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Twas 4 days til Christmas

I spent most of the last week baking and making gift jars with my DDIL. I had a great time spending the day with her and getting to see my DS and the "Davine Miss M" each evening. M turned 3 last week, where does the time go???????

The last 3 months have been totally crazy, I am going into quilt withdrawal! Hopefully I will be able to sneak a few stitches in this week.

Irish Muses is having a give away on December 23. Here is a peek at all the goodies.

Christmas House - To Be or Not To Be?

Carrie over at A Passion for Applique is having a give away and asked us to leave comments about our choices of white lights vs. colored lights. We have white lights outside and tiny colored clear lights on the tree inside. Only house on our block that is decorated outside.
Carrie has me dwelling on paint color again. Can't decide what color to paint the house. We haven't painted anything outside, but the trim that needed touched up. We have lots of peaks and dormer windows, grey is calm and neutral, cocoa brown would make it look like a gingerbread house and red would make it a Christmas house year round (red is probably tooo much).

Fur Babies Halloween Party

Stopped at Pet Smart this morning. I see, they are having a Halloween Costume Contest and Party next week. Maybe I will dress the pups up and take them. What to wear? Hmmm?

Simba, what do you want to wear for Halloween?





Maggie loves to wear anything Clan Scott.

New Baby

This is our new baby, Simba. He has actually been a family member for several years. He wasn't very happy being alone all day. (Little dog + little bladder + looooong day = oooops.)
He needed to live where someone was home a lot more. DS and DDIL asked if I knew any one that would be interested in adopting him. Sure, I'll take him. They didn't think I would want another fur baby, since we have Maggie and Chrissie. They were happy, that they will get to have weekend visits, frequently. They said it would be almost like still having him, but he wouldn't be alone all day long.
Chrissie isn't real sure what he is. He doesn't look like Maggie, he is little like her. Simba walked in and took one look at Chrissie, stopped and just stared. He has never seen a cat up close. We had less than 24 hours of, minimal, hissing and whining. They are, now, just glancing at each other, going to their spots, curling up and going to sleep.
Maggie was surprise when I walked in with Simba. Simba and Benny had came for visits in the backyard, but had never came in the house. (Benny likes to eliminate any body not a dog.) Maggie was the love of Simba's life when DS and DDIL first got him, he likes tall girls. Thank Heavens! he has calmed down around her.
Simba has stayed glue to my ankle. I sit down at computer, he is under my chair. I sit down to sew he is beside my chair. "Watch out, so I don't roll over your tail, Buddy". Life is great with lots of Fur Babies!

Tiwana Answers 1 Question in Life & Celtic Quilts

And I thought my girls were DD or DDD. They Fs, OMG the only time i have ever been glad of getting an F. You know I always wondered "WHY" F and G didn't exist. Thank You for giving me the answer to "1" of the questions of life. Keep telling my DS and DDIL, The answer to life doesn'r exist only mooorrre questions! Tiwana answered 1 question of life, yes, I have had DD or DDD'd even at 105 pounds, all the extra weight landed in my middle and in my aaaaa??? If I do not have time to read blogs, there are about 3 I have to read. OMG I almost posted this on my Scottish blog that gets read by "Non-quilting" men!!!
Right now life has gone nuts!!!!!
Any one of Scottish, Irish, or from one of the Celtic Nations in ancestry; and live almost close to Hendersonville or Lexington NC??? And Quilts??? I am trying to put together a "CELTIC INSPIRATION" quilt show & quilt as a fund raiser. We help set up the Foothills Highland Games., I would like to have a display, in the VIP tent next year of Celtic Inspired Quilts. I am making a Celtic Dreams raffle quilt, but would really like to have a display of Celtic or Tartan Inspired Quilts.

Tooo Cute!

Facebook & Photos

I made contact with a cousin I haven't seen in about 30+ years, over on Facebook. He noticed I quilt and asked me to post some photes of my quilts. Two of his SILs are quilters. So I walked through the house and shot wall hangings I have up. Here are 3 I posted on FB, more later.

New Toys

These are my 2 new favorite "toys".

If your hands, elbows or shoulders have any issues or past surgeries, you need these!

The Quilt Halo. The Quilt Halo lays on top of the piece you are quilting.



And the Supreme Slider. The Supreme Slider lays on the bed of your machine and has an opening for your needle.



The lady running the booth at the AQS Show in Knoxville, where I found them, was letting you sit down at her machine and try them out. WOW! I couldn't believe how well they worked. The quilt sample slid around like a scrap of fabric instead of like the placenta of an elephant. WOW! Loved them, wanted them, please, take my money!

