The big reveal!

Today, as promised, here are the pictures of my boobs.  I've been working on them during the Christmas events (after the gifts were made and shipped) and now I'm ready to share them with you.

I am diplaying my boobs as the Mother Goddess statue in a challenge to other sewing bloggers to make and share their boobs, for a very worthy cause that I will share later in this post.  For now we will go to the pictures:



Oops, this is the Goddess I thought had the multiboobs, but time has tricked my memory, and alas she looks more like my real self.  No, the Goddess statue that I wanted is this one:



She is just covered in boobs!  She is Artemis of Ephesus, a goddess of ancient Rome... Mother Goddess.
And here is my picture, a modern interpretation of Artemis:

The front boobs are made with leftover paperpieced butterflies from my #1 DIL's quillt.

The back boobs are  pieced from scraps sewn together out of my scrap bin... this was lots of fun!

Sew!  the challenge to other sewers is to make yourself into an Artemis of Ephesus and sew lots of boobs for Mrs. Moen's breast cancer charity. Before you send them to her, take a moment, pin them to your shirt and make yourself into the Goddess that you know you are!  You can find the directions and information on the Make a Boob blog at:  http://makeaboob.blogspot.com/

Remember to get your Mamagram and if you are younger than 40 and have pain in your boobs, fight with your doctor for one.  My family knows that younger women CAN get breast cancer, and that early detection can save you a world of chemo, surgery and radiation.  (I just wish I didn't know this.)

So that about wraps it up for today.

Love to all you followers!!!

<3 Terri



Welcome new followers! and bracelets!

You are the first new followers I've ever had that I couldn't identify... The mystery is delicious!  You are the reason I'm writing now, you've given me hope that I might, someday, have other followers... so thank you very much for signing up.  Welcome!
      Since all the gifts are now opened, I can now show the bracelets I made for Christmas gifts. I took 3 pictures of each set of bracelets, so I could show the 3 leaves on each cuff.
   

Sister's bracelets

DIL bracelets

Daughter's bracelets

These nine photos represent gifts to three dear ones.  I'll spare you the other 5, which would be 15 more pictures.  I made the cuffs starting with recycled shipping tape cores.  I am a pack rat, and have a hard time throwing away anything for which there may be a future use.... These bracelets vindicate me, and other crafting pack rats.  Anyway, to the core I added some quilt batting - using bits and pieces that have been saved from other projects. Then the 3 leaf blocks were made last year without an idea as to their use, so enjoyed the pattern and the making... without worry as to the recipients color choices. All were set on point and sewed together and then applied to the cuff and then sewed into the circular space.  They were made for this project and fit!!!!!!!!!!  Then to clean up the inside I glued a band of black to cover up the mess. Voila!  I was very pleased with the results, and that they were made in almost no time since the leaves had been made last year. I was also pleased that they represent a certain recycling bent I am on, not only for financial purposes, but from a very real worry about the planet.My grands should be happy about that. The paper piecing pattern for the leaves came from a QuiltMaker Magazine some time in 2009, I believe. I will be making more of them, and a few of them were made into boobs which can be seen on Mrs. Moen's blog.... see the address on my previous posting.

      The charm bracelets were my first attempt at making dangles or doing any bead work, and I loved it!  I had been amassing the charms and beads with my coupons to JoAnn's and Michael's Craft Stores for years.  I just had to work up the courage to make them. (I have a problem with perfection - inherited from my Mom, and if I fail to do as well at something as I would like, I usually abandon the effort. We are all still in the process of becoming.)  Well, this time I failed, and a few years later gave myself permission to practice... They turned out better than I thought!!!!!!!!!!  So I will be trying it again.  Beware! loved ones there are more bracelets and maybe necklaces in your future.

          Next time I work on anything I'll picture it in detail - if the camera will cooperate. 

          I'm off to work on a new quilt I have in mind for a very special person.  It is paper pieced from a recent QuiltMaker Magazine.  So those of you who get the magazine can look for the pattern... It has pine trees and stars on it.

Love you lotses and Welcome Mystery Follower,

<3 Terri



Amazes me every time!

It always amazes me how many are blogging, and I'm sure I've just scratched the surface. I started reading the quilter ones that I could find, and since then I have found Zentangle ones, recipe ones, and now there are the card and scrap ones.  I've just been on an amazing Blog Hop.  Hero Arts is coming out with new art rubber stamps, and is showing them off through their designers on their blogs.  I learned new techniques and had lots of fun seeing the new stamps.  If you like that sort of thing go to The Hero Club Blog at:
http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/
You'll find all the names of the designers to click on and go to see their creations. Lots of fun!

