Rednesday April 11

Happy Rednesday!  It's Spring, and old projects get reinvigorated.  I have another Jane Stickle block to share with you.

This block is called Gloriae (I am pretty sure) and those tight points gave me some trouble!  I followed the advice and instructions from Anina to help with this one.  Thanks Anina!   as I said in my previous post, I am down to the difficult blocks now - and for me that means applique, or set in seams, or both.

The red fabric here is brand new.  It is part of the Friendship Collections for a Cause line from Moda.  The color is similar to a slightly faded turkey red - love it.

I am joining Sue loves cherries for the Rednesday blog hop.

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Tuesday Quilt block

It was Easter Vacation and I had a little time to work on quilt blocks.  I am back in the groove with my Dear Jane project!  I started in the Fall of 2007 so it has taken me awhile to finish 158 blocks out of 169, and most of the triangles.  Unfortunately, most of the blocks left are hard ones.  Such as this one:

It finishes at 4.5 inches.  It is called Tinker Toy and involved matching stripes, applique, and reverse applique.  I had been saving this striped fabric just for a block like this.  The corner blocks are supposed to be set in via Y-seams, but I balked and just appliqued them on.

I'm linking up with Connie at Quilting by the River.



And I'm linking up to another linky party: Quilt Story.
See what other quilt and crafty projects people are sharing!

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Pink saturday April 6

But you have to post on Friday afternoon, or you will get lost in the listings at Beverly's How Sweet the Sound.
I am posting an exchange quilt block, in pink and purple batik fabric.  All it needs now is my signature and date.

 A batch of these will be sent to a lady volunteer in Illinois, who will swap out blocks from about 40 to 50 women, and then package them up and send them out.  I'll receive about 50 blocks from around the country, even from around the world, from women interested in the same quilt project I have been working on for some time now.

I've heard it said that men use the internet to say nasty things to each other and spam one another, and women use it to help one another and send small gifts to each other.  Hurrah for women!

Visit Beverly for more Pink!

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Friday Fragments April 6

Time to de-fragment!

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I was ready to defragment on Wednesday, my last day of school before our longish Easter Break.  It felt like Friday too!  I went to Mrs. 4444's blog to find her Friday Fragments, but it wasn't there!  THEN I remembered it was only Wednesday.

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What I did find was Mrs. 4444's entry on Anna's blog at an Inch of Gray.  I have been reading Anna's blog even before that terrible accident.  Anna's blog entry made me tear up - again- and resolve to do more with people I know who are grieving.  Especially months afterwards.

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Anna's blog postings make me hug my own children tighter, and more often, much to their dismay.

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Earlier this week, I was burning my Febreze candle to get the chili smell out of the kitchen. (Chili is great but the smell lingers!)  My second son said, "Mommy, may I burn my candle?" (His candle is the one I bought from him to support the choir fundraiser.) "Of course, dear," I said, thrilled that at 13 he used 'mommy', and reaching for the matches.  "I can light it myself," second son reminded me.  Of course, former boy scout, and 13, you can.

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The Girl however is sure that we are the worst parents in the world.  She is 11, almost 12, and we would not let her go to see The Hunger Games with her friend!  Horrible parents!  And yesterday I washed her bed sheets and did not put the bottom sheet back on.  Bad mommy - you disturbed the 50 stuffed animals and pillows on her bed!  And now she has to put the bottom sheet back on herself!
I found her this AM in a ball, wrapped in a blanket, on top of the mattress pad, sheets still on the floor.  A sign of fun times to come in the next few years.

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