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AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-74472307627344602812013-02-06T10:09:00.002-05:002013-02-06T10:09:39.513-05:00Today's List
Oh The lists get longer and longer and the errands greater and greater (I often HATE errands) as I prep for travel in my near future.
Today looks like this:
Trim Bind and Wash Anna's Flannel Quilt (I finally finished the quilting)
Hope that Fabric for dresden plates gets delivered (and hope I ordered the correct colors - if not - oh well) I really want to finish these.
Buy Fabric for Bonnie AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-42008021431809332232013-02-01T21:15:00.003-05:002013-02-01T21:15:40.830-05:00A Patchwork Kind if Girl?
I am a patchwork kind of girl.
I am NOT an applique kind of girl.
I love cutting and piecing and joining the seams and the finished look and utility of patchwork.
Patchwork quilts are friendly and relaxed - comfortable, warm, and down-home, while appliqué quilts (especially those haughty Baltimore girls) seem formal and uptight, staid and even a bit snobby (humorous AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-34355082955258480342013-01-23T23:47:00.000-05:002013-01-23T23:47:01.926-05:00Progress...
I finally finished all of the blocks for Easy Street - the Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt. My points are not perfect and my seams are not precision, but I love it. I really enjoyed the process and I am going to love the quilt. It IS a work in progress as I must assemble the blocks and then add some borders - I think emerald green batik - then I will send it out for quilting. AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-60732400578130152842013-01-18T13:42:00.001-05:002013-01-18T13:46:36.903-05:00Progress Hinderances
This is Toffee
She's helping me finish Easy Street
I'll keep you posted!
AmyDe
AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-57944900951598274622013-01-13T14:05:00.001-05:002013-01-13T14:05:37.753-05:00Planning is Everything...That's what I've heard anyway.
I find that planning is NEVER my struggle. DOING is my struggle. My theme for 2013 is DO MORE!
In keeping with my DO MORE theme I joined the 2013 Finish Along HERE where you can also join in. I am keeping a running list of all my UFO's as Rhonda suggested. I know that the running list will keep me motivated and organized.
A AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-48290326091297255362013-01-04T00:05:00.001-05:002013-01-04T00:05:20.520-05:00I've Got Nothing...I tried for a clever post title, but it's very late and I'm all out of creative juice. I'm busy sewing this week and not at the computer as much.
The final instructions for Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street are posted and it's quite a dynamic quilt. I know I'm going to love my color choices in the completed project. I'm not finished with mine as I've been taking Anna back and forth AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-28302457358049880722012-12-27T09:37:00.001-05:002012-12-29T09:45:50.044-05:00Merry Christmas and StuffMerry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday and got to spend time with loved ones and friends.
We spent our Christmas quietly - which is my favorite - playing games and watching movies and Dr. Who "It's smaller on the outside." So Much Fun!
I caught up on sewing Easy Street - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt. I am enjoying the one step at a time AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-79498846668493835492012-12-12T16:36:00.002-05:002012-12-29T09:46:54.828-05:00Maybe It's Me?Since I cannot sew on my Pfaff with tension issues I tried my vintage Singer 15-91.
Isn't it pretty? It was made in 1956. Please ignore the fact that I sew in my mostly finished garage which still holds 'garagey' things like tool boxes, ladders, and furnaces.
Besides having trouble with the bobbin winder, which I knew would be troublesome due to newly manufactured bobbins and AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-71404249978183893892012-12-11T19:20:00.000-05:002012-12-29T09:46:39.965-05:00Trouble in Paradise...So you know my sewing machine that I was SEW in love with just YESTERDAY? Yeah, well... Today it's doing this:
Not good, that's my needle thread looping on the underside of the fabric.
We are NOT friends today, my sewing machine and I.
I've done all the regular troubleshooting things, rethread, change needles, dust out bobbin casing, rethread bobbin, change thread, etc... To no AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-53041296862324360302012-12-10T21:00:00.000-05:002012-12-29T09:46:21.022-05:00And Sew it Goes...I went to my local sewing center to pick up a new walking foot for my Janome Memory Craft 4000 and to perhaps pet and try NOT to drool on the Pfaff Quilt Expression 4.0. THEN... the service technician told me about a honey of a deal he had on a fully warranted used machine, so...
I love it!
So needless to say I've been binge sewing. I was sewing BEFORE I bought the machine as wellAmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-24258502152530323102012-06-22T12:42:00.004-04:002012-06-22T12:42:46.302-04:00Today Is A Good DayI've decided.
Today is a good day.
I paid my "red light violation" ticket (dang photo enforced lights), picked up a few groceries (still forgot the milk), have the kids schooling well underway (not without it's moanings as we have catching up to do today), and I have dinner planned (I have to do dishes first).
So there!
Today is a good day because I said so, and frankly if I'd 'say so' moreAmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-17250760992371342292011-12-12T17:31:00.000-05:002011-12-12T17:31:58.543-05:00Every Now and Again...You are pleasantly surprised.
The kids and I dined at one of the fine local eateries near the mall (ok IHop) today. We were there in the after-lunch-not-yet-dinner (Senior) time frame.
The nice young man serving us had long hair and a tattoo (or 3). I admit - such appearance leads me to certain expectations - young, rowdy-ish, perhaps disconnected from my POV, did I mention young? AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-31823958710359632362011-12-04T11:59:00.000-05:002011-12-04T11:59:57.046-05:00Heaps of GraceI am extraordinarily hard on myself. It's only now that I realize (mostly) that my standards for myself (which I constantly fall short of) are, in fact, impossibly high.