Facts for Friday

Faces at AQS Knoxville

I don't know who did these two pieces, but they blew me away. The photos do not so them justice.



The angel was quilted with iridescent thread. She gave you a feeling of peacefulness, just looking at her.




The cowboy was so real looking, you could feel him looking back at you.
BADLANDS, Carol Ann Sinnreich, Lawton, OK
I will try and find out who they are by and post it.

More AQS Pictures

This is the quilt that won best of show. Look at the quilting on it wow!
#115 CIRCLES OF LIFE, Linda French, Centerville, OH








Bumble Beans is having a giveaway. Isn't this bag beautiful? You can go over to her blog and read all about it.

AQS - Artful Bras

OK, here are more pictures. These are the Artful Bras, made by a South Carolina quilt group. I have only posted the close ups. There are more pictures over on The Inside Stori and on One Loose Thread.
If you want to make one think "Big", it will give you more area to embellish. 32AA too quick; 40DD design your heart out!

AQS & Fun Fun Fun

We had a good time. Can you tell? This is my friend Sue (blue shirt) with Lowell and Diane, of Details By Diane. Diane is Queen of Stained Glass Quilts. Look at the crowns on the three of them. Aren't they fabulous?
I was so excited I found three of my friends from First Frontier Quilters; Donna, Vicki and Alice. I moved and hadn't seen them in about five or six years. They were in the Appalachian Quilt Trail booth; the guild had made a fund raising quilt for the AQT project.
(Ooops, ok, tip your head to the left. I can't get the photo to do a quarter turn. Sorry!) I bought a batch of tickets, hopefully my connections will help me win.

More photos later laundry is screaming at me! It is so nice to get away, but boy is there a lot to do when you return!

Road Trip to AQS Show

My friend Sue and I are going to the AQS Quilt Show this week. Doing our part to support the economy!

Side trips to Smoky Mountain Knifeworks in Sevierville and to The Craftman's Festival in Gatlinburg.

And here:

Tennessee Quilts
114 Boone Street
Jonesborough, Tennessee 37659
(423)-753-6644
Monday- Saturday 9:30 to 5:30

And here:

The Cherry Pit
115 Bruce Street
Sevierville, Tennessee 37862
(865) 453-4062

9:30am-5:00pm Monday-Friday
9:00am-1:00pm Saturday

I am so looking forward to this. I haven't road tripped with the/any girls in about 10 years! Last road trip was to Mary Jo's. I have been "past" there numerous times since then, but it is always on Sunday or late and their closed. Twice yesterday! Bummer!

Devine Miss M's Quilt

This is the "Devine Miss M's" quilt, that was given as a shower gift . I was staying with her older siblings a year or so before she was born, while DYS & DDIL were on a week long cruise. The kids helped me cut, lay it out and assemble it. This is one of those I don't know who it is for , but I need to make it for someone.

Mystery Quilt

My DDIL and I are going to put together a "Beginning Quilter - Kit of the Month" for her mother, Linda.
Linda said, she wants to learn how to quilt.
Linda has just retired and moved to NY, at a "very young age" (she is 1 year younger than I am)!

Linda likes brown, beige and sage green.

I think I have a little extra tan from "Mz K's" quilt and I know I have left over sage green from "Devine Miss M's" nursery - 2 years ago. Maybe a little left over of the browns.
"Mz K" just turned 18 in May and graduated from HS in June.
I hope it will mean more having fabric from oldest and youngest GDs, included.

I thought a "Mystery Quilt" would be fun.
Actually, I am going to use the same pattern I used for "Mz K's" quilt.
The pattern has lots of strip piecing and sub cutting, followed by HSQ triangles and QS triangles. that should ease her in to piecing.
Then maybe DDIL & I can do a "road trip" to help her Mom finish and get started on the quilting and binding.

The Sorting Hat Says:

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same."

Hufflepuff students are friendly, fair-minded, modest and hard-working. A well-known member was Cedric Diggery, who represented Hogwarts in the most recent Triwizard Tournament.

Find Your Hogwart's House

Becassos

Yesterday, the Becassos met, and learned how to make our own rubber stamps. It is so fun learning new things. I had trouble finding a Speedball cutter—for cutting linoleum blocks. It was not at Lowe's; but at A. C. Moore. Some of the ladies had trouble finding plumbers gasket material. But here is the end result from my rubber stamp and the stamp is on the right. I am so happy with the results.

I can't say I was quite as happy with printing on gelatin, in May. Will try it again, but this month was definitely a success the first try.

Giveaway by DMC

DMC has a new game Quilt-opoly™ and they are having a giveaway. Go check it out at: Quilting on a Budget
This is to cool, all us big kids that played Monopoly as little kids have our favorite game in a "Quilty" version.

