Friday Night Sew In

Tonight I'm joining a bunch of other bloggers on the Friday Night Sew In.  Go over to  Crafty Vegas Mom
and see how to do it.  You just sign up on her blog, then link to her blog in your post, (you can join in without a blog, but I didn't read that part)  then sew something... you can show it on Flikr or not.  I don't have a Flikr account, and at this point I just don't want to sign up for something else on this laptop - I'm afraid I'll fill it's silly little head with too much puddin'.  You know what I mean.  Nothing worse than a crashing computer.  Somehow they haven't figured out, or I haven't figured out, how full a machine memory is at any given point.  So any picture I might put on the net will be here at my post.  It's not a requirement.  (TV on Fridays is crappy, so I'd rather sew.)

This week my DD had her second to last chemo treatment.  (A very guarded Yeah!) I'm typing this with crossed fingers.  She usually feels better by Sunday - at least she has the other 4 times.  And my BIL had a stroke.  He is making remarkable improvements, so we are all rooting for him, too.  I went  for tests yesterday, and other than I am too sweet, I am doing fine.  (That was definitely expected, though.  I've been diabetic for over 11 years now.)  I hope you are all doing fine, too. Come on back to see what sewing I did.
Heart all you followers!   Thanks for stopping bye!
Terri

Folsom Quilt Show!!!!

Hi Friends,
I was so excited that this year to have  my camera with me to take pictures!  The Folsom Quilt Guild puts on the best show we have around here, and we have lots of shows that I have been to in the past.  I took 10 pictures and then the batteries died...  Anyway, without further adieu....

I don't usually like beige, or sampler quilts, but this one is lovely.  I didn't see any pattern repeats. Amazing!  Blocks are only about 6 inches.

I loved the optical illusion of this one.  I think the pattern is Corn and Beans.

I took this picture because of the yummy colors - more vibrant than the camera could capture.

And this one I love because of the small pieces of color. The binding is different prints with lots of color, too.

In person this bargello is flat - no really!  Isn't it amazing how wavy it looks just because of color and design. It seems even wavier on the photo because you have no reference to the edge.

These three are the same quilt.  It was so cheery in person, but I suppose my camera was starting to fail by the time I took these.

A close up of one of the flowers at the bottom of the above quilt.  Shows a little of the quilting on the right.

Here again vibrant colors that didn't come out on the photo.

Now this bargello has a reference to the edge, but still looks wavy and isn't.

Well, that is all the pictures I could get.  They also put on a quilted fashion show, and you will have to take my word for the fact that it was wonderful.  I visited all the vendors, and only bought some used magazines that were 6 for a dollar!!!!!!!!!!!  What a bargain. I've got lots to read now.

Also, I wanted to alert you to something we learned this week.  Keep a close eye on your money accounts.  We had a 65 cent withdrawal on our checking account on Thursday morning. (Not a scary amount, but the fact that we didn't take it out was!!!)  Luckily the bank sent us e-mail to check this amount out... for possible fraud. The bank said that someone had hacked into our account and withdrew the small amount looking to see if we would notice, and then they said the hacker would take out more and bigger amounts if nothing would be done about it.  I really don't understand why they wouldn't take a larger amount first, but the bank seemed to know all about this.... It was on my hubby's card, so he got a new one with a different number and that should foil the robbers.  Then he had to give his new number to the SS and his employer so that our auto deposits would make their way into the correct account.  Also, he had to give the number to automatic withdrawals for mortgage, newspaper and his health club.... all kinds of work.     Good Luck to us all.

Hey, thanks for stopping bye.  I really love getting comments.

Happy Weekend to you and yours!

Terri

More stars and a word with Zentangle

Howdy friends!
Just a few more stars...

I decided to make the wall hanging into a quilt.  I couldn't figure out a place to hang it here, and it looks a bit Christmasy to have up all the time, so I'm  making it into a quilt.  I know who I'd like to give it to, but she wouldn't like the pink, and well, I think it'll go to Project Linus.

I've been playing around with Zentangle since I found some on a blog.  (There are several Tangle blogs on my list. Check them out.) It's a doodling art form  I really enjoy. Calming and relaxing.  This one I did leaving the letters of a word untangled.  I think it turned out  like an underwater scene. I like it!  What do you think?  One of the tanglers uses the designs to quilt her quilts!  Good idea, but I'll never get that good.  For now I like to use the drawings on greeting cards.
Thanks for stopping by.  Leave a comment!
<3 U,
Terri

Sunshine & Flowers

Hello dears,
I've been feeling really badly for all of you with so much snow and dreary overcast skies.  We are having a really nice (unusually nice) week or so of just the opposite.  So I thought I'd share some of our sunshine and some of the blooming types.

The only rose I didn't prune back.  You can see why!  I just didn't have the heart to cut off all those blooms.

Daffodils are starting to bloom.

Hyacinth is starting to show some color.

I don't know what this is. I got it from my neighbor to make Halloween plants with. It blooms, too.

 Now if you know lemons you know these thorns... about 2" long and deadly sharp. Notice the blue sky?

My Azalea is blooming. The other one is purple but has decided not to bloom at this time.

These last two are Camellias... they like Azaleas are winter bloomers. Mine are decidedly later than others,  probably because mine are in the shady part of the yard. There are lots of buds this year, so I'll have flowers until other kinds flowers start coming out.  I love a cut Camellia floating in a small dish. So pretty.

Well, that's it for today. Tomorrow I'll show some more of the stars and trees quilt. I have more stars done. Thank you for all the comments!

Love you all, especially my followers!!!

Terri

More (bragging) about my boobs!

First, let me welcome all my new followers!  I'm so pleased you have signed up!

Now I bet you folks thought this was a quilt blog - oh, and a card idea place.  (In all my posts so far there has been no cards featured... that's because I can't wait to send them once they are completed. I'm like a little kid that way, I guess.)  Anyway, this post is to brag on my boobs yet again.  You can see them at
Nina Lise's blog. There are others there, too.  Fancy ones, and plain ones and some that are in between.  Go have a look see.  You have to scan down a few posts to see mine.  I've donated the most and I'm putting out a challenge (sans button, cause I really don't know how to make one yet) to all you quilters and sewers -MAKE SOME BOOBS, try to beat my record. (Just so you know it's 29, but I am still making some so you'll have to do better than that! You can see how on Make a Boob (same link as above).  It's a cause for Breast Cancer!!
Terri

I see stars

some of the stars are made - I'm a nebula!

So that's how it looks so far... I'm not spending much time on it... being a naughty girl and playing computer games.  Canasta is my favorite, but I like Inca Ball, and a host of others.
Lotsa love to you all!
Terri

Orange oranges and tangerines!

My favorite tangerine.  I don't know the name of it, but it is yummy.



Here it is again from another angle. Lots of fruit this year.





this is a Clementine, I think. My Grandson from Florida says it's a Mandarin Orange, but it smells like a tangerine, so I think I'm right.

 

This is the juice orange - smaller oranges, but still navels.

This one hangs over the fence and has the biggest and sweetest oranges I have ever had.

Now all my roses are pruned back for a rest. This is just one example. There are 34 of them.




I did get some of the stars done for the wall hanging, but I'll show those tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.