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Thursday, February 28, 2019

SOME ACTUAL SEWING NEWS--

I do have some stitching to show you--
but first--
about Anne--
her doctor says she does have some cartilage on the one side of her knee--
so he wants her to try some PT first and see if that will help the knee--
so she starts that on Monday morning--
and was very relived that he didn't want to do any kind of surgery
right now!!!
But she will be taking in easy until Monday--
or so she told me--but ???????

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Ok--first I have another block done for the hand piecing sal--
and yesterday I cut out the fabrics for the next two--
and today I got all the markings done on all those little pieces--
so all ready to start putting them together--

And today kinda finished up the largest part of a project--
the Crabapple Hill one--
we just have 2 squares that are blank now--
and those will have fabric applique to them--
probably get those instructions tomorrow
(and yes some of mine are different--you know me-
have to do my own thing--lots of color changes and some stitch changes--
and I added that heart shaped button in the one square--found it when looking
for the right button in the last square for today--)
both buttons are old buttons--like antique ones even!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And yesterday I finished  this counted cross stitching--
I started this series years ago and got the first 4 months done--
and still had the May pattern--
but don't have any of the others--
and am now finding it hard to find the rest of them--booo!!!!

We ended up with about 6 inches of snow yesterday--
no more today--
but the wind changed directions and I am cold cold cold today in here--

But the sun shined all day!!!!

CALL SOMEONE TONIGHT OR IN THE MORNING--
AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LOVE THEM--

LUV, DI

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

ANNE

Yesterday was Tuesday--
which means it was Anne's day to come--
and she arrived about 10 am her usual time--
with stories of her week and the past weeks challenges--

First though I would like to--
for Anne--
when here she had mentioned how her right knee ached--
but we went on with our visit--
and this is the quilt she brought me to show me--
and in case you don't recognize most of these blocks in this quilt--
they are last years 'color of the month' blocks I did with a couple of that
Anne made to make the quilt larger--
again this one will go to Hospice--

we also ventured out in the bitter cold of teens-
to go to Arby's for lunch--
more fish sandwiches--they only have them though Lent--
the gal told us--
then she brought me home and went on home--

About 7:30 she called me to tell me that--
her knee kept getting worse and worse and by supper time she could not use it--
it would just go out from under her--so her housemate took her up to the ER--
there they drained alot of 'blood' off the knee--said she had probably broke off
piece of bone and it had probably cut or nicked a vein--they then put her leg in
a brace of some sorts and sent her home and told her to call her dr today--
SOOOO--
you can see I am very worried about her--
to me this sounds like it might be something serious--
may require surgery to remove what ever is broken off in her knee--
so please join me in praying for her healing!!
THANK YOU--

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We are getting snow today--
mid teens here--
was really fine flakes for the first 3 hours--
but now the flakes are fat and fluffy--
and pretty to watch as it falls!!!
think we are suppose to get 3-5 inches--
we will see?????

More later or tomorrow--

SHOW A 'CRITTER' THAT YOU LOVE THEM TODAY!!
(like a treat for a cat or dog, or feed some birds)
LUV, DI


Saturday, February 23, 2019

SO IN 10 YRS HOW MANY---

 how many posts did I write--
I just had to look it up--
for Di's workshop site I did 408 posts so far--
and for Quilting is Blissful site I have done 1884 so far--

that is a total of ---2292 posts--
and that is about 19 posts per month--
(or half a post per day!!!!)
no wonder I am tired!!!!



Thanks to all who commented on my Anniversary--


Now what did I do this last week--
well--we will let the Inch Hexie's do the talking--
Sunday was a happy day--
NASCAR racing season for 2019 started--
with the Daytona 500 in Fl--
and William Bryon--in the #24 car won the pole--
and he is the youngest in history to win a Daytona pole--
at age 21!!
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Monday--
of course was my Blog anniversary--
still having a hard time believing I have been doing this for 10 years!!!!
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Tuesday is Anne's day--
and she was unable to come last week--
so we didn't get to go out to celebrate Valentines day until this week--
we went to a nice restaurant here in town and had a yummy lunch!!
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Wednesday--
I was a happy camper-
cause I looked out the window--where I was sitting and stitching--
and seen my Nuthatcher and the Junco's--

I had not seen them for a couple weeks--
so threw my coat on and went out and fed them--
so that made them happy campers!!!
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Thursday--
would of been my parents 74th wedding Anniversary--
they had planned on getting married on Valentines day--
but their blood work was back yet--so had to wait another week--
they met in Elmira, NY while they were both working for Thatcher glass --
making glass milk bottles--!!
My Mom was a stay at home housewife--they went by the old rule--
the woman stayed home and the man worked and brought the paycheck home!!!!
My Dad had a couple different jobs--and he was an inventor--!! now if he had patented
some of his inventions we would be rich--as these are still being used today--but-
he didn't!!!!
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Friday--
well--this is me!!

I am happy cause I made it on the bus to Walmart 3 times this week to walk--
now if I could just 'quit' getting things to jump into my cart while I am walking-
and from them wanting to come home with me-----????????
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I did also get more blocks done on the Crabapple Hill Studios stitch along--
but don't have a more recent photo--
here is a couple squares I did do this week--
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and I did get #4 block done from the hand piecing weekly stitch along done--
but haven't pressed it yet--

Just not sure what else I did--I do know I keep busy all day--
hummmm?????

