My Jane D6 and Farmer's Wife 6

Encouraging words of the day:  

 ³ For he will rescue you from every trap
      and protect you from deadly disease.
 ⁴ He will cover you with his feathers.
      He will shelter you with his wings.
      His faithful promises are your armor and protection. – Psalm 91 NLT

Today is One Flower Wednesday!  This group really is accomplishing what it’s mean to for me.  I keep making hexie flowers so that I’ll have something to post each Wednesday so that’s good.

The sewing that has slowed down somewhat is the work on “My Jane.”  I’m still going though.  The bookkeeping has really slowed so I don’t even know how many I’ve done to date.  I guess I’ll work on that too.  I know that I haven’t even come close to making all 225 blocks yet, not even a fourth.  Anyway, here is block D-6.  This was such ridiculously paper-piecing that I’m wondering if I sewed it up correctly.  

 D-6

Oh, Tip:  Just in case you have an Accuquilt Go Baby.  I was lucky enough to win one, but here’s the tip:  Do Not put your fingers in the hole of the handle and roll away with wild abandon as I did.  That mat “thingie” along with the die comes through quickly and crushes your finger in the process of cutting out beautiful hexagons or whatever you’re cutting.

Here’s  “My Farmer’s Wife” block # 6 called Big Dipper.  It was all paper-pieced.  I hate the colors I chose for this too.

 FW-6 Big Dipper

Giveaways I’ve found:

"Green Fairy Quilts" is giving away a Fat Quarter Bundle with 38 fat quarters in it, a Jelly Roll and a Layer Cake. – end date not listed.

"Tales at Wayne Manor" is having a giveaway of one yard each of two prints of Joel Dewberry's Deer Valley. – ends August 24^th.

That is all. 

My Jane C3 and FW 5

Encouraging words of the day:   

 ¹ Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
      will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
 ² This I declare about the Lord:
   He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
      he is my God, and I trust him. – Psalm 91 NLT

Wow, I guess I’m still in my laid back, beach mode since this is only the second time I’ve posted since we returned from the beach.  Well, there are a million things to do after you’ve been away from home for a month.  I still haven’t done much other than water my two remaining live plants (my husband takes care of the plants outdoors), and sew.  I missed my sewing machine so much that I’ve just constantly been sewing. And then, exciting things have arrived in the mail.  My big win, something I’ve been wanting to win for so long, ta da!  I won an Accuquilt Go Baby from Maureen at "Maureen Cracknell Handmade"!  Yes!  And I love it. Thanks so much Maureen.  Three dies of my choice were included so I chose the hexagon, 5”charm square, and critters.  I’ve tried them all out.  I like that I can now cut hexagons for my hexie flowers much easier and faster, the 5”charm squares are easy to cut and come out perfect, and the critters are adorable. Here is a photo of my Go Baby at work.  I’m happy.

Then, I have received a “Pay it Forward”package from Jess at "Quilty Habit.”She sewed up a beautiful tote bag for me in some of my favorite colors, along with an absolutely adorable pin cushion and some cute buttons.  Thanks, Jess. 

The next block I completed on my on-going “My Jane”project is C-3.  This was really fast and easy paper-piecing.  

 C-3

And, yes, of course I finished a block for “My Farmer’s Wife.” This is block #5 and is called Bat Wings. It was easy to sew but I hate the colors I chose.  They seemed like they would be beautiful but as you can see…

 FW-5 Bat Wings

Oh, and least I forget, today is the last block from the Penny Haren Applique Block group.  It’s called “Slashed Album”and was pretty much an ordeal to sew.

“Slashed Album”  

Giveaways I've run into:

"Random thoughts do or die" is having a giveaway of a Little Apples Jelly Roll. - Ends August 18^th.

"Renegade Quilter" is celebrating 100+ followers with a giveaway of a  Freebird layer cake by MoMo,  a Doo Da Daisy quilt pattern by Amy Bradley Designs,  and  two wool projects from Bareroots. – ends August 19^th.

"El Petit Taller" has discovered bookbinding and is offering two notebooks for her giveaway.  Two winners.  – ends August 22^nd.

"Hand Quilting" is giving away a fat quarter bundle. – ends August 31^st.

That is all. 

