Good Night, Irene

Encouraging Words of the Day:

The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ~ Psalm 118:6, NLT

I've been working on my latest project, the project that has my name on it. The "Good-night, Irene" quilt" is being hosted by Terry from "Terry's Treasures" and is made up largely of 2.5 inch squares. I've made a good start and have this to show you:

I have a pile of 2.5 inch charms so I'm still happily sewing away creating my scrappy quilt. These little squares make great "starters and enders" as I'm sewing on other projects so I like that part of it as well. Ok, then, until Wednesday...

...that is all.

 

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One Flower Wednesday

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. ~ Isaiah 41:10, NL

Yep. "One-Flower Wednesday" again and here I am with three little half-inchers.

I've also made two hexie fowers for my partner in the "Inchy-Hexagon Flower Swap." She requested "surprise" flowers so this is what I came up with. I hope she'll like them.

Don't even think of asking what I've been up to. It seems like January is such a busy month so I've just been dealing with January and it's only half-way done. Oh yes, I almost forgot to tell you that I've splurged and bought "Electric Quilt 7" so playing with that is probably what will dominate the rest of January, well the rest of my time.

That is all.

 

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Better late than never on One Flower Wednesday

Encouraging Words for a Happy New Year:

Dear Lord, Help me to keep my heart set on you. Show yourself to me in every thing I encounter in my life. Give me wisdom to know how to make wise choices. Give me a willing heart to follow through with the choices and the strength to withstand any obstacles that come up. Thank you for walking with me moment by moment. I pray to become more and more like you every day. In Jesus name. Amen

Happy New Year! I'm back blogging and sewing after hectic, happy, exhausting, memorable Christmas and New Year celebrations. And for my first post of the year I present 3 little flowers for "One-Flower Wednesday." What's that you say? Not only has it been Wednesday all day, but it's almost Thursday. And here I am saying that I'm going to be more consistent about blogging and I'm already running behind. Anyway, these hexie flowers were not recently sewn but were done while on a road trip to somewhere.

In my mailbox, I found these pretty hexie flowers from my partner Celine in the "Inchy-Hexagon Flower Swap" sent to my all the way from the UK.

Thanks, Celine. They're perfect for my "Friends of the World Garden."

One of the things I'm planning to do this year is use up more of my stash fabric and finish up more UFOs. I know you're not impressed because that's "pretty much" what all of us who quilt start out planning to do for the new year. None-the-less, in order to use up one's stash, one must start new projects. So, yes, I'm already planning to create another UFO rather than finishing one. The new project I'm starting is using up a pile of 2 1/2-inch squares I have. The project is called the "Good-night, Irene" quilt so what better reason to start working on this quilt, my actual name being Irene and not really "Hilachas." Terry from "Terry's Treasures" is hosting the "Good-night, Irene Quilt-Along 2014."

So I've been happily sewing little squares together and hope to have something to show you soon but for now,

that is all.

 

 

 

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One Flower Wednesday in Texas

Encouraging Words of the Day:

I think it's "One-Flower Wednesday." It's been crazy around here. We've been enjoying our unpredictable Texas weather in El Paso. One day we're wearing coats and the next day we're shedding those coats. Yesterday was a beautiful day in the 60s, today it is predicted to be 66 degrees. Then it will cool off on the weekend. But, back on topic. Here are my flowers for the week; yellow, purple, and orange bringing my total to 161 little 1/2 inchers.

Click on “One Flower Wednesday” to see flowers others have made.

This is all I've done in the sewing department. I can't even find my sewing machine. It's lost in a clutter of wrapping paper, bows, and scotch tape.

That is all.

 

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One Flower Wednesday

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

~ 1 Corinthians 13:7, NLT

Hello again "One-Flower Wednesday!" I've been busy trying to "turn our house into Christmas." All of you know what this entails with boxes and ornaments all over the place. My sewing room is a disaster since it seems like everything lands in there. Good thing I sewed these flowers up on our trip back to El Paso so I have something to show today. AND, I lost a petal so one of these flowers is a "make-do."

 

Click on “One Flower Wednesday” to see flowers others have made.

 

That is all.

 

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Back Home in El Paso and Enjoying Lovely Gifts

Encouraging Words of the Day:

Pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. ~ 1 Timothy

We're back in El Paso and have been busy catching up with all that needs to be done when one has been away from home. One of those chores is going through the accumulated mail but I did have a couple of nice packages.

This pretty needlecase from my swap partner in "Sewing With Friends" is just lovely. Krista from New Mexico, the state of my birth, also filled it with some fabulous goodies like a wonderful pair of embroidery scissors and a seam ripper, something that gets a lot of use from me. There are also some beautiful golden needles, pretty pins, thread and some cute little clothespins that are just perfect for holding my fabric and template together when I sew my hexie flower petals. Oh, and she also included a package of little note pads called page flags and perfect for little reminders. Thanks, Krista, for all the lovely goodies.

I finished my homespun ornaments and hung them on the Christmas tree before remembering to take a photo. BUT, I did remember to take photos of the gorgeous ornaments that my sister, Ida, made for me and gave me when we spent the day together on Friday. We had a wonderful day shopping and then visiting over lunch. We had a fabulous day. Here are my new ornaments.

Just beautiful embroidery of things I love, things like "Peace on Earth," "Joy to the World," thread, scissors, and WINE!

That is all.

 

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On the Road to El Paso on One Flower Wednesday

Encouraging Words of the Day:

The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace ~ Psalm 29:11, NLT

Our Thanksgiving company has returned to Virginia (grandson) and California (daughter and family). It was wonderful having them at the ranch. Our grandson from Virginia was lucky hunting and killed this 7-point whitetail buck.

 

Now we'll be making jerky from the meat when we return to El Paso. We're returning today, "One-Flower Wednesday." We'll be on the road for 6 1/2 hours but I'm posting this just before we head out. Here are some flowers I sewed on the 2-hour trip to and from San Antonio to pick up and drop off our grandson at the airport. That's all the sewing I've done since family kept me away from my sewing machine and needles. Can't wait to see what others have sewn this week.

That is all.

 

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