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Swedish Weaving Student Success

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When my third foster mother came to visit our family for Thanksgiving last year, she took notice of some of my pattern books for Swedish Weaving patterns.  I took her to my mother-in-law’s house to see some of the Swedish weaving that my MIL had done.

My foster mother was hooked.  She wanted to try it, so I sent home some of the pattern books and a needle.

We spent this past week with her and I noticed she had finished her first Swedish weaving piece:

So proud of my Swedish weaving student’s success!

Teacher Gifts from the Heart

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I always get a laugh when I tell folks that the school has five buildings on its campus and I had four kids in four of those buildings.  This next year, we’ll be down to four kids in three buildings.  But, I’m so very appreciative of the work the teachers do that we try very hard to find gifts that show our appreciation for them, as well as a little insight into our life.

This year, I made quilted potholders with Texas Hill Country fabric for the “child nutritionists” (aka lunch ladies) and DD#1 added a recipe:

Recipe for Hot Lunch Happiness

1 Smiling lunch lady
1 MUFFIN
1 Hotpad holder
1 group of hungry kids

The gifts were really cute, but this mom totally forgot to take photos of them!

For the rest of the teachers that the kids wanted to give a gift to, we were given prayer shawls by the lovely ladies at our church – 18 prayer shawls in all!

We certainly weren’t trying to push off our religion or church onto the teachers, but to give them a gift that had meaning to us and hopefully, to them.  Based on the number of “yahoos”, hugs, smiles and thanks the kids received from their teachers – I’d say it was a success!

If you are interested in making your own prayer shawls (or if not for prayer, could simply be foot warmers), check out these resources:

And we thank the generous ladies at our family church for their generosity and their loving hands that prepared these items.

Tammy Comes Clean

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Ms. Donna at www.SoCalMom.net has tagged me for a meme.  She says we’ve known each other virtually for TEN years.  WOW, I didn’t even realize that!  I started working online in 1999, so that’s probably correct.  Darn, does time fly when you’re having fun!

Here’s the meme info: Donna has challenged me to come clean about myself – to be completely honest and spill ten secrets that I’ve never confessed before. Gee, is anything in my life a secret?!  I’ll give it a shot:

  1. I sleep with a honey (body) pillow.  I can’t perspire because of my skin allergies, so my husband and I can’t touch while sleeping (he’s a hot-body).  So, I snuggle with my honey pillow.
  2. I sleep about six hours a day, in a split-shift – about four hours at night and my two-hour nap (if I can get it) in the afternoons.
  3. I prefer to blow my nose with a paper towel than a tissue.  ewwww, just like the thickness of paper towels better.
  4. I work in my jammies until lunch.  Every workday.
  5. I eat once a day.  Sometimes less.
  6. I have blonde eyebrows – so blonde, you hardly even notice that I have eyebrows.
  7. I can’t eat broccoli, eggs or fresh button mushrooms.  Ever since I was pregnant with my last daughter.
  8. I LOVE making quilts, but can’t STAND to make or mend clothes.  Go figure!
  9. Have had skin allergies since I was 19 years old, but never had sinus allergies until we moved to the area of Texas where we live now.  Cedar fever hits nearly everyone who lives in this region.
  10. I’m obsessed with finishing projects.  If I start something, I *must* finish it.

Ooooh, now the fun begins!  I am to tag some friends and see if they’ll answer!  Naw, I’m not going to do that.  If you want to participate in this meme (HINT:  MRS. MAC), please feel free to do so – and let us know in the comments that you’ve responded!

I’m now an Award-Winning Quilt Designer!

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logo_brillanteaward.jpgVicki W. from Field Trips in Fiber nominated my “Snow Smores” quilt for a Brilliante Weblog Award.  I’m so very honored, thank you Vicki {bowing graciously}!

First, I must post the rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog/
2. Link to the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you have nominated.

Now, may we have the envelope please …… {drumroll} ……

The winners that I have selected offer quilt projects online, and since quilting is way beyond a passion for me, I must help showcase their talents:

  1. Linda Pearl, director of the CottonSpice.com BOM quilt
  2. Rochelle Martin of Cottage Quilt Designs, designer of the CottonSpice.com QuiltAlong Quilt
  3. Linda from Gabbi Abbi’s and AbbiMays.com, designer of the super-simple Sock Monkey Flannel Quilt
  4. Debi from Quilting With Debi, for her RRRR Mystery Quilt
  5. Susan Brubaker Knapp from Blue Moon River, designer of House Rules
  6. Laura West Kong of Quilting-Diva, designer of Quilt Charms
  7. Karen Gass, editor of Cotton Spice quilting magazine, for her “Summer Quilt” in the June 2008 magazine issue (free pattern)

There’s my list!  I’m off to tell each of these quilters about their awards!  Quilt On!