tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72755516841183168202024-03-19T19:07:59.636-04:00Charlotte's ThreadsCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-27611976120781210502014-10-29T15:19:00.000-04:002014-10-29T15:26:01.866-04:00A few finishes to the next stage.<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are the latest finishes to the next stage. I went to a 4 day retreat recently and here are the results This one is Crabapples, pattern form Bonnie K. Hunter from Quiltville.com her book Leaders and Enders. The next one is Carolina Christmas (my version) she did not put the sashing between her blocks) one of her mysteries that she runs every year starting with the first clue on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Are you joining this year? Go to her website or blog to check it out. The third picture is of Old Tobacco road. Another of her mystries I think it was her 3rd. Final pic is of the 2012 mystery Easy Street. The mysteries are usually pulled off the web/blog when they are ready to go in an upcoming book, so if you think you want to wait to make it then you will need to make a copy as the mystery unfolds.<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-39262044694120126812012-09-04T22:55:00.000-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.269-04:00September is National Sewing MonthSeptember is National Sewing Month. What are you sewing on? Bonnie at Quiltville.com asked on her blog on Sunday who wanted to join her this month in committing to doing some hand sewing an hour a day. I was all in right from the get go. Then she asked those of us wanting to do it to post pictures. so here they are. <br />
She wanted to know what we are working on, where we sewed, and anything else we wanted to share like the music or whatever we do while stitching. .Here is mine. I started this one in 2007 and worked on it during the 4th of July when Bonnie came over to sew. I call it The Queen and I. Dedicated to a wonderful sewing friend in Ca.<br />
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-24747433342159229812011-11-26T23:51:00.001-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.248-04:00Eleanor’s quilt and my 4th finish for 2011.<p>This is Eleanor’s quilt. She is my first great niece on my husband’s side of the family. I didn’t take a pic of it finished before she started enjoying it. From the pics I know she loves it. I asked her mom if she had posed those pictures with her and the quilt and she told me no that was all Eleanor’s doing. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hRwHPDYuJn4/TtHB0gfnAyI/AAAAAAAAAPU/lOPjm3pyTYU/s1600-h/106%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="106" border="0" alt="106" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pH4UCyKN3r4/TtHB02luHfI/AAAAAAAAAPc/is8H7nmM2iY/106_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bRZjc7w9heg/TtHB1aCayII/AAAAAAAAAPk/mBcv_HDrUqs/s1600-h/107%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="107" border="0" alt="107" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-E718NdFGIz4/TtHB1uvPa4I/AAAAAAAAAPs/_DD5h_Wwnm4/107_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="184"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1t1sORiiJ_8/TtHB2Bbfp8I/AAAAAAAAAP0/7Z03IBuru4w/s1600-h/329924_579787639445_68401914_32283908_302606082_o%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="329924_579787639445_68401914_32283908_302606082_o" border="0" alt="329924_579787639445_68401914_32283908_302606082_o" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sz_KUZSkotY/TtHB2RmirkI/AAAAAAAAAP8/Mg1BKwpeceg/329924_579787639445_68401914_32283908_302606082_o_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> <p> </p> <p> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cRAx7_3BrnI/TtHB2wfL4nI/AAAAAAAAAQE/MsmRQjmCWf0/s1600-h/322391_579787409905_68401914_3228390%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="322391_579787409905_68401914_32283900_1138618039_o" border="0" alt="322391_579787409905_68401914_32283900_1138618039_o" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-q3p8oXK8-iI/TtHB3HEwBJI/AAAAAAAAAQM/JDzE2X-FhtU/322391_579787409905_68401914_3228390%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-x4nHzGb3i7U/TtHB3dbbmmI/AAAAAAAAAQU/BvrBvayfYsg/s1600-h/327808_579787394935_68401914_32283899_1111744415_o%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="327808_579787394935_68401914_32283899_1111744415_o" border="0" alt="327808_579787394935_68401914_32283899_1111744415_o" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qrWK8ROxKdg/TtHB3jEzkNI/AAAAAAAAAQc/7y2cu8ZrMag/327808_579787394935_68401914_32283899_1111744415_o_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="164"></a></p> Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-64643508226310374572011-11-26T19:42:00.001-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.285-04:00my first quilt<p>Decade, my first quilt made after the quilting bug got me. I made my first one when I was about 11or 12 from a big bag of scraps Momma had from making our clothes and scrapes she was given. It was a huge string quilt. Bonnie Hunter at <a title="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-quilts.html" href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-quilts.html">http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/11/first-quilts.html</a> asked what our first quilt was. </p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mYO9wl4Buik/TtGHY-6gGZI/AAAAAAAAAPE/M3K-nEzNhp8/s1600-h/2074160200096243632TVHFJk_ph%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="2074160200096243632TVHFJk_ph" border="0" alt="2074160200096243632TVHFJk_ph" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-v6h-oZWpNK0/TtGHZJsY8AI/AAAAAAAAAPM/IsazYRYlaMQ/2074160200096243632TVHFJk_ph_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="218"></a> <p>I didn’t appreciate the work in my first quilt and used and abused it. I even laid out in the sun on it. Years later I gave it to our poor dog Coco who was deathly afraid of storms. This quilt is called Decade, the name fits. It took me 10 yrs to complete. I didn’t work on it exclusively during that time. My daughter uses it daily now and has a deep appreciation for it and all quilts in general. She sat by me many hours while I was hand quilting it. When I would get the needle stuck she would take my hemostats and pull it through and she even threaded some of my needles. Is she a quilter? Not yet but I haven’t given up on her.</p> Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-82830758036658231262011-01-10T09:55:00.003-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.309-04:00First Finish for 2011. Crazy Nines.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPfBgDPUZJJe5AA3Pjv2qKkA4bUsFjS0BeG5G3AcIsmBUqQOoGS-mOnsOYhgTzlRZHiF4OoAeUxP5-4stGeDz-EOI9nBEq4AlmJ9brZFdd3M8QW7Ts0epg9RhGh9R6xIVhSLCKD9yd0U/s1600/DSC00095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPfBgDPUZJJe5AA3Pjv2qKkA4bUsFjS0BeG5G3AcIsmBUqQOoGS-mOnsOYhgTzlRZHiF4OoAeUxP5-4stGeDz-EOI9nBEq4AlmJ9brZFdd3M8QW7Ts0epg9RhGh9R6xIVhSLCKD9yd0U/s200/DSC00095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560574775460378626" /></a><br /> This is the result of my AADD. I started some crazy quilt blocks way back when. Then realized I would never finish that undertaking when I started the embellishments. It wasn't going to big enough for any real use either and I wan't loving it enough to finish it as a wall hanging. I had some scrappy 9 patches that I never liked but couldn't bring myself to throw out. So I did a Bonnie K Hunter at Quiltville thing and put them together. I took them with me as a top without boarders to Bonnnie’s for our 4th of July weekend 2008. She pulled the boarders from her stash (as a birthday present to me) and I sewed them on that weekend. Thank you Bonnie! Life got in the way of the finish but it is now done. Kim used it yesterday on the couch to snuggle under, my baby girl has a cold and doesn't feel very well. The sad thing about this one is: It isn't my oldest ufo.