Well let’s talk about being subtle, but let’s also talk about laughing MFAO.
So today is my birthday, and under normal circumstances, up until today, I have not been troubled much by aging. I’ve taken it in my stride, thinking I’m looking not bad for 59…..
*_)!*_*_&$_!*$_*_!(_#(!_#(!_#(….. well that was until today.
Dear Darling Mother is in Cayman on a 3 week vacation with my sister, visiting Dear Uncle, and she left my birthday present with my son to give me on the special day…today.
How sweet, I think, as I open the package, reading the lovely card, then reaching into the depths of the pretty birthday bag to retrieve, not 1 but 2 larger than life boxes of RIVITALIFT. One for daytime and one for nightime….
Now is that subtle or what? Dear mother rarely says anything with regards to my looks…she often will say…”you look so nice with your hair cut short”, that’s her being subtle and hinting she wants me to get it cut.
Once when I was debating buying a funky new shirt when we were together shopping, she looked at me and said “ are you on your period?”,that was subtle wasn’t it, needless to say, that shirt did not come home with me.
Dear mother can be so subtle, as with the gift today, just a subtle hint that the grand canyon crevices that I proudly wear and consider more like laugh and life lines, I have friggin earned every one of them by the way, (half of them are from her), now need to be lathered and saturated twice a day.
Like I have time for that.
At least I have a few weeks to think of a way to thank her for the gift.
By the way on the box it states that in one week 72% of women saw skins' overall appearance visibly improve, in 4 weeks, 72% of women saw improved skin elasticity, and 76% of women saw smoother looking skin.
First….I’d like to know what happened to the other poor 28% of women? Did their skin worsen? Did they commit suicide?
I’m hoping that I’m in the 72% range and that Dear Mother won’t recognize me when she gets home!
Bless her heart!
This is a sweet little pincushion offered by Me and My Sister Designs. You can find the pattern here http://www.meandmysisterdesigns.com/patterns/downloads/strawberry_lemonade_pincushions.pdf
Instead of stuffing and pellets I chose to fill mine totally with crushed walnut shells.
How yummy. it’s nice and sturdy and looks so sweet with the co-ordinated bow.
Done!
These ladies were a delight in my Beginner Class….It’s the youngest group of ladies I’ve had yet and it was great to see that quilting is for everyone. Ashley, Diane. Kelly, Bethany and Kaley, thanks for all the fun and music you provided in class.
I hope that they will continue with quilting as they all did fabulous. There were some learnings for me as well…like I have to watch my verbs. Often I will change verbs up to describe cutting…instead of saying cut it off, I’ll substitute the cut word for trim, hack or whack. I could see something was up when I suggested that they “Whack it off” and there were a few snorts, giggles,and sign language behind me. They are the younger generation so of course “Whack it off” takes on a totally different meaning for them.
Beautiful job of your quilts ladies.
Each row was cuter than the next from the skates.....
...to the snowmen
...to the Christmas lights.
The mugs filled with steaming hot cocoa and what's not to love about those little candies all wrapped up! along with shining stars.
Again, what an awesome BOM, Thank you Cindy, it is a special heirloom!
Hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner…just a couple of months. It’s never too soon to start preparing. What better way to celebrate than an egg runner to grace your table. Shabby Fabric has a whole series of these wonderful patchwork runners and each one is cuter than the next.
The lovely little patchwork eggs are offset with little satin ribbons and a scalloped fabric rick rack trim. The runner is quilted with the pattern Popcorn.
I am seriously trying to finish my huge list of UFO’s….I have so many unfinished quilts, runners and sundry other crafty things that I really need to get a handle on completing some of them.
This is a finish, even though it’s not quilted and bound, I do consider it done. It was the leftover sample blocks I used when teaching the Pineapple Runner class at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. last year.
I thought it would be a good idea to have a sample block of each step throughout the block process for students. This meant that I had 12 blocks at various stages of completion. Needless to say it got put away after the class in the UFO wasteland. I have been trying not to start any new quilt projects, other than my store samples, and complete some of these unfinished ones. I’m glad I pulled it out and finished it up, it’s quite pretty.
I’m always amazed at the perseverance that students have to complete this class…the log cabin blocks alone would send most people to their sewing rooms sobbing.
50 itty bitty log cabin blocks that line the front, bottoms and sleeves of the jacket. Let alone all the pieces sewn together to form the main jacket pieces.
Sharon and Kelli are all finished, other than the serging of the jacket together. They look lovely ladies, well done.
Simpler blocks than the first few, but still fun to create. These are the anchor and wheel blocks from Amy Bradley’s Pirates Quilt Pattern that we are hosting at Kindred Spirits Quilt Co. It’s a 9 month BOM program and I have been trying to combine a more complex block with a simpler block each month, as not to overwhelm participants each month.
They really are the cutest blocks. I love that they are appliqued in black thread, it makes the pieces just pop.
Rene brought me her granddaughter's quilt to be long armed…she designed the pattern herself and the fabric was at the request of her granddaughter. Rene fussy cut the animals and set them into the block she designed. It’s nice with the light sashing throughout.
It was quilted with the pattern Happy Times….Rene loved the name of it and said it was perfect for her granddaughter.
For months I’ve been promising myself that I would make something for Moi…I have been in desperate need for a little makeup pouch for my purse. I found a cute little pattern complete with a good tutorial at During Quiet Time. You can find it here: http://duringquiettime.com/2011/12/sew-what-rosy-wedge-bag.html
Very simple to make, all beautifully lined as well. Perfect for what I needed.
Such an improvement from my current makeup pouch! I’m pathetic
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