Sun Dying

Today was great!  I was in charge of the sun dying at our Undercover Gals quilt group.  We have done this about 3 years in a row now.  It is always so much fun for everyone, that nobody wants to miss it.
This year we invited another quilting group called Bethel Homemakers.  My friend Barb also [...]

Quilting Meme

I have been fascinated by blogs for about a year now. I have never participated in a meme, but I have read many.
A meme is something that travels quickly from one person to another, whether through email, blogs or some other way. When a meme is found on a blog, it is usually a list, [...]

Some Favorites

Some of my friends that have blogs have been posting some of their favorite things, so I thought I would too.
Ok, no question Bizzy is my favorite. She is my only grandchild. She is getting a new brother in the next month or so. Elizabeth is 3. She called me today [...]

And the Winner Is……..

Thank you all so much for making the last day really fun for Steve and me. We have been watching the guesses come in for our contest. And we stayed up until midnite to see what the final count was. (yep, we need a life!)
Yesterday, we had a total of 784 hits [...]

Welcome to the Farm!

Lots of visitors in the last few days are new. Welcome!
I want to assure you that my main interests in life are art quilting, longarm (machine) quilting, traditional quilting, family, grandchildren and cows. Not necessarily in that order!
Here is a little art quilt that seems appropriate for the day. It is [...]

Contest and “Common”

Let’s see who can guess:
1. how many hits my blog will get today
2. and how many times the topic “Paradigm Shift” is viewed today.
Both numbers will be determined by wordpress stats. Contest ends at 6pm, Eastern time, July 27, 2007.
I will dream up some prize for the winner. Winner will [...]

Paradigm Shift

What happens when several thousand people belong to an online group that has a long-standing set of rules, and then the rules change mid-stream?  A paradigm shift.
I have just watched this happen.  I have belonged to an online group that has become my internet “home”.  But because of the paradigm shift, it no longer feels [...]

Irving Lester

Several of us have been discussing fabric choices in one of the many quilting forums that I belong to. One asked if we buy a piece of fabric that we love without a specific plan for it.
I do, because I know that eventually I will have a need for it. When I bought [...]

Funeral

My friend buried her son today.  Words cannot express how sad the day was.  I was in charge of the kitchen at the fire hall for the funeral dinner.  Well over 200 were fed in a hall that seats 150.  I am exhausted, but glad I was able to help.  My quilting friends pitched right [...]

“Uncertainty”

In the near future, I will be posting pictures of some of my art quilts. I know that many of you are my “regular readers” (friends and family) and it will be repetitious for you. But I do hope that this will be a blog where I can express myself freely through art [...]