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-23166621495683551192011-01-05T19:42:00.002-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.242-04:00The Last finish for 2010<p>This is the Baby Quilt for a dear friend at work. She was due on Feb 4, 2011. The shower was on 12/8/2010. For once I had something finished on time. The Baby came on 12/22/10 33 weeks and he weighed 6lb 7 oz. The pattern for this is from Scrap- Basket Suprises by Kim Brackett. Love <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zUFj-IZ2fyI/TSUP28oanJI/AAAAAAAAAOE/6ukbDX917oA/s1600-h/100_0459%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="100_0459" border="0" alt="100_0459" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zUFj-IZ2fyI/TSUP3EcDn9I/AAAAAAAAAOI/3tvKiwc9DJc/100_0459_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="244" /></a>this gals work almost as much as Bonnie K. Hunter’s.Bonnie and Kim are 2 of the few published quilters that I see doing their own quilting. </p>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-20731934856608061872010-08-08T11:08:00.002-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.238-04:00We took the grandchildren back home yesterday. I missed them the minute we shut the doors of our car to head back. Actually we took them to the half way meet point. Their visit was a prayer answered. Our 5 weeks went by in a blur. Our next visit time is Thanksgiving weekend, that is if their mom and new dad make the trip here otherwise we will have them a week after Christmas. They made it home safe as did the 4 of us. They were such good travlers at least for the first half. We had videos, songs, coloring, munchies, and lots of laughs. It broke my heart to see them crying when we left. I cried only after we were out of their eye sight. It wouldn't do to let them see their Nana and Daddy crying. It is supposed to be a good thing to go back home. I am sure they were fine and I pray they had a great trip the rest of the way.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-13288499826122484122010-07-29T09:44:00.005-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.230-04:00<ul><li><div align="justify"> Oh my it has been forever since I posted anything. We picked the girls up for their 5 week stay with Brain on July 3. We have been having a good time. They have gotten so big and even more beautiful than when they left on Dec. 11, 2009.</div><blockquote></blockquote>This is Lily.</li></ul><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 122px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499324472473251682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzU1urLUlyEEwBhPRrXFmd7Hd-YhYTm9Udb3emD9ox-JB6AHpVl_l2VeNc_OBHkTrNux3AxuugBKO8Ryd8T2DWzXt3X4yK3GoC6D04F9FnJmbF9bqDZoEzhImQtbN4JUSn-bYcMkMaJbw/s200/Portrait+Innovation+Disk+july16+2010-1.jpg" />This is Avory. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499324148684413746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgLXb_9nWFPgdtVIJlv0hmRpdBDZwWg0-iAY_lMrlmxYJqOqmYL47IeAmpodfRIGN8xiKTVHXapdLbq4w9OsLyqYgDEAMk356Wi3lbRpUsRqmoHsUzJhW3v1b7IAvE-_JgPQSL1DNomI/s200/Portrait+Innovation+Disk+july16+2010-2.jpg" />To make this a little quilt related here are some of the little projects I started this summer. I am also working on Bonnie K. Hunter's last mystery. Carolina Christmas. I believe you can still find it on her web site. <a href="http://www.quiltville.com/">WWW.Quiltville.com</a>. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499325016918240274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4JCBZydWr4pg0aliBqdP5QZEeymptx4NFjUJkBi7wbGJvWU2QUJKwBcyxO1Uw7ERx9WT97xl9qGYtfFOvyLkoiw6uLp7J01DNeNl2i63BIjdFuUoQIWozExV8CvagvIS04ui74kRaPY/s200/whips+62010+002.jpg" />The red string pattern is on the EQ 6. I saw the drunkards path below in pink on an Amish site and I had to do one of my own. I am loving it and it is teaching me a lesson in humility. I am not very good with 1/4 inch seams on small machine curves. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nn-q2nVOUyfp6NBUBqojFBDxUCzCv_it-1eeS5M2bPOm7ZHXzNoKHbT_m_fpwHPbD9zYlFwx3RKt4yzq6UCD1HkhadgeDTcCgzPrE6fizpyGxzNnjalh4Y9tx2MKdon-HpIbh-8QtS8/s1600/whips+62010+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499324765317231954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nn-q2nVOUyfp6NBUBqojFBDxUCzCv_it-1eeS5M2bPOm7ZHXzNoKHbT_m_fpwHPbD9zYlFwx3RKt4yzq6UCD1HkhadgeDTcCgzPrE6fizpyGxzNnjalh4Y9tx2MKdon-HpIbh-8QtS8/s200/whips+62010+003.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><br /><p></p>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-77651719577673344592009-12-31T20:01:00.002-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.298-04:00Happy New Year.Happy New Year to all.<br /><br />I must say sorry to anyone who has come by my site in the past few months. Time slips away from me. I plan to try a little harder in 2010. What will it bring?Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-49735448095794896032009-07-18T12:55:00.006-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.277-04:00First purchased quilt<div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKRAMMTHUfgDx6ThQAub5jwpkxm4WdiHG_GmSrV04zLyUVqnfeHy50iCdKHIQHJuzK8x8WJ1wgU96h8n4q-C9nlh1dnpcf1giluVe_n03h4wJ-zfT5cgrsHm529gCjWZIG-5p3UCPoLg/s1600-h/My+Indiana+quilt+012.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359846163984218722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKRAMMTHUfgDx6ThQAub5jwpkxm4WdiHG_GmSrV04zLyUVqnfeHy50iCdKHIQHJuzK8x8WJ1wgU96h8n4q-C9nlh1dnpcf1giluVe_n03h4wJ-zfT5cgrsHm529gCjWZIG-5p3UCPoLg/s200/My+Indiana+quilt+012.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>This is my first purchased quilt. I found it at Mosquito Creek Antique <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shop</span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359847155224179458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnhdomqlwvvlOp-ww873f9fkCykWShvcK0ZtA0fcPyIq5mEWsHPWYJjn72AmdWJO1d0TIPlH_hCs258yQjM8soldvQ-txjIRLxOTsGgVx8KvJknd0RltxyYz06PMqo7kjbBARZXonZ-s/s200/My+Indiana+quilt+013.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7AvveSY-ksJD17DvO6Jr0triKVhfEOWopxGgHb83joooeVTYpqACluWfbdrxkw7iyzFEjWiGVeDmQs9yzEshoU7Y6SVgn7nTKNGJuLR1hyphenhyphenoFj64W4-ELJJa9lsFwUD2XXsjFO9Wj6MA/s1600-h/My+Indiana+quilt+014.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359847631922844850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7AvveSY-ksJD17DvO6Jr0triKVhfEOWopxGgHb83joooeVTYpqACluWfbdrxkw7iyzFEjWiGVeDmQs9yzEshoU7Y6SVgn7nTKNGJuLR1hyphenhyphenoFj64W4-ELJJa9lsFwUD2XXsjFO9Wj6MA/s200/My+Indiana+quilt+014.jpg" /></a>p in Indiana over the Fourth. It is almost <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">completely</span> hand <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">stitched</span> and quilted. Only 9 seams done by machine. I paid $125.00 for it. Donnie the Antique store owner got it in an estate sale from a 90 yo women. I just wonder why she didn't sign it. I love it. The plaid clothes type fabrics make me think she was a seamstress as well as a quilter. I love the Bubble gum pink. </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA016uazo1vzK8VnEY8NzPdqR4OMUPYS4RwBspG_cc4ASCzXUCAdB2TvYY8necuDxvScCVUr96pALbwoxT_XTjK9Fx3gYO4hvQakF2PE1P9EknJBJQt5e2EHWi3nU-U9C7FHTmBCl-VeQ/s1600-h/My+Indiana+quilt+016.