My Lizzie*Kate Quilt!!

My email went something like this:


EXCUSE ME!!

But, OMG!!

NO WAY!!!

I'm crying here!!

I LOVE IT!!!

This couldn't be for me!!!

I cant believe it!!!!

This was for someone else, right??

Debra!?!

I wasn't expecting this quilt!!

OMG, this isn't possible!!

Vickie - now I know why you were so upset that I couldn't make retreat.

I LOVE IT!!!

Its going on my bed!!

Colleen - thanks for calling too!!

OMG, I just shake my head.

YOU LADIES ARE GREAT!!

Thats what the big box was for - Brian thought it was his knife he ordered off Ebay!



I still can't believe it!

THANK YOU ALL THAT STITCHED A SQUARE!

And thanks to whoever assembled the quilt!!



And to whom quilted it.

OMG, AMAZING!!!

This is a dream... right!!

Gosh, Im balling like a baby here.



Man oh Man!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!

Love ya all!!!
I was the recipient for an Angel Project that is held on ILCS - I still cant believe this. This quilt came at such a time that I needed alittle up in life.. and I think that this quilt really put the cherry on top!

All the stitched designs are of Lizzie*Kate designs - one of my favorite designers! The quilt was assembled and quilted and its laying on my bed. (I know all you have gone through to get this quilt assembled!!!!)

I love each individual stitched squares, all the nine patch blocks, the colors (green and black AWESOME color selection!!), and the quilting.

I thank all that took the time to stitch a square, for the person who assembled and quilted the quilt. And thanks to Debra for sending the quilt to me! I'm just so excited. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Blogging live -

I said. "I was crampy."

He heard me say 'crabby', and agreed.

He told me "That hurt."

UGH!

Alittle after 4, the big brown truck pulled into the drive way.

Got the DSL wireless router, got it all set up, its already to go. It was talking to the two laptops, asking for the passwords. But we have a problem.

Guess what! No DSL. In the instructions it says to wait till after 5pm on the date on the box, that I did. And still no DSL. Called tech help, and we determined that we have no DSL.

Huh!?

Seems like the lady that got me set up with DSL didnt know what she was talking about. We need to have a phone tech come to our house and play in the phone box outside, and maybe at the junction box that I like to beat up when I mow around it

The tech better get here tomorrow - I'm so sick of our current internet provider! But its a good thing I didn't cancel before I got it hooked up, or I wouldn't be here.

Dont look at the time of this post..

Cause I should be sleeping.

This morning I had a icon on the computer saying that I needed to install the Windows update - no big deal. Well it didn't make our day go any better.

Well that update put us in Fair Act Policy (FAP) - which thru our internet provider (HughesNet), puts us at below dial up speeds for the next 24 hrs. I couldnt load webpages without it saying it was done, and it barely even loaded the page. And I needed to harvest on Farm Town, darn it!

That's the only thing I could think of that when the update had to download Internet Explorer 8 onto my laptop (which I swear I already had) put me into mega bandwidth speed. We do get unlimited upload bandwidth from 2am -5am, so that's why I'm here.

I'm hoping the brown truck pulls into the driveway tomorrow - cause we are switching to DSL! We have gotten so sick of the internet provider, and the weather causing the internet not to load properly, and getting these FAPs!

So, the day was spent cleaning, dishes, sprucing up the plants, painting my nails, and stitching on a model, so its been productive. I guess I did have one success with the update - Im able to see the Google feeds in the correct feed location! WOOHOO!

Off to check my farm, and then off to bed.

What kids say.. grab a tissue!

I just got off the phone with my Mom, and this is worth blogging about!

As most of you know, our Dad passed away in February. The grand kids are a little to young to really understand about death, and that Grandpa is not coming back anymore.

My Mom had received a book, I Love You More Than Rainbows from someone. This evening, one of the granddaughter's "K" (who is 3) is spending the evening with Grandma. K misses her Grandpa so much, and she talks about him almost every day since he passed.


My Mom and K sat down to read the book, and out of the book fell two cards.

K picked up the two cards, and said to my Mom.

"Look Grandma, we have two tickets to get Grandpa out of heaven"



*Sniff*

Fab Shop Winner

In April, I participated in a online fabric shop hunt, Fab Shop Hop where you need to find all the bunnies you can. Well I got lucky and found 130 out of 160 some.













A week ago, I was really excited to find out that I was a winner of the $10 Gift Certificate. I got to shop online at Loose Threads. I just didn't know what I wanted, but then I saw a great deal for fat quarters, and all I had to do was pay the shipping.