My Jane C 11 and Back in El Paso

Encouraging words of the day: 

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. ~ 1 Peter 5:7, NLT

We’re back in El Paso after a drive of  6 ½ hours.  My husband does all the driving so I get a lot of time to do some hand-sewing as we listen to an audio book while he drives.  I completed my flowers for One Flower Wednesday  so here they are:

Since we had been gone over a month, we had lots of mail on hold to pick up.  Of course there were the usual bills and junk mail but there were also two wonderful packages from my blogging friends.  One was from Leena in India who made a beautiful mug rug from some interesting vegetable dyed green fabric.  She appliquéd a gorgeous hexie flower made up of my favorite turquoise colors.  Along with the mug rug, Leena also sent another flower for my hexie garden made from a maroon hand-woven fabric.  It has a design on it called “passa palli” which means checkerboard.  Both are gorgeous as seen in the photo below.  Thanks so much, Leena.  Your hand-work is beautiful.

In another package, I received a mug rug from Linda in California.  The Santa mug rug is absolutely adorable.  Linda also made the back of the mug rug from a cute fabric and signed it.  I love the Santa and the details on the back.  Also included was a lovely red flower for my hexie flower garden along with a fat quarter to get me started on my Christmas sewing.  What a terrific package to come home to. Thanks, Linda.

I also worked  on “My Jane” and completed  C-11.  This looks complicated but was actually pretty easy using reverse applique.

 C-11

And as for “My Farmer’s Wife…,” I keep saying that will be on my next post.  I did sew up two blocks while I was at the ranch but have not photographed them yet…  I did finish the next house block for the group I’m in.  This month, it’s an outhouse.

 

TI don't have any giveaways to post since I've been sewing and traveling and have not been surfing the blogs much.  Next time.

That is all. 

My Jane B 13 and the Texas Drought

Encouraging words of the day:  

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalm 118:24, NLT

I want to thank all my blogging friends for your prayers and good wishes concerning the dreadful drought in Texas.  We still wake up each day to beautiful, clear blue skies.  The photo below shows our clear blue skies and dead or dying trees.

On a happer topic:

I won. I won.  I won the giveaway at "Lilypad Quilting?  The loot is eight fat quarters of 1001 Peeps in the Dusk colorway.  The fabric is just beautiful. 

Thanks, Snoodles (Jacque).

Today is the day we post our Penny Haren Applique Block of the week.  This one is called Bill's Bright Hopes.  One more block and we’re done!  Then I’ll have to figure out how I’m going to sew my blocks together.

And I did say I would post my progress on “My Jane” and “My Farmer’s Wife.”  So saying, here is

B-13 (easy paper-piecing)

And as for “My Farmer’s Wife…,” ummmmm, that will be on my next post.

Giveaways I've run into: 

"Stray Stitches" is having a Blogiversary giveaway to celebrate one year of blogging.  Her giveaway includes:  a quilt pattern called “Decadence,”  2 spools of thread, a cute package of bird buttons, an autographed copy of Growing Heart, and a bundle of 7 different fall-colored fabrics.- ends August 14^th.

Sew Fabulous is having an August giveaway.  You could win a Christmas Candy Fat Quarter Bundle by Doodlebug Design for Riley Blake Designs. – ends Aug 30^th.

That is all. 

Back in the Texas Hill Country

Encouraging words of the day:

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. ~ Philippians 4:6, NLT

I am way behind on blogging.  I even missed  One Flower Wednesday,  which I hate to miss. Anyway, here are my late bloomers.

Wednesday is the day we spent in the air and in airports on our trip back to the ranch.  We’re in the Texas Hill Country now and it is SO sad seeing all the trees that are dying due to the drought.  It’s terrible that there isn’t a green blade of grass around and ranchers are now having to get rid of their livestock since it’s so expensive to feed them plus the lack of water.  I’m running water to the oak trees around our house right now trying to save them and we’re running water to our stock tanks to help out the wildlife.

On a happier note, I’m back to my sewing machine.  Well, actually, I spent the morning getting some packages ready for the mail.  I have my Block Lotto blocks to mail,

my July hexie flowers for the "Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap." Yes, I’m late getting them out but I did sew them while on our trip to the beach.   These are for Heather in the UK so by the time she gets them… Here they are:

And then I sent off the layer cake squares for a Civil War Layer Cake Swap.  It takes me “almost” as long to get the packages ready as it does to sew them up.

Here’s my Penny Haren Applique block for the week.  It’s called “Sarah’s Star.”  Two more blocks to go.

Photo

I’ll post “My Jane” and “My Farmer’s Wife” in my next posting.  I do have them done.  Right.

Giveaways I've run into in my meager amounts of time on the internet: 

Cara Quilts is having a giveaway.  You could win a GO! Baby Cutter and 3 dies.  This giveaway ends Sunday, August 7.

Sew Fabulous is having an August giveaway.  You could win a Christmas Candy Fat Quarter Bundle by Doodlebug Design for Riley Blake Designs. – ends Aug 30^th.

That is all.