BOM February

Wow I never thought I would get to this point with this particular block! It drove me crazy. I couldn't get it to play nice for anything! How dare it miss behave!!


Well with advice from a Quilting Yahoo Group, I finally got it to play nice with the help of Elmer's Glue Stick. Who would have thought that Elmers would be a part of my quilting life. It had been a huge part of my life while growing up, going to school with me and school with my children. It's invloved with my building of matchsticks .. that is another post :) and now it's quilting with me.

I will start on March's block soon and start on the border blocks. It has been a journey!!

UFO's ??

UFOs?? What are they ?? To most people they are unexplained objects in the sky.... Well in this girls case and many of her friends they are unfinished projects.  For quilters shouldn't it be UFQ (unfinished quits)??

Why does one person have so many unfinished things??? Do we get bored that easily or is it to keep us from pulling our hair out?

For me the UFOs... I find things I want so I move on to the next. My goal for this year is to get as many as my UFOs out of the way... be it quilting, red work (my newest project) and crocheting... I have a zillion things going, but this is what keeps me sane!

I keep adding to this journey and you know what.. that is okay... it's my journey!

BOM January

Well.. this is my first attempt at fusible applique!!

What was I thinking? Am I insane?? What is this?? Oh wait, it's part of my NOW list. I want to learn new techinques this year and well here it is!!

I am really proud of this!

Yes there are mistakes, Yea I know! I believe in the Amish way of doing things. Where only God is perfect. Good thing he is because I am so far from perfect as you can tell!

Yia Yia's Garden Section 2

2nd section: White 102; dk green 31; dk red 53; med green 15; lt green 15; red 15....

The total count is now at: White 257; dk green 33; dk red 122; med green 27;  lt green 27; red 21; white print 6

Total English Paper pieces so far 466

Yia Yia's Garden Section 1

The first section is complete: Hexagon Count is: White-155; Dark Red-69; Red-6; Dark Green; 2; Med Green-12; White Print-6

Yia Yia's Garden

This is something I have been working on for a year now. I had started it last Janurary and put it down for various reasons. When my husband had CHF last Memorial Day Weekend, I picked it up and worked on it for the 3 weeks he was in the hospital. I finished the first section of it while he was there and started on Section 2.  I am now on Section 3..... this is going to be a large quilt but I am proud of it. 

This is the journey into English Paper Piecing, a challenge presented to me by my youngest son Luther. In his mind, I will never be a real quilter until I have done one by hand from start to finish. Well... I have news for him, I am... but I am still taking on this challenge.

So here it goes the journey of Yia Yia's Garden.

Begining the Journey

This is a new year, with new beginnings. I need to cross things off my NOW list (bucket list).  These things maybe silly to those that don’t understand, but they are important to me. I am an artsy crafty person and I have decided there are things I want to accomplish by Christmas of next year. 

My list consists of:

4 crochet Afghans I am really into pineapples these days

Several quilts along with wall quilts.  

Small Quilts for our guilds quilt show and for Alzheimer’s Booth at the International Quilt Show Houston.

Prayer shawl for a dear wonderful friend who I love like a daughter…..

Plus a boat made out of matchsticks.

On top of all these things that I want to do this year… I am helping with the quilt show for our guild and I have the Learn to Quilt Booth at the big Houston Show in November!

So come along with me as I take this new journey into quilting, crocheting, matchsticks, what I am reading, plus all my other loves in my life and blogging. Oh boy this should be fun!

The journey is now beginning ……