tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43671716800033463572011-09-21T10:41:48.537-04:00one native american girl's experience with modern quiltinglesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-81353788948836155912011-06-26T19:42:00.000-04:002011-06-26T19:42:22.578-04:00

Two weeks away. Two posts in one day. I have a reward waiting for me when I finish my swap obligations. The Farmer's Wife Sampler QAL which I believe will be the largest QAL in web history to date. There is the Flickr Group and tying in with that the Yahoo Group which will help line you out on about any issue. I thought I would be able to start on time but not to be. My book arrived and I began

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Hello friends. Where does the time go? How do some of the quilters and crafters get done in a week what takes me a month (or more) to complete. I think we all have a style. My style is circling the wagon. I get an idea and I drive myself crazy planning it. I can get quite carried away. By the way have you all seen Tula Pink's quilt Spacedust? Oh my. There are no words. look at the quilting...

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I do not know how to blog and live my life at the same time. I am at the age where parents are beginning to be an issue. For the past two weeks I have had my mother in law with Alzheimers to give my husbands brother and sister in law a break. Even though I am a nurse by profession it is not a job for the weak at heart or anyone with a hobby...like sewing. If my camera battery had not died I would

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Two posts in one night. Must be the sun today. I need to grab Pink Chalks button. The girls at this store are amazing.  They will bend over backwards to help you find what you need. So, I wanted to mention the Monthly Solids Club. Has anyone else joined this but me? You can choose FQ, HY or FY and I suppose any amount that you want. I chose FQ because every month for a minimal price (like a pizza

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Well I went to Walmart....yes....Walmart to replace my camera. I know...I am usually not caught dead in there unless it is an emergency. I decided to get an inexpensive camera, holding out for big daddy at Christmas. I chose a Fuji. Honestly out of all the cameras I tried it had the sharpest pics and ease of use. Here is the kicker to this story. You know when you download a pic say...to flickr?

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 I need your help. I have been on vacation, going back home to Tulsa for the last week. It was wonderful to see all of my friends, family and especially my two year old grandson Jackson. He is really something else. I cannot believe how much he reminds me of my daughter and the love I feel for him is so similar. I will not go on and gush but I was looking forward to sharing some pictures with you

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Hi, ya'll! Okay, I will say I have never made a mugrug or a dollquilt before but....WOW....instant gratification. I am intrigued although I suppose you could only make so many. With my first mugrug swap pending and an additional present needed for my mother for Mothers Day I decided to try my hand. I could use a little practice like all of my projects but these were super fun. I agonized over

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It seems like a long time ago but the West Virginia MQG had a quilt along, for whoever chose to participate, on any cross quilt project. I went with the Me + You quilt as I had agreed with a friend to make one. We both got very busy and I completed it last night. I love the aqua and red version but i was yearning to use some modern meadow and fell into a navy and lime combo. It is hard to tell

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I showed a part of the block I was making for the 3x6 bee. I finished it but while I am looking through the other blocks there are quite a few of these. They are based on Oh Fransson's Mod Mosaic Pillow. It is also a wee bit time consuming. It is virtually paper piecing without the paper as I have to sketch it out because all blocks have to be the same design. For those of you unfamiliar with

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On my last post i promised to end hoarding. I have to start at the beginning. To make a long story short we just had a wave of bad luck since the last post so I apologize for the lack of anything resembling cuteness. I am working on that now. My poor husband had several heart stents, had multiple complications, Christmas came and I was flying from Oklahoma and back over and over. It seems to

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color, a photo by mrssorrells2009 on Flickr.this was my first hand quilted quilt using perle cotton. It took a while but it was worth it.

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"from the earth quilt", a photo by mrssorrells2009 on Flickr.

