The Letters and the Bag

The drawstring bag I made for Drenna's purple birthday!!

Jeni's great tute again

To:  Mrs.O'Quilts

From:  Mr. O'Quilts

Hello my dear, I am watching over you and loving you..

You have to know that!!!.

BTW...I did see that American Express bill this month with quite a load of online fabric sales.

I almost fell off my throne.

Just thought you should know that I saw it and I love you.

xxoo Your Dear Man.

To: Mr. O'Quilts

From: Mrs. O'Quilts

Oh...My Dear...You know that that spending was soooo last year!!

You might have missed that it is now 2016.

Which means..naturally...no more spending..!!!

Anyway, my PayPal finger hurts.

Saw a Bluebird today and I knew it was you.

xxoo Your Dear Woman

He just loved his Irish twins!!
They loved him back.
Everyone loved my man.
I loved him the most!!
xxoo

The Little Engine who tried sooo hard..

Grandma!!
Can you mend my doggie... Can  you mend my sweater... Can you mend my bow...
Of course, my love...of course!!

My darling grands with their darling mother...so clean is she!!!!

It is Sherry's birthday...made her this drawstring bag from Jeni Baker...of In Color Order Blog

Our Sherry giving the birthday  look!!
She knows she is loved.
I made the angel food cake with 7 minute frosting just like my grandma used to do.:)
and...used her cute candle holders..and the little mint stars from Trader Joe's

And so it goes..the fun and the not so fun.

Had a cry-fest a few days back...I cannot do Christmas, I cannot do this. I cannot do that....
Not, without my man!!!

Poor Stephanie was so upset that she buzzed around, cleaning the house,
dressing it for Christmas...... In two seconds flat.

 Actually, she had it all done before I even stopped crying...OMG
I love you Stephanie

Today, as I was righting the wobble both inside and out...
A police detective knocked on the door...
Jeeze Louize...this is the 11th police in 3 weeks.
She showed me a picture of my son breaking into cars.

Really...??  Do I need this???
 He has not lived with me for 14 years and I have to go through this?????
He will soon be 31...Please,  Enough already!!

Guilds and Bees

I am in two Guilds and three Bees...so love that quilting!!!  The Guilds are very different.  The Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild  has about 50 members.  We are small and warm and cozy with swaps and block exchanges, parties, outreach options and friends.

The Charlotte Quilters' Guild is about 200 people with international speakers, quilt shows, small bee options, outreach options and friends.  Our quilt show is coming up.in early March.  Check it out .here.   Both are wonderful!!  Lucky us in Charlotte, NC.

This month's swap for the CMQG is: Drawstring Bag Tutorial  I just finished mine now...the tute is sooo easy and fun.

This month's block exchange for CMQG is: Hugs and Kisses  This tute is also very easy...a take on the Indian Hatchet block, by many other names.  In about 15/ 20 min, I finished 14 of them...ha!!  The instructions are to use "Emerald"...the color of the year.

A great tip that I got from this tutorial, was to iron the line instead of the time consuming drawing the stitching line.  This is why I finished so quickly:)

Sharing now my excitement about next Saturday.  I am preparing now to go to Leah Day 's  free-motion quilting workshop at the Sew Much Fun quilt store in Gastonia, NC.  I do not know if spots are available.  I just know that I was first on the list!!!!  So wonderful:)