It’s a different world

My friends are visiting and we are sitting around the breakfast table.  Now-a-days we have our iPads and Kindles at hand to look stuff up.

On my design wall

A very bad photo of what is on my design wall……

….a black and white tumbler quilt in the process of being pieced.
See more design walls at Judy’s blog.

Blog envy

Some bloggers that I follow post several times a day, some daily, and some weekly.  I envy those bloggers because they are consistent.  I, on the other hand, am very inconsistent, blogging in spurts and sometimes not blogging at all for weeks on end.  Not promising anything, but I really am going to try to blog more often…….maybe.

You see, it is embarrassing to blog about putting another jigsaw puzzle together when you have endless UFOs waiting to be finished. 

What have I been working on?  Here is my latest project – all ready to be quilted.  It is a banner for my church and will be used on Christmas Eve.

Some of the holly leaves are dimensional. There is a star in the center of the upper circle which will have gold thread hand sewn around it after quilting and maybe the flames also.  (For those that might not know, the three purple candles, one pink candle and one white candle make up what is called an Advent Wreath.)  I made the candles oversized because this banner will be seen from a distance.

Non-Reply

Several people have asked me about the pattern for my pumpkin quilt.  First of all, the comments were "non-reply" and when I was able to at least get to your blog, you had no email address listed.  I cannot answer questions if you do not give me an email address.  Either change your settings so that the "non-reply" is eliminated and it shows your email address, or send me a regular email instead of just a comment.

Also, asking about the "pumpkin" quilt is not specific enough.  There were pumpkins in three of the quilts I showed on my blog.  Which quilt are you asking about?

I will be glad to share information, so please give me your contact information.  Thanks.

Bonnie

Thoughts on Sunday

1.  Even though I knew that my “what will people think” way of living was not good, I still forced myself to wash my dishes in case someone stopped by, make my bed in case someone might see my mussed up sheets, clean my house when company was coming, and put things away because I heard the echo of my mother’s voice saying “pick up your room Bonnie”.  Yesterday, at my advanced age, it suddenly dawned on me that I liked my bed made, I like having the dishes washed, I like having things put away.  It was an A-HA moment realizing that the chore of cleaning for someone else was replaced by the joy of  cleaning for my benefit.
2.  My quilt studio is quite large and is in the basement.  I can leave it a mess when I am in the midst of a project.  I prefer it nice and neat, but it is very difficult to work on a quilt project and have everything neat at the same time.  The same is true when I make cards.  But I still prefer it all cleaned up.

UFO night

Thursday evening my friend Christine and I had a UFO party.  She worked on knitting a sweater, struggling to figure out where she was in the pattern.  It had been eight years since she picked it up!

I worked on turning some holly leaves for a church banner that I am making.

We had a “comfort food” dinner before starting in on our projects.  Salad, Mac & Cheese, and broccoli, along with garlic bread and the overflowing apple cake.

I also worked on the binding of a little wool applique quilt done by my friend Moe.  Notice anything unusual???????

Christine and I talked more than we worked on our UFOs, so I think we will have to have another UFO night. 

My cake overfloweth

If you put your cake recipe in a pan that is too small, guess what happens!

(I ate the overflow and it was very good!)

On another subject, I had to restrict comments on my blog because even though I don’t get many comments, lately I have been getting a lot of spam comments.  I just don’t understand why people do this.  Does someone actually think that I am waiting for an email/comment so I can buy their drugs?  Does anybody respond to those kinds of emails?  It is very irritating and so unnecessary.  I’m NOT going to buy your drugs Anonymous, so stop bothering me.  (End of rant.)
Company is coming for supper tonight and we are having comfort food – Mac & Cheese, and the above overflowing apple cake.  Yum.  We are going to spend the evening working on UFOs.  After the comfort food, we may fall asleep though.  Hmmmm.  Better make some coffee.