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Okay, I have figured something out that will be life altering. As a new quilter I have been watching blogs, joining bees, forming guilds all with the best of intentions. There is one huge GLARING problem that I am willing to disclose to you. I cannot bring myself to cut into my fabric. I mean REALLY cut into it. Take my bee blocks. Here are the last six I made. I have two more to go as I was in

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Does The Fresh Beat Band ring any bells out there? This is why my daughter needs a baby wrangler! I try to keep my blog to quilting but isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen? : )

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It is so easy to get bogged down. I often wonder how some of the bloggers have time to turn out the quilts they do at the rate they do. I have no idea why my clock runs slower but it does. I do tend to get into projects that are of no interest in blogging about. Such as special projects for people that choose what fabrics or things they want. I do not blog on those. Maybe I should.  I

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Well, I finished my first applique. I have the definite opinion that it takes a lot of practice. I got much better with the second quilt but perfection is far, far away. Jackson is my grandson and his quilt was the first i ever made. I used the scraps from his brown bear quilt to make a wall hanging. He moved to a bigger room and his walls looked empty. We can't have that. Cooper is brand

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I can spend hours looking at fabric, fondling fabric, smelling fabric. If you have been bitten by this bug then you understand. I spend a lot of time looking at fabric. The majority of my time if the truth be known. But I never get tired of it. I also buy a lot of fabric...because you never know when it will go away...right? Let us take time for some fabric love.....ready?

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 I think this is the end of summer. It has been an unusual summer. I did none of the things i usually do in the summer and things did not go like i thought they would (some surprise : ) )...my tomotoes are just now ripening but they are the size of golfballs. I have heard others say the same but let us say hurray for some things. We have had the BEST watermelon this year! great corn on the

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I have noticed a lot of AcuQuilts being given away this week with the same requests for entries...hmmm. well i will post about only one as using this to post about all of them would be kind of cheating...i do not want that. you have until september 2nd to enter on sherri's blog..a quilting life. Good luck to you!

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True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 120 Result: 41 Powered by RANDOM.ORG        Congragulations to the winner,   Patty said... You sewing room is gorgeous! Zoe looks like my dog Rooney even the little bit of white on her chest. We got him in New Hampshire last year around this time, but he's originally from Kentucky. I can't over the resemblance! I now follow you blog and this

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oh my goodness you all. i lost an entire summer and have missed you. i have had multiple issues from a broken foot to family crisis..blah, blah, blah. however, do you remember this? this was when i was at a goodstage in the process. it got much much worse. the before i am so happy to have this done and all of you have given me so much inspiration. here is the end result. i know it looks like a

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I personally have not but would love to and just in time. EQ7 is coming soon! Do you know how much easier this will make designing? Stay tuned to my blog. Hopefully I will have some exciting news! If you have used it let me know what you think. hugs, leslie p.s. sorry for the long absence, i am catching up!

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I thought it would be around a week but they made me wait just a wee bit longer. i know other blogs have these same pictures with the same topic but this blog is mine....and so is the fabric...well...i am splitting it with Mel and Steph but the remainder is mine! step 1. Open the box...eeee!!! all wrapped in tissue and adorably peeking! Step 2. Count the packages and admire the Spoonflower

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my dear friends...i am so sorry for the delay in posting but do i have excuses. first of all my sewing room in undergoing a major overhaul. you know...the kind where you pull everything out and decide what in the heck you are going to do with stuff you do not want and all of the stuff you do want is there too? that kind of thing. i have a new design board and the old one is still up, along with

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As you all know I recently completed (well...kind of) a circle of geese block which turned out less than acceptable. I promised I would try one more time before I gave up. What I discovered were very simple mistakes which, when corrected, made this block a pleasure to make. This is not a tutorial for advanced quilters as they would not have made dumb mistakes. This tutorial is for those who have

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I DID IT!! i started the modern quilt guild of west virginia. the ONLY one in west virginia. with the help of my new friend (right here in my own town) stephanie at http://www.providencehandmade.blogspot.com/ we are doing this!!! i am so excited!! click my button to check it out and by all means if you live in our area jump on board!I have so many things to tell y'all. some new additions to my

