CHICAGO CUBS...GAME ON!!!

HELLO FELLOW BLOGGERS,

I TOOK A FEW PICS OF HUBBY GOING TO THE CUBS GAME TUES EVENING. HE IS A "MAJOR" SPORTS FAN AND HE GOT THIS CUBS SHIRT FOR FATHER'S DAY SO THOUGHT I POST A PICTURE. HE TOOK OUR SON (WHO IS A CHICAGO WHITE SOX FAN) WITH HIM AND THAT NIGHT THEY HAD GREAT WEATHER (EVEN IF THE CUBS LOST)!!

ALSO, COULD NOT HELP TAKING A FEW PICS OF MY BABY, "COOPER". HE IS SUCH A "DEVIL" OF A PUPPY RIGHT NOW. HE IS TEETHING SO ANYTHING HARD (WOOD, ROCKS, ETC.) ARE FAIR GAME. HE ALSO THINKS WILD RABBITS IN THE YARD ARE THERE FOR HIM TO PLAY WITH! WHAT A DOG!!

AM VISITING WOOSTER, OHIO THIS WEEKEND TO SEE MY COUSIN (AND HER NEW HORSE) SO WON'T BE POSTING. JUST THE "GIRLS" ARE GOING, SO THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME!

HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THEIR WEEKEND,

HUGS,

MARY

BECKY FROM THE QUILTING BOOKLADY BLOG IS HAVING A GIVE-AWAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!!

OK , I WILL DEFINATELY PLAY!

MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME IS WINTER WHIMSIES BY SUELLEN COCHRANE WASSEM IN WHICH I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE COVER. THE NAME OF THIS QUILT IS CALLED A SAMPLING OF SNOWMEN. I JUST LOVED, LOVED, LOVED MAKING THIS QUILT BECAUSE IT WAS ALL SNOWMEN! IT WAS HAND PIECED AND APPLIQUED USING THE BUTTONHOLE STITCH BY HAND. EVERY WINTER I PULL IT OUT AND UP ON THE WALL IT GOES! HERE ARE PICTURES OF THE BOOK AND QUILT.

BECKY I HOPE YOU HAVE GLORIOUS BIRTHDAY AND THIS WAS FUN TO BE A PART OF!

HUGS,

MARY

NEW FABRICS I WON FROM KAREN AT SEW PRIMITIVE QUILTS.BLOGSPOT.COM

Yesterday I received the most beautiful, cool fabrics from Karen at Sew Primitive Quilts. I love her blog: http://sewprimitivequilts.blogspot.com. Check it out, her projects are always sooo original! I think I will use some of this fabric to make some of my Missouri Stars blocks. I love it all, especially the purples and "hot" greens!!! Thank you again Karen!!

What is everyone doing for the weekend, any quilting projects??

Keep smiling,

Hugs,

Mary

MONDAY JUNE 18, 2008

HAPPY BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU DAD'S!!

YESTERDAY WAS SPENT PAMPERING HUBBY! AFTER CHURCH, WE WENT OUT FOR BREAKFAST WHERE WE FATTENED UP ON PANCAKES AND WAFFLES!! OH, HE LOVED THAT! THEN WENT TO OUR LOCAL POOL TO HANG OUT, BUT THE RAIN BLEW IN, SO WE ENDED UP AT THE MOVIE THEATER. WE SAW "THE HAPPENING" (DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY...KIND OF A SILLY MOVIE, LOTS OF BLOOD), BUT THAT WAS HIS CHOICE. THEN ONCE HOME HAD A BARBEQUE FOR HIM. HE IS A VERY HARD WORKER, AS HE WORKS 6 DAYS A WEEK AT HIS FAMILY BUSINESS. BUT HE IS AN AWESOME DAD TO OUR THREE KIDS!! HE WORKS SO HARD SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEMSELVES AND FOR THAT I AM TRULY GRATEFUL AND BLESSED!

MY OWN FATHER DIED IN 2004 FROM CANCER, SO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HIM MANY TIMES YESTERDAY ! HE WAS ALSO AN AWESOME DAD! HE RAISED 4 DAUGHTERS ALONG WITH MY MOM AND WORKED TWO JOBS TO DO IT! WE HAD PRIVATE "PAROCIAL" EDUCATION AND DROVE EVERY SPRING TO FLORIDA. "HIS GIRLS" ALWAYS CAME FIRST IN HIS MIND AND HEART, SO AM SENDING UP A HUGH KISS AND HUG TO HEAVEN, AS I KNOW HE IS UP THERE! MISS YOU DAD WITH ALL MY HEART!

