One-Flower Wednesday and My Jane J-8

Encouraging Words of the Day –

Proverbs 3:5 -7 Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything you do, and he will show you the right way. Never let yourself think that you are wiser than you are; simply obey the Lord and refuse to do wrong.

Where does the time go,  for crying out loud?  I can’t believe the week is half over and I’m just now doing my first blog of the week on Wednesday.  But, the good part is that it is One Flower Wednesday  and I have a couple of fussy cut flowers to show you.  Thanks again to Karen who keeps us focused on our hexie gardens.

And here’s a block for “My Jane.”  This was a paper-pieced background with the little melons appliquéd on the corners.  I still need to do some prep work so I’ll have some “My Jane” blocks to work on when we go on a road trip next week.  Anyway, here is J-8.

J-8

It's been one of those days...
Hahaha.  It really has been "one of those days."  I see that I already posted "My Jane J-8" on December 19th. Oh well, here it is again.

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Finished Projects and My Jane H-6

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, NLT 

I received these beautiful hexie flowers from Joanne, swap partner for December 2011 in the "Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap." They came all the way to Texas from Australia and included 100 of the little hexie templates.  Thanks Jane.  You’re terrific.

And here’s a block for “My Jane.”  This was a paper-pieced background with the little circles appliquéd.  I’ll soon be going on another road trip, so time to do some prep work so I’ll have some “My Jane” blocks to work on.

 H-6

 

I joined a needlecase swap and completed these for my partner in Canada.  The rectangular crazy quilted needlecase closes with a paper-mache button made by my facebook friend, Susie from Florida.   I first made the pink Sunbonnet Sue but was afraid it might be too small, so I also made the crazy quilt needlecase.  I hope my swap partner will enjoy them.

Here are the giveaways I've run into:

"all free sewing" is giving away one set of La Petite Mercerie Fabric.  – ends January 23^rd.

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One-Flower Wednesday and My Jane D-12

Encouraging Words of the Day –

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. - 1 Peter 3:3-4

Today is One Flower Wednesday   Each week, Karen from "Journey of a Quilter" encourages us to  make at least one hexie flower to add to our garden.  Works for me so here goes two hexies done.

And here’s a block for “My Jane.”  This looks like it was hard to do (looked hard to me) but it was actually easy paper-piecing with the little squares appliquéd on the corners. 

 D-12   

I’ve been playing catch-up the rest of them time.  I finally made 4 blocks for the Block Lotto.  This month the block is called Eclipse.  These are 4 blocks placed next to each other to form the circle.

And then what else did I do?  It seems like I’ve been busy.  I had a wonderful lunch today with my sister.  I also spent some time with her in her sewing room.  Talk about someone who is accomplishing a lot there and blogging about it as well.  She’s planning a giveaway soon so keep checking in.  Of course, I’ll be posting about her giveaway when it actually happens… Waiting…waiting… Here’s a link to her blog:  "My sister made me do it..."  

Here are the giveaways I've run into:

KD-Quilts is having a giveaway.  You could win a copy of Electric Quilt 7 (EQ7).  This giveaway ends Wednesday, January 11, at 8:00 pm EST.  Man, you're barely going to make this one.

Love Affair With My Brother is having a giveaway.  You could win a sample pack of Aurifil thread.  This giveaway ends Friday, January 13, at 11:59 pm PST.

"the plaid scottie"  is having a "Mega Scrap Giveaway." - ends January 15th.

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Catching-up on Mail

Encouraging Words of the Day –

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in Him. – 1John 4:16 NIV

We’re back in El Paso and what a mountain of mail we had waiting for us. It was actually kind of fun because we had mail that did not include bills.  Of course, the bills were there but we had Christmas cards too and that’s always exciting.  I had a couple of surprise cards from blog friends.  Both also included a hexie flower.  So exciting!  Melody at "House on the Side of the Hill" sent a card and this gorgeous hexie mat/mug rug with a beautiful hand embroidered flower in the center.  Thanks for your generosity and kindness, Melody.

I also received this beautiful hexie flower from Shannon in Idaho. Just see how lovely the fussy cut is.  Thank you for your generosity and kindness as well, Shannon.

