CHARMING GIRLS UPDATE

I am now a member of the Charming Girls Quilt Club and I should have posted on here what my goals were for the next 3 months. I am late but here they are and I have to say that some I have actually been working towards achieving my goal.
SELF-CARE:

1. My number one on this is TO LOSE WEIGHT.
2. Take more time for myself. Going to a movie or out to eat with friends.
Go shopping and buy a outfit for every 10 lbs that I lose.
3. I am paying every 2 weeks on a membership to a gym but I never go.Sostarting
this week I will go and work out at least 1 hr, 3 times a week.

MY PROJECTS:

1. Finish my poor sisters wedding quilt. My goodness she is going on being
married for 4 yrs now and they are still patiently waiting.
2. Work on and hopefully finish my repo row robin quilt
3. Finish and tie my charming friends quilt for my new great-nephew
Jaxon.

I have some finishes to show but will put in a post for tomorrows entry.

Barbara

GYPSY'S ROSETTE SWAP

Hello here I am again and this time I have a neat swap to tell everyone about. I just signed up to be a follower at The Gypsey Fleamarkets blog and wanted to let you know that she has a neat new "ROSETTE SWAP" going on. I am going to join and see what kind of pretty flower I recieve. Hope some of you will think about trying this. One of my favorite things to do is blog surf at night and I have seen some really pretty rosette tutorials out there. There are so many ways to do these and I am really anxious to see what everyone comes up with. Now to put my thinking cap on. I have posted a button over on my sidebar that will take you right to her blog.
Ta Ta for now.

JUST 4 RAMBLING IS HAVING A GIVEAWAY!!!

My new friend over at Just 4 Rambling is having a fabric giveaway if anyone is interested. She has alot of fabric left over from her shop closing that she is thinking of making into 3", 4' and 5" charm packages that she wants to giveaway to blogging friends. Go on over and take a looksie and be sure to tell her that I sent you. Her blog address is just4rambling.blogspot.com

Starting a New Cat Block of the Seasons Quilt

I am starting a new Cat Block of the Seasons Quilt over at Ellies Quilting site. I have posted a link on my side bar. I have finished the first block which is SUMMER and I am posting it here. She offers it in embroidery or applique and I chose the embroidery. I have also been saving the Under the Seas block of the month, you can find it on my sidebar also and she is doing a special coloring technique using the Derwent Coloring pencils so I thought I would try it on these blocks. Being a lover of all things CAT and LADYBUGS this BOS was definately for me. I am posting my finished first block on here today. There are 4 main blocks each representing a different season and 4 corner squares with embroidery. There will also be patchwork blocks that seperate the 4 main blocks and maybe a center block, I am not sure but Ellie says it will be really cute in the end. Anyway without further ado here is my 1st finished main block. I havent finished the smaller block yet but will post them togather when it is finished.

Early Bird Christmas Crafting

I am also going to join this 4-month group to try to work on some early Christmas Gifts. I have put the button here on the blog. It started June 1st so I am not all that late. Our first project was to decorate a Journal and than to make a christmas list of people I intend to make things for. I have a Compostition book I intend to decorate and have on here by monday nite. I work 12-hr nights for the next 2 days but will work on it on my down time and have it done on monday to post. Judith is helping us to organize things so we can have stuff done by the end of September. If I keep up and make the 3 gifts a month than I will have 12 gifts done by than which is quite an accomplishment for me since I always start way to late.

Take care and hope everyone has a great weekend.

Barbara

I'm Going to do the Charming Girls Quilt Along!!

I am planning on taking part in the quilt along over at the Charming Chatter Blog to make this cute little quilt.

My sweet Great-niece is finally getting another child that she and her husband have been trying for for so long. After lots of prayer and fertility treatments they are expecting a boy in July. I plan to make this one for her but am using the Nautical and Nice charm packs from Sandy Gervais and what could be more fitting than Red White and Blue for a July baby. I am posting my fabrics on here so that others in the quilt along can see what I am using. I will put on an additional border to make it a little bigger and put sailboat blocks in each of the 4 corners. Here are the fabrics I am using.

The white with tiny pale blue spots is my background fabric and the light blue will be the outer border and the sailboat blocks in each corner will be dark blue with red sails and the white background. I think it will be super cute.

Have a great weekend to every one.

Barbara

Crazy spring weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have had a good beginning to our spring weather. For 4 days now we have had rain off and on and the night before last we got a tornado. I have included a picture. I was off work but it was about 4 miles from my job. I don't think it had touched down it was just skimming across the field but it looks pretty wicked.

One of the things I hate the most about living in the Texas Panhandle are the high winds that sometimes produce these tornados. We are educated at work and by the TV stations but sometimes when one is actually near I forget all about what I am supposed to do and give in to the fear that springs up in me.

I have been busy with my sewing, I am in a bag swap with my Snickerdoodle dreams buddies and my partner is in England. I am making a tote bag that is turning out to be much bigger than anticipated but hopefully she will be able to use it in some function. I have made a baby quilt and a lap quilt that I will post on here as soon as I can get some pics finished.

I took the kids to the park and came across some interesting sights I thought some of you might enjoy. First up is this sweet little bird. If you click on the picture you can see how he has puffed out his furry tummy. He was busy singing in one of the trees.

There is a lake at the park and the kids never miss a chance to feed the ducks and the swans. We also went by the Discovery Center which is a hands on museum for Kiddos and lots of the big people like it too.

When we started the walk it was clear than we were surprised by a big rain shower which is what drove us into the Discovery Center and when we came out there was this beautiful rain bow. Oh how I love rainbows.

I will finish up with the pretty budding trees. They are so many different colors right now, pinks and blues and white and lavendar and yellow. Oh yes Spring has surely sprung in the Texas Panhandle.

Thanks for taking this walk with us, I hope the sights and sounds are as pretty in your neck of the country.