Hoping everyone is busy doing what you love--

TAKE TIME TO SEND SOMEONE A SNAIL MAIL CARD TODAY--
AND LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE THINKING OF THEM--
LUV, DI


Monday, February 18, 2019

GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS?????

Can anyone guess what day today is--for me????
Wellll--

 I gave birth--
on February 18th, 2009--
10 years ago to--
this blog site--Quilting is blissful--
and life has not been the same since--
I am in love with blogging

and so it's time to do a bit of --celebrating--
and I am giving some gifts this year-
So let the party begin--


I have made some great friends here in the last 10 years--
some have left us and moved on--
but some of you are still readers --
and so I just keep on 'rambling on' a couple times each week or more--
you have been with me for a move from NY to Florida and back to NY--
and hopefully will still be with me when I move back to Florida--
you have been there with me though good health and bad--
and for richer and poorer--
and I thank you--


 I pray for good health for each and everyone of you--
that you will continue to read my post and that you will have a good 'rich' life
filled with love of family and friends!
cause--
too!!!




Sunday, February 17, 2019

SUNDAY TIME

Time--where does it go???
we all seem to be asking yourselves that question, these days!!!
Like I do laundry, here, on Saturday mornings--
Therefore, Saturday's Inchy--
but it seems like I just did them --
so where did the 7 days go in between???
Talking about laundry--I put these on a clothes line--
oh how I miss hanging clothes outside--
along with my own washer/dryer-!!!!

My other Inchy's for last week are--
we got about 6 inches of snow on Tuesday--
and it actually snowed during the morning hours-
so I was able to watch it snow while I sat at the table stitching!!

Wednesday was two thimbles--
I am sooo glad that when I found the TJLane thimbles 8-9 years ago--
that I managed to buy 2 of them--at the time they sold for $60 each--yep--
I got them for about $40 on sale--today these same thimbles are $100 each--
now I know that is alot of money for  a thimble--but I had tried everything else
on the market--and I just couldn't use them for one reason or another--mainly
cause of the fit--then one of my quilt instructor's had one of these she used--
and oh yes they fit well--and they have quilted alot of quilts so they have paid for themselves--
but why am I glad I have 2--
cause one of them stays in this bag--
which is the supplies for the daily hexie in the Inch along--
always ready--
and the second one is in this bowl--
in that little purple bag--always ready for what ever stitching projects--
Di puts in the bowl !!!

Thursday's Inchy was hearts for Heart Day--
I don't have a real Valentine--so I have always called this day--just Heart day-
and try to do something from the heart that day--

and Fridays Inchy was for the  Devotional book that I read from each morning--
it is a series of books all that have the words "with God"--I only brought 2 of them
with me-the rest where to be shipped later--
the one I am re-reading now is called "Coffee Break with God"

so here is last weeks all stitched on--

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Now on to other stuff--
For color of the month--
I did week 3 of the hand piecing blocks in yellow--

And for --
this is where I am at on my counted cross stitching project--
and for--
I have really done it--
this week I did 7 out of 7 days-
and a total of 14.5 hours--
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and when I was shopping the other day--
these items jumped into my cart--
The bird appliques will go onto a T-shirt some day--
and I love aprons--but don't have but a couple now with all the moves I have done--
so this iron on transfer --fell in love with me--so --anything that loves me--
needs to come home with 'me'!!! Provided it doesn't have any calories in it!!!!

BE SURE TO TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF THEM TODAY--
LUV, DI

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

AHHHH---

The 'fairies' felt bad that my work bowl was kinda empty--
so they went to work and added some more projects to it--
2 new hand   piecing block-pieces are all cut and marked for
me to hand stitch together-
(yep--I am a week behind!!!)

And 2 of these designs are traced off--
allie-oops--Grow in Grace Embroidery blocks--
the grow in grace and be healed blocks are the ones she has released so far-
and that I got traced--

but then I had a problem--
remember that bright idea I had using the colored sandwich bags--
in red, green, blue, and yellow bags--
in sorting all my Cosmo's embroidery floss--
wellllllllllllllllllll--
it was not a workable idea--
so Sunday this happened--
I redid them all into clear sandwich baggies--
soooooooooooooooooooo-much better--
now I can see the colors and the shades I need--
--do you know anyone who can use about 60 colored baggies with a hole in the upper left hand corner (from where I punched a hole so the color groups could go on to metal rings!!) ??????

And of course this project is still in the wooden bowl--

The Crabapple Hill Emborider all month long squares--
here is yesterdays and today's squares--

And here is an update on my Inch along--
and the ones I don't think I have showed yet--
are--
Saturdays--
was a hexagon needle holder as I made 4 of them--
Sundays was a baggie of floss--for redoing all the baggies--
and yesterday's was mail --
I love mail--especially when I get cards and packages in the mail--
even love catalogs--I always go window shopping in them--
then put them in the recycle bag!!!

So what is in your work bowl?????

The weather forecast is up next--
here is what happened earlier today--
SNOW---about 6 inches of the white cold flaky stuff!!!!
now they are calling for rain/ice/sleet--
I mean 'why-not' call it all--don't leave anything out, now!!!!

CALL A FAMILY MEMBER TONIGHT
 AND TELL THEM YOU ARE THINKING OF THEM--
LUV, DI