The next item I opened was a package from Julie Fukuda in Japan.  I was one of the winners in her Blog Hop Party giveaway.  Just look at this gorgeous panel.  It’s called a "matoi" which shows the standard and happy coat of firefighters during the Edo period.  I have already decided to use it as the center panel for the backing  on the crazy quilt I’ve been waiting to finish for a long time.  I had not been able to decide on the backing as I wanted it to be something special and this panel will be perfect.  Thanks, Julie. 

Now back to the bills…

Oh, here are the giveaways I've run into:

"Marie-Madeline Studio" is giving us a chance to win a Fat Quarter bundle of Sugar Hill. – ends, ah I can’t find when it ends so hurry up and enter right away.

"Our Busy Little Bunch" is giving away 2 fat quarter bundles of Patricia Bravo's Bespoken fabric line to two people.  – ends January 15^th.

"Leona's Quilting Adventure" is giving away all sorts of things to celebrate 900 followers:  Five Assorted Cuts of MODA Birdie Fabric and one Yummy Panel, by Me and My Sister Designs, Four Packages of Artgirlz Wool Felt Precuts, One Aurifil Wool Color Chart and Several Spools of Aurifil Wool Thread, One Copy of "Spring Cleaning" by Atkinson Designs. – ends January 20^th.

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One-Flower Wednesday and My Jane J-10

Encouraging Words of the Day –

God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. – Genesis 1:25, NLT

 God saw that his work was good. People sometimes feel guilty for having a good time or for feeling good about an accomplishment. This need not be so. Just as God felt good about his work, we can be pleased with ours. However, we should not feel good about our work if God would not be pleased with it. 

Wow, where has the time gone?  I have not blogged for two weeks.  Our Christmas holiday is over.  What a fantastic time we had with our family.  Our oldest son, daughter-in-law and our three boisterous grandsons left on January 1^st to return home.  It is really quiet now.  We miss our two sons and our daughter and their families.  It seems like we’re always saying “good-by” to someone.  Now, back to blogging and sewing,.  I’ve missed doing both.  I did NO sewing (or blogging) for two weeks.  I did get this one little flower made for One Flower Wednesday.  Thanks to Karen for keeping us going with our flowers.  Hmmmm, the colors actually match much better than shown on the photo...

This is one of  “My Jane” blocks I completed while driving to the Hill Country way back in mid December.  Good thing I got this done, at least . . . Here is J-10.  This was easy appliqué but took a long time because it is a lot of easy appliqué with all those little melons to sew down. 

J-10

We’ll be leaving the Hill Country to drive back to El Paso on Thursday so I’ll really get some hand-sewing done, maybe some hexie flowers.  I need to do some prep work if I plan to sew any of “My Jane” blocks.  I’m excited about getting back to El Paso since my sister has really gotten “on-the-ball” with her quilting and I’m anxious to see what she’s done.  She’s actually making me look lazy since she’s accomplished so much.  She’s also new to blogging.  Here’s the link to her blog if you get a chance to visit "my sister's blog."  It’s actually called "My sister made me do it..."

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Dream Palette Giveaway

Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle Competition

hosted by Quokka Quilts.

There’s a fabulous contest going on over at Quokka Quilts.  You  create your own Fat Quarter Bundle from the fabrics at  the Fat Quarter Shop.     The winner’s prize is a  WHOLE HALF YARD of 15 fabrics of your choice - 12 prints and 3 solids.  I love southwest colors and have chosen turquoise, red and brown colors.  Here’s my palette.

1 - Flora-Turquoise Feathers

2 - Hoffman Fabrics-  Lilac Rose

3 - Marcus Bros Fabrics-Civil War Tribute - Red n Green-

4 - Marcus Brothers Fabrics-Civil War Journals -  Paisley Peppers

5 – Marcus Bros Fabrics-Civil War Journals -  red paisley peppers

6 – Marcus Bros Fabrics-Civil War Journals – Brown Wandering Vines

7 – Marcus  Bros Fabrics-Civil War Journals salmon Vines stripe

8 - Me & My Sister for Moda –Ready Set Snow

9 – Moda – Coming Home

10 - Quilting Treasures-Nesting

11 - Red Rooster Fabrics-Super Turquoise Ring Dots

12 - Windham Fabrics-Home Sweet Home

13 – Bella Solids-turquoise

14 - Bella Solids-earth

15 - Bella Solids-country red