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359847871012106434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA016uazo1vzK8VnEY8NzPdqR4OMUPYS4RwBspG_cc4ASCzXUCAdB2TvYY8necuDxvScCVUr96pALbwoxT_XTjK9Fx3gYO4hvQakF2PE1P9EknJBJQt5e2EHWi3nU-U9C7FHTmBCl-VeQ/s200/My+Indiana+quilt+016.jpg" /></a>It is quilted in a wonderful <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">variety of patterns. About 1 and 1/2 inches apart. What was she doing during all the stitching time?</span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"></span> </div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected">It has found a good home with me. I just can't believe that she had no family that wanted it and wound up in an estate sale. </span></div></div></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-72146812347724098442009-06-01T01:16:00.001-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.294-04:00<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfWmiI8GS9iXlrNgHQyORCCkziRW_GAnfzzbPcIZYctuLRCuMD0U2QcRejcOsjVmgLVtPffFte74gTsHgoLE9B3Ld4KwZjk7iIIJ-Z3dQhv6moe6zZN1vrPVJ2pBBZBiffiSlWofKN6Y/s1600-h/may24+to+may+30+007.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfWmiI8GS9iXlrNgHQyORCCkziRW_GAnfzzbPcIZYctuLRCuMD0U2QcRejcOsjVmgLVtPffFte74gTsHgoLE9B3Ld4KwZjk7iIIJ-Z3dQhv6moe6zZN1vrPVJ2pBBZBiffiSlWofKN6Y/s320/may24+to+may+30+007.jpg" /></a> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Thi</span><span></span>s is Lily. She and her sister just take my breath and energy away. It is late and I couldn't go to sleep so I got up and played around with my pictures. I took this one yesterday May 31, she is now 3 yrs and 1 week old. She has the biggest brown eyes and the deepest dimples when she smiles. </div><div align="left">I guess it is time to try to go to sleep. I have to go to work in a few hours. </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Hug someone close</div><div align="left">Charlotte</div><div style="CLEAR: both" align="justify"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><span></span><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /></a></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-23285066336449814522009-05-31T16:25:00.009-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.245-04:00Proud Mother<div><div><div><div>One of my friends said yesterday that she woke up to a misty morning outside and that it reminded her of her daughter named Misti and then she got misty. I wrote back to her that, We as Mothers get misty one minute thinking of our children then in another minute we are proud of them and full of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">happiness</span>, Or at least that was the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">gist</span>. I don't have the memory I used to. Here is my proud mother moment, it happened Friday. My son Brian graduated from the SC Department of Corrections Academy. </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342088994072935298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgckPVWWlYFM-1CK0TtUUpWBNEmKbb99dgdhUZMhzSUUAOzr3ikHIOIUkzqqZCth6DvyuSMgYTcflp-f0S9mkThEHpqbNdYbjegL3h90KVV6eCjazCebTlk53HbjjF33ajNxp9UpPBO45k/s200/new+012.jpg" /><br /><br /><div>He and his little girls came over yesterday and we took this picture, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Avory</span> is 21 months now, her big sister turned 3 last Sunday. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NAtpn5fZEuU6yzBMKce9gNwlqesqWD1PtkHA4yx7kD7kxjn212hgKLWsLmrFVv0hMpMm8cOD36_L014WaTgie1qPM1pln2v3HqBvcOjMomSWYKfvqpR5LmYtxGKzIOt4nlQsa4zuh3s/s1600-h/my+phone+card+pics+007.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342090279453331042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NAtpn5fZEuU6yzBMKce9gNwlqesqWD1PtkHA4yx7kD7kxjn212hgKLWsLmrFVv0hMpMm8cOD36_L014WaTgie1qPM1pln2v3HqBvcOjMomSWYKfvqpR5LmYtxGKzIOt4nlQsa4zuh3s/s200/my+phone+card+pics+007.jpg" /><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Avory</span></a> got on the bike without help.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342088597947135890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh63GmCkgUnFdWbH5-2x7w_yznqbdhQM-SdZYdjLcQ1nY7aVJKLLhdYLSqnZW4-HSK8vBZVqr9MWzLQGFDY_tVf3B8k_WjAp6W7dihbeJNoPpiQmNfePJwcF85TIA4tz0eg1USDq3hzNk/s200/avory.jpg" /></div></div></div></div><br />Lily was having fun in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Tupperware</span> cabinet a few weeks ago. She sure was having fun. These girls are the sunshine of my life and I am so proud of the way Brian and Mandy are rearing them.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-47808047705843223922009-05-25T00:00:00.006-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.273-04:00Another Finshed Top.<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj53Avc96mtzFZhSfzZDhiyOUnXljc_Ba68e9b7D-ea0kwWMEX0TleRuIdTkgS4NSCaueVG90UMPZ8N4ocumxDari1NnetKfT0Wsw-dAEBtNT_y5yV_Azta1fuTdr2Q16BhfJ7n4IZtk/s1600-h/new+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339611867460061698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQj53Avc96mtzFZhSfzZDhiyOUnXljc_Ba68e9b7D-ea0kwWMEX0TleRuIdTkgS4NSCaueVG90UMPZ8N4ocumxDari1NnetKfT0Wsw-dAEBtNT_y5yV_Azta1fuTdr2Q16BhfJ7n4IZtk/s200/new+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Today I finished the top Works in Yellow and Blue. Here is a pic. Someone on one of the quilt sites I follow asked the question last week. Do you have to have a cat to blog about quilts, or something like that. I did not have the wrinkles out of this one until Garfunkle was on it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARRbAAHv0U8ty4-phMWAywE8wkuzPQOAcEWBqMWT3YrCUmiVMrETLJ6aZO9gjPMEePjIRE5tCZYJJRtzysP2nmzyYJs-Potlc3lndveBhHrUAb1wCQ3pVeDqjkYx7yX4K4Ez-qK8NhLc/s1600-h/new+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339612180068518402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARRbAAHv0U8ty4-phMWAywE8wkuzPQOAcEWBqMWT3YrCUmiVMrETLJ6aZO9gjPMEePjIRE5tCZYJJRtzysP2nmzyYJs-Potlc3lndveBhHrUAb1wCQ3pVeDqjkYx7yX4K4Ez-qK8NhLc/s200/new+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><div>I don't think that I have posted a pic of the finished pattern Orange Crush by Bonnie K. Hunter of Quiltville.com. Mine I call Strawberry Limeaide. here it is. My neighborhood friend and quilting buddy decided the last border choice for me. I was so completely tired of working on it that I just threw the fabrics to her and said pick. I like it but I some how think that the lime or pink on the outside would have been better although I am going to bind it in the pink, lime and aqua strips, So that will liven up the outside. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKC_ZdQL7x3gi1ofCU01IlC-j9GGH_A7LGmKysIhyphenhyphencQy44iYI8xQuL6_oaHM5nq4zPWtDo2EUWmIINUWlhlIw6zMX0nS6NsvuBpeJ3g4TDR4OE3JEy8w-UvpRigycCWxLI3hCClrxybc/s1600-h/new+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339609023899279810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKC_ZdQL7x3gi1ofCU01IlC-j9GGH_A7LGmKysIhyphenhyphencQy44iYI8xQuL6_oaHM5nq4zPWtDo2EUWmIINUWlhlIw6zMX0nS6NsvuBpeJ3g4TDR4OE3JEy8w-UvpRigycCWxLI3hCClrxybc/s200/new+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHhBGtSgTodQ4hEJex7AK4vBeKtt74zCo9R0GKDz8xr9FTnOswp4S37SGZz4ERRAoS4Kjo5eDk7Rf2hT_1dgjWoKfAHHMiMkqnB_lFQWhg_0mWGhtFTEiPMW2g_By__qeLIpaxIiYuok/s1600-h/new+007.