Miss Priss

Guest blogger today:

Gayle calls me Miss Priss, but my name is Prissy.  I came to live here when I was just a few days old.  It was the day before Gayle’s Mom (Dorothy)  came on her last visit to PA in 2004.  Dorothy was a nice lady.  She fed me out of a bottle.  She [...]

Santa tracking

We have been tracking Santa.  Have you?  Make sure you check it out…. you can see him flying toward your house.
Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

Kettle of Nighthawks

Yesterday there was a big flock of birds that visited again.  We have seen them about every other day for the last few weeks.  Usually they are in the pasture or the front yard.  Sometimes there are so many it feels like I am in Hitchcock’s movie “The Birds”.
I finally got enough pictures that I [...]

Brrrrrr

temp 1
wind 25mph
wind chill -22
“If you cant say anything nice……”
I’ve got nothin more to say.

Birds

In case you hadnt noticed, I enjoy photography.  And birds.  And photographing birds.  Sometimes it is hard to get a shot of them quickly enough.  The camera is in the other room, or I am busy quilting or sewing, or I am washing dishes,  when I see something picture worthy.
Today I got lucky.  I was [...]

Log Cabin Diamond Star

This is a quilt that I started in October, and finally finished this week.  I quilted it last week, bound it over the weekend, washed and labeled it yesterday, shipped it to it’s home today.  I hope Sue and Eric enjoy it.
It has Quilter’s Dream Puff batting, white thread, a variety of feather patterns and [...]

Joe rocks

Joe rocks.  Yes he does.  Joe Boxer that is.
I am a pajama connoisseur.  I know good jammies when I have em on.  Actually, I know them when I see them.  For comfort (because nothing else really matters) they need to be a little bit big, all cotton, no lace cuz it’s itchy, elastic waist, and [...]

Red Delicious BOM started

I decided to try out the block of the month (BOM) quilt that  Esther is starting on her blog.  Actually, she started it last month, so if you want the first block, hurry HERE to get it.  (click on the Red Delicious apple on the left side when you get there so you can download [...]

Indian Embroidered Quilt

Here’s a pretty quilt that got picked up today. I love the colors of this one.

Santa’s workshop

Ive made a list….
checked it a bazillion times….
been working like crazy…..
some things worked:

some worked better:

some turned out exactly as  I envisioned:

some turned out awful.  as in rotten embroidery design that doesnt work right.  piece of crap.  pisses me off.

and i am still not finished.
how many days left???  ah….. plenty of time.