One Block

All the points are put together but not all the HST are trimmed. I trimmed only three so I could at least do one of the blocks that I was supposed to have done today. I do not like being behind but at least I am sewing. I planed to trim again tomorrow and sew the rest of the blocks. Hopefully I will get caught up over the long week end. We do have plenty of house stuff planned but I will take sewing breaks as needed.

Have a great day. Dot

Goodies from Finland

Jen, from Life's a Quilt, requested a trade a few weeks ago. She was looking for a specific fabric and was willing to exchange a small quilt for the fabric. Well; I decided to ask her if she would be willing to exchange some Finnish fabric for the fabric she was looking for and a wonderful exchange of fabric was brokered.

Here is a picture of the wonderful fabric and a little extra. The napkins are really cute, I will save them for something special. I already have ideas for the fabric and the ribbon is Christmas ribbon so I will come up with a Christmas project in the future to use that on.

I have been looking for Finnish fabric for a while but could not find any to purchase. My ancestry is Finnish and just thought it would be fun to have a small project made out of some authentic Finnish fabric. I am sooooo happy with what I have. Jen, you were spot on with your choices. I thank you very very much.

Good evening to all. Dot

A Bit Behind

I am working on my HAD but I am a bit behind. My schedule this week does not allow as much sewing time so I am a little (about 1 day) behind on the sewing instructions for this HAD.

Dancing with the Stars was a bit of a disappointment for me. I was not rooting for Kristie, now don't get riled. I just don't think she had the emotion that goes with the dancing. Her technique was great, right on, but it just didn't have the feel of more than doing the required steps as well as possible. Oh well, Jason Taylor, as far as I am concerned, was the best dancer, most improved, and learned how to dance in the process of the show. Enough of that.

Back to sewing before work. Dot

Penguins VS Red Wings

It has been decided. The two teams in the Stanley Cup finals will be Penguins and Red Wings. I will be rooting for the Red Wings, my husband on the other hand will be secretly rooting for the Penguins. He likes the Red Wings but is very impressed with how the Penguins are playing. There was a time when I would have chosen the Penguins but I will stick with the Red Wings

I was asked what fabric I will be using for the stars, well this is it. Only one fabric choice for all 24 stars. We'll see what happens.

On to my sewing machine. Have a good evening. Dot

Starting HAD

This is my light and dark fabric choices for the May HAD that Judy is so generously offering to us out here in blog land. I do not have my star points cut yet because I just ran out of steam.

I spent most of the day working outside, cleaning flower beds and planting, and just became to tired to complete the cutting.

The star points will all be from the same fabric. I calculated the number I need to cut, 192, that is alot of points. I figured 24 stars with 8 points, that equals 192. I don't know if they will all get cut at the same time.

I will start sewing my HST together tonight after dinner. Oh wait, I might be a day behind, I think there is a hockey game on tonight. I am rooting for the Red Wings. I certainly hope they can win tonight and be done with this series. Penguins are in the finals, now it is whoever wins between the Wings and Stars.

Off to work, have a good day. Dot

Tulips two

Not a real good picture of the top but tulips two is done. It measures 65x74.5. I like it but the tulips are a bit squatty for me. I used the technique I wrote about earlier, using Bonnie's boxy star pattern. The tulips come out at 6.5 inches. I think if I did it again I would figure out how to elongate the tulips a bit. I can't say I a really happy with the border either but I just wanted it done so done it is.

I woke this morning with a very sore neck. I must have slept wrong last night. I have not had a very easy time turning my head all day. I hope it is better tomorrow.

Today is hubby's birthday. I took him to lunch a Thai BBQ. It was good. We went shopping for bedding flowers after lunch. To hot to plant today, our temp was 95. I hope to get them planted tomorrow, early before the heat begins.

Well off to shower before my detective program. Enjoy your week-end, what's left of it. Dot

A give away

Ohio Quilting Journey is having a give away on her blog. Go check it out. Good luck to one and all.

What a difference

It is true, one day can make such a difference. I had a co-worker take a picture of me yesterday at work specifically for use in this post that I had planned for today. I did not know what a significance this picture would have on my plans for the post for today.









I am going to keep you in suspense for a while.




The only way I can think of doing this is to put much white space in between the sentences.









Are your ready, do you really what to know what a difference one day makes????







Well here it is, remember the picture you saw at the beginning of the post??? Well that was a picture of me on my last day of my 40th decade of my life.


This is what I walked into today:

My plans were changed significantly by my co-workers, I was going to have another picture of

myself taken and put the two pictures on my blog as a post for my 50th birthday but my co-workers wanted to do it up big and they did. This is how they decorated my two operatories for the day.

Here is me in of the rooms.

This is me with the most wonderful birthday cake I have ever had. It is some sort of Russian cake. My co-worker Yulia had this cake made for me as my present. WOW!!! What a cake. It is just delicious.

A picture of just the cake. I just can't even begin to explain how good this cake it. Just know that is is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All day long, inside of each of my charts they had fun facts regarding the year 1958. We went to lunch at my favorite Thai restaurant, and had many goodies at the office. What a great birthday at work today.

Last night we went out with friends and they gave me a wonderful gift of Vancouver Canuks stuff. Oh what a great birthday. 5o isn't so bad.

Dot

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I hope everyone who is a Mother is having a very Happy Mother's Day. We celebrated last night at our daughters house. What a lovely time.

We had the opportunity to meet fiance's parents. Very nice people and it was very enjoyable visiting with them. His mom is a quilter and sewer so it was fun talking with her about that.

Next year I will get to celebrated Mother's Day with my daughter, she will be a mommy by then. That will be fun.

Well, I bet everyone will have a hard time guessing how I am going to spend my day. Happy sewing. Dot