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339610814013691458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHhBGtSgTodQ4hEJex7AK4vBeKtt74zCo9R0GKDz8xr9FTnOswp4S37SGZz4ERRAoS4Kjo5eDk7Rf2hT_1dgjWoKfAHHMiMkqnB_lFQWhg_0mWGhtFTEiPMW2g_By__qeLIpaxIiYuok/s200/new+007.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>My wonderful kids gave me this for Mother's day. To the left. It is so pretty and now I don't have my wine on my kitchen counter anymore. I had fun buying extra wine just to put in it. The wine glasses in it are my everyday ones from Kmart, I think. I didn't put my crystal in it cause I was nervous that the grandbabies might sneek in there and play with them. I keep the door closed but you just never know. </div><div> </div><div>Time now for me to go to bed. Hug someone you love, Good night.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-35920329983298525622009-05-17T00:22:00.002-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.265-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UEHkabrjDKW66MDo_tv4sEQX4woiTjKCeYVpt9XhHGH8V2_NZ_eeEIhPe29DpLULa2gAX1r6qW2Snh684RLCtzkgY_Q2-tNM2CG5kj67oI715PbWS5wSlTWETyY5Xnr33O3J2EoeKeE/s1600-h/my+phone+card+pics+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336643879959507602" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6UEHkabrjDKW66MDo_tv4sEQX4woiTjKCeYVpt9XhHGH8V2_NZ_eeEIhPe29DpLULa2gAX1r6qW2Snh684RLCtzkgY_Q2-tNM2CG5kj67oI715PbWS5wSlTWETyY5Xnr33O3J2EoeKeE/s200/my+phone+card+pics+023.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here are the two cuties that have their Nana totally wrapped around their little fingers. I just got home from sitting with them so their Dad could go have some male bonding time with his best friend. They were asleep the whole time so I had a chunk of time to myself. I don't get that often. I took my computer to rearrange all my picture folders and my hand quilting. This is last years picture. They are now soon to be 3 and 20 months.<br /><br />This past Monday I started walking on our treadmill again. I told myself I was going to walk every day. Well, on Wednesday I broke the $*%# belt. So now it is going to cost me $200.00 to get a new one. My son came over and helped his dad take it apart and look up the price on the net. He didn't want to order until he could talk to the shop so he will do that Monday for me. That treadmill has been a good one and I can't see getting rid of it. Another one to replace it would be 3 or 4 times the cost to put a new belt on it. My husband uses it at least 3 times a week. He is diabetic. My hat goes off to him. He is great with his diet and his exercise. The hardest part for me and exercise is just getting started. I would rather take all my free time and quilt, read or plan new quilts. I know I have to start the exercise again or I won't live long enough to make all the quilts I want.<br /><br />Hug someone you love,<br />CharlotteCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-85026410219837167052009-04-26T00:27:00.002-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.313-04:00When am I ever going to learn?When? That is my question to myself. I joined Twitter, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Facebook</span> this last week. I haven't made time to keep my blog up to date in months. Do I really think that I will be any better at twittering or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">facebooking</span>. Twitter and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Facebook</span> are a little faster to jot a note off to someone. My blog is mostly for myself. Yet I know there are people who will stumble upon it so I can't just use it like a diary. My older sister will look at my blog but I have no hopes of her joining <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span>.<br /><br />I have finished the pieced part of the Orange crush borders, In my case it has to be called Strawberry lime. I would have gotten them sewn on today but I baby sat my two cute <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">grand girls</span>. Almost 3 and 19 months old. I love them dearly but they sure wear this 52 yo out. Maybe I can get the borders on tomorrow. I think I'll go cut the strips that make the pieced section match the center. If I have my math right I have to cut them 1.5 inches. That small of a border scares me. Some times you just have to trust and jump.<br /><br />Did you notice the boo boo in the blue and yellow. It is now turned right. I should have a picture soon of the completed center. It is done I just have to get the right light to snap a pic. I have to go shopping ( Oh Darn ) for the right blue for the border. I am toying with some applique ideas. I don't think a pieced border would add to it.<br /><br />Hug someone you love and goodnight.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-14813487873753668442009-04-18T21:58:00.004-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.234-04:00working in yellow and blue<div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDoiIV3Nc3pz7VAUlNdn7ic_m1bhanFVZdC1Ok24iyeDPBCitPRMLgFY7YCedNVQaBZMZeX9qLLW8HHK1lDpSUF5RlqUiAeh8heK3E0YfBFN2UU-P3_PYdzzYLB6o5K5gsgAHK72nxx8/s1600-h/quiltsof+2008-2009+018.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDoiIV3Nc3pz7VAUlNdn7ic_m1bhanFVZdC1Ok24iyeDPBCitPRMLgFY7YCedNVQaBZMZeX9qLLW8HHK1lDpSUF5RlqUiAeh8heK3E0YfBFN2UU-P3_PYdzzYLB6o5K5gsgAHK72nxx8/s320/quiltsof+2008-2009+018.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is a little something I have been working on in my so little spare time. I just got some of my photos up loaded after a really long break. I started putting the blocks together at Bonnie's July 4th weekend of 2008. I have finished my Orange Crush to the stage of needing borders. I have the Tobacco Road also to the step of needing it's Borders. The Crush has all the parts ready to sew together. I am still pulling and cutting lights for the flying geese on Tobacco Road. During the time I was catching up on Old Tobacco Road, after I had put it down for way too long, <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326251579077686258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-1MBuag1uLvwfB2sFkmNW4-Du3pVaeBdeVhk9L7VkEpJcbHGqPcbjalwYYlYd6_Tfho3o8xGpqielyOSfjVTPsAh8k3ECix8s1sYM8GxGMX4LApGy4dhoCUNA086Arx_Sz75yMLyRag/s200/quiltsof+2008-2009+014.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div> I was recovering from hand surgery. My Local sewing buddy and wonderful friend, finished cutting all the bricks for me to put it together. I couldn't use the rotary cutter for a few weeks before surgery due to the pain it caused and I couldn't raise the presser foot with my hand for about a month before I had the surgery so I had put my knee lift on my machine. I was able to sew the day after surgery while my hand was in a half cast. I bought a Janome 6600 August 29 last summer. </div><div>Time to say Goodnight, Blogging Friends. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNih8_k9r7v-xv9z9gXvlq5op8R0toLxkFyxuordQlL-BbczenIsEJEd8ZnvSAj0bIGmNE7e4D-gnsu8xeSPocMz4eXj09KZaoecmpKRbfEimM1ULyUyHnedpyjH_qkrA5PhzJQnF7ys/s1600-h/quiltsof+2008-2009+013.jpg"></div></a><br /><div style="CLEAR: both"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-81066777593839377172008-11-28T10:56:00.002-05:002014-09-24T20:18:23.305-04:00Turkey Day is overGood morning to all, We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday, with all the trimmings and a Little hand quilting thrown in too. It doesn't get better than that. <br /><br />Forgive me for not posting in such a long time. Life just seemed to swallow up all my extra time. Grand baby's Birthday party. Then a Cancer scare with my grand children's mother, All came out wonderful. No other cancer, the surgery got it all. My daughter and I took turns caring for the grandchildren ages 27 months and 1 year. Then son cut a finger at work requiring stitches and not using it to lift. Two babies to take care of. That healed nice and he has all the feeling and function back. Then he broke 2 bones in his right hand and was casted. There again 2 babies to help take care of. A few health issues with me. All will be ok. I did have two weekends of personal time. The first one was in October, The Dear Jane South East retreat held in GA. Bonnie was there. We had a wonderful, productive weekend. The following weekend I was in Ashville for the Southeastern Area Fiber Fair. I bought some yummy purple super wash wool and started spinning it that very night. It will be a short scarf when I finish the spinning, plying and knitting. Don't hold your breath until I am done. We went to Tampa Florida for a week to visit my older sister got back home and had new floors done in our house. Needless to say with all that and probably more that I have forgotten I have not been in my sewing room much. I have just mended a few pairs of scrub pants.<br /><br />I hosted Thanksgiving at my home yesterday. My Daughter, Kimberly, her Boyfriend, Jason, his Parents, Bonnie and Dave, and me and my husband. My son his girlfriend and the grand babies were in New York with her side of the family. They will be with me for Christmas. <br /><br />Bonnie made her family's favorite yams and boy are they good. During the down times we sat and hand quilted. She and I were both good, we didn't stuff ourselves silly. Dave and Kimberly ran in the 8K turkey trot race yesterday. It was pretty cold around 40 that early in the morning. I think it started at 9. Bonnie and I are going to work toward the 3k walk next year. We didn't know they had one. I can't run.<br /><br />Bonnie brought back our yellow, blue, neutral Carolina Crossroads. I have to do the binding and then we will give it to our children for their house warming quilt. I think it is great that they are getting a quilt that was designed by Bonnie, Jason's mother and sewn by me, Kim's mother and quilted by Bonnie. We will both put pictures up when the binding is done. I plan to get the sewing machine part done this weekend and the hand stitching started. Since I cleaned all week and yesterday I won't have much to do in the house this weekend. I can have my own private little retreat.<br /><br />I still have to put the boarders on my Orange crush and finish step 2 of Tobacco Road.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-35560242988654570182008-08-01T23:56:00.006-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.261-04:00The Office is shaping upThis is the back wall of my office.<br /><div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pE3_X_SYTKo2H-hWzpUwHFGgXMkDWUNTkP1VdJnGIoKNR-t3MatQtSvf3O8eV_xH7e97VQnVND_M6AMZSlmmprfZTWB7yFLIv8ddPYCwkCPV1jgqdRrpvuYuroc4TeRCq3SxUW9Qtog/s1600-h/avory+and+quilting+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229770998749734946" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0pE3_X_SYTKo2H-hWzpUwHFGgXMkDWUNTkP1VdJnGIoKNR-t3MatQtSvf3O8eV_xH7e97VQnVND_M6AMZSlmmprfZTWB7yFLIv8ddPYCwkCPV1jgqdRrpvuYuroc4TeRCq3SxUW9Qtog/s200/avory+and+quilting+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>The office is shaping up. It is getting a feel of what I am about. My director told me today that it looked like home. That was a big compliment. I get a lot of work done every day because I love being in my office. He even said I could hang a larger quilt on one of the hall walls. I told him it would be sometime before I would have one that big to hang. I pointed out that there is an old rod that one of the window shade type maps go on, that is without it's map. I guess they don't plan on having it repaired. The rod is still there and I have been eyeing it for a larger quilt. Maybe a memorial quilt for the Hospice patients. Just a thought. </div><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwBmh5eLiF1JloiH8tmTVoZGE2_kxFUpgxK0TzQMnNChNDVSaVH_qe-cqumkJieN6AAt9GNT4ON_5MBfUkwqQXphn1UjmQI37_WfGkYRXTnm2AYsz2jZio9XQG8JX1mQPm5_PYyfHiOc/s1600-h/avory+and+quilting+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229771313542146434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwBmh5eLiF1JloiH8tmTVoZGE2_kxFUpgxK0TzQMnNChNDVSaVH_qe-cqumkJieN6AAt9GNT4ON_5MBfUkwqQXphn1UjmQI37_WfGkYRXTnm2AYsz2jZio9XQG8JX1mQPm5_PYyfHiOc/s200/avory+and+quilting+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I put the stained glass hearts up and I took a picture. Several visitors have asked me where I got the pattern. The outline of the heart and the breaks in the heart came from a book by Better Homes and Gardens it is called Grandma's Best Full Size Quilt Blocks published in 2002. Page 117. The block was supposed to be a tile block from 1890 -1920 time period of quilting. I felt that I wouldn't be able to get the space between the pieces even so the idea of using black bias as lead and make it stain glass looking came to mind. I used mostly batiks but there are some blenders and funky dyed stuff in there too. I really love it. I don't like the way the binding was after washing. I don't know if it wasn't square or even prior to washing but it is a little wonky. I will one day take the top binding off even it up again and rebind. I did everything the hard way on those blocks. I made the bias. Hand appliqued it in place. The next one I make I am going to use the already made stuff from the fabric store and sew it down on the machine with my double needle. I used a medium loft poly bat that I got from Bonnie that was given to her to use in charity quilts. I quilted on each side of the lead using my zipper foot or foot # 4 on my Bernina. I wanted the hearts to pop. They really do. I have had several co-workers to offer to buy it from me.</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiCpyWSsEel2_RJAEGLGEfI7_ELePqLuwlteLhg1PTtXHpgumI0OWrIUe97JMm1mJMB_US7C0ek0oK-Rs7h8e79RhLM-qocpShD_FFqmMYUrTfWp2l2TxQQYg3uRztmMMfILA-sfIsVg/s1600-h/avory+and+quilting+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229772299388882466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiCpyWSsEel2_RJAEGLGEfI7_ELePqLuwlteLhg1PTtXHpgumI0OWrIUe97JMm1mJMB_US7C0ek0oK-Rs7h8e79RhLM-qocpShD_FFqmMYUrTfWp2l2TxQQYg3uRztmMMfILA-sfIsVg/s200/avory+and+quilting+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The plant in the office was a birthday present from my daughter, Kimberly. The florist didn't put a stick in it to tell me what it is. They just told her to tell me to water it once a week well and it liked indoor or low light well enough. If anyone knows what it is please let me know. The picture was a gift from a grandmother of one of the babies I took care of when I worked<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV6ZKKPmPu_lKhpTBwqeiFFf480KXbczwaY9vHHYSC1pFtvsjzmR7NK-R2IrUTdJhY9uc30_ykGWnhad2DNKGmoC_Dv0J83SwBr6D57zDXzXAlVhxdWbu_22blePFOgiOw69i5zC2Ups/s1600-h/avory+and+quilting+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229771700399461730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjV6ZKKPmPu_lKhpTBwqeiFFf480KXbczwaY9vHHYSC1pFtvsjzmR7NK-R2IrUTdJhY9uc30_ykGWnhad2DNKGmoC_Dv0J83SwBr6D57zDXzXAlVhxdWbu_22blePFOgiOw69i5zC2Ups/s200/avory+and+quilting+010.jpg" border="0" /></a> in the NICU. It is a print of one of her earlier water colors I think it is dated 76.She signed it Especially for Charlotte, under her signature. Her name is Elizabeth Carter. This print reminds me of my children when they were that age. I used to have it hanging in my den. I had the walls painted and just never got it put back up. So now I am enjoying it once again.