Well, I am now famous for my beautiful boobs.  If you'd like to see them, in two (no less) places on the web, just use these two links.  They are pictured there for anybody to see at Make a Boob.  http://makeaboob.blogspot.com/2010/12/boob-mail-terri.html
and at Mrs. Moen's blog
http://mrsmoen.blogspot.com/2010/12/boob-call.html
You can learn how to make some to send and share in the giving at this link to Make a Boob
http://mrsmoen.blogspot.com/2010/12/boob-call.html
I am enjoying not only the making, and sharing for a good cause, but also the naughty bragging!  Mine are now internationally known.
Well, I think that's enough naughtiness for me today.  Christmas is coming up, you know, and I can't get caught being too naughty by Santa.  He sees it all.
Love you all, you know. 
<3 Terri

Yup, I changed things up a bit

As you can see I changed the blog a bit.  I love the little doggie pictures, and Rodney, well he's always been one of my favs.  The header is a bit from a quilt I made a few years ago, and I've used the martian fabric to fix a "blankee" I made for a neighbor.  He "loved" big holes into it, and I used some fabric glue and fun fabrics to fix it.  He liked it even more then.  Now he's playing basketball every day in the driveway... it's been that long ago. Hard for me to believe we have lived here over 11 years already.  Seems like maybe 3. Time flies when you're... well, you know.
I'm having a cup of Acai Mango tea from Celestial Seasonings.  I love this tea... it tastes like dessert! It's a little hard to find in the stores... but keep trying. It is worth the trouble.
I got my QuiltMaker Magazine in the mail today.  There is a paper piecing pattern in there for a sailboat quilt that is cute as a bugs ear... bet you haven't heard that one in a while.  Here is a link to get the last 12 patterns they have created for the Linus Project. I love all those patterns, except 2 of them.  See if you can guess which 2 I don't especially like... for kids anyway.  www.quiltmaker.com/projectlinus
Got to talk to my daughter this morning.  She's as chipper as ever. What a little trouper!  Is it okay to admire your child?  She's like a roll model for me. I wish you the bestest of the best, Honey! Love you lotses!
And as for the rest of you dear readers, well, I love you, too! Thanks for stopping bye.
<3 Terri

Decorations at the Mall & weird cloud patterns

Hi again,
I went to the Galleria Mall in Roseville, of a purpose to take pictures of their Christmas decorations.  It's a big shopping center that recently had a giant fire, and maybe that is why there just wasn't much in the way of decorations for the Season.  Anyway here are some of my photos:

The entrance to the mall.

This is just a pretty Christmas quilt and pillow in a window display.

One of the windows that was actually decorated.  I don't know if you can see it, but the "snow" is like giant sequins on strings.  I like the design for a card, maybe.

This is some of the crazy clouds we saw on our drive home.  At first we thought it might be air plane contrails... when did you ever see a contrail interrupt a cloud bank?  Weird.

This is either a cloud baby or a cloud wart... right above our across the street neighbor's house.

Then we raked leaves.

(Wish I could show you the project I am crafting, but there are some out there who actually follow this blog who will be receiving the end products, so I'll refrain from bragging. Suffice it to say that I checked out the type of product at the mall today, and this year I think I'm right in keeping with the newest trends!  I think that's because I read the blogs of some younger crafters and they have influenced my designs.  Anyway I hope the recipients like their gifts.  Back to the production line.)

So there you have an interval from my day.   Hope you enjoyed it.

Love to all my followers.  You know who you are!

<3 Terri



Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble, Gobble! Hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving Day.

I am especially happy and thankful that my family is alive and doing the best they can to be well, too.  You all are in our prayers, today especially, but always.
I'm also happy that I don't have to cook today.  We are invited to new inlaws for the day, and we are bringing the rolls, so easy peasy! and thank goodness for that.
So to all you out in Blogland, Happy Thanksgiving - even if you are not celebrating the Day today.  We are thankful for you all.
<3 Terri

Make some Boobs for breast cancer!

First, I want to say a Thousand Thanks to all the Veterans out there.  Your sacrifice is very much appreciated in our house. We have 2 Veteran sons, my Hubby is a Vet, my Dad was in WWII and at least one of my Grandpas was in WWI.  (They cover Air Force and Army, and Army/Air Force.)  And to the Disabled Veterans a double Thank You.  I'm sure we all wish there was some way to repay you all!
God Bless You!

I wasn't going to blog today... not ready with the tutorial on  book covers, but I found this on Mrs. Moen's blog.  She's from a Scandinavian country - Denmark, I think - and I enjoy her blog very much.  Anyway, she has started this project for breast cancer.  Go check it out.

Mrs. Moen's breast cancer project

I made 2 pair already.  They are pink and rough cut, so the ladies there can cut them out however they wish. (I won't show mine as they are rough cut, and not so pretty... and I want you to go to her blog and see how easy they are to make.)  I'm thinking I'll make some more, too.  Gotta do something... I have fabric. LOL (You know that is an understatement!) and I have time.  I've made a few mug rugs for my DD to share with people she meets while waiting for tests and such.  She's been diagnosed and now faces all kinds of tests, doctor visits, etc.  She's always been a giving person, and now has to give up some of her volunteer activities. I know she is missing that... so this way she will have something to share... and I will feel like I've donated to her wellness. (We live 600 miles apart.) Don't feel sorry for her... she wouldn't want that, but you can pray for her.  She is in good spirits - as usual - and she is following the doctor's advice. All seems to indicate a positive outcome. Pray and promote Global Smiling!

Thanks for stopping in. I love all my followers!  Leave a comment. Heck, leave two, I could use some company!
<3 Terri