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i have posted the modern quilters guild button on my blog.this is a call to arms girls. i live in west virginia. supposedly the center of many states that quilt. however, there are NO modern quilters that i know of. most of the women are older (i know, i am old too) and only work traditional quilting.Is there anyone in this area that would be interested in starting a modern quilt guild in this

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hello my fabric junkies. for all of you that bid on ebay for heather's fabrics BEWARE of anything that is posted as out of the ordinary! i have a seller trying to dodge a refund BUT the most annoying part of this is that she is PERSONALLY bugging heather ross to clear up her dispute. one of my HEROS is going to think i am a nut!west hill horses. three colors. she claims she has 3 yards of a beige

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i forgot to show you the failed block. i placed it back together as i have already removed one of the middle seams but you get the idea. i really like the block.....i am just a "wee" bit short of 12.5"....isn't that a bummer?here are the fabrics i am using for the next block....the colors are brown, orange and pink...i think by looking at the fabric i am missing one....i am also using munki

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hello my fellow fabric junkies. a couple of things.number 1. i am having difficulty with paper piecing so if you are going to use the method for paper piecing that i am using in the previous post consider a couple of things BEFORE beginning that project. ASSUME that your computer and printer system may change the size of the template to accomodate your printer and secondly check not only one

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well, i am paper piecing for the first time and although it is easier to get your blocks to come out exact (which i love) it does require more fabric and time than i thought it would. so lesson number one.....huge chunks of fabric are worth it. this is just the first piece of the block i am working on for the 3x6 sampler quilt mini bee....i know it took me a while to get started but i am going

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i can't believe it has been a year but it has. my precious daughter julieann gave me my first precious grandson jackson.he is still reeling in toys from christmas so the request was for more practical items. i went shopping today and bought him some clothes....and tons of books. he loves to be read to and he can read himself if you understand "heaven talk." that is what my husband calls baby talk

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one of the things on my list to do is to renovate my sewing space. i am extremely fortunate to have a large space that, if done right, should be awesome. i am so indecisive. do i have things built in, fabric storage.....in airtight containers to protect it? in small shelves so i can see it? do i group it by color? designer? what do i do with all this stuff i have accumulated? it is daunting. one

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this one is not mine....yet.in my quest to teach myself to quilt i have encountered so many facets of this fascinating art form. that is what pulled me in....the art of it. i had seen quilts, owned a few and actually lost one that i would consider valuable as i had no idea at that time in my life what EXACTLY went into this. the quilt that was lost was a native american quilt made for my daughter

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sometimes when the stars line up just right, the wind shifts and become the winds of fortune this happens. it is rare. i came home from a harried trip to the store and my sweet husband had all these packages lined up on the table for me....he said....this looks like it could be good.i grabbed them like a spoiled child and ran down the stairs to the basement..i.e. my sewing room. do you ever get

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for the first time ever i had a problem saying goodbye to the year. it has been the most wonderful year in my life. so much has happened to change me and my life forever. all of it good. i am moving forward with the attitude that this will just be my life from now on. i am not thinking of the possibility of anything going wrong, new wrinkles, aching joints or any of those things that aging and

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now that christmas is over i have to finish the gifts that did not get done in time. i completed this tote bag for my mother in law for her knitting.i finished this purse for my stepdaughter. it was out of amy karol's bend the rules sewing and i thought it was easy and fun. as you can see i did not stray out of the lines. i will branch out the next time i make this with different markings and

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i hope all my friends had a wonderful christmas. i do not know how many of you are glad it is over. i, for one, am thankful for that. now, a lot of us had to wrap things up in a snowstorm, some of you could not even meet with family for christmas due to weather (i am sorry.) in the end, i feel it was a wonderful year.i feel very blessed and i hope each and everyone of you feel an inkling of how i

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one more quilt finished before christmas and was it a challenge. my daughter had a comforter a long time ago that was a laura ashley pink/white ticking with rosebuds. she loved it and wondered if i could make one "kind of like it." well.....it is nothing like it with the exception of the pink/white ticking and rosebuds. it is a mish mash of rose fabrics from tanya whelan, quiltgate, liberty, kona

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those of you close to me have known what roads i have traveled to get where i am today. there have been many hurdles along the way.in the last few years of my life something wonderful and magical happened to me and changed my entire life. i was given a gift i do not feel worthy of. it was the gift of true, unabandoned love that was beyond anything i had believed existed.i can only hope for every

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sewing for this baby is sooo worth it.

