Quilting

Every single morning when I get up, I have to decide what I am going to wear. Sometimes it is an easy decision, other times it is tough. There are days when I look in the mirror and sigh (hurmph). Do I look sharp or frumpy. But each and every day, the garden is dressed with no cares. The seeds were planted, and they know what they will produce. We water and fertilize and wait for the beautiful show. Some of the fruit are beautiful, and some are a little wonky. But they taste delicious just the same. "Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith? "Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first God's Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself."Encourage One Another

Patricia Pepe knows just what quilters want and her X-Blocks rulers deliver! I think all quilters love the look of complicated quilt-especially when they know it’s not as hard as it looks.  The X-Blocks series of rulers use nothing harder than either 3 strips or a 9 patch block.  My second favorite thing about them is the versatility.  You can use these rulers for so many varied design options

Ik heb een achtergrond gemaakt met tagxedo en deze op stof uitgeprint.Een foto op organza geprint, uitgeknipt en bewerkt metpaintsticks en machinaal stikwerk.

They are digging a hole in front of our house.I haven't gotten close to it, but I believe the hole goes on to infinity. We are getting a new road. The construction has been going on for a month. Sigh. We have been told it will go until November. At least by November the windows will be shut. We have had really lovely weather here the first 2 weeks of June. Lovely weather. The kind of weather where you want all the doors and windows open. It's not just the dust, and it's not just the "tearing up and digging noise", it's the BEEP BEEP BEEP every moving vehicle makes when they are in reverse. If I lose it - and start talking in tongues - it will be because of that BEEP. Never have I looked forward to hot weather. I will this year. It means the windows will be shut and the air conditioning turned on full blast. And don't get me started on our driveway. RIP driveway.In other news......Polly has started to list some rug hooking kits on our Etsy site. They will be on our website too in a day or so. You can find the kits HERE - and there will be more posted in the next couple of days. Ta TaLaurie

Every month I have been entering one UFO in A Lovely Year of Finishes hosted by Melissa and Shanna. I was one of the lucky winners. I won this package of Aurifil thread for finishing my bowl wall hanging last month. The purple spool is wool thread which will be nice to use when I get around to working on wool again. Melissa and Shanna have gotten some great sponsors. You can join in next month. Here is where you can read about the guidelines to enter your UFO next month. Thanks Melissa and Shanna for hosting and to Aurifil for being a great sponsor.With Passion,Carrie P.

I posted a while back about a sew along I was doing. I got my fabrics cut right away and I was so excited. Fast forward to last Wednesday when the instructions for the second week came out. We were to make 140 blocks from the fabric we had previously cut. OK...I can do that, I thought. Well, one thing led to another and the days went by. Suddenly I realized it was Monday already and I'd not sewn one block together. So yesterday I started sewing and I've been sewing today and I now have 70 blocks finished. I have some of the sewing done on 20 more, so hopefully I can get some more done later today. But I'm pretty sure they won't all be done by the time the next set of instructions come out tomorrow! LOL

I’m down to the last 8 weeks or so before everything for the next book has to be turned in. That means there is a ton of stuff going on behind the scenes…and I’m buried in it!  Stuff that doesn’t make for interesting blog posts – stuff about yardage requirements, how best to describe assembling “That border” and all that goes into throwing this together! That means – for the first time in a

This little wren has been eluding mefor several days. He sits on theshepherds hook outside myliving room window.But everytime I grab my camera,he's gone before I get to him.Hearing him singing outside the window,I sneak up with my camera, and wait for the little guy to appear.Instead of landing on the shepherd hook,he landed right in front of me,providing the perfect shot. He even sang to me. I'm in seventh Heaven!

the winner of the connecting threads giveaway is ... kelly o.congrats to you, kelly!!!email me: rachel at psiquilt dot comthanks to all of y'all that entered.xo, rachel

We have a winner! Congratulations to Gemini Jen NZ for winning the huge give-away from our friends at the Fat Quarter Shop Jen has won 15 yards of fabric for the Fat Quarter Shop’s Deck-ade the Halls quilt. But really, everyone is a winner … as we can all download the free Deck-ade the Halls patterns to complete this gorgeous quilt. Jen, check your email for a message from me.