Trying out a new look

Well, it seems somewhat at climatic after being so excited about the give away and now here we are two days later and what is next. Oh, hey wait I didn't announce who the winner was yet. Well, that has turned out to be a little more complicated than I though it would be. I should have the name sometime tomorrow. In the mean time I have had someone tell me that I have a response portion blocked.  Sadly I have spent most of the day looking for the blocked item and can not find any place to change the problem. Until I can figure it all out please leave me a comment if you want to ask me something and I will try to email you or reply in the comments.
I do not have Outlook set up on my computer as it was the reason I ended up with many computer problems on my first two computers. I use email completely on line and never have it come into my laptop. I am working on a solution for that now, since I plan to start adding some content to the blog that would most likely have some asking questions. Too bad Google doesn't offer a class on setting up and maintaining a blog through blogspot. LOL Well, they do give lots of help with setting up your blog, I actually feel like it was much easier than I thought it would be. My children can't believe I was able to do this whole thing without them helping me. They are still in wonder that I continue and ask no questions of them. I can not believe these are the same children I home schooled from K-12 and they learned enough to go to college and get jobs that pay them more than I have ever considered making myself. Gotta love them.
I am working on a new quilt I should have it completed by the end of the evening, I will post a picture of it tomorrow and let you all know who our winner is.
Have a quilty day,
Tennye

Please Comment today

Well, this is the day of the give a way, so if you have not commented to be included in the give a way. Then now is the time for you to go comment. I will go through the comments and have a winner by the end of the week. Then I will mail out your gifts that day and post it here on the blog. Today is the last day I will take comments for this give away.
Have a quilty day,
Tennye

Last pre-give away post

Hey ladies and gentlemen I have had a long day. We had a lovely Champagne brunch this morning and I thought I would just add some photos that I didn't post from the quilt show last weekend.

So here are some very interesting ones.

I love the Art quilts and these two seem to have some kind of connection in that they are both people yet this red one is a sad commentary on reality.

Once again this photo is on its side and there dose not seem to be any way to rotate it back to what it should be. It is lovely though isn't it. Did you know that Texas is known for its monarch butterflies? I just recently ( in the last few years ) found that out. They are so pretty and I have always love them.
Well, I am going to go off and watch the movie my family is watching. I do hope you have had a lovely quilty weekend.
Tomorrow is the day, so please post.
Tennye

Stay with me

Well, we have two more days until the official give a way day. I am so excited and looking forward to it all. I have been super busy this week, with my husbands birthday being Wed. We have this thing , the last few years with birthdays. For what ever reason the birthday lasts for a week at least. We all met at the local Applebees Wed. night when he got off work and enjoyed Karaoke. Then Fri. night one of our girls bought us tickets to go see a Texas country band we happen to like. Then tonight we went to Applebees for super and the manager bought us our meal. In the morning we are having a Champagne brunch with friends and family.
Then next week we start all over again with our daughter and her Oct. 4th birthday. She has asked for a party here at the house and so today they started inviting everyone. I think they said so far they have invited 130 or so people. I told them they better pray for good weather, our house is not big enough for that many people.
Well, I will talk to you all on Mon. be sure to comment if you want to be in the give away.
Have a quilty weekend,
Tennye

Got giveaway

Well, as I promised earlier today here are some photos of the items I am offering on the 27th of this month as a give away. Please be sure to remember to come by that day and post a comment telling me what you like about my blog, and what you might like for me to add.
I am using the birthday of my oldest child as my date, since I missed the anniversary of my starting my blog. This is a busy birthday month for our family. My husbands birthday is today, and his niece was born on his birthday. It is also one of my Aunts, one of my Uncles, and two of my cousins birthdays and my cousin's son. You get to celebrate with me.
So lets get a glimpse of the items on the table for my giveaway.

This is an overall picture without the Dresden plate pieces. As you can see there are a lot of things. So lets break it down into bite size pieces.











These are some yummy fat quarters I hope you will have fun using. I want to keep them myself they are so yummy.






Next,

This is a great little book I was given two of, why keep both when I can share.

I received one of these with my magazine subscription. I also had someone give me several more of them. I enjoyed it so why not share.

You may notice this wall quilt is similar to the one on my header. That is because this is the mag. I got the pattern from and I have since adapted this pattern and made several different quilts with the same idea. I have one that is a Christmas quilt of satins, velvets, and poinsettias .

Again, these were gifted to me and I haven't tried it yet, but look forward to giving one of my hand quilted quilts a good cleaning with one of these.
I admit I have not checked with the post office so I am not sure you will get all three of these, but if at all possible that is my plan.

This nosey little girl kept getting in front of me while I was trying to make these photos.

Then last but not least a shot of the quilt I am working on. This is the hand quilting project that I am really so behind in getting finished.
So I hope you are having a really fun quilty day.
Tennye

Give Away Coming

Well, I have gotten some really fun things to add to the give  away. I have single use quilt soaks, and a book on quilted post cards. These will be added to the pre-cut Dresden plate pieces with directions. The list is growing and I will post photos later today of these new items.
I have not told my daughter that she is the inspiration for the date of the give away. They are stationed on an Army Fort in El Paso, Texas and this week there was a shooting on their fort. One of our other daughters has a friend in the Army and we all have another friend in the Air Force so we hear about these things even if they never make it to the news. We got emails and text from three different ones about the shooting and then we couldn't get any the family on the phone to find out if they were okay. Turns out my son in law was in the store on post just a few min. before the shooting. So happy he is safe, and sending prayers for the families who lost a loved one.
Talk to you all later,
Have a quilty day,
Tennye

Sunday Post

Just hanging out waiting for lunch to get done and checking out some blogs I read when I have time. I am getting inspired to get into the sewing room on this cool Sun. afternoon and make some blocks I have wanted to make. One of the ladies on one of the Yahoo groups I am on lost her home to fire a couple of weeks ago and we are all making blocks for her and one of the girls is going to turn it into a quilt. I was still thinking how I might be able to help her when someone else started the requests for blocks. I wonder why I am always behind. I think that in the last few months of the year I will make it my goal to no longer be or feel like I could do more. Instead i will do more.
I signed up for the craft show I went to yesterday. I think they could use some more home crafted things , however I talked to  one of the ladies and she was saying that the traffic to the show was slow and it might not be a good one to get into.  We'll see what comes of it.
Then there are the Sarah's Wedding Quilt blocks I said would be starting this month. I sew on Sunday, but I try to make it a habit not to work on any project that is for pay. I need to be able to get back into the sewing room and until this hand quilting project is done I can't. I lost a day on Fri. because I just didn't think it would be a good idea to take it to the hospital I did however get some of my small craft items done while I waited. I will make pictures of them soon and show you what I am still working on.
Well, gonna go steam the green beans and finish lunch. You be sure to have a quilty day.
Tennye