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i never touched a sewing machine in my life with the exception of a home economics class when i was 12. i never thought i would. i was a career woman working all my hours as a registered nurse in home health. the hours were long and i had no time for sleep much less a hobby.fortunately for me i met the love of my life and with many life changes, including a well deserved sabbatical from nursing,

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if you know me personally you know if you talk to me i now speak in munki. i clip tiny pieces of fabric and basically "deal" them online with other people that speak munki as well...it is an illness....an intense fascination of themes and drawings that depict childhood in all its innocence. the tiny pieces of fabric contain something that we munkites can relate to. something deep down. we can

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i have tried to grab these buttons but i just don't get it unless i am given a code...but here it is...HEADS UP EVERYONE.....head over to the link on the top right side of my page OR the button i did manage to post about the giveaway. if you missed out on the flea market fancy line like i did there is the most awesome giveaway EVER!!! not only do you get fabric but you get a signed copy of

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of course i have to leave town for one week, cutting into my sewing time. i have only completed 2/17 projects that i need to do before january 1st. i ALMOST finished the renassaince quilt tonight but as i pieced the backing i realized the fabric was from two different dye lots...lovely...this is what happens when you use fabrics from companies you do not know. since it is velvet i have to buy

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in keeping with my promise to attempt to complete all my UFO'S i have completed only one. the beatles quilt. not a quilt i would choose but then i did not choose it...my 10 y/o step daughter did. i just designed it. i designed 12in blocks, cut a little wonky, some log cabin, some just framed, depending on the image i was trying to capture in the fabric. it is a large quilt measuring 61x72. the

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i thought i was immune to it....this munki munki thing. i was wrong. dead wrong.it started innocently enough. i ordered a small scrap bag after receiving some mendocino fat quarters (which i loved.) that was it. DONE! the more i looked at some of the quilts (blocks) being made with these little jewels i realized that my grandson (and future granchildren since we have six kids that will be

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if you are a quilter or fabriholic that happened onto my blog i have a question for you. do you know of any fabric swap groups to join?i would love to participate. the online quilting community is getting larger and i am getting involved more but i have not found a swap that is not already closed.shoot me an email or comment on my blog if you have any info.....thanks!!!!!

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i decided to change the name of my blog. i had two reasons. firstly, it just made sense as that is the blogger name. secondly, yesterday i was roaming around online and noticed someone else that had a name very similar.....so......it is now changed. since i am not famous i don't think it matters in the least but i thought you may wonder.love, les

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okay...i have been lurking online far too long. i have acquired a vast amount of beautiful fabric, lots of books, links and ideas to last a lifetime. i have transformed an ordinary basement into a beautiful sewing studio but i lack some things.first and foremost i cannot make a decision to save my life. i have so many ideas that i cannot land on anything for very long. this does not make for a

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yum! summer is gone and the menu is changing. i wanted to share this quick and hearty recipe for cassoulet...for those who do not know it is simple beans flavored with pork french style. if you are on a salt restricted diet beware but i am sure that there are ways around that. this dish takes very little time and is very tasty with cornbread (any bread) and a simple salad.cook 1 lb. crumbled

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in our community they celebrate trick or treat the thursday closest to halloween. when i first heard this i thought...what a sham... where is the spirit of spookiness and fun? well, i changed my mind. it is planned citywide from 6-8pm. let me back up a bit. i moved from a very large city and my hometown, tulsa, ok, to the capitol of w.v., charleston, within the last year. i have not had "real"

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i know it isn't as exciting as a full size improv quilt with out of print or hand drawn fabric BUT this is what i have been working on the past couple of days. come on, give me a break....i DO have larger quilts in the works and several works in progress....unfortunately most of them are gifts and i may be discovered. i may end up posting them anyway so be warned.anyway....fast easy rag quilts.

