Posted in longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts on December 31, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Before I deleted my old blog, which was hosted on another site, I kept a copy of one post. That was my list of project goals for 2007.
These three patterns were on the list. I have yet to even start any of these.
I completed two commissioned baby quilts,one commissioned queen size quilt, and two commissioned [...]
Posted in crafts, knitting, longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilt top, quilting, quilts, sewing on December 30, 2007 | 9 Comments »
I cannot start this post with “I did not buy any new fabric”. I did buy new fabric. Yesterday, on a trip to Pampa, the LQS was having one of it’s two annual 40% off all fabric in the store sales. I didn’t, however, start buying willie nillie, like a chicken with my head cut [...]
Posted in knitting, quilting on December 30, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’ll give you a hint. What would that be laying amongst by quilting project???
Posted in art, daily life, favorite things on December 28, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Kelli, over at There Is No Place Like Home, hosts this neat Show and Tell Friday, every Friday. I would like to participate this week by sharing a special piece of artwork. A few years ago, I found this painting tucked away in my Mom’s closet. It didn’t even have a frame on it. I asked [...]
Posted in Christmas, love of my life, machine quilting, quilting on December 25, 2007 | 12 Comments »
My husband made me cry…like a little girl…I got cooking pots! And a wok! From Pampered Chef!
Ok, so if you are thinking “I would cry if I got cooking pots for Christmas, too”, and you mean that in a not so good way…let show you my old cooking pots.
This is like Extreme Makeover Cookware edition. I [...]
Posted in Christmas, family, food, quilting on December 24, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I thought I’d share some of my favorite holiday dishes with you. These are things I was able to prepare today, for our Christmas dinner tomorrow.
Pretzel Salad
Crush 2 cups of pretzels.
Mix the pretzels with 1/4 cup sugar, and 1 & 1/2 sticks of melted butter.
Pat out in 9×13 glass pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10 [...]
Posted in Christmas, food, quilting on December 23, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Wow, two posts in one day. I needed to post my stashbuster report, but I had so much more I wanted to share . Since my holiday officially started on Saturday, here’s a peek at what I’ve been doing. I don’t usually have all this extra time to do all these special little extras for my family.
Saturday, along [...]
Posted in longarm quilting, machine quilting, quilting, quilts, stash busting on December 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I had a good week of stashbusting.
1. I didn’t buy any fabric, even though there was another sale at Thousands of Bolts.
2. I made the binding for my Simply Leaves wallhanging, and got that fabric out of my stash. I also attached said binding, and a label, thus completing that WIP.
3. I made the binding [...]
Posted in Libby, longarm quilting, love of my life, machine quilting, nature, pets, photos, quilting, quilts on December 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Wow, yesterday I had that gorgeous sunrise to enjoy, and today, this! Good thing the Princess of Serendipity is keeping Flat Stanley home til after the holidays It was not foggy, that is just blowing snow making visibility very difficult.
One of us was enjoying it! Yeehaw, says Libby as she dashes through the [...]
Posted in daily life, nature, photos on December 21, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Looked so beautiful to me, that I had to share it with you, as best as I could. God’s handiwork is awesome.
It also made me think of Gayle’s & Judy’s & Vicki’s beautiful hand dyed fabrics. I bet they could make some pretty ones with these colors.