</div><br /><div></div><div>Charlotte</div></div></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-24750667411168071702008-07-31T10:58:00.003-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.254-04:00July Wrap upThe month is over, I have made such progress on my quilting projects. I finished a baby quilt that I started in the spring of 2001, I hand quilted it. My early stitches were so big and uneven. my finishing stitches look pretty good. I am getting the hang of this hand quilting stuff. I also finished several tops to the basted stage. Pictures are in my earlier posts.<br /><br />I started the month off at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Quiltville</span> for the July 4th holiday. Believe it or not I haven't pieced a thing since returning home. I have been busy quilting by hand and machine, and basting up a storm. My friend, Dawn and I got 3 of my bigger projects basted one Saturday. I have finished the machine quilting on my stained glass hearts and will have the binding finished if it kills me by August 1, That is tomorrow.<br /><br />I also had a birthday this month. Birthdays sure have a way of making you take stock of your life. I know many have done what I did this month. I took a look at all my stash, yarn included and realized that I have enough to stay busy without buying anything for a long while. I do mean any thing. Not thread, batting, fabric or even patterns, thanks to Bonnie Hunter @ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Quiltville</span> and a big supply of quilting magazines and books plus all my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">internet</span> friends that are so gracious to share free patterns and inspiration on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Stashbusters</span>, Quilt talk and Marcia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Hohn</span> at Quilter's Cache, my E Q and block base oh my I could go on forever naming. I sound like I am <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">practicing</span> for an award. <br />I ran across a phrase that came out of the depression. "use it up, wear it out, make it do , or do without" Eleanor Burns put it in her new book <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Victory</span> Quilts 1940's Sampler Quilts. I have decided to try to live that motto for a while at least until I can see some floor space in a few closets and shelf space in the bookcase that I have yardage and yarn in. I don't want to try to keep track of what is used. I want to measure it by all the things made. <br /><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">OK so now that</span> I have board everyone to tears I will say Good night and I hope to post some pics in the very near future<br />CharlotteCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-70117778921696471732008-07-17T23:01:00.004-04:002014-09-24T20:18:23.290-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprMBwquZzqomGIpOoZ9yIIHmD-V-qMPHVjarnfCqTBRjTZUegp6YjgAskDOGGVAR5SOpEitZj3Vkid-9tXm0bIkH7ct7DpBo6shVsLVmYKGg-U98eId2NAWFdEhxjyseU26Ux07nPGbk/s1600-h/bd+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224184010479951522" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprMBwquZzqomGIpOoZ9yIIHmD-V-qMPHVjarnfCqTBRjTZUegp6YjgAskDOGGVAR5SOpEitZj3Vkid-9tXm0bIkH7ct7DpBo6shVsLVmYKGg-U98eId2NAWFdEhxjyseU26Ux07nPGbk/s200/bd+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> Here is one of the reasons I get up every morning, Her name is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Avory</span>, she is 10 months old. Not walking yet. She has a big sister that just turned 2 in May. I was in my quilting habitat piecing when they came over and of course <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Avory</span> wanted her Nana, she reached for some fabric, it is in her right hand and that is a ruler in her left. Both wound up in her mouth. </div><div><br />I haven't posted for several weeks, My 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> of July weekend at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Quiltville</span> was wonderful. Here is a picture of Bonnie hard at work on one of her customer's quilts. She posed for this one but I really wanted to get one of her working. She quilted 3 quilts for that customer that weekend. <br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrg92nPK2u25drDB9BPIl93bfL4p8yIFfbsFXhuQUyqakAMhA_EMTIHAIg-kmCcJYoKKGf_jLMpfGnnK9PTB4pSYAdMQdOevZxJjiY49Y4AxAZzILLuRed_W2hJpmmzxINvlNSHJ2BMo/s1600-h/bd+029.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224185994382663570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrg92nPK2u25drDB9BPIl93bfL4p8yIFfbsFXhuQUyqakAMhA_EMTIHAIg-kmCcJYoKKGf_jLMpfGnnK9PTB4pSYAdMQdOevZxJjiY49Y4AxAZzILLuRed_W2hJpmmzxINvlNSHJ2BMo/s200/bd+029.jpg" border="0" /></a> I love her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">DJ behind</span> her. She has more talent in <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224186712759411778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBK1QPUv2sChQLRxIsiapakFimOtt3SsmDc9GGYnZCKTcPWH5X_lYhCwdyoZTYMzpyRiA_wUfYDv8twVqelfg2RUgzb2fj3Pb_ZR8vCmEEMPAcBtsi8iTuOjvNj2VMp4fP2DebrKxn1c/s200/bd+030.jpg" border="0" />her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">pinkie</span> than I will every have in my whole body. She is too generous with her talent and fabric. She picked boarders from her stash for 2 of my quilts. Insisted it was my birthday presents. I have since gotten them basted and ready for quilting. I really had a wonderful quilting retreat. They, Bonnie and her husband, Dave taught my husband Jerry and I a card game that is really fun. It is called hand and foot. Oh Bonnie, I was sorry for the scorch on your ironing board.Then you posted that is was a new one and I really felt bad. You are a trooper. Thanks for not making me pack up my stuff and head back to Columbia. Instead she hands me a sharpie and ask me to sign it. I took a picture of it too but haven't loaded it on my computer. You my see the autographed ironing board cover on Bonnie's blog. She has also posted about the great fun at Prissy Polly's BBQ. </div><div> </div><div>Time for bed. PS I did have my 52 birthday this week. The Birthday Block swap that I am in is another whole post. I am waiting for a few more blocks to come in. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Charlotte</div><br /><br /><div> </div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-18952689470973945302008-06-25T18:25:00.004-04:002014-09-24T20:19:40.856-04:00<div><div>Here is what Ihave worked on this week. I am involved with the Birthday Block swap on Quilting Board. I am a little late getting my June blocks done and mailed off but here they are. My Birthday is next month. I can't wait to see what comes in the mail for me. During our bd month.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbEt0MFTH8b0KOGg2yiCjoUECWuf-sG29JnqnVUt8t_bIwp2_9t3CXdaisQeRo_rcB_kh1zrFPoZv0xVT3DT9cKLde8Z5jhWHFfkYU3oowLkAWnjH8hZWhV-OTm5EaYZ6iTDum1Htjc0/s1600-h/bd+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215950398722926562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNbEt0MFTH8b0KOGg2yiCjoUECWuf-sG29JnqnVUt8t_bIwp2_9t3CXdaisQeRo_rcB_kh1zrFPoZv0xVT3DT9cKLde8Z5jhWHFfkYU3oowLkAWnjH8hZWhV-OTm5EaYZ6iTDum1Htjc0/s200/bd+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCErA0Il0z_1Oyi9SzXI-BQ9fsNoCIOM1yOzaoSHs7Ejg1KfOr2Z9r9BpqErbiEP-5UWb50N6J7i4JvRZxeI_Ay5FajZEF6VbcoIPmXFuigILoKJZklItffir4Xgsc6XOxSCq8ddP1Uw/s1600-h/bd+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215949955641765410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCErA0Il0z_1Oyi9SzXI-BQ9fsNoCIOM1yOzaoSHs7Ejg1KfOr2Z9r9BpqErbiEP-5UWb50N6J7i4JvRZxeI_Ay5FajZEF6VbcoIPmXFuigILoKJZklItffir4Xgsc6XOxSCq8ddP1Uw/s200/bd+025.