Please pray for my family and friends.

Encouraging words of the day:

God is our hope and strength,

a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved,

and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof rage and swell,

and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,

the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.--- Psalms 46: 1-4

Please pray for my family and friends who are experiencing a terrible fire in the Ruidoso Downs/Hondo Valley area of New Mexico.  Reported around 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Ruidoso Downs area, the fire has grown rapidly because of the day's sustained 40 m.p.h. winds. At last count it spanned around 6,500 acres and was completely uncontained.  

I worked on my “PennyHaren Applique” block for this week.  This one was pretty easy and is called Michael Squared.

Also got my birdhouse done for the “House Block Quilt-Along.”  These house blocks have all been fun to sew.

Giveaways I've run into while checking blogs:

"Pieced on Earth" is having a giveaway of 5 fat quarters.  – ends April 7^th. 
 

"The Other Side of Me"   has two bundles of fabric to give away. – ends  April 10^th.

"Bryn Alexandra" has 5 bundles of fabric to giveaway by April 10^th.

 

"Crooked Seams"  is giving away a charm pack and a jelly roll – ends April 5^th.

"Stray Stitches" is celebrating her 200^th blog with a giveaway of a $25.00 gift certificate to Fat Quarter Shop!!!!!!!

Nothing is happening with my UFOs.

That is all.

Whine, whine

Encouraging words of the day:

The LORD will work out his plans for my life— for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me. - Psalm 138:8,

 I spent most of yesterday with my husband and sister buying plants for our yards, going over my sister’s fabric stash (she gave me some), and going out to lunch.  We were able to find some beautiful orange geraniums.  The orange is my favorite color but it seems like those are the most difficult color to find around here.  We found 3 beautiful orange geraniums along with pink, white and red so we bought every color. 

The blocks I'm making for the   "Block Lotto"    took forever.  Everyone on the blog has commented about how happy they are that they are so easy to sew up.  Not for me.  “They” say it’s good to get out of our comfort zone from time to time but I’m beginning to wonder if I have a comfort zone.  All the blocks have been a challenge for me.  I know, whine, whine.  Well, on second hand, I am very comfortable sewing my hexie flowers.  That is really relaxing for me. 

Here are 4 of the blocks for this month called “Clover” in the  "Block Lotto" 

Giveaways I've run into while checking blogs:

"1Choice4Quilting"   is giving away 7 yards of fabric - PLUS extra goodies.  Ends April 3^rd.

      

"Quilt Dad"   is giving us a chance to win a fat quarter bundle – winner picked on April 3^rd.

 "Mad About Patchwork"     is giving you a chance to win Batiks strips or solid fat quarters  - ends April 7th

 "Inch Worm Fabrics"    is a having a giveaway of a fat quarter of each of the 5 new Riley Blake prints – ends Aril 15^th

"The Intrepid Thread"

is giving us the opportunity to win a charm pack.

I’m working on my Spring birdhouse for House Block Quilt-Along and nothing is happening with my UFOs.

That is all.

One Flower Wednesday again.

Encouraging words of the day:

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. - ~ 1 Corinthians 16:13-14, NLT

I just read in the newspaper that Harry Coover, creator of Super Glue, dies at 94.

“They” say that Coover was working for Tennessee Eastman Company, a division of Eastman Kodak, when an accident helped lead to the popular adhesive being discovered.  An assistant was distressed that some brand new refractometer prisms were ruined when they were glued together by the substance.
In 1951, Coover and another researcher recognized the potential for the strong adhesive, and it was first sold in 1958, according to the Super Glue Corp.'s website.
Cyanoacrylate, the chemical name for the glue, was first uncovered in 1942 in a search for materials to make clear plastic gun sights for World War II. But the compound stuck to everything, which is why it was rejected by researchers, the website said.

The Industrial Research Institute, for which he served as president in 1982, honored Coover with a gold medal and the U.S. Patent Office inducted him into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio in 2004.

My neighbor had a baby son!  I’ve spent the last two days whipping up a baby quilt since the baby was due in April so I still had a lot of time to get to it and now, here he is so here is his little quilt.

It’s “One-Flower Wednesday” and I have two!

 And finally, here is my latest block from the Penny Haren Applique Quilt-Along.  It’s called Prosperity.

  

That’s all I’ve done since I spent the time on the baby quilt.  Today I’ll be working on my UFOs a little bit, probably a very little bit.  I need to work on my Dresden Plate quilt.  I had planned to quilt one block each day but that plan fell by the wayside some time ago.  I also have a Crazy Quilt and a Tulip Quilt to work on.  Later.  I need to go get ready to have lunch with my sister…so much for working on  UFOs.

Giveaways I've run into while checking blogs:

 "Jona & Lili"  has a great diamond quilt tutorial and is giving away $25 gift certificate to Fat Quarter Shop.

That is all.