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this last thursday i branched out and took a bus trip into virginia and tennessee. it was a trip organized by quilts by phyllis to check out fabric and quilting stores. this was the cats pajamas....i had so much fun and i could have spent the night in those stores.i want to give a shoutout to phyllis first though. if you live close to west virginia you need to visit phyllis and her store. not

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as i was planning dinner the other night i realized it was time for a change of menu. we can all say goodbye to all the fresh fruits and veggies we have enjoyed all summer. just another one of those little things i dislike about winter. winter food can be fun but it lacks the color and vibrance of freshness.with a recipe to share for you this was probably my last summer meal. a light dinner of

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i am going to date this post 10-4-09.i apologize. there have been no posts for a bit. i can now move forward with my life without continual self reflection that the last two weeks have brought. 50!!!! i cannot believe it. i received a AARP card on my birthday. good grief. i had a lovely day on my birthday. i am going to post as if it is october 4th as that is when i thought i would post this.i

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okay i know. be creative leslie. quit using free download patterns from moda. but you know what? i have so many plans for so many quilts. if you are a quilter you will know what i am talking about. you have all this very cute fabric. a lot of it you have hoarded along with patterns, pictures, dog eared books and bookmarked sites for ALL these quilts that you are going to make with that "just

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i have endured most every hurdle i can think of while constructing this quilt. i have had this quilt hanging around for the better part of 5 months. finally....3 sewing macines later and the proper techniques FINALLY working it is finished. layered, stippled, bound, washed, dried and ready to go to its owner...oh darn....will have to make the label. surely that cannot be that difficult.so jackson

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okay...with all the excitement and drama in the last month i have not forgotten my passion. i have forgotten to document some of the events around my sewing howevermay i introduce to you now....my new baby. my used but new to me janome memory craft 6500.first of all yes, i know, i now have three machines. my brother, my janome and my new janome. they all have a purpuse and will all be

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how did this happen? how did i raise such a beautiful, precious daughter with all these qualities that i admire so much? as a mom you look to yourself for every flaw your child ever possesses. if they have a bad hair day it is because of you, if they throw a fit in public it is you. as they get older you worry that something or other you did affected them in a negative way.it makes it hard when

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oh my gosh, where do i begin? julieann, stacie and my precious jackson came for the week. first i will summarize this by saying i am so very proud of my kids. what gracious houseguests, extremely fun to be with, easygoing and i must say....the best parents. i could not be more fortunate. i do not have to worry about that baby. he is loved and protected with absolute certainty. that is a great

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this is totally off topic but bek and lou were snapping pics when we went to charleston, sc and they captured this picture of brad and me. i really love this picture. i usually would be horrified to not preview a picture of myself and criticize it into the ground but it is an honest interpretation of the relationship we have together. complete and total comfort in the knowledge that we will be

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to all those i love thanks for the prayers for my mom. perky is doing much better. we have her in a rehab facility to strengthen up....that is all she needs..yea!!!i will say she is not real happy about this idea of ours, exercise not being one of her favorite things to do but she IS doing it.it was good being back in tulsa even though it was so entirely hectic. i got a sneak preview of this week

lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-82733797636723367662009-08-13T22:13:00.000-04:002009-08-13T22:16:48.304-04:00

in trying to decide what to do about traveling to see my mom it seems tomorrow would be best. i will be leaving first thing in the morning and returning on tuesday.i am hoping i can gather enough information to get the right people on the right tasks...i.e. physicians.the healthcare system has a way of dealing with anyone over the age of 60 as "oh well...they are getting old anyway" all i have

