O'Quilts

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Monday, August 8, 2011

Quilting obsession

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It is 11 o'clock at night.  This is an unusual sight...a clean sewing table.  I was ready to go to bed when..... I start sniffing around...
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The new change purse and continuing saga

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Well, on the way to the pool this afternoon, I decided to drop by Marshalls to see if there was a purse that I liked since mine was getting ...

Block of month "rosebud"

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Guild obligations for the month are done now.  This is the block of the month of August for the breast cancer quilts. I think that my mind ...
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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Quilts of Valor blocks

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Mindfulness but mindless, as in easy....to bring back my sweet angel disposition:).  Appliqued star quilt blocks to donate to our Guild for ...
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Silk purse....or/ fool that I am....

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The crabby tale:  Last year I bought a bag of hand dyed silks for $10  from a vendor at the Asheville quilt show.  At the time I had the cra...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Andrea's blog

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You just have to check out this creative blog...I have said it before and I'll say it again....how does the rest of that saying go??  An...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Dog Screen Bag

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The man at the pool who gave me the animal food bags gave me this one.  I really loved the image, but when I went to make the bag, I saw tha...
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Butter Churn mystery quilt finished

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I have so much to be happy about.  My friends who insisted that I take this mystery quilt workshop that I was refusing to do.  Then there is...
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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Jelly Roll Race Top...

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This is so funky..I .used up strips just sitting around....instructions for the Jelly Roll/ Lasagne type quilt is   here Although my versio...
Friday, July 29, 2011

Update on good ol' Ma......

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At the end of the day, life is good. My mother has risen from the dead and is now sitting up in bed, signing copies of her books for her...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

A mother update

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The x rays of mother's lungs today show a worsening of the pneumonia.  The doctor said that this is not a result of a cold or not taki...
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Things to comfort me..

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My bracelet that my daughter Emily made me with lavender scent. My new Crocs.  Teresa from  http://stitchinfriends.blogspot.com/  told me th...

Biggest Stress buster of them all

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My wonderful Irish husband of 31 years. I could not get through the stress of my mother's decline without him.  I love you honey. xxoo
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Stress Busters!

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What to do about the stress of sitting in the hospital while my mother's body works on pneumonia, gall bladder, confusion from the Morph...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

My mother....again, my mother....always my mother

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She sits now in the hospital room eating ice cream, making jokes, charming the nurses and reading her own poetry from her Kindle.  But, insi...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Scary...My mother will live forever....right????

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Yesterday my mother called me to say that the folks at assisted living said that she should go to the hospital but she didnt want to.  She a...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Postcards and Booklet covers

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Today's lazy day and the need for a thank you note, led me to work on these this morning.  I have three postcards and two booklet folder...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

New motto...

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Thank you to Color Order blogspot!   http://incolororder.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Mystery quilt top finished

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I do not like mystery workshops...oh, I take it back.  I do!  Just did it to be with my friends and guess who had a good time..me.  I bought...

Billie's Quilt

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Billie has been an inspiration for me for several years now.  She has come to my water aerobic's class regularly with her oxygen bottle ...
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I have been quilting since 1973. Thank you grandma for teaching me how to sew...you have saved my life so many times:) I was born in Boston, raised in Arizona, lived 1 year in France, 2 years in England, 2 years in NYC, 2 years in LA, 20 years in Miami, Florida and now living for in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1994. Diane
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