What do you suppose this is?

Here's be paper side, and below is the fabric side.... Can you guess what it is? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, it's...

It's the body of the third butterfly. I used the pattern of the orange one, simplified it, and made it blue. There is a closer picture below.

 

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And now a picture of the hubby and his cousin, Adaline and her hubby, Jack,

on their 60th Wedding Anniversary!  (My hubby was at their wedding as a 10 year old... sez he doesn't remember anything about it.

 

Congratulations Jack and Adaline!

 

Hugs,

Terri

 

What's on your QBL?

Quilt Bucket List that is.  I saw one from my list at String Thing Along today... a Pineapple Quilt!
I have lots of quilts on my list... and the list keeps on getting bigger. I've always loved the Double Wedding Ring. My Daughter wanted one, but I didn't feel like I was quite qualified to tackle one yet. I wonder if I'll ever get to make one. I keep on starting quilts that aren't on the Bucket List.

I'm still puttsing around with the butterflies. Still no new ones. I don't know what I'm doing all week, but I'm not getting any sewing done. Too much bathing? housework? cooking? No, no and no. Nothing too much there.  I did spend more than a day on blog changing, and for nothing. I still am using the Blog Reader I've always used.

Found an interesting block along this morning... Hasenbach Challenge. Check out this link to see why I was so interested.   Here's a hint from my blog:

I know you've seen them before, but that's all that I've got made so far. There's a pale blue in the works, but nothing to see... Edit: I went Here and bought 12 butterfly patterns for $8.50 USD... I'll be making some different butterflies soon. (If you are interested, they are on the "all patterns" page click on the quilt with animals, birds, leaves, and trees.)

We did go to Hubby's Cousin's 60th Wedding Anniversary. It was fun...

So I guess I'll go bathe. The Hubs wants to go out to lunch...

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Hugs,

Terri

Set Straight

Thanks to Shay, I'm going to stay with Blogger - the devil I know - rather than take up with another - WordPress - the devil I don't know. I'm sorry if you got lost in the confusion, but so did I. I thought the whole of Blogger was going to be turned off, but now, thanks to Shay, I have learned that it's just the reader part that is going away. Well, I think that I can live with that. So please stay with me... even though I haven't anything new to show. Apparently I've been goofing off all week.

Hugs,

Terri

Gone to WordPress

Dear Followers,
You know that Blogger is a dying entity... it will be gone on July 1, 2013. They want you to use Bloglovin, but I don't like the idea of the blogging being on Facebook. So I've moved to WordPress. I hope that is convenient for you. I do have a post there with my current butterflies on it, so you will know it's me. The address is:
http://bt81068.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/peek-a-boo/
I hope you will come by to see me.
Hugs,
Terri

Purchases

We went to a Quilt Show - wouldn't you know I forgot the camera.

It's a lovely little show in a building on the county fair grounds during the Placer County Fair... thus there is only a charge to get into the fair - for us seniors $3 each - and no charge for the quilt show. (I still can't figure out how they make any money for their guild.)  Anyway, here's what I bought.

A Snap purse - closes with 2 lengths of metal measuring "tape". I bought it so I'd remember to try this myself. The other object is a pincushion made of a golf tee, a pop bottle cap and a fabric circle filled with crushed walnut shell. (They say it's very good for keeping pins and needles sharp.)

Here it is shown in the intended use. I thought it quite cute.

 

Not much sewing done over the weekend. Just a little hand sewing done on the pink hexies.

 

Hugs,

Terri

Butterflies in Orange and Blue

Remember the butterfly patterns I colored here?  Well, these are them in fabric!

And I want to show you the third set of winnings I got yesterday.
I won the cat fabric from Julierosequilts . I couldn't believe I won a third time... going to buy a lottery ticket tomorrow.  And here's what I won...

four pieces here

3 pieces here (Isn't that Halloween fabric on the left?)

another 3 here

 

3 again here

1 piece of cats on a checkerboard fabric, a house pattern, an I Spy template for stars (from hexagons and triangles) and some thread treatment in the center (badly photographed - sorry)

 

Anyway, I had a ball opening the package... Thank you Julie!  I can't wait to put some cats into my dogs with floppy ears quilt. ( a UFO)  I think that would be funny.

 

Sew that is all for now.... Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Terri

Started - 2 Butterflies but first a rainbow!

Hubby was working outside, and looked up to see a 360 degree rainbow around the sun. Here's as much as I could get with my camera.

Amazing, huh? It was more colorful to the naked eye.

Now for the paper piecing
 I colored in the patterns and learned that I didn't like the backgrounds, so those will be white.

 

Then I started to sew and here's where I am on the blue one. Just starting the background. Making them a lot simpler than the original patterns (from 365 Foundation Quilting Blocks). I'm thinking a whole quilt of butterflies... only blue, orange and white for the background. What do you think? (I think I'm crazy.)

The blue ones are to commemorate our walk in Sequoia National Park. We came across two very tiny blue butterflies flitting around a few wild flowers. It was magical. We were with our daughter and her family. They all are constantly on our minds. (Giving a shout-out to my peeps...Love you family!)

 

Hope you are having a lovely week. Can you believe it already June 18th?

 

Hugs,

Terri