Weekend Work

I promised you red... I have a lot of "jewel tones" and not a lot of tints.  I do like how these came out.

I'm using mostly "crumbs"  or leftover strips. I'm surprised how much of that there is in my stash.

This time I pinned them to the design wall which is now holding the backing of the I Spy and the batting is hanging out the wrinkles for a few days. Makes a nice muted background for photos, don't you think so?

Did I show you both of the greens?  Well, if I didn't - here they are. Quite Christmassy. I tried for different prints in different places and each has a different stem color. Still no plan for a quilt, but I started the purples last night before "Longmire".  Love that show.

Wait til you see the purples...

So today, probably right now, Chrissy is undergoing the next procedure. Please, keep happy thoughts for her. Pray your hardest and best.

Hugs,

Terri

Chrissy needs your prayers again!!!!

No pictures this time... just a plea for more prayers. It's not good. She's been going to chemo all this time, and still the cancer is growing all over her liver... metastasized from her breasts. My poor baby...  I hate to bother you with this... I know we all want to be happy and worry free here in blogland, but I need your help. This time the treatment is injecting chemo beads into her liver. It is done in the hospital, it's very strong poison, so because of that some stay over for weeks because they can't stop throwing up. Pray your hardest and best prayers, please.

(For you new followers who don't know about my youngest and only daughter... She is not 40 yet and has had chemo, a double mastectomy, radiation, half of her liver removed, and now more and heavier chemo (and a shot that is very painful every few weeks to try to keep her immune system up so she can have more chemo) and still the cancer is advancing. She is a married lady, has 4 kids ages 18 to 10, loves to help others, but can't anymore.  She used to volunteer at the Food Bank, at the schools, and at the local nursing home. She is loved in her family and community.  I mean she is a keeper! Please pray for my Chrissy.)

Hugs,
Terri

Tetris blocks, new palm blocks

Latest Tetris block is the top 6 rows here. I've sewn the 3 blocks together. I'm now ready for the rest of the 3 blocks. Game On!

I made a new palm block - greener blues. Do you think they are blue? Trouble with the blues, at my house, is that they look blue, until you look at them next to the bluer blues... see below>

so I'm counting the one on the right as a turquoise/aqua block for the rainbow challenge, until I can make the rail fence one.

 And I made a GREEN palm, too. It is definitely green... no way to think it is any other color. I like that!


Next up... RED - my fav color!  (Sorry all these pics are so tipped, but I had to take the pics on the hall wall - the design wall is taken over to baste the I Spy for the 2B Grandson... coming soon!

Hugs,

Terri

Weekend Work

I just loved this design the minute I saw it at  Kristy's blog. She designed it with software... and will allow you to use it to make something to sell, just don't make the pattern to sell.

I love the orange and yellow.  I like how it will look set solid. (For those new to quilting - set solid means that there is no strips between blocks.) I love the orange and yellow - oops, did I already mention that? I'm thinking just reds and oranges for the "veins" and yellow in the  background. What do you think?  I also think this pattern would look great with the veins in a very colorful heavily pattered fabric, and the background in various light - nearly invisible - patterned fabric. Anyway, I did do some sewing this weekend.

Loved opening ceremonies! Cried through the whole thing. (I especially like the parade of nations, but this year the director had the camera trained on the flag bearers, and we saw very little of the costumes. What's the matter with them?  It's a time to celebrate... don't be telling all their dirty little secrets! We get enough of that in the news.  (Oops! on the soap box - Sorry!)

So I am off to work on the I Spy that I have been putting off. I'm not sure I can smoothly install the fixing blocks. When I'm not sure of myself I put it off. Are you like that, too?

Do stop over to see the Grandma' Diamond Wedding Ring quilt... she is making it in soft colors.....a very pretty quilt! (I'm not sure of the name of the quilt, but this is the address to see it.)

Hugs,

Terri

Tetris block #2, blue rainbow block and bird blocks

The top block is my next Tetris block. Another whole row is being saved for the next block. I like it... It looks like Tetris.

This is my blue block for the Rainbow Challenge.

These are birds made from my McCall's Quilting. You may have seen some very like them on the blogs... I have, and while I'm not casting aspersions on the blogger... after all, hers were on her blog way before she could have seen them in the magazine.  It's the magazine that may have stolen the design from our blogger.  You probably know who I'm talking about. Should I tell her that I think a major quilting magazine stole her design, or not?  They are fun to make... (paper pieced - so they are easy). I haven't any plans to make more... who knows.  I'm still working on new grandson 2 B"s quilt.

Thanks for stopping by. I love your comments, but I'm just too lazy to answer them all. Sorry.

Hugs to you all,

Terri

Tetris - block #1

I'm using the 5" blocks. It sure covers alot of territory in a hurry. Top red should have a square in the center, it's that shape... and the orange should have two squares over the orange and white. I didn't know what to do with those shapes, so I'll carry them on to the next block.

Well, now I'm going to the linky party... they are my favorite kind.

Hugs,

Terri

Crazy Mail, Plants, Rainbow Challenge & I Spy in works

 Look what came in the mail last week... addressed to me! I'm not at all into hunting. Fishing license it too expensive, and we have no gear.  Who got the idea to send this to me - a woman? LOL

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We are doing our Halloween plants a little differently this year - we're digging up the squirrel trees (you might call them volunteers, but in our neighborhood none of these oaks are close enough to drop acorns in our yard... you know who is planting them) and we're planting them in "pots".

They really are beauties.  These are the oaks.

Sweet gums

and these are mostly Mimosa. 

We've got 19 trees so far, but there are many more to dig up and pot. It's going to be mostly trees this year, and some indoor plants. (I have the kitchen window full of avocados at various degrees of sprouting.

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Now on to something quilty:

I've been thinking about joining Soscrappy's Rainbow Challenge . I've been hacking around the sewing room looking for a pattern that would be easy and lend itself to the brighter colors. (That day I was lucky on 3 occasions.) found these blocks... leftovers from a quilt I made for Project Linus a long while ago.  I have these and some orange ones done already, too.

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Next up: the I Spy for the next grand baby... This is the flimsy. Paper has been removed, and the Hubby found 2 blocks that need repair. (The #1 piece moved on the way to the sewing machine, I guess, and there were 2 holes!!! EEEEEEK and GASP!  I made new blocks, just like the other ones - easier than ripping the old blocks and resewing - now to set them in. It'll be okay. You'll see.

Some close ups...

Oh and I've started to cut blocks for the Tetris game.  Click on the side bar button to learn more about that one. I've got 4 different pinks cut so far.

So that brings me up to date with you all... Thanks for stopping by.  And thanks for writing such entertaining blogs. I love blogging.  It adds alot to my life.

Hugs,

Terri