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Monday, September 9, 2013

Life's Lil Garden ~ my fellow Hexie Blogger

My New Years Resolutions   Here's her link!!

To be content
To give thanks in all things
To take joy
To give grace
To receive peace

For from Him
And through Him
And to Him
Are all things.
To Him be the glory
Forever.
Amen.
~Romans 11:36

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Study to be quiet.
Mind my own business.
And work with my hands.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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To be a better Wife, Mom, Gran, Granddaughter, Sister, Daughter, Aunt, & Friend
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To slow down and smell the roses
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Me Time
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To Show Myself Friendly
Proverb 18:24

Stay At Home

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;

Home-keeping hearts are happiest,

For those that wander they know not where

Are full of trouble and full of care;

To stay at home is best.



Weary and homesick and distressed,

They wander east, they wander west,

And are baffled and beaten and blown about

By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;

To stay at home is best.



Then stay at home, my heart, and rest;

The bird is safest in its nest;

O'er all that flutter their wings and fly

A hawk is hovering in the sky;

To stay at home is best.



Longfellow (song)

Friday, September 6, 2013

A Tribute to Black Who Quilted and Stitched Their Lives into American History !

Thanks Ronnie!

Proclamation 4976 - National Sewing Month
September 24, 1982


A Proclamation

Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim September, 1982, as National Sewing Month. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

So....It may be weekly or daily.... that I Shall Pay

Tribute to Black Women Who Have Stitched and Sewn

their lives into an important part of American History !


 

Co-Worker, Contest, School Spirit and a CHAIR COVER ! YEP!!!

YEP.... that's right.  To help my co-work celebrate her SOONER CAFE table setting in her office.... She's set to graduate for OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY in 2014-2015!

So she ran out for fabric, table settings..... and on Wednesday... we set out to make chair covers !!!

Before... (hmnnnn tell me why this picture is sideways..... OH WELL
 
OH WELL AGAIN..... it's not that I don't know how to rotate.... I'm just tired/BOSS!
 
 







Still Stitchin' Flower-ette's !!

Fussy Cut Hexies.....
A Keyboard Finish !!!

OK Lady.... I say to myself..... lift the corners of that mouth.... and Smile!!

 
Words on Fabric!   I Love It!
 

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Sewing Wednesday's Flowers ....

On a Thursday - nonetheless !!

 A Carolina Lilly.....  Paper-pieced 9" (set on point)


 IT'S A FINISH
(on the floor, that is!)
12.5" squares (16-patch) measures six rows across and 8 rows down!
 

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

My Creative Juices

Are Beginning To Flow . . .* * *

Necessity as well as BEAUTIFUL Organization
My Medicine Rollup Kit !


 

Thursday, August 29, 2013

48 Hour Quiltin' Notice ~ A Round Chair Cover for a Party!

I checked and found some beauties !! but not a single chair cover (makeover for a party!!!)   It would have to be free,,, and I was running out of time...

Maybe I couldn't google it because this is a basic old black office chair.   I know I can cut and measure... quick - grab me some newspaper - trace it - sew it- adjust the length.

 
At first the thin red fabric didn't look good... just hanging.  I knew I'd have to give it a quilted look.    We tried and bow..... NOOO..... this is an OKLAHOMA SOONER FOOTBALL Party.      We don't need the bow-fancy tie around.... hmnnnnn

OK... let's go.  And The creative juices will start flowing.... (I'd hoped)

BINGO!!!  Whoops...there it is!
And the black trim kinda fancy...classy.... just right for my friends SOONER CAFE image she's looking for!!!
 

Late Afternoon ~ One Flower Wednesday

Mailing Off to Iceland.... (I wonder what my postage will be !! ??)   I tucked in a notepad, note card....!!!  Wonderful feeling as I give a small gift !!!








 

Temptation Call to Feather Quilting .....

On the horizon of my future..... 

Yardage Estimator (... from Sentimental Stitching Friend/Blogger)

Yardage Estimator (Squares)
The chart below shows the number of squares that can be cut from yardages by first cutting strips and then squares. Yardage figures include the 1/4” seam allowance.
Size of square from 44” / 45” wide fabrics
squares chart


Yardage Estimator (Triangles)
The chart below shows the number of triangles that can be cut from yardages by first cutting strips, then squares and sub-cutting the squares diagonally one way to yield half-square triangles. Yardage figures include the 1/4” seam allowance.
Size of Triangle from 44” / 45” wide fabrics
triangle chart
* to determine the cut square size for a half square triangle, add 7/8” to the finished measurement of the triangle’s short side.


Yardage Estimator (Quarter Square & Setting Triangles)
The chart below shows the number of setting triangles that can be cut from yardages by first cutting strips, then squares and sub-cutting the squares diagonally both ways to yield quarter-square triangles. Yardage figures include the 1/4” seam allowance.
Size of Triangle from 44” / 45” wide fabrics
quarter square chart
* to determine the cut square size for a quarter square triangle, add 1 1/4” to the finished measurement of the triangle’s long side

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Wonderful Wednesday = One More Hexie Flower !!!

ONE FLOWER WEDNESDAY!
Just Randomly Sewing - I'm sewing for fellow bloggers. 

I need to find the inspiration for my blue/yellow hexies..... hmnnnnnnnn

I flipped thru my previous years 2012 pictures and found some cute things....


 Cathedral Window Pincushions !!!
 A personalized Notebook Gift to ME !!!
 Where am I ever gonna place these cute women....???
 Well........ ain't u Somthin!     U B Quiltin....!!! ???
 My little applique watermellow chillum....(no I didn't do it.... was a thrift shop treasure)

Black and White Hexie!  ETC  ETC   ETC   ETC  and so on
 I Love You -- Blog Land Fellow sewists!!!


 

QNP ~~~ Quilts IN Progress ~~~~~

Measurement Pending on my Taste Buds!!!  72" x 84"
Before adding a 4-8 inch dynamic border...???
 
12" Blocks
(Six across and Seven Blocks Down...
 

Consists of 3 1/2" squares that equal a Sixteen Patch Block 
(3 white and 7 black/gray squares) 
 
Strength for the Journey !!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

They Told Us: Lymphoma 8-31-2009

They Told Us:  Lymphoma 8-31-2009

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