Creativity and Creative People

I was wishing I could spend the entire weekend at

my sewing machine but I only managed to squeeze in 

a little bit of sewing.

First and foremost on my list of things to do was

to catch up on my Bees Knees Sewing Bee blocks!

I get so behind on these blocks... and I don't know why!

They are so fun to play with!

This block was for Kimberly W. in our Bees Knees group.

I have been wanting to make this Lori Holt pattern! 

And now that I have made one for her... I definitely need

to make an entire quilt for myself!

You can find the tutorial on Bee In My Bonnet blog.

It was a project she posted last summer.

This is another block I caught up on. It is for Cactus Needle Quilts...

Nedra! The Kona cotton fabric was wonderful to use and of course

Kaffe fabrics are always fantastic!

That's all I got done before I ran off to the "city" (Fresno)

where my sister had a book signing for her newest book at Barnes and Noble.

She writes children's books. Mostly. 

There was another author there as well.

I had to explore her books too!

I also have a quilt sample I made for FQS to show!

Here is a little photo shoot I did at my favorite "hanging tree"

in the back... or rather side of the house.

It is a new quilt by Fat Quarter Shop It's So Emma patterns.

I love this fabric line! 

It's by Jeni Baker for Art Gallery Fabrics and

it's called Curiosities.  

Jeni's blog is In Color Order.

I think it was really fun to make. I have been wanting to make a "Plus" quilt.

This is my new favorite!

Jeni had a printable on her blog last week...

it seemed perfect for me...

here is a link to it.

I printed it out and put it on my wall at work.

The timing was perfect.

I made a sample up for this quilt also, for Fat Quarter Shop,

 I  don't think I ever showed this quilt.

I'm not even sure I have a picture of it.

Sometimes things happen so fast... I barely remember making it!

It just was mailed back to me

and I have already found it a new home.

My SIL is a new grandma, so I gave it to take to her new little grand daughter.

She is going to the Bay Area to see her this weekend.

I am hoping for a good week this week.

Sending you good wishes for a good week also.

I  want to thank everyone for all the sweet comments

regarding the passing of my dad last week.

I appreciated each and every one of them and the

words stayed with me and helped me to get through last week.

I am keeping "Just Today" in mind.

Losing two parents in such a short amount of time

is hard but I will focus on the good memories

and the good things that life brings.

There are a lot of blessings to be counted!

Midweek Mosaic

A very functional tool in the garden.

Each one has lots of character.

Beautiful, even with rust and chippy paint.

Using A Boxing Term

As you might have read last week, my dad was in the hospital 

after falling and breaking his hip socket. Actually it was shattered.

In a blink of an eye a life can change.

It can take away someone you love.

I am so sorry to say that it did.

He had been a feisty man... his entire life.

Yet he had a huge soft spot too!

I have to call it a T.K.O.

(technical knock out, in boxing terms)

Yesterday there was an intense storm in my area.

There was thunder just rolling above for a half an hour and

wind so strong it blew the rain sideways.

There was even hail.

Hail in July!?!

I thought to myself...

awe, my dad made it to Heaven!

I knew he would make a ruckus when he got there!

I also knew these things about him...

he was a dreamer.

he told stories... often and repeatedly. (smile)

he made me laugh.

he loved his mother.

he was a good man.

A Little Chicken Feed

I sent this one off to the LAQ a couple of months ago.

It's Chicken Feed by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company.

The fabric was by Thimble Blossoms.

It was one of the projects from AYOS 

(Another Year of Schnibbles... from last year).

I thought it would be a great picnic quilt

for this summer.

I just received it from my quilter this morning.

I have the checkered fabric in blue as the backing and

I will use the same for the binding. Maybe. 

Unless... I find the rest of my leftover fabric from this collection

and then I would consider making a scrappy binding.

Kind of cute, huh?

The only problem is... is that I thought it was so much bigger.

I went back and found the first photo of the completed quilt.

It seemed larger in that picture too.

I guess that just means I need to make a super sized version

of this Chicken Feed pattern!

Here is a close up of the quilting. It's similar to a Baptist Fan.

My poor weekend started off by getting a call in the wee hours.

My dad had fallen and was being taken to ER.

The hospital is about 45 minutes from my home.

So the day was spent with my poor dad.

He indeed had fallen and got pretty banged up in the process.

The worst part is that he shattered his hip socket. He also is on blood thinners and

there is a very large hematoma pushing his bladder over to the right side.

They have their work cut out for them and

he has a long journey ahead of him. 

By the time I got Evie... I was so tired!

But we played and played and played some more.

I just didn't get to the art projects.

Oh well, next time.