Something New on the Frame

I am hoping to put another quilt on the frame today.  That is if I can herd cats in the form of getting Frank to help. 

Although..............Carrie is coming over to go to the Farmer's Market with me.  I can rope her into helping me!  She owes me for all those years of loving and nurturing her when she was little.  Not to mention the 12 hours of labor.

Twisted Halloween

Waiting in the wings for quilting:

       

Locked and Loaded

The Houses Mystery and Enchanted Stars are in the queue as well, neither of which I can find photos for. 

I will let you know which one wins the Quilting Lottery.

Joy Just To Be Quilting

Danielle L said to me:  It has never failed that when I have been through the most heart-breaking passages of my life -- betrayal, financial hardship, divorce, dreams dashed -- the pain brought me to the floor of my being, and what was there to be found?: 

The simple joy of being alive.

It is not generally my nature to be happy.  I was born under the Saturnalia.  Which might sound like one great orgy, but it really fits me when you look into the aspects of it.  So this was an interesting thing to say to me.  I don't always think in terms of joy. 

But I do feel the joy of spending the day with fabric in my hands.  You would think that the connections of the King of Saturn to wool that I would be a weaver, but I am not.  And you would also think that I would be the master of the dance, and I sort of am.  I am generally the one in charge or the one behind the lectern.  Yes, that is me!

So today, I will play once again with my UFO quilt that has the skulls and witches on it.  Wit mummies creeping along behind the evil jack pumpkins.  That is right, my All Saints' Eve quilt, the Twisted Halloween quilt.

And for that I am glad to be able to ply my fabric surrounded my my dogs of the hunt.  


That reminds me, I bought a book that had a basset hound in it last year on our shop hop.  I haven't seen it since.  I REALLY need to clean up my room.........have you heard that before?  

And that reminds me.....look what I boiled up yesterday for dinner!

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Freezing Cold - Feels Like Halloween

Can you believe it is April 5 and we just had the heater go on?  In Southern Louisiana?  Where the last freeze of the year is the end of February?

So much for global warming!  LOL.  Al Bore should be hiding his head!

I was going to ride my bike to the Hospice meeting for my mother at noon.  But I think I will drive!   Brrrr!  When the front came though two days ago, it rained about 2 1/4 inches.  The winds were straight line winds about 50 mph, those are the most damaging but they are not tornadic.  It blew 4 branches out of my trees in the back yard.  And one was about 35 feet long!

What a perfectly awful day to be working today on the Ami Simms Halloween quilt.  I took her class about 3 years ago and learned how to use her ruler that gives you the wonderful whirly gig pattern.  I made so many of these Halloween blocks I have enough for a table runner as well.  Two if I used only 4 each!  Yes, more people to spread the love to!

Three more things to put into the pile to be quilted in the June Quilt Your Quilts Challenge.  I have not heard from anyone interested in joining us.  Nice prizes.  Maybe a million dollars worth of quilting advice!  I will pull some things together and see if it kicks your butt into action.  You know you really need to get those things quilted, now is the time to join in!

I finished the top at quarter to five, which is perfect timing because the dogs get fed at five regardless of what is going on.  DiNozzo is the self-appointed alarm that becomes increasingly louder and more irritating if ignored.

Off to eat tamales tonight!  Yeah!  Anyone interested in joining me?

Design Wall 9-26-11

Finally!  Something new on the design wall and a computer to post it with!  I have been having problems in both those areas recently.

This is Ami Simms Twisted Sisters block done in Halloween fabrics from a random visit to Hancocks and the appearance of that pale green fabric which you can really see much of anyway.  Isn't that how it goes?

The block involves some partial seams but Ami's way of doing things is marvelously easy.  And the template makes this block a spooky breeze to make.

Charlene and Ann and I attended the workshop in Lafayette with Ami.  She is wonderful. 

So far there are 20 but I have enough to make about that many more. I am debating on making this with a sashing and making two or making just one large one. 

What could I do with the second one......?

And just to show you that I really did hobknob with Quilt Celebrities here is a picture of us with Ami!  LOL.

glen