Off On Another Tangent!!

"Moth Eaten"
is what I've come up with for my next series of blocks. I'm planning twelve blocks total. As those of you who are followers, you know that when I get something in my head, I'm on a mission to get it done........ Until it comes to the quilting part....sigh!!
I was talking with Mr. Cowboy when a moth flew into the room from nowhere the other day. Of course I had to eliminate it which was not an easy task because said moth was fleet winged. No really, I couldn't catch the little flittering critter. Mr. Cowboy was laughing his head off as I chased the moth around the house yelling for him to help me. Finally, with heavy breathing, a sweaty brow and a near missed fall, I pulled out the big guns. No, not the shotgun, although I did contemplate it, but that would have caused major hole damage. Plus, Mr. Cowboy stood in front of the gun vault thingy. I used Raid, of course!! A can in each hand. I nearly drenched myself before I could take out the moth. I thought I'd need oxygen afterwards.
With that said, here's my first moth, not a block yet because I haven't figured out what I want as a background.

I decided to to the 'death-face' moth from Silence of the Lambs and after surfing the Net I found out what it would look like and drew off my own interpretation. Then I dug into the old stash for possible colors.

Using Steam-a-Seam II Lite or Heat N Bond Lite, I traced off the parts needed.

Next, I cut out parts. Above are most of them. I did have a minor problem with the fan blowing things around.

Finally, here's my moth. I'll think of a background later.

Chickens in the Box

I was clearing out some old scraps the other day from a box in my garage. I'd started to just throw it out without looking inside but got curious. Thank goodness for curiosity because lookie what I found... CHICKENS!!! This is a quilt from a long ago block swap. All I'll need to go is put a binding on it. Surely I can get that done before long!!!

Autumn

I've often talked about my "wacky" girlfriends who come up with loads of crazy ideas usually involving something painful, well not painful but some loony sewing project.  The following is one of the first weird things we participated in years ago before I knew what I was really getting into.
But first, these are the "sisters" I'm so fond of.  As you can see, they have influenced me and not in a good way.... LOL  One of our beloved sisters passed away over a year ago (Jerri, seated in floral) but she is always with us in spirit and always manages to make us laugh to this day.  Her favorite line.... "Not it!" when we hatched with some outrageous idea.

 This project started as a wild idea at a retreat years ago. I think one of the girls had had a couple of too strong coffees or something. Anyway, we all wound up at a local quilt shop with goals of looking for a fabric for each of us.  Something unusual that could be use as a background. I chose the  marble-y brownish woodsy sort.... boy was that a mouth full.

 Once each of us chose and purchased our background fabrics, we brainstormed about what to do next. Notice we tend to plan as we go.... LOL

My theme was "Autumn" and each person was to make one or two block with that theme in mind.

Some of the ladies really got creative and ambitious.

One group member decided to make hands and hearts to go in each quilt top.

Note the spider in this block..... very funny, someone.... very funny!

I was really happy with the overall quilt and how well the background fabric worked out. At the time this was made, I was not very good at making sure the quilt squared up but it was definitely a learning experience and one of "MANY" that I've ventured into with my "wacky" girlfriends.
Final measurement 44" X 62"

My Age Is Showing

I'm 55 and proud of that, however........the world is rushing by muddling up my tiny, little brain.  There are so many things I don't understand or can't catch on to until much later.........for example......Webring.....heard it a few years ago but the term went right over my head until just recently.....with the facebook, blog followers, swap-mate, etc.........oh, I get it.......web, as in website....ring, as in ring of friends or like minded people........Finally....got that one........

Onto the term WOOT.....didn't have a clue as to what that meant until one of my boy's explained it's slang for victory or accomplishment..........after hearing this, I was still puzzled because how the heck do you get victory from WOOT....I ask you?
Finally, F.A.P.  ...............anyone?  Thought not!
I still don't know what the letters stand for but I do ....now know what happens when you get fapped........it seems I went over my "limit" of bites or whatever, on the Net so my Internet provided cut off my link-up......OMG..........$%^&*()~+_)(*&^~^&*()#
Not to worry. A very nice technician explained it all to me in little bitty words and helped to solve my problem.  So I'm back on the Net and will never do whatever I did to get "fapped" again......LOL

I'm smiling again.

What's My Password

Duhhhh.....Funny story......"now"........The other day I turned on my computer, logged onto the Internet and typed in what I thought at that moment...was my password for my "e-mail". Well, several tries later and a few choice words, it told me that my password was incorrect and to go thru the necessary steps to identify myself.......~$%~^#&*$%+}%{~ Alrighty then! I tried that but was unseccessful. What in the world? I gave up and started the next day.........same problem.......It was at this time that I went in search for my "password" book......you know that little book that you wrote all of those pesky passwords to you "E", myspace, your blog, the counter, shutterfly, flickr, dumpr, etc., etc., etc. Anyway, as soon as I located that book, without even opening it, my password popped into my little brain.......you know.......the real one that I wasn't typing in in the first place. You may be wondering why I'm sharing this little story......the answer to that is I don't know........maybe it will help someone else out there in blogger-land. The moral of this experience..........write it down, then tie a string around your finger to remind you of what you wrote down; next use a post-it note to tell you why you have a string tied around your finger; finally tell a family member or BFF why there's a post-it note on you frig reminding you of the string and what it was you wrote.