Planning Ahead...

Thank you so very much for your
well-wishes, prayers and kind words.
My ankle is much better and
will be completely better soon.  


Tonight is the start of 4 days off...

and I have big plans!
We'll see how that goes. 

Ya know what they say...
best-laid plans and all.

I have a couple of interesting

blog posts in mind.
Yeah, I know...
all of my blog posts are interesting.
{grin}

A lot of sewing will happen, too.

But, for tonight?
Pizza & Season 2 of Flashpoint.
Just the two of us
(the brown boy and I).

 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."    Jeremiah 29:11

OUCH!

Yesterday.

Walked into work and fell.

Flat on my face.

Went to Urgent Care

(work-related, you know).

Diagnosis:  sprained ankle.

OUCH!  

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."   Jeremiah 29:11

Relaxing...

No stress today.

Just sitting in my big easy chair...

relaxing in my jammies...

Watching figure skating...

Knitting...

Drinking Pepsi.

 

 What could be better?

 
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."    Jeremiah 29:11

WINNER!!!

Seems I missed the drawing date!  No idea how that happened, but I do apologize to those of you who have been on the edge of your seats waiting to see who would win the 'sheep in goat's clothing' mat. 

So.  Without further ado...the winner is Annie, who said, "Redneck critters think anything made with wool is baaaad! " and way too much other stuff for me to repeat. 

Congratulations, Annie!  Send your addy to my email address here.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered.  I truly wish I had something for each one of you.  But, hey...February is my birthday month, so one just never knows...I may decide to have a super-duper giveaway later this month!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11

Baby Stars Quilt!

 

Pink and white.

Soft and crinkly.

Stars for Maeve!

 

Little baby pink stars

for the backing and binding. 

(You can see the little stars

better on the next photo.)

Measures 38 inches square. 

 Baby Maeve will receive her quilt tomorrow.

I hope she likes it!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."    Jeremiah 29:11

Churn Dash and Final Block!

I have a few things to show off you.

The FINAL block of my
'snow days' quilt is done!

I cannot believe I've done 

14 blocks in eleven months!

Now the real fun begins.

I have many fabric blocks to make...

churn dashes, stars, & pinwheels.

I bought the fabric last year and

have been waiting (& waiting) to work with it.

And...

I hand-pieced my very first block!
Yes, I did...
I pieced it by hand!
And, even better?

I rather enjoyed doing it!

This is a churn dash block...

the first block of the Hand Piecing Quiltalong

I'm doing with Erin.

I will finish sewing the binding

on the baby girl quilt tonight.
That'll give me something else to show off you!

Have a good evening.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11

Sunday Night...

I never get as much done 
on the weekend as

I think I will.

But.

I got this done...a pillow cover for
sister Julie (the one who lives here with me).

The pillow cover is her (late) Christmas gift.

 The fabric was in one of the boxes

received from Cathy of 
Quilting on Turtle Hill.

I bartered with Julie...

I supplied the pillow form for her cover

and she bathed Tag.

Methinks I came out on the

better end of that deal.

 

I started quilting on the baby girl quilt.

But, because I took time out to watch the 

U.S. Figure Skating Championships,

I only got half done.

 

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Please say a prayer for my friend, Doreen.

Her latest ct scan showed that

the lung cancer is growing.

She's coming down here to

Madison to the UW Hospital

to see about a clinical study.

Doreen is being very positive

and believes all will be okay.

It's got to be.

Right?

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11

Hand-Piecing???

I cannot believe I am going to do this, much less that I am actually quite excited about it!

I very much enjoy having something to work on in the evenings while sitting in front of the tv.  There is still a lot of embroidery left on my 'snow days' quilt, but sometimes I want something a bit different to do.  Well, wouldn't you know...along comes Erin of Why Not Sew? blog fame with her bright (read fantastic!) idea of doing a hand-piecing quilt along.  I'm in.  Like Flynn.  (OH!  Remind me to tell you about that!)

So.  I am going to do it.  We'll be doing twelve 6.5 inch blocks...one per week. 

I looked at several different fabrics that would work, and decided to use these oranges...

I'll throw in a few aquas here and there with some kind of white as background.  I have the most fun backing picked out...just wait til you see it!  {grin}

And, ohgosh, a major oops!  Three days ago, I realized I haven't yet made a quilt for my niece/godchild, Michelle!  YIKES!  Her birthday is February 21...think I can get it done by then?  I ordered some Kona solids that I need for it and will get going as soon as they arrive.  

In the meantime, I am working on a few smaller projects.  I'll show you as I get them done.

Hope you're having a good weekend!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."     Jeremiah 29:11

GIVEAWAY!!!

Going through boxes is always interesting...you just never know what you're going to find.  Recently, while going through my rug hooking stuff, I came across this little mat.  I used to have it hanging on the wall, but when I moved here in 2007, I never unpacked it.  I look at it now and wonder what to do with it.  It is a fun little mat and very nicely done...I think it deserves a new home.

Back in 2003, when I was fairly new to rug hooking, I participated in a swap called, "Redneck Critter Rug Swap".  I no longer remember why it was called that.  I do remember that we swapped rugs of farm animals.  I didn't hook this mat...Faye Goode of Ontario, Canada did.

But, hey...want to see the one I hooked?  Here it is...

I put a cowbell and a ribbon on the cow...isn't it cute?  I have no idea who ended up with this...the poor thing.  See the rooster sitting on the fence?  It's all very primitive, wouldn't you say?  haha.  (Now you know why I moved on to quilting!  {grin})

The 'sheep in goat's clothing' is the hooked mat I am giving away.  The back is finished and the mat measures 12 x 12 inches.   

 The label tells the story 

 

 

If you would like this sheep in goat's clothing to live at your place, just leave a comment on this post.  And, just for kicks, tell me why you think the swap was called Redneck Critter Swap.  There are no wrong answers.  Just looking for something fun to read...{grin}

I will close comments and draw the winner on February 1.

Good luck!

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11

The Princess and the Puppy...

 

 

 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."Jeremiah 29:11

Still Swooning...

It's the weekend...YAY!

What's especially exciting about this one is that

Princess Kaylynn is coming for a visit!

We had a bunch of snow yesterday,

but the roads should be drivable by now.

I have some errands to run

and then I think we'll bake cookies.

I haven't been doing too much

sewing this past week, 

but I did finish Block 4.

I am really liking these.

In fact, they make me...

swoon.

{grin}

 Question...

When piecing your quilt blocks,

do you press your seams to the side

or do you open them up?

I have always pressed to the side

(the dark side...{grin})

but with this block, pressing

the seams open seemed a better way.

It sure helped to reduce the bulk.

But, I gotta say, it does take longer!

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Stay tuned for a giveaway coming

this way very soon! 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  Jeremiah 29:11