The Eyes Have It!

 Before I begin this post......does anyone have suggestions as to how I can respond to the comments left on each post. I'm at a loss. I use to get notifications via email but now.....NOTHING. It's frustrating because I really want to respond.  HELP!!!!!!!

Okay!

So, when I taught fourth graders, each Friday was art day. We had a blast. I'd stand at the chalkboard with a large piece of paper taped to it and all my pencils at hand. The kids were seated at their desks with all their pencils and colors. That's one of the things I miss greatly.  Anyway, I decided to pick up drawing again.  It will take some time to get back up to speed so I'm grateful for youTube lessons.

I was using Mr. Cowboy's golf pencils so the shading is not very good at all.  I'll need to practice these steps several time over until I'm happy with the look.

Until next time. Stay safe everyone!!!

  

Nuts About....Blog Hop!!

Greetings everyone!
 It's my day to post about what I'm "Nuts About!" First things first. I really appreciate Marian for inviting me to participate. She is a great hostess!! Make sure you pop in on her blog, as there are great give-aways each day that she talks about!!

Here is the schedule of bloggers who are involved in this wonderful February hop.

February 4, 2016
Words & Stitches
Moose Stash
Vroomans Quilts
Quilt In Pieces

February 5, 2016
Just Let Me Quilt
DesertSky
Lulu & Celeste
Marjorie's Busy Corner
Tea Time Creations

February 8, 2016
Batts In The Attic
Life In The Scrapatch
Quilting Affection
Ravelly's  -You are here!!
In The Boon Docks

February 9, 2016
Quilting Queen Online
Elizabeth Coughlin
Bumbleberry Cottage
All Things Sewn

February 10, 2016
MeadowBrook
Sew Many Yarns
From This To That
Seams To Be Sew

Make sure you stop by each blogger to see what they have come up with.

Here's what I came up with because I'm a bit off kilter and have been known to go a little nuts.....

My attempt at sketching a design.

Fabrics chosen and I sewed peanut type lines. Notice the wildly nutty eyes....yeah, that's my expression most of the time.....heheheheheheh

I went with a cross-word type puzzle to name a lot of the things I'm nuts about. 

1. I love studying the bible. Jesus is my Counselor, my refuge.
2. My mom is my best friend, of course, followed by my wonderful Cowboy who is always there to support me, even going so far as to advise me on quilting designs. Surprisingly, he's right 95% of the time.....hummmmmm
3. I love baking and cooking meals for family and neighbors. My favorite foods are shrimp and candy....not eaten together, BTW!!! I can eat a bag of Skittles on the way home from the market but let's keep that bit of knowledge between you and me.
4. I had to add fabric and sewing. That's in my blood. Our local quilt shop just announced that it's going out of business so I'm chomping at the bit to shop there one more time to aid them reducing so much inventory.
5. I love movies such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Guarding Tess, The Sound of Music, The Thomas Crown Affair, just to name a few. I've seen these movies so many times while in my sewing studio that I don't even have to look up to know what's going on.
6. I am nuts about jigsaw puzzles to the point that when I start one, I am fixated on it until it's completed to the exclusion of anything else. That includes no sewing. I barely stop to eat. I know that sounds a bit "nuts" but that's just the way I roll.
7. And finally, I'm nuts about my Wacky girlfriends who are like sisters to me. We are always coming up with 'wacky' things to get into and are supportive when one of us going off the deep end on a fabric spree. We are so close that we once went on a sewing cruise but wound up not doing much sewing but enjoyed the sites and locals a lot. That's all I'll say because we all know, "What happens on a cruise, stays on the cruise!"  

Here's a close up of the tiny meandering I did around the peanut area.

This quilt measures 31 /12" by 21 1/2".

Now to the give aways....... 

from the wonderful folks at the Fat Quarter Shop   

&

Free pattern from Any Pattern.com

To enter click on the link below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

A Winner & Tutorial

Sorry it's taken me so long to announce the winner from my 1000th-ish post. Life got in the way. So the winner is





Jenny! Congratulations to you. Just leave a comment then I'll email you for the particulars.

Now, for the tutorial.

If you have chosen a background that is close to the color of your focus fabric and all seems to blend together (this photo is not a very good representation but will work out) not to worry. There's an easy way to fix it without scrapping the block.

Choose a light shade of gray. Using your original design trace, what I call, "outline" or "shadow" shapes on adhesive for varied areas of your block.

 Press adhesive onto gray fabric and apply to areas on your block.

It is not necessary to outline or shadow all around the block. Your eyes will fill in the rest.

I hope this helps will all the projects where needed.

Good News...........Catching Up

It's all "good news"..........First of all, Happy first of June!

The winner of all those wonderful patterns is.......
Needled Mom!  Congratulations. Just email me your address and I'll get those out to you. My "E" is on my "About Me" page.

I've mailed out my two swap items.....the apron I'm showing off is from the "Pin Up Girls" swap with Val as hostess and the T-towel (which I made one for myself) is from Betsy's swap (closed swap at this time). It was a close call but I managed to get busy at the last moment.......LOL

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Memorial weekend.  If you are following my tutorial for "Just In Time for the 4th," there's plenty of time to catch up from TUTORIAL #1 and TUTORIAL #2 links.  Eagles is the subject matter and having fun while experimenting with fabrics is the name of the game.

And The Winner Is.....

I could hardly wait to draw a name from the hat. So with on further ado..........the winner of those patterns is...........................

JURRA.......rockets firing, balloons bursting, bands playing and all the rest.

Congratulations Jurra. Just e-mail me your address and I'll mail your goodies out to you next week.