Why Not.....Well, Change of Plans

Ok, so after thinking and then sleeping on it, here's what I decided.....

Here's the Jack O' Lantern I chose but.......well you'll see.

Most of you know my methods of using Heat N' Bond or Steam A Seam to trace off the design pieces then fuse them onto the chosen fabrics so I won't go into that. But I will show pics.

I use the original design to see if I like the placement of the fabrics.

So far so good.

Here I've placed all the parts onto the black background. Now here's where I've changed my mind.....again!!!! I decided to make pumpkins instead of the Jacks. The grandbabies liked that idea more, so I'm going with what they suggested. I'll do a bit of handwork for the tendrils and the veins in the leaves later. 

What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear from you.  BTW, Mr. Cowboy is out in the hay fields doing more cutting. I thought this part was over. Thank goodness he has help and I'm not involved this time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one. I've missed getting in the sewing room, fondling the fabric and making a good mess!!

And another thing. Since Blogger is sort of messed up with the comment thingy, I have started responding to comments on the comment pop-up. So if you needed an answer from me, I try to answer there.

 

2013, What a Year!

What a wonderful year 2013 was.

I got into making mug rugs and could not stop myself. I loved making and giving them away.

I made a few quilt tops and actually machine quilted a couple.

This past Autumn, I was inspired by a little boy whose mom was worried about his inability to speak. One day, and I'm not sure about the entire thing, he heard Katy Perry's "Roar" on TV or radio and he began to listen and sing to it. Needless to say, his mom was over the moon about it.

I heard about this on TV and was overwhelmed and of course cried like a baby because I thought we don't know what can touch or help another person...and wasn't it great that a song could awaken a child and give a family hope.

I decided to put Katy's song to my 2013 slide show. I hope you enjoy the show.

Who knows what I'll get into in

2014!!

Stars for QOV

This is my Design Wall Monday.... make sure you pop over to Judy's to see what others are up to.

After re-reading the instructions for the QOV...... you know me..... sew first, read later..... LOL
I went back and added a sprinkle of varied shaped stars on the quilt top..... I really like this better. As soon as I get the borders sewn on, I'll be sending this baby off.

To Each His Own with......

To each his own with a little common sense......
If you're wondering what's up with this post, I'll explain. I live in Texas which is under a severe draught, meaning there has been little to no rain all summer (3 months). This means it's very, very, very dry here, the grass is brown, trees are suffering, flowers... what flowers! You get the picture. To top it all off we've had a lot of fires... very devastating but what is more, several of them have been started from someone pitching their cigarette butts out of their car windows..... which brings me to my little rant.

I have nothing against smokers and before you say, "Yea right!" My dad was a chain smokers so I've been exposed to smoke. I'm okay with that, I don't smoke myself but as I said, "To each his own." The problem I have is that if you're smoking in your car and don't use the ashtray, oh dear, what's up with that? Some of my friends have said that they have "stuff" in their ashtrays (keys, change, lipstick, etc.).... Okay, I'm not understanding that but that's just me. However, it is very careless of someone to pitch a still lit butt out of the car window, especially in TEXAS right now (I'm saying that because I live in Texas but I'm sure other draught riddled states would appreciate it as well). Please think about what you are doing with those butts.
Our firefighters place their lives on the line for us everyday but I'm just disturbed that something so careless as pitching a cigarette butt out of a car window can lead to so much destruction and death.
I didn't post this to offend anyone but just to remind all of us, please be aware.

Whatsit?

I saw this beauty the other day but have no idea what it is.  Any ideas, anyone????

Earth Hour

"Earth Hour", you ask?
Let me explain.
Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wide Fund for Nature better known as World Wildlife Fund.  It's held on the last Saturday of March annually.
People around the world are asked to turn off their nonessential lights and any other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
But, also, imagine how much power will be saved if as many people as possible participate.
I'm in. Mark your calendars for March 26, 2011.

Happy Easter

Jesus rose with all power in His hands.
His death and resurrection cleansed us of our sins.
He asceded into Heaven....
He intercedes on our behalf.

Happy Easter

Inaugural Day 2009

I have attempted to embed some "youTube" clips to chronicle this road to the White House as I saw it. So, please mute my sidebar music and see through my eyes for a few minutes, if you please. Today, January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. And as I watched this process for the tenth time in my lifetime, I was both excited and somber. Excited because history was being made, that we now have an African American as President for the first time in history and somber because for the first time in history, we have an African American as our President. I thought long and hard about this post, wanting to keep my celebration private with family members but also wanting to share my happiness with friends. When I was a girl in elementary school, we sang each morning, without fail, My Country Tis of Thee, America the Beautiful, This Land is Your Land, God Bless America. Those songs and my parents teachings instilled in me a strong patriotism and love for our country, its many diverse peoples, even though I could not receive all that my country offered at that time. I have to tell you, I still tear up when I here the Star Spangled Banner and get chills when I hear the nation's band play Hail to the Chief. I have never wavered in my love and belief in America and its people. I have clung to the words of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jesse Jackson, who had to put aside his pride & ego and accept what our new century's people are saying. That we have to grow & get past the past. That we are becoming a better America truly one nation, under God. I live in a country where I can speak freely of that which I believe strongly, standing shoulder to shoulder with another who may be against that of which I speak. And, you know, I'm alright with that. It's the American way, our differences and the things in which we are so very similar make us stronger. My deepest sorrow about our new President is that some will view him as "the black man" who became president instead of just a man with great character and intellect who became president. It shouldn't be relevant but sadly it is. I am going to give President Obama the same chance to prove himself that I gave Presidents Johnson, Ford, Nixon, Reagan, Carter, Bush, Clinton and Bush. After all the fanfare and hoopla, that's when his work and our work begins. The last thing I wish to say to all, "My hand is ready and I extend it lovingly."