Strange Day

I was filling my 1st cup of coffee this morning, staring out the kitchen window, and noticed a truck come up the street. Then several cars followed the truck and stopped. Looked out the dining room window, which I can also see out, from the kitchen counter. Hmmmm?? they seem to be stopping at my driveway. Curious me, I went to the dining room window to get a better view of what was going on. Well, there was a woman clutching a very large red,white and blue star quilt under her arm,and dragging half of it on the ground. I guess she must have been walking in the street or crossing the street, and stopped the traffic. After she walked past the house, I went to check the mail box, and see where she had gone. Met the mailman and asked him if she was talking to her self or spoke when she passed him. "Nope, she just looked a little strange", he said. We watched her walk down the sidewalk until she was out of sight. Very curious! I wonder what her story is. I have thought about her all day. Different stories are running through my head.

UPDATE 11:50pm:
DDIL called after class tonight, instructor told her a woman jumped off HWY 8/85 overpass this afternoon. I have been checking news channels on-line and watching news on TV, ever since she called. Woman was air lifted to WFBMC, so far I haven't heard or found any info. I felt empathy when I saw the woman this morning, now I am seriously worrying about a total stranger.

RR Blogger Round 2 - Sneak Peek

Here is a little sneak peek.

I am ready to mail Kate's block http://katesquilting.blogspot.com/
on to Karen http://www.passionatequilter.blogspot.com/.
This is going to be so much fun. I can't wait for Toni's block to get here http://thequiltingpirate.wordpress.com./ .
I bought fabric and have a plan for Round 3.

Wordless Wednesday

Feast or Famine

What is it with commitments, or would be commitments.
JUNE 13 - seems to be the day I am being pulled in 4 different directions.

#1 - #1GD graduation/18th BD party has been in the planning for over a month or two. (Which she doesn't want.)

#2 - A Scottish Festival with in an hour of home that we can get in to as a vendor $$$.

#3 - My family reunion in IL that is always on Fathers Day, the 20th by my calculations. Nope, my cousin which it is all scheduled around, is going to be there the 13th. They are, also, having it on a Saturday, which works better than a Sunday for traveling any distance and getting any time off.

#4 - Clan Scott Society's Annual General Meeting, which I should attend, since, I am a Commissioner. Did I mention New Hampshire???

OK, I can not be in NC, SC, IL and NH; or even 2 of them. GD will win, with or without her. DYS & DDIL will throw a better party than the rest, plus I sleep in my own bed and get to play with the Devine Miss M.

Blogger Round Robin

I joined the Blogger Round Robin, what seemed like months ago. I couldn't wait for it to start. I have had my block for a week and couldn't seem to get in the car and drive 4 blocks and get it mailed to Karen at http://passionatequilter.blogspot.com/. Oh well, nothing like mailing it on the actual mailing date. I think every one else has mailed theirs already.

Warm & Wooly

ARE EWE MY MAMA?

ARE EWE MY MAMA?

Quilty Fun!

I feel like I am actually doing "quilty" things.
Saturday the quilt show boutique committee met to brainstorm. Lots of cute items in the works! After lunch we had sewing time; since we had rented the room for the day. A couple ladies basted their quilts, several other worked on hand applique projects and I had brought my Featherweight to sew little wallets.
Several of the ladies invited me to join 2 of the "bees".

Yesterday, I went to the Becasso's Bee. How cool is painting fabric with gelatin as a stamping base medium. Well go over to http://designerstitches.blogspot.com and see!
I received the remaining crayon for the Becasso's challenge for May - brown, I can do that! My assigned shape is - squiggle, Ok, mental over load! So many ideas racing through my head. I can use any technique, use any type material and make any type art piece. Should I strip piece a squiggle, applique a bunch of squiggles or give birth to - "dolly squiggle", Hmmmmmmmmm?

Today, The Quilting Friends Bee met, everyone brought their own project to work on. What fun getting to see the projects and get acquainted with the ladies. Guild meetings are wonderful, but to belong to a bee or two is how you get to really to know new people.

Needless to say I am not feeling completely like a fish out of water. I have new friends to "Horse" around with!

Sorry! Bad pun! But, wouldn't this little sea horse be cute in applique.

I need to get my RR Quilters block ready to mail.

Monday we bought a new camera, so now maybe I will get more pictures posted. I just have to get the camera away from DH.

