it together in the next week or so. I have the borders on 2 more quilts. Attached is a picture of them. The first one is very bright with purples, lime greens, yellows, aqua's and brown. They both look very washed out in the pictures. You actually almost need sunglasses for the one with lime green borders. The second one is a pail aqua with cream and brown. I wish the colors showed up better. I may have Bill hold them at the top of the stairs and try to get a better picture.
I will soon be completely finished with the binding on my Christmas Holly Jolly quilt which will make me so happy. I have had the top pieced for almost 3 years. My friend Joyce quilted it for me and Lisa cut and sewed the binding on since my shoulder would not let me wrestle with it. I am working on the hand stitching of the binding. Tomorrow I am stitching with friends and maybe I will finish it so I can show a picture soon. Until we meet again.....
It has been pretty exciting up here. We have had a bear 2 days in a row in the yard. He probably has been out there every day, but we just have not looked out in time to see him. I think he was a teenager because he would be about my height if he stood on his back legs. I was down the hill early in the day picking up a feeder that had fell off the porch. If the bear had come out while I was down there, it would have been been bad because I probably would have peed my pants. I know I could not have climbed back up the hill faster than the bear. I just hope he is big enough to be wondering around without the "mama bear". Now that might have caused a heart attack.
I brought about 8 UFO's (unfinished projects) with me and I was not supposed to start anything new until I finished all of those. I backslid a little on that. One of my friends here wanted to know if I had made the Strata Quilt? She wanted to do it and invited me to do it with her. I dug in the closet and found fabric that would work and so we started it together. It actually will be a table topper or wall hanging. It looks very complicated but Maxine, owner of the quilt store here, A Stitch in Time, has done a demo on the Strata Quilt on u-tube and she made it look simple. Here is the link to the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
So far, it has not really been hard. Hopefully, I will get it together in the next week or so. I have the borders on 2 more quilts. Attached is a picture of them. The first one is very bright with purples, lime greens, yellows, aqua's and brown. They both look very washed out in the pictures. You actually almost need sunglasses for the one with lime green borders. The second one is a pail aqua with cream and brown. I wish the colors showed up better. I may have Bill hold them at the top of the stairs and try to get a better picture.
I will soon be completely finished with the binding on my Christmas Holly Jolly quilt which will make me so happy. I have had the top pieced for almost 3 years. My friend Joyce quilted it for me and Lisa cut and sewed the binding on since my shoulder would not let me wrestle with it. I am working on the hand stitching of the binding. Tomorrow I am stitching with friends and maybe I will finish it so I can show a picture soon. Until we meet again.....
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Blah!Blah!Blah!
Have you missed my Blah!blah!blah! I have been very quiet for the last few months. Very unusual for me for sure. I have not been accomplishing a whole lot because of this (old age) and that (clumsiness). I could go into more details but let's not bore you to tears starting off. Shoulder is feeling pretty good most of the time.
I actually was able to sew several times at my Dad and Margaret's. I brought a number of what we quilter's refer to as UFO's. No, not unidentified flying objects although they have been know to take flight in moments of frustration. UFO's are Un-finished Objects. Yes, I have lots of them and once they have been thrown in the air a couple of times, I just bury them and go to another project. The burial cemetery was over flowing!
The UFO's seem to be surrounding me and screaming "me, me, me MEMEME". I have been getting really scared so I decided it must be time to answer the call of the wild before they start getting ugly and scary...in other words, I won't remember where I left off and I will be completely lost.
Remember 15 minutes of play...well, it is ready to be quilted. I really like it and am already working on two more scrappy quilts. They have much more structure but still really scrappy. The nice thing about scrappy, is you don't have to choose. When I open the cabinets to choose fabrics for a new project, they either all want to be in the project or they are so wonderful that I just cannot put the blade to those pieces and whack them up. The pain of the blade is just too much on some of those beauties. On a scrappy, you don't have to choose...you can just grab your hand down in the dark depths of the scraps box and sew away. And the best thing about the whole process is when you get through the scraps have multiplied and you can't see a single piece of fabric missing out of the tub. I really do love the non-structured feel of working on this type of project. No rules, no quilt police either. Now there are a few looks of "oh my gosh, she is loosing it". The colors I love and I even love that some of them look like I tossed my cookies...But when they are all put together, they place nicely. I love it when things play nicely together. This might end up being one of my favorite quilts.
I will try to be a better blogger...maybe. Until we meet again.....
I actually was able to sew several times at my Dad and Margaret's. I brought a number of what we quilter's refer to as UFO's. No, not unidentified flying objects although they have been know to take flight in moments of frustration. UFO's are Un-finished Objects. Yes, I have lots of them and once they have been thrown in the air a couple of times, I just bury them and go to another project. The burial cemetery was over flowing!
The UFO's seem to be surrounding me and screaming "me, me, me MEMEME". I have been getting really scared so I decided it must be time to answer the call of the wild before they start getting ugly and scary...in other words, I won't remember where I left off and I will be completely lost.
I will try to be a better blogger...maybe. Until we meet again.....
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