I begin to remedy this constant feeling of failure with much prayer and heaps of grace bestowed to myself. It isn't easy after 38 years of constant practice, but I am beginning and you know what I find? I AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-63187592985594734122011-11-15T10:38:00.000-05:002011-11-15T10:38:45.144-05:00Slowly...Slowly - that's the mantra I keep repeating to myself.
I am working hard at keeping a slower pace these days. Working at letting things go. Working at being reasonable with my expectations. Working at looking at what I have done instead of what's left to do.
I have to work at remembering that life is about moments; when I stay so busy and focused on the "To Do" list I miss AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-86171568404475312712011-11-09T12:26:00.000-05:002011-11-09T12:26:22.405-05:00For ClarificationThank You so much for the positive responses to Riley's Hats! Your generosity is overwhelming and much appreciated.
For Clarification:
Knit OR Crochet is just fine
Made for girls OR boys
DEFINE "SOFT" - If you'd put it on a baby - that's soft enough. I am using lots of Michael's & Hobby Lobby brand chunky acrylics as they are soft, washable, and insanely bright colors that I AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-43668391843209206182011-10-23T20:55:00.000-04:002011-10-23T20:55:27.663-04:00Thank You and Hats...
HUGE THANKS
to all who commented or wrote personally to send me love and prayers. It means so much - truly.
I am doing well and remembering that I can only do one thing at a time and THAT'S OK.
Now on to hats.
Earlier this summer my nephew Riley was diagnosed with Leukemia. He is 5 years old. He's been going through Chemo and as such has lost his hair.
I am AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-35533867855604971282011-10-12T20:09:00.000-04:002011-10-12T20:09:20.089-04:00A Fresh Start
Impossible Expectations.
Impossible Standards.
Self Imposed Deadlines.
Overwhelm.
Abject Failure.
Depression.
This is a personal emotional cycle I am desperately trying to break. It's a struggle I don't talk about. It's not something others want to hear. Mark Twain said "We are like the moon, we all have our dark side that we never show to anybody."
Medicine is AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-47178339056525272992011-08-21T10:27:00.002-04:002011-08-21T10:27:47.175-04:00Round em Up! Head em Out! Move em On! Rawhide!!!Sorry - I got a little carried away there.
I am busy this week finishing my challenge quilt for the Atlanta Modern Quilt Guild. And since I cannot show you pictures I give you a little list of things that are inspiring me and touching my heart this week.
Why Our Parents Put Us to Shame - this one really strikes a chord about how I want to live with my children
Geography for Children and AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-69098140951439558362011-08-10T13:19:00.000-04:002011-08-10T13:19:29.572-04:00Give: It Feels SEW Good...Please check out what Handmade by Alissa is doing this week for KIVU. Action KIVU has such a great ideal at it's core and really speaks to crafters and sewists and women such as myself. Please check them out and give what you can.
Alissa has many prize offerings for different gift levels, but that is HARDLY the point. Even a little money (by western standards) makes a BIG AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-54553816722373968452011-08-01T13:35:00.000-04:002011-08-01T13:35:21.307-04:00I've Said it Before...And I'll say it again:
Tomato and Fresh Mozzarella Salad may be the ONLY decent excuse for Southern Summer Weather.
TODAYTOMORROWWEDTHUFRI6-10 DAY
Partly Cloudy
Mostly Sunny
Sunny
Isolated T-storms
Scattered T-stormsExtended Forecast
High: 95°Low: 72°High: 98°Low: 73°High: 100°Low: 75°High: 96°Low: 75°High: 94°Low: 73°
(I am officially boycotting Wednesday btw)
I'll keep you posted!
AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-50345090470719652432011-07-29T09:19:00.000-04:002011-07-29T09:19:35.323-04:00More Hexagon LOVE...I'm working slowly but surely on the hexagons. I think they are so pretty in their boxES. Yes - I'm onto box #2. I'm in the homestretch of only 300 or so more to make (it's not just me right - that sentence IS ridiculous).
I might be a crazy person - but I like that about myself!
That little green Gizmo on the right? That's my new best friend. It's needle AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-83558926532027584742011-07-26T07:25:00.000-04:002011-10-12T19:33:27.652-04:00"I Know You. You on List"I LOVE lists: They keep my mind clear and I feel empowered when I mark things off.
The UFO's or WIPs or whatever you choose to call those lingering projects most of us have are getting to me in a BIG way lately.
Unfinished business is holding me back from starting new things as well as having the actual finished project to use.
So I made THE LIST: A master list of projects I have AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-25029726947616013342011-07-24T08:51:00.000-04:002011-07-24T08:51:41.282-04:00I Hope I'm Not Too Late...
To be the first to wish my friend Andrea:
HAPPY PIONEER DAY!
...because I know how you LURVE you some calico ;-)
I love you and hope you have a wonderful birthday filled with peace and love!
I'll keep you posted!
AmyDeAmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15227734.post-64042044610979806312011-07-14T17:51:00.001-04:002011-07-15T13:17:47.871-04:00And Now for Something Completely Different...I'm struggling lately (ok that's not different) but I am working my way through and enjoying quilting and sewing and knitting as I do.
Thank you for all the kind comments and emails and new followers (you can do that over on the right) - it is so encouraging and fun to hear from all of you.
Right now I am working on a Challenge quilt for the Atlanta Modern Quilting Guild and bugger it all,AmyDehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04612375838777458007noreply@blogger.com4