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my mothers name is mary but everyone knows her by perky. even all the kids. it is "perky and papa's house" that they visit. my mom has been suffering small strokes for several years and is in the hospital as i write. i cannot be there (i would make it if it were critical) as plane fares are quite high and i am waiting to see if my help would be needed more when she comes home. all that is me

lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-68593152925704145912009-08-12T11:13:00.000-04:002009-08-12T11:32:38.317-04:00

we have had so much fun this summer but it isn't over yet. i only have two weeks left before this face will meet me in the airport. hurry two weeks!!!!!we have been to charleston, we saw cassie perform in "RENT" we saw DMB! but nothing compares to the excitement of this little guy...AND his mom and dadHEY!!!! guess what? i ordered another sewing machine. it was very reasonable and was supposed

lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-33638558310604321212009-08-12T10:31:00.000-04:002009-08-12T11:12:51.536-04:00

have i mentioned lately that i love DAVE? i have lost count of how many times i have seen this band perform but it just gets better. it was an odd concert due to the new release "big whiskey and the groogrux king" but the band will learn to jam harder with time and the crowd will do whatever it is we do when we KNOW a song.we had a great time with bek and lou. i so dearly love my new family in

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i have to tell you. i cannot wait until i get a sewing machine that can perform the tasks that i want to do. i love to sew just about anything but lately i have had way too many failures in areas i am not strong...like clothes. the purses are on hold, the quilts are on hold. i am waiting for my new machine that hopefully will possess the feet and strength i need to complete the things i want to

lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-47442975686134362222009-07-24T15:09:00.000-04:002009-08-02T21:25:16.021-04:00

this is a recipe i wanted to share. i love recipes given to me by others who like to cook. this particular recipe is special to me.i learned how to make this a long time ago.....really.when i was little...toddler through early elementary school we had a couple in our neighborhood that were probably in their 60's at the time. i remember their house very well. it was three down from ours and i was

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moving to charleston, west virginia was traumatic at best. first of all i did not know there was another charleston (i know...elementary school state capitols)...anyway i vacationed in charleston sc for years. it was in my top 3 places to go...love everything about it. so, when we scheduled our trip i was elated.then i was under the assumption we would not be able to do fun stuff due to family

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i couldn't stop myself. i had a vision of wearing this smock on this trip. miraculously i finished it today! it looks really cute on in a tunic length. i will really miss my sewing room while i am gone....: (

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that is how long it took me to make a few purses. i am so incredibly slow. how do these women do it that have children? i don't understand. i go to these remarkable etsy business sites, view beautiful creations. i look and think.....i can do that. well yeah....i could....but when would i eat? i think i am just too old. now that i think about it though...i take a lot of breaks. you can't do that.

lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18020936404852188114noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4367171680003346357.post-87868623738792658132009-07-15T09:47:00.000-04:002009-07-15T11:08:23.128-04:00

here he is....in all his glory. this slobbering, grinning, gut laughing heavy bundle of love who is my grandson jackson.how is it that i missed a lot of this with my own two children?...oh yeah....sleep deprivation. i remember some of it but in a totally different light. i will give my beautiful daughter a lot of credit for seeing the humor with the exhaustion. her pictures reflect that to

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first thing this morning i went out to survey the garden and the morning glories were a magnificent curtain around the back porch. it felt like a secret place.it arrived! my latest fabric order. anna went on sale at paducah's. i intend to make the zigzag quilt and needed to replenish stash. i was so excited! my studio looks wonderfulfinally...i finished the quilttop for little jackson's brown

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if you are reading this then you either know me and i have told you to or you have stumbled here by accident.i wanted to mention i have no idea what i am doing with this blog. i am trying to learn and eventually it may look like something. for now though...just my thoughts and what i have been doing.it keeps me up to date with family across country.

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it seems as though every day has opportunities. somehow i find myself fortunate enough to have too many interests. i think tomorrow i will make a list of all my time. i have a project book. it is completely full. on top of that it is cute so everytime i look at it i feel like experimenting with damask images as that is what the cover of the book has on ii managed to make a wonderful meal for

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