BACK TO QUILTING...LAST WEEK I WON SOME FABRIC FROM KAREN AT "SEW PRIMITIVE QUILTS" BLOG, YEAH! I RARELY WIN ANYTHING, SO IT WAS A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED WIN! I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!! THANK YOU KAREN!

I AM READY TO SEW BLOCK THREE OF THE MISSOURI STAR. HERE IS PIC OF BLOCK ONE AND BLOCK TWO (HAVE TO PUT A FEW FINISHING TOUCHES ON BLOCK TWO) AND THEN OFF TO BLOCK THREE! AM LOVING THE PROCESS NOW, AS I AM PIECING BY HAND. WHAT DO I DO WHEN PIECING BY HAND? YOU ASK....WELL, WATCH TV! I LOVE "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE" WHICH IS ON NOW FOR THE SUMMER...AS THEY ARE ALL DANCING I AM SEWING, JUST LOVE IT!

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

"IT'S NOT WAITING OUT THE STORM...IT'S LEARNING HOW TO DANCE IN THE RAIN"
ANONYMOUS

"IF YOU LIFE TO BE 100 YEARS OLD, I WANT TO LIVE TO BE A 100 YEARS ALSO, ONLY MINUS ONE DAY, SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BE ALONE WITHOUT YOU!" WINNIE THE POOH.

WELL, HAPPY SEWING!

HUGS,

MARY

MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2008

UP TO MY ELBOWS IN STARS....


I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT! THE FIRST TIME I PIECED THE SQUARES AND TRIANGLES BY MACHINE...WHICH DID NOT WORK! THEN I CUT ALL THE PIECES OUT AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME PIECED BY HAND...AND WALLA, THEY FIT! NOW ONLY HAVE TO DO 33 MORE BLOCKS! I HAVE BLOCK TWO CUT OUT AND READY TO BE SEWN, SO WILL BE WORKING ON THIS FOR AWHILE!

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?

OH, I HAVE A REALLY INTERESTING QUESTION. IT WAS ON JEANNE KIMBALL'S BLOG, "WHY DO YOU QUILT"?
I QUILT BECAUSE I LOVE TO WORK WITH MY HANDS. BUT IN ANSWERING THAT QUESTION I FOUND I HAVE SO MANY ANSWERS. I ALSO LOVE THE FEELING OF FINISHING SOMETHING, WHETHER IT IS A BLOCK, A BORDER, A VINE, I TRULY LOVE TO APPLIQUE BY HAND. I LOVE THE PORTABILITY OF IT AND ALSO THE THERAPY THAT GOES INTO JUST SITTING QUIETLY AND SEWING. QUILTING HAS GIVEN ME CONFIDENCE AND ALSO CALMS ME WHEN LIFE GETS A LITTLE HECTIC. I HAVE GAINED SO MUCH OUT OF QUILTING AND THE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET IS JUST A BONUS!!

WHY DO YOU QUILT?

HAPPY SEWING,

HUGS, MARY

Sunday, June 1st!

They say a picture can say a thousand words, well...look at this picture and it surely does! Yep those are my "young adults?!?!?!? and teen" playing with Cooper!! They were all jumping around like a bunch of first graders! Oh, Happy Times!! And that's my oldest playing with the puppy, Cooper!! This is why we can't seem to get anything done now adays!!

OK so back to these "darn" Missouri Stars, am posting one pic of two blocks that I am working on...can you see the right square is a "little too high", I measured then re-measured, recut and have come to the conclusion that the magazine's dimensions are off! Now am measuring my own sizes of triangles and squares for block! Never done this before, so this should be exciting! Haven't pressed it yet, so might be able to "smudge" these "___" triangles and squares together. I really wish there was a paper-pieced version. That would make this project sooooo much easier! I think this quilt will have a lot of little "issues" with construction, but I just love how the stars are coming together (without the triangles and squares, ofcourse), so will keep plodding along, as they say...

Thanks for all who comment on my progress, this one is a doosey!!

Happy Sewing Hugs,

Mary

This really is a sewing blog not a Dog blog, but Cooper is just too darn cute, that I have to share!!