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>each of us are to receive 12 12 inch blocks. </div><div>I am over 1/2 finished with the binding on the other wall hanging that I have been working on. I also have the 9patch and crazy quilt blocks put together. Just have to decide on the boarder. I was thinking of putting my crumb blocks around it. But then I thought that it may wind up way to busy looking. </div><div> </div><div>Time to get back to the sewing machine.</div><div>Charlotte</div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-1463982411731757502008-06-17T23:46:00.008-04:002014-09-24T20:19:40.849-04:00Need a little help from my friends.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEsOZsmpZwEmTxCA1Osh9K-ArhLG2c0Z5XNXOirvaz6KuNWlzYi7raAyFVbNJbVfNEMdxgdqYPIbjcnIhmipbXNII7icQfs-Ncd_5mSmZ2-r69Wh5Yg_qec9LMFkFx9dJ93PF_MDiHDE/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+056.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213071763839670850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEsOZsmpZwEmTxCA1Osh9K-ArhLG2c0Z5XNXOirvaz6KuNWlzYi7raAyFVbNJbVfNEMdxgdqYPIbjcnIhmipbXNII7icQfs-Ncd_5mSmZ2-r69Wh5Yg_qec9LMFkFx9dJ93PF_MDiHDE/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+056.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I need a little help. In a very senior moment the other day I could and still can't remember the name of this flowering plant. This is a close up of the flowers. Anyway a complete stranger stopped and asked what the name of it was and I told him the first name that came in my head. And right now I can't spell it so would someone please help me. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNgvSSxhbtSbRzoOV4p2xUkZtKuPT200xT0HflQvwjsAn14uSAgd_0-3-U47OnQopnMmRNfdu-yplzZsKTb25MsaG5lJTDXhTfMdY-viFQVN4k37PNNEdYRIpwmPPmUcepA3PY-4tuCQ/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+056.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div></div><div>On another subject Quilting. I didn't know about Bonnie's challenge to finish a ufo until I read her blog on Sunday. Well, All you Quiltville addicts me included. Here are the two things I am going to work on. I have ha<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNppBJSW5kJHH4yTAXFc-fdmERsH0CJkU4bR9of8iXWCAztTpSk-JSqGUI03vfD86Lb6QkoUCFu3hLTnTp05M2mZ7D_EItlepcUm4zOF5QOLZfPf2jDErT4NnbfI0q077Wczhu4aAEbYg/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+062.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213069321942944866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNppBJSW5kJHH4yTAXFc-fdmERsH0CJkU4bR9of8iXWCAztTpSk-JSqGUI03vfD86Lb6QkoUCFu3hLTnTp05M2mZ7D_EItlepcUm4zOF5QOLZfPf2jDErT4NnbfI0q077Wczhu4aAEbYg/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+062.jpg" border="0" /></a>d those hearts on that wall for way <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3N84sDqGB0U-WeARaQCEZ0hUfkGr6R7TVl2WB6ZLGPEYkWeYmrId1fq2ydXICz7mFz7TznS7mIQntqq2_kvCmxObW2yaLcrxvnHtqlvqM61k-g_nYNcMu7HDSpdng_J0lB0GQ0yJjkA/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213069610579887170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3N84sDqGB0U-WeARaQCEZ0hUfkGr6R7TVl2WB6ZLGPEYkWeYmrId1fq2ydXICz7mFz7TznS7mIQntqq2_kvCmxObW2yaLcrxvnHtqlvqM61k-g_nYNcMu7HDSpdng_J0lB0GQ0yJjkA/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+060.jpg" border="0" /></a>too long. And the other blocks are random 9 patches that I had made way back when and didn't like them so some bright idea came into my head to border them in black and I then couldn't figure out how to set them. I have 10 of those made and the other blocks were my first attempt at a crazy patch. So I put them together in a crazy thought last night. I am going to trim them all down a little to fit. Even if I don't use that one for anything but a picnic on the grass with the grand babies, That will be 20 blocks out of my orphan drawer. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPahGGXqof-lq2_Yx2NupVRSxW2hm7ssErhhvtaxHYF7sauVmMTyYPhAa1z4JRR3q6efE1nYj1iRN6C4docmYkltw1HAQwnSxX9eEXey4h3uOl5liGJGGZxjJAzAW_N_izVJ77yXgyKRc/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+061.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213068900630071266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPahGGXqof-lq2_Yx2NupVRSxW2hm7ssErhhvtaxHYF7sauVmMTyYPhAa1z4JRR3q6efE1nYj1iRN6C4docmYkltw1HAQwnSxX9eEXey4h3uOl5liGJGGZxjJAzAW_N_izVJ77yXgyKRc/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+061.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>I don't know how this popped in here but this is the one I have been playing with. I loved the blue and yellow CC I made so I decided to make another blue and yellow quilt.</div><br /><div>I have the borders cut out ready to put on my last string quilt. Oh and I left my OC material at Quiltville the other weekend. Honestly, I hadn't missed it until Bonnie emailed me to get my snail mail address. I am still puzzling over what to do for the borders.<br />On another note. I guess you guys have figured out that I am having just a bit of a problem getting my photos in a pleasing order on the page. HELP.....<br /></div><br /><div>Quilty Dreams, </div><br /><div>Charlotte<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-84920085121910346022008-06-14T20:31:00.003-04:002014-09-24T20:19:40.885-04:00What's in a name?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTbPkytiQqR63trTvfJ1liLNLMCA0TlG84l0o7ysa5P1fdJWFRuK29HpRulxDVC9OjEjA8_SkXS0ImFxdc-Qc5fa7jc_P9xdXT5MkWw_LSaLB6eiQ3zU8AGpUIfwo2Y_SjATWtt9YH18/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211900177380315586" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTTbPkytiQqR63trTvfJ1liLNLMCA0TlG84l0o7ysa5P1fdJWFRuK29HpRulxDVC9OjEjA8_SkXS0ImFxdc-Qc5fa7jc_P9xdXT5MkWw_LSaLB6eiQ3zU8AGpUIfwo2Y_SjATWtt9YH18/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+045.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>What's in a name so many have asked. In my case it was a good size piece of material that I just couldn't throw away and the label was attached so securely that I would have ruined the fabric trying to get it off. So I used it. I think it is sort of cute. You can see how big that triangle of fabric was and that is after trimming the block.