Blogland Givaway!

Alderwood Quilts is having a givaway go check it out!

Twisting Kitty

I have been working on my Twisted Kitty for a while and finally have the blocks all done!

I bought Ami Simms' Twisted Sisters Booklet and Template about 10 or twelve years ago.

I fell in love with the Doodle Cat fabric about the same time.

No, Chrissy it is not a twisting kitty's quilt.

What! Why not?

Hey, what is that, on the purple square?

Hey, it is pinned on. I'll pull it off for you.

Ouch! I stuck my tongue!



Read a Lot - Post a Little

What have we been doing?

What is this a "pup" quiz?

OK, let me see...

OH, yes - lots of nothing!

New Years Resolution

My resolution is to find my “Happy Place”.
Worry and stress out less, sew and quilt more!

What is your New Years Resolution?

A Little Luck

I have had a little luck in a bunch of bad luck!  Wooo! Hooo! 

I have won a book from Saloma at About Amish.

Go visit Saloma at About Amish and her husband David at Vintage Village Designs.   

It really helped cheer me up, after taking my poor Tucson in for a new timing chain, water pump and crank shaft sensor, today. 

We had a plumber here today, also, to try to find a water line leak.

Our last water bill was for enough water to fill a really big swimming pool - we don't have a pool! 

DH's office recently took everyone off salary and put them on per patient visit pay, that equals 1/3 of original take home.

Darn, bills are still at 100% of what they have always been.

We are both filling out applications to find him another job and find me a job.

That will cut into my sewing and quilting time!

Ok, don't want to dwell on all that, or I will start crying, again. 

Holiday Block Swap

In my previous post, I posted pictures of the blocks I made for: Face Book's Outlaw Quilters - Holiday Block Swap. I wanted a quilt, not another wall hanging, so I signed up for 2 of the 3 groups. My blocks are the pieced word blocks. I am so hooked on word blocks, if you couldn't tell in the last post!
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Group 1 Blocks

Group 2 Blocks

You can probably tell a couple of people went MIA.  I will just add a couple more word blocks, maybe one with "Trick" and the other with "Treat", or "Eeek" and "Meow". Will have to think on it a bit!

100th post

Actually it is December 4, not sure why the draft date showed up???
Nancy at Blogging Near Philadelphia had some thought filled comments a couple of days ago (now - a few weeks ago).  One of which was about deleting links to bloggers who hadn't posted for a while. I would resemble that comment!

Refresher of memory!

I noticed that I had just made my 99th post and needed to figure out a giveaway for my 100th post.  Wow time slips by and I am still trying to figure out the prize! I will figure it out and draw on New Years Eve, out with the old and on to a new and better year! I will post the prize or prizes and rules this week, promise!

My DDIL figure out we had 5 moves this year! #1. DS, DH, Devine Miss M and me, NC to FL. #2. DDIL and GS, NC to FL. #3. DH and I to our own home. #4. DS, DDIL, Devine Miss M and GS to an apt, temporarily. #5. DS, DDIL, Devine Miss M and GS to their own home.   WOW, glad that is done! Way to much moving!

I have been sewing, just not blogging. Here is the 2 sides of my SIL's quilt. She picked the fabric and pattern for top.

Triple Dutch Chain
I suggested making it reversible, after she said (complained) the wall color (robin's egg blue) looked blue next to green and green next to blue.


Chains That Bind

I picked out the pattern and fabric for the back.

She didn't have any clue what it was going to look like.

Funny thing is: she likes the back side the best!

So happy to have that one done!

I got in to a Holiday Block swap on Face Book and signed up for 2 groups.

Short story, my package got lost by USPS and finally found.

Glad to get that one done and have the blocks finally mailed to the intended owners.

Tonya and Lynne have me hooked on making letter blocks, can you tell?

A few other people have been bitten by the bug, you can see their work here.