Jan
29
2010
My VBFF (virtual best friend forever) Pat Sloan sent me a fat quarter bundle of her new fabric line “Georgia” – and after staring and feeling and seeing the fabric in my mind – and I designed a six-month block of the month quilt to go with the fabric line.
And, there is no way you can work with this fabric without singing a number of “Georgia” songs — Georgia on my Mind, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, etc.
I cut the fabric out last Sunday and it’s just CALLING my name, but I can’t sew it until the weekend. But, I gotta tell you – it’s DIVINE fabric and I hope the quilt will do it justice. Hope I retain my VBFF status, too 
Jan
28
2010
Our oldest daughter gave me one of the BEST gifts at Christmas, and she made it all by herself!
I throw fits when the girls bend over pages of books (especially those that aren’t theirs), or when they break the spine of a book by leaving it open to save their page. I also have a minor breakdown when I go searching for a bookmark, only to find that someone took it and didn’t put it back.
But not anymore! Not only do I have these lovely hand-made bookmarks that DD#1 made for me, I can put other bookmarks that I find in the same box, so all of us can have quick access to a bookmark! Long live books!
Jan
23
2010
Does food and the colors in the kitchen make you want to run to your cutting table? Do you enjoy great “tried-and-true” recipes? Do you love making quilt projects?
If you answered YES to the above questions, then we hope you’ll LOVE our newest website – www.QuiltedKitchen.com!
We will offer a free monthly recipe, with printable recipe card … as well as a FREE quilt project pattern that is inspired by the recipe!
For January, the recipe is for King Ranch Casserole and the free quilt project pattern is the King Ranch Table Runner!
CLICK HERE to Visit the Quilted Kitchen NOW!
Jan
19
2010
Normally, I would put a photograph of my dashing husband up here, celebrating and commemorating (or is that commiserating?) his special day.
Not anymore.
I have found that some of my photos are being used on other VERY INAPPROPRIATE websites. NOT AGAIN! I will no longer be putting up photos of my family, unless I password protect the post. If you see a password protected post and know me personally, then feel free to email me for the password. Otherwise, I will stick to my knitting (errrr, quilting) and only post photos of my quilt or craft projects on this blog.
What a sad state of affairs. What a total drain of my time and energies. But, I will pray for those who have sinned against me and my family – because they need all the prayers we can send them.
Happy birthday, honey!
Jan
18
2010
I met with an older lady and her mother last year at a local (yummy) restaurant as they were interested in someone making a quilt for their daughter/grandaughter. The parents were older parents when they adopted a little girl. The Grandmother made all of the little girl’s clothes, and had saved scraps of fabric from those clothes and they wanted them used in a quilt for the young girl.
I was more than happy to oblige, as I thought the idea of a memory quilt, across the generations, was so special for all involved. From Grandmother to mother to daughter. That, my friends, is the goal of all of my quilt-making — sharing the love and memories forever.
This weekend, I *finally* made the time to make the quilt top – and I sure hope the customers like it!
The quilt will be sent to my quilter tomorrow and I hope it is all that the customers are looking for!
Jan
13
2010
I’ve been coding and coding and coding a website that has a deadline that I hope to meet by the weekend. Today I take off for my normal Wednesday afternoon activities with the kids at church, but I’m sure that coding will be in my head until I get the site done.
Whoa, you ever dream of web codes? Wish I could say I remember what I dream so the coding would go quicker, but all I remember is waking up and feeling like all I’ve done is WORK all night long, in my sleep!
Be back soon!
Here’s another tote I put together last weekend:
Jan
11
2010
I spent hours updating a number of my websites last night, and hope you’ll go check them out and enjoy what I offer!
I hope you enjoy all that we offer – there’s more coming, so stay tuned!
“Santorini Stars” Block #1 from the 2010 BOMquilts.com Block of the Month Quilt
Jan
07
2010
Though most of the northerners in the US are out of school for weather-related reasons — our girls are out because of the county stock show. uh huh.
<shaking head>
<shrugging shoulders>
<picking mouth up off of floor>
I am, once again, beside myself. This makes as much sense as closing the school because the football team actually made a touchdown!
When my academically-enriched children participate in an ACADEMIC event – such as UIL, they are released for the day with an excused absense. It doesn’t release them from homework, but it means we don’t have to take them to the doctor to get a “get out of jail free” card!
So, why-oh-why can’t the same ring true for the local stock show? Yes, we’re in Texas, where a lot of credence is given to those who raise and show animals. Yes, we live in a rural community where folks have ranches and ranchitas – heck, we even raise chickens (though not for show – we like the eggs)! But, remember, half of our school population lives at the local children’s home – where they don’t raise and show animals at the stock show!
Just looking at the calendar, perhaps the kids wouldn’t have to go to school for TWO days in June, if they’d have just given the stock show kids an excused absence for today and tomorrow and let the other 80% – 90% get an education within the confines of their SCHOOL. Wow, there’s a novel idea!!!
Jan
06
2010
Our dear friends came over last week, and gifted us with presents. Boy, did I underestimate that one! I didn’t get them a darned thing – not even a tater bag! <badfriend>
My gift is a beautiful, small journal – appears to be hand-made luscious paper, bound into a book:
I declared it would be my 2010 prayer journal. I usually put my prayer lists on my calendar – but, between my work, my kids’ schedules and all of the other appointments that I have to keep up with – it got a little congested on those little lines on the calendar. SO, I’m going to keep my prayers separate – and hopefully, it’ll give me a chance to say a prayer when the prayer is requested, and then remember to say a prayer for the person(s) before I go to bed each night. Hey, if one aspirin works, why not try two?!
Do you keep a prayer journal?
Jan
05
2010
Do you ever feel like you spend all your time treading water and never really swimming anywhere? I think that’s how I’d sum up 2009 for myself (personally) and for our family. Good things happened, bad things happened – but, I don’t feel as if I’ve gone anywhere. So, I thought I’d take this opportunity to really see if I’ve moved forward with regard to my creativity & quilt therapy:
1) January 2009:
2) February 2009:
3) March 2009:
4) April 2009:
5) May 2009:
6) June 2009:
7) July 2009:
8) August 2009:
9) September 2009:
- ummm, don’t see that I did anything! eeek
10) October 2009:
11) November 2009:
12) December 2009:
