Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Jan's block

Nancy, NP asked what the words on this block said.

It says:
Grand Master
Flor de Washington
Reknown
Reina Perfecta
Extra Fina
Owl
Blue Gap

I am not sure whether these were cigars or what.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Surpise, Project Finished

Last week, I received a wonderful surprise gift from my friend Ms. Jan. It is a CQ block, it looks like it is all 1 piece of fabric, but has lovely feather stitches around each of these words. She said she got 2 of these about 10 years ago, and has 1 framed, and has given me the second one. This was the best part of my week, this wonderful surprise.











I have been trying to get things going for Christmas gifts. I remembered, in 2003, in Sisters, Oregon, I took a class with Margaret Peters, a cute little wool Santa wallhanging project. I meant to finish it last year for my sister, but didn't get to it. I remembered it again last week, and pulled it out, and discovered I was about 3/4 done. So I finished it up tonight. It is OK for me to show it here, my sister doesn't have a computer and she will never see this.



Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

I have received a MEME tag! I am it!

Well I got tagged by Carole of Wippy's Place http://wippysplace.blogspot.com

Here are the rules which you must abide by if you are tagged.

1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself: some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.
Ok here is My MeMe

1. I am married to the love of my life, for almost 32 years, and we have 2 daughters and 3
grandchildren.
2. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the ocean, and all things to do with it.
3. I Love to read, and could be called a book slut.
4. I love seafood, fresh bread, salads and soups.
5. I love crazy quilting, quilting, embroidering, crocheting, knitting.
6. I love to create with paper, stamps, paint.
7. I love to sail, and travel.

now my list of 7 to tag..

Gail: http://galynn-bhmc.blogspot.com
Candi: http://candiseyecandy.blogspot.com
Fran: http://sewfrantastic.blogspot.com
Susan: http://cq4fun.livejournal.com
Nancy: http://nancynearphiladelphia.blogspot.com
Jan: http://msjanquilts.blogspot.com
Sharon: http://www.quiltgranny.blogspot.com

Monday, October 15, 2007

FRAN'S BLOCK


Since my last post, I have been cruising from Vancouver to San Diego, visited MIL in San Diego, and gotten home again and back to work.

Yesterday, had a wonderful visit with Susan Nixon, Fran Regos and Candi Harris.

This is a garden round robin I am in with Susan, Fran, Moira, and Gail and this is Fran's block.

This is actually the second round on this block, and the first round, I had done the fence embroidery, the tree above it, and there is a ribbon seam between them.


This round I did the seam below Susan's spider web, and a hard to see wreath beside it.

I was able to show the girls this block yesterday, before I mail it off to Gail today. The girls' visit yesterday was the highlight that topped off my birthday week!