Sunday, January 27, 2008

What was that I said?

about the next quilt being for me??  Ain't going to happen.  The next two are for dear friends.  I guess I could at least say they are ufo's that are going out the door LOL!.  Ah me, and this one I am going to post (that I finished a couple of weeks ago) is a philanthropy quilt. 

I tried something different for the quilting part since it was 61 by 68.  I used the fusible batting.  I sewed the center together and then marked the center of the back, batting and top and fused it.  Then I quilted the center.  It was easier to do with out the borders.  Then I sewed the inner borders with the flip and sew method.  I then sewed one of the side borders on, flipped it and fused it and then quilted it.  These had to be done as partial seams because of the way they had to be pieced, but the quilting was easier as I could just concentrate on the one border.  It was easier to quilt than I expected, doing it this way,  and I may do another that way to reduce the bulk of the quilt I have to work with. 

This quilt is going to a hospital in San Diego for a wounded soldier.  The color is off in the picture as I had to take it inside and the quilt was too close to the kitchen light, but it gives you the idea.   charity quilt

Oh and yes, I've added some more books to my bookshelf.  
2006-2007 Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. Catalog
 Irresistible Forces
 Big League Sales Closing Techniques
 A True Story of a Single Mother
 A True Story of a Drunken Mother
The Goddess and the Bull
Pretty: The Nylon Book of Beauty
Everything Conceivable
 Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
Easy Applique Samplers
Log Cabins (Mini Classics)

We're thankful that it is raining here.  It's on and off with wind in between, but we need the rain and glad that we are half-way to the area's usual for the season.
Stay dry and warm,
Hugs to you!!

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Happy New Year

The Holidays are over and we're back to "normal" mode.  It seems strange after all the visiting, gifting, and celebrating to be getting back to the old routine.  But it is a new year!  2008 came in with wonderful weather around here( a bit windy for the Parade) and then some much needed rain. Yeah!  I did retire 2 years ago, but I keep wondering where the time went.  Any of you other retirees have an answer to that?
Let me know where I went wrong.

  Again there are some new books on our shelves:   

Contemporary Strategy Analysis by Robert M. Grant, 5th edition

The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill, compiled by Dominique Enright, 2001

The Flying Squadron by Richard Woodman

1805 by Richard Woodman

Under False Colours by Richard Woodman

The Poem of The Man-God by Maria Valtorta, V. 2

Anxiety and Related Disorders - A Handbook  edited by Wolman and Stricker

How People Grow - What the Bible Reveals about Personal Growth by Cloud and Townsend

1906 by James Dalessandro

A Woman Jesus can Teach by Alice Mathews

And for Quilters and Sewers:

Easy Appliqué Samplers - 20 designs to mix and match by Mimi Dietrich

Wrapped in Fabriqué by Glenda D. Sparling

When Quilters Gather by Ruth B. McDowell

Sulky Secrets to Successful Stabilizing by Joyce Drexler

Fancy Appliqué - 12 Lessons to Enhance your Skills by Elly Sienkiewicz

Join our newsletter at www.angiesbookshelf.com to get 80% off a book! Yes, I don't want to keep all of them - LOL.

Hope you are all well and looking forward to lots of fun and reading in the coming year.
Angie

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