Alive and BUSY

Only quilting I have done this month has been in my head. I did make it to the monthly meetings of the 2 guilds I belong to.
The last month has been hectic. The Scottish festival season is gearing up. I had an order for a period outfit on line. " Rather be quilting!" But the outfit was finally finished and mailed. "Happy Dance at post office!"
Friends came for Mint Hill Festival that was canceled 2 day before it was to take place. Luckily they are quilters and crafters, so we went to almost every quilt and craft store in W/S. Missed a new quilt shop I didn't know about, til after they left.
This last week end we met up with the same friends, plus 2 more, for the Rural Hills Scottish Festival. We all camped Friday night (brrr - ice in my cup was still ice next morning) and Saturday night at the festival. Four women, "1 - preteen female" and DH; what a brave and patient man. We ate, drank, talked and talked, swapped recipes and corrected one friend's knitting project. Had a great time in spite of a group of fellow campers forming a drum circle, that played til after 4:30 am Saturday morning. Next night the drumming stopped at 1 am, but they played loadly til then. Camper next to us had a harp which sounded so beautiful, when we could hear it.
We sponsor the Children's Passport for 2 festivals, and one of the festivals is coming up in a couple weeks. So, I am cutting, stapling and folding 250-300 little passports. The kids, under 12, take their passport to each clan booth and get a stamp, when they get all the clan stamps they come to us and get a little prize.

Pink Floyd

Well the BD wasn't a total bust this year, DH took me out to Mellow Mushroom for supper. We went early to beat the rush - wrong; Barbershop convention & Cheerleader competitions were down the street. We both like to people watch. The ones that gave us the biggest chuckle were four guy in white t-shirts with Floyd the Barber printed in pink on them, underneath it said PINK FLOYD. Too funny.
Another table of guys suddenly stood up and started singing. Cheerleaders, thankfully, didn't do anything except the standard teenage eye rolling and whining at their Mothers. Poor Mothers.

DYS, DDIL and The Devine Miss M - #3 GD (oh & the "Boys") came for supper the next day. We cooked out, DH made escargot and we had BD cake. The "Boys" and Maggie spent the day in backyard. They were not happy they couldn't come inside and mooch, but Benny (chow) likes to kill other small non-dog animals. Simba (peke) really didn't mind he was with "His Maggie", he likes taller girls. Crissy was safe and enjoyed all the undivided attention and petting. It was a good day.

Only sewing that has even barely been happening is an outfit for a customer. I really do not feel like making it, so it has been a struggle. I need to finish it and mail it, so I can sew something fun - like quilt blocks or #1 GD 18th/graduation??? quilt.

(I don't know what happened Pink Floyd's picture disappeared.)

National Quilt Day - March 21, 2009

OK, so what does every one have planned for National Quilt Day?

I personally have kept the day open, since it is the day I turn 39, for the 1?th time.

My goal is to work on one of my many UFOs. I forgot how many of them there were.
The bad part, I have found tops, while unpacking, I do not remember making. I had to have made them, I recognize the fabric and the way the seams are pressed.

I have hopes the family will remember my BD. I have actually been reminding DH for the last 2 weeks.
It is an on going "NOT VERY FUNNY" joke about my birthday. YDS has always been the one who remembered, but last year he said he was doing good until the night before - "THEN BLIP!" - gone. He called me at bed time the day after. DH wanted to know who was on the phone. "Oh, just YDS about my BD." DH totally, as usual, forgot!

Courtney's Quilts

National Quilt Day, last year, my friend Janet hosted a sewing day at "Classic Quilt Shop". Aproximately 20 area quilters dropped in through out the day to sew fractured 9-patch blocks. We managed to get about 18 quilts tops together. The quilts were being made for the "Courtney's Quilts Project" and were sent to the area NICU.
Courtney is the granddaughter of, Shirley, the former shop owner, and has had many challenges, since birth.

Ok, guys you can come out of the closet; it will give you more room to quilt!

That's right guys, that is "Dan" in the lower left-hand corner of the photo. Dan has no fear of a pattern or the number of teeny tiny pieces in a circular block. His quilts have made a few ladies green with envy.

National Quilt Day 2008

I was president of the guild that made this quilt, until we moved to NC.

The color is a little distorted, it is actually a coral and blue, not pink. Each member made a block from a pre-cut packet for either a 9-patch block or rail-fence block. My friend Sharon did all the pre-cutting, setting the blocks together, quilting and binding.

This quilt should cover the baby until he starts elementary school. I am holding it up with my hands up in the air over my head.

DH printed the label for the back of the quilt. Some of Sharon's beautiful quilting shows behind the label.

Some of the bugs in the blue print had plaid bodies, you can see one in the upper right-hand corner of the label picture. We got lucky and found a plaid for the backing and binding at http://www.classicquiltshop.com/, that is owned by my friend Janet.