The arrived yesterday - and what to do with them now.. he he

Fabric Report

Here are some fabrics I recently picked up -

As you can see, I have been buying some fabric to add to my stash - but really, I have ideas with 3 of the pictures..LOL













The above is planned to be used with an online block of the month quilt called - Bear Paw Sampler. Last night I spent about 3 hrs, figuring out all the cuts. I have all my numbers and I'm ready to cut the fabric - might work on that later today as I have a model to work on, as time got away from me yesterday. Opps.














This is just some of the fabric I saw, and I thought - humm I probably might use that sometime in the not so quite future, and its such a good deal not to pass up.

Looking for fabric to work on while I'm on vacation, is where the next two pictures came to. And while they are still sitting on the counter all folded up, doesn't get them to their final destinations faster.. he he.

Changes

Another recent change I made after the wedding was a hair cut! I had been growing my hair out for the wedding, and every time I had gotten it cut before, I was told - " just a trim. You need the length for the wedding." Well, Monday after the wedding it all came off!

Before - (of course its not styled, just had the crap combed out of it.. LOL)

















After -


Kaylee, my niece, said she didnt like it - cause all she has known me to have was long hair.. LOL

I love the new cut, cause it shows the highlights really well now. And its so fun to get out of the shower, dry and go style.

Tattoo In Honor of Our Dad

The Wednesday before the wedding, my sister was offered the chance to get a tattoo. She had been wanting to get a memory tattoo in honor of our Dad. She had taken the memory sticker and added her details that she wanted to include.

The tattoo artist did a wonderful job, and she was able to proudly show it off at the wedding. It was placed on her back, close to her heart, where Dad will forever be. And at the wedding, the way our dresses were, showed it off perfectly!

Wedding Pictures

Here are some pictures from my younger brother's and new sister inlaw's wedding. I had the honor to be apart of the wedding as a bridesmaid. From my brother's side of the family, my younger older brother was best man, my sister was bridesmaid, and her daughter was the flower girl. And my nephew (who is their son together) was the ring bearer. The bride's daughter was also a Junior bride.

The ring bearer and flower girl had matching attire to the wedding couple, they were both cute!

Here is the wedding party - as you can see its always hard to get a good picture when there are so many involved.

I love this picture here - its a picture of all the siblings - well minus one brother of the brides that left before we took the picture. As you can see, the bride has a little brother that is 4, and a sister that is 2. Too cute!

This picture was the favorite of all the pictures taken. While we were getting pictures taken in the church - we only had a few more to go. Someone all of a sudden yelled, "Someone call 911, someone is hurt." The ring bearer (the couple's son) had run head first into the bubbler (for those that don't know - water fountain or drinking fountain). He bounced off the bubbler, hitting the back of his head on the floor hard. Someone that heard and went to go see what happen found him walking towards him, and he just went limp and was unconscious for about 10 seconds. Well, the bride is a First Responder, and she was the first on the scene, which was just outside the sanctuary. She held her son's head straight while 2 other first responders went to their trucks to grab their bags. The ambulance arrived and he was strapped to the board and taken to the hospital for a CAT scan, and then a MRI since they found something on the CAT scan. Jenny rode in the ambulance to the hospital, while my brother drove himself in their truck. They weren't able to go bar hopping, and arrived at the reception 4 hrs later.

EDITED TO ADD - Conway was fine afterwards - nothing came of the head injury. When my brother and SIL arrived to the reception, Conway was running around like nothing happen.

Ring Bearer's Pillow

For the wedding, I was asked to make a ring bearer's pillow.

Going with the theme of fire - I made this ring bearer's pillow. It was so easy and fun to make. I studied the one that they had at WalMart, and the hardest part of it all, was getting the heart the right size from cutting it out on paper.



I made it so it had a little handle so the ring bearer could hold on to it.

Ahh -

I think I'm back.

I needed this break. Life has been giving me bumps lately - and it really has shown me to take life at its best. I cant always control what is going to happen in my day - but to tackle it like it could be my last.

I have been dealing with alot of emotions lately - I wouldn't call it depression. I just needed a mental break. I have been dealing with work issues, and while it may have been getting better, they are still there. And with Father's Day coming up on Sunday - I have been thinking of my Dad alot lately - well I really have thought of him everyday since he left us. And I have to say I miss him so much!

I have had some family issues, both sad and happy. The sad part I'm not going to go into - but the happy part was watching my brother and his wife get married on the 6th.. and then enjoying a few days with the family after. I had to make 2 trips home before the wedding - one for a dress fitting, and another emergency trip home for a phone call I never wish to receive again.

I have been off since the 5th, and don't go back till this Saturday - so I have had a few days to myself (well with Brian here with me), and I have gone fishing, back road driving, attempted to camp, till Mother Nature thought otherwise, and left us wet. So I'm enjoying this 2 weeks of vacation.

Was suppose to go and attend a retreat in Tennessee - but a letter from the county invited me to attend jury duty.. so that put a damper into traveling. And with going out of state, Mom and I didn't think it was a good idea at the time (with everything going on).

I have a model here that is keeping me company, and the computer where I have become addicted to a game on Facebook. Last week when I was home, I went fabric shopping and purchased some fabric to make a few things with.

Its really starting to turn into summer here, and I look forward to sitting outside more and enjoying the sunshine.

I hope to get online later again, after I have a good cry and post some pictures of what has been going on here while I was quiet.

Thanks to all that have left a comment or emailed me - its so comforting to know that there are people out there that you have never met that care about you.. and to that I'm fortunate! THANK YOU!

Im off ...

to see my brother and his fiancee get married! Yahoo!!

Congrats Scott and Jenny!

Taking a break

I'm having too much life drama going on right now, so Im taking a break from stitching, blogging, and dealing with life problems.

I'm Here (I think)

Ive been checking out everyone else's blogs, and reading emails, so Im in the loop.. but some days I dont know if Im coming or going..LOL

I don't know where the time goes, but its going fast for me! I have been off from work for the past three days - but I did have to work on Wednesday at Wardo's (my part time job), and then yesterday I had to go work to take a test. I had to drive 70 miles round trip to take a 10 minute test... grr! I had to wait a few minutes so I could atleast get 15 minutes of pay. Good thing I get mileage to work, or I would have been fuming! Today was spent doing laundry for next week, as I'm going down state to get alterations on the bridesmaid dress I will be wearing in 3 weeks for my brother's wedding. And I did major stitching today.

The test was for a course that I took to state certify me to legally feed the residents I work with. Crazy, huh? But I'm sure that my CNA coworkers will be happy to have me helping out with feeding, as it get crazy.

What else... last weekend when I had off the weekend off ... well I worked on Saturday at Wardo's.. so on Sunday I sat down at the sewing machine and quilted the Fast Food table runner I had completed. I have the binding stitched on, but haven't even started the hand stitching of the binding.

Today for my stitching I worked on ABC Lessons -- I'm 1/2 finished with the design. I absolutely love this design! I have an idea for a word change, and I'm going to to do. And then I will have to show it off when I have it finished. See if you can find it.

Well, that's about it for now. I work this weekend, and then it will be a mini vacation before I work Memorial Day weekend. Gosh hard to believe its next week already! This year is speeding by! I will try not to be a stranger to my own blog.

ABC Lessons WIP

Well, since I had the camera out, I thought I would snap a WIP picture of ABC Lessons. There is more stitched to the right, but I was too lazy to take it off the QSnap, but I had more ambition to type it out to explain.. LOL I will post again when I get the rest of the left stitched.

Life Lesson #783023

Tip to the wise, since I learned from experience ----

Don't put your arm on the stove top where the pilot light is burning.. cause you might end up like I.

Don't ask me how I got it... long story

Quaker Seasons - FINISH!

YEA!! I was able to finish Quaker Seasons from My Big Toe Designs just after it began the new month. I stitched this as a 'grieving' piece in memory of my Dad.

It really got to the point where I didn't want to finish it. Its not that I'm over my grieving, but its brought so much comfort to me as I have stitched it. It even made the trip to Branson with us. The verse meant alot of me.. and made me think of seasons of our life.

So, here is the info - Quaker Seasons - My Big Toe Designs, stitched with DMC fibers on 28ct Creamy Cocoa from Sassy Fabrics. The plan is to have it framed.

For some reason - the picture makes the top look bigger than the bottom, but I guess its giving a fun house mirror affect..LOL I'm sure its to do with my picture taking skills.

Now.. I'm on to my next project - ABC Lessons

Fast Food Table Runner WIP

This WIP table runner design is called "Fast Food", from the "Let's Do Lunch" (Atkinson Designs). I had picked up the fabric for the table runner while at Hobby Lobby last week, and guess what! With the selvages strips I have - I don't have a name for the fabric. But what I needed was a stripe and a coordinating fabric... so I saw the two fabrics and it was a must have!

It was a breeze to cut out, but for some reason, the directions got alittle backwards on me. But I was able to think it out, and had success with it. I picked up the backing material today, and I had a remnant of batting here... so I hope to pin it together today, and get machine quilting with it. And then attach the binding, and of course hand stitch it.

Another laptop joined our household....

This is what our kitchen table has been looking like for the past week. Ive had the lovely job of transferring from the old to the new. And then it came time to transfer some email addresses .... and I was stumped! Thanks to short cuts that I found on the internet I was successful in the transfers.

LOVING the new laptop. Brian has taken claim of the old laptop (which was the plan). Its been well broken into.. so much that the cover has to be propped up to use.. LOL