</div><div> </div><div>My Saturday on call wasn't half bad. I was near a Joanne's after my last patient so of course I stopped in. They made me spend $56.00 I had not planned on spending. Not on fabric either. I needed to go to the bathroom and asked where it was in this particular store, I don't go to this one often it is located on the other side of town from me. Anyway they told me they didn't have one for the public to use and I would have to go down to Big Lots. Which is what I did and where I got into trouble. I bought the cutest yard swimming pool sprinkler fun park for my sweet Grand babies. I also found a baby monitor so now I don't have to have them bring theirs with them when they stay at Nana's house. Oh and a pocket Elmo bib and some lady bug dishes and cups. I can't wait till they are here again. I did go back to Joanne's. I found a couple of shirting's that was on sale. The big sale starts tomorrow. We will be with family tomorrow celebrating Father's day but the sale is all week. The flyer looked interesting. I don't think I will go back this week. As I was walking the dog a little while ago it hit me just how short some of our lives may be. You see my next door neighbor passed away early Sunday morning. It took the whole family by surprise and as you may guess they didn't contact all the neighbors. She had been diagnosed with Cancer just a couple of weeks ago then she had a stroke the very next week and was then placed in a hospice facility. I believe she was 72. She loved all the kids on the street and the ones that visited the mall carousel. And speaking of all the kids on our street , I have observed 2 moving trucks moving 2 of the older ones out of their parent's houses. They both graduated college in may and I guess have now gone on to their jobs and new places to live. They do grow up. Any way I had the thought that I really should use up my stash I have cause I don't want my quilty friends fighting over it. LOL. More likely it would go to free cycle cause no one would want it. I still have hopes that Kimberly my daughter will learn to quilt one day. No I am not holding my breath. </div><div> </div><div>Charlotte</div><br /><p> </p>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-53526833755688144252008-06-13T21:37:00.004-04:002014-09-24T20:19:40.871-04:00I have a finish!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYUz8i6Cw69aDWrMHzKZ_n4HiytsRbRUv2mtFoa-psI1_tQDqie6v5BTn0mgsA8hVkHzu99crbbkhbrQdOZXFcSWiMR8RZA1oplpiqnci6c_ErlCm9VVXFptXh-cnIcl8riCYBE6F2_U/s1600-h/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+044.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211546632511412450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYUz8i6Cw69aDWrMHzKZ_n4HiytsRbRUv2mtFoa-psI1_tQDqie6v5BTn0mgsA8hVkHzu99crbbkhbrQdOZXFcSWiMR8RZA1oplpiqnci6c_ErlCm9VVXFptXh-cnIcl8riCYBE6F2_U/s200/quiltville+mystery+2+OC+044.jpg" border="0" /></a> I have a finish, Charlotte's Red Fern Baskets is on the wall.<br /><br /><div>It has been too long since I wrote. Thanks to everyone who has visited my blog and commented. I am going to post a pic of the basket wall hanging. I promise this will be the last one. . See how blah my walls are. It makes me smile each time I see it. The binding up close has some flaws but for never having done anything like this type before, I can live with it. </div><br /><div></div><div>I have to work tomorrow. So unless I can get finished early no sewing for me this weekend. I am on call and they were short handed so I have 4 visits to make. I can't complain too much because the last few times I have been on call I have sewn all day.</div><br /><div></div><div>Last Saturday my friend Dawn and I got together for a few hours to sew some. We wound up going to Lexington to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LQS</span> called Patches and Pieces. She was hoping to find a piece for a boarder. They have an old trunk against the wall with scraps and strings. 1 small bag (you fill) for $1.00, a large quart size baggie (you fill) for $2.00. After my recent string quilt my string container looked like it had been on a major diet and most of the strings left in it were tired. Tired because they were in both of my string quilts. Anyway I got a lot of good chunks and strings stuffed in that bag for $2.00. I came home and a lot of them once ironed and measured went right into my sorted size strip containers. 2inch, 2.5 inch. My cat, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Garfunkel</span> thanked me for the new supply too. He had stopped sleeping in the string bin. I guess it wasn't comfortable anymore. Guess where he is now? In the bin. </div><div></div><br /><div>I haven't worked on my border for Strawberry <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Limeade</span> AKA Orange Crush. I am going to put a plain border on. One small black and then a big pink. Bonnie's little print out from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">EQ</span> design had plain borders and I liked it too. Don't hold me to that plan, I love making those little half four patch blocks. </div><br /><div></div><div>I was bad last week and started cutting fabric for another quilt. It is in the Fons & Porter May/June 2006. Called stepping stones page 68. I am doing it in blues and yellows. I played with the colors in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">EQ</span> the other night and I believe I will like it. But I am going to turn the 4 patch blocks the other way with the light going on the diagonal. Then it will have 2 roads. That block is usually called Road to something. So I will have Blue roads and Yellow roads in my quilt and In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">EQ</span> I loved the way it looked on point. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Bonnie's</span> influence sure has rubbed off on me. And to tell the truth since I did both of Bonnie's mysteries I am no longer afraid of doing an on point setting. Thank you Bonnie. I also tried one of her size 11 Roxanne needles. She gave me one while I was at her house the other weekend. She is so right it doesn't bend as easy as some of the others and the eye is easy enough to thread without a needle threader. I picked up a container of them today. I have to say for something so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">unglamorous</span> as needles the company sure knows how to market them. The container had a little shell on top and the card in the little plastic envelope was gold embossed. Such little things like that I can appreciate. </div><div> </div><div>Charlotte</div><div> </div>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7275551684118316820.post-20478186895849255232008-06-03T23:40:00.002-04:002014-09-24T20:19:40.863-04:00Weekend at QuiltvilleMy goodness where did this past week go? I was so stressed out last week that it was good to get out of town. I had so much fun sitting and sewing with Bonnie. Sewing with a good friend is the best medicine. She is an amazing friend to let me re-energize at her home for the weekend. I didn't take any pictures. Her home and sewing room are awesome. I worked on my Crush. Don't hate me but I got my top put together. I promised I wouldn't reveal anything. I will say this. When my 2 year old <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">grand daughter </span>saw it she said and I quote "I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">yike</span> it" and she politely climbed up on it and smiled the biggest smile. I guess I will gift it to her. There wasn't enough time to do all the things we wanted to. She wants me to come back for a Friday through Monday. I would love to. I also got the machine part of the binding done on my basket wall hanging. I have been hand stitching it in place a little every morning before work. What was I thinking when I chose to do it that way and not make it square or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">rectangular</span>? We were even able to do some hand quilting while watching a movie on HBO. Her son was so funny. He watched about 3 minutes and said I think I am going to my room. Of course it was a chick flick. It was an old one that neither of us had seen so we enjoyed sitting with our quilting in our laps watching and munching on mints. Chloe even came up stairs to say hello. She let me pet her and give her a good neck scratching on Sunday. On the way home my husband drove and I quilted some more on my other wall hanging for my office. I have unpacked everything but haven't machine stitched anything. This is getting far to long without any pictures.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11539725354033227067noreply@blogger.com6