Easter

Well, tomorrow is Easter and my little girl is home with her hubby. They have not gotten to come together for a long time, he works on the weekends and she works during the week. It is a good time to spend with family as we remember the resurrection of our Lord. The blue bonnets are blooming it is odd how no matter what month Easter is in the Blue Bonnets know it is time to bloom. They decorate our lovely state with blue on the hills and the highways. You see families with their little girls and boys all dressed up out sitting in the Blue Bonnets taking pictures. I have done the same thing myself and my girls tell everyone about the experience. They always tell how I would put them in the ant bed with their eyes in the sun and then make them smile so I could get a great picture. I hate to admit it but I did just that.
Some day I want to make a quilt with the blue bonnets on the hills and the beautiful wild flowers that grow with them. I have let the idea of a landscape quilt intimidate my, but I am not going to always be intimidated by it. I have taken a few classes recently and I think I can do it now. When I do I will post the pictures for you to see.
Have a wonderful Easter.

Blogging

Well, I have spent the last few days reading and looking at other blogs to see how this is really done. I have even started a new blog on a different site. I am putting different content in the new blog so if you find it you won't be bored. I am not posting the title of that one right now because I have a feeling they may start charging me for it in the future and if they do I will shut it down and add the blogs from there here. It all sounds a little confusing but it isn't really.
I have to find a way to bring in more money and if blogging will help then maybe I should do more of it. I might even write a book, if I could find someone to edit it for me. I have some great ideas about lots of things and it seems like a lot of people are making money doing the things I find I love to do. I make my own patterns for the things I make most of the time so why not try to sell some of them. Patterns as well as pre-made items. I am still doing a lot of research on all of this and my middle daughter wants me to stop and help her make banana nut bread so I guess I will.

Spring is Here and I love It

Well, I have seen so many add the lovely flowers from their yards and I wanted to add my own. So this is a short post and some lovely flowers from my front yard.
I have to tell you I didn't pose the cat she was there when I came into the living room and I just got lucky and caught it with the camera. Fun to have cats around.

Another day another NCIS

Well, as I sit here watching my favorite TV show that is NCIS I have been thinking a lot about my blog and the new things I want to do for you all. I know I don't have many who follow my blog and that is too bad, I guess maybe it is my inability to show up daily and write. Well, things change and that may be changing as well. My job is on the line right now and I may need a new source of income. I think this blog could be the beginning of that. I know I still have not added the lessons on bindings and mitered corners. I have to tell you I have started them more than once and I don't seem to be able to write it up in a way that I feel would be easy to read. Then I try again and I can't seem to get it right. I do have the photos ready to post. I just need to see if I can write it up in a better way.
I do have a quilt I finished last month and I will add it today, I hope you enjoy it. I was not excited about the fabric selection, but then I did like the outcome. I was not the one who quilted it, and I think I would have done it differently if I had, but it is done and I had not choice about it. That is another story and I won't go into it.
Well, I hope you will come back and join me as I try to make this a better place to stop by and visit.

Black and White

Well, as I said last time I am working on a black and white quilt for a friend and today I can say I have all except three blocks complete all in the midst of my sweet hubby working on helping me get organized in the sewing room. I think if I can work in there this week like I am expecting to I will be able to get it completed and made into a top before the end of the week.I have to say I do love the flying geese method I learned from Eleanore Burns. They come out right every time I just wish I had the formula so I could make them for any size I want to make. I will post some pictures of this one when it is a top.
I had thought I was getting my room all straightened out and then I went in there today after not being in there in two days. Oh, my I still have a long way to go on the whole organization thing. I feel like I can do this, even though I must admit organization is not my strong point ever. I am excited to see the future even though there are problems in my today's. I am looking at the things wrong and making the effort to change them.
Have a great day!!!!!

Quilt for a friend

I have been working on a black and white quilt for several months now and I am still working on it. I really thought it would be complete by now. I have had quilts that were trouble in the past, but this one has been the worst ever. I am making 24 squares, 12 of one kind and 12 of another. I have yet to complete the first 12. I worked on them today and I was up to the last four half square triangles. I started to put them on and realized that I had made a mistake and I had to go back a round and redo them. So instead of finishing the first 12 squares I am not there yet. I have them all redone now so I just have to put the last four on. I am down to 6 to go. Such a frustrating day. Such a day such a day. I did however complete the projects for the classes I am teaching. I will need to make two more for the next set of classes. I have students for all of the classes I am working on this month and they are all very excited about them.
Have a good evening and I hope to be back soon.

What is going on!!

Hey, I have been out of commision for the last few weeks so to speak. I have seen a couple of Dr.'s and had X-rays and spent lots of money. Then I came to the conclusion that they were not making things any better and took it into my own hands. I seem to have a sprained knee and I am doing some threapy exercises to see if it will get better. Sure enough it is, but still haven't gotten on the computer.
I have done a lot of sewing and gotten a wall hanging and some gifts for my family made. I have pictures but with the new camera I have not figured it out yet. I mostly need to get it in the same room with the computer, and haven't yet. I will make every attempt to do that this week and get them posted here.
I have taken a class in blogging and learned some great things. I will be making some changes on the blog too in the near future. I work tomorrow night so it will be later in the week. I do hope all of you will have a wonderful week and come back soon to see the photos and the new stuff.
Tennye