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November 26, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
November 11, 2008
Thank you to all who have worked to secure our nation’s freedom and safety!
October 30, 2008
We had a blast at the Corn Maze today! But the kids wore me out so all I have tonight is a photo essay…
September 8, 2008
Over the weekend I built myself a new cutting/ironing table. My dad had a piece of plywood that he didn’t need so I drug it home with me from Indiana. I picked up a couple of bookshelves from Target for a base. I screwed the plywood to the top of the bookshelves and then covered the plywood with batting and Kona Cotton. Viola! A cutting/ironing table.
I used it while I was doing some hand work today. It was so nice to have an area to spread my goodies out.
It’s not Koala, but it didn’t break the $$ bank either!
July 16, 2008
Another quilt done. I’ll probably take this one over to Brooke Army Medical Center here in San Antonio.
July 2, 2008
It is hot and dry here in San Antonio. So I don’t mind sitting inside in the AC working on this beauty. My customer hand appliquéd it and I am quilting the cross hatching in the background. I hope you enjoy the photos.
May 11, 2008
Happy Mother’s Day, Moms!!
April 13, 2008
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April 8, 2008
These are the remains of a grand plan I once had. I was going to make a feathered star quilt with 16 feathered stars These stars were to be pieced all by hand as I did not have a sewing machine at the time. We are talking about 1996 here. I had so much trouble with these stars.
The first star ended up flying through the clouds. We were living in a condo on the 23rd floor at the time. I loved to take my sewing basket out on the balcony to sew. Well, one day the wind whipped up and whisked my first block over the railing and off to who knows where. Later in the day I looked around down on the ground but there was no sign of it.
Block number 2, the top one above, came out ok so I proceeded on to block number three. It wasn’t until I had finished block number 3 that I realized 2 and 3 were no where near the same size. Bummer! I didn’t know any tricks at the time for adjusting block sizes so I gave up the whole quilt idea.
I quilted and bound the two completed stars separately and they now hang in the kitchen. I occasionally think I’ll start over again on the feathered star quilt and see if